#iNaturalist is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 37 people shared 144 posts with it — around 5 a day. Activity is down 18% versus the previous week, peaking on Aug 25 with 15 posts.

Posts with #iNaturalist

The Cottage Garden

@simonecannon.bsky.social

4 months ago

A glasswing butterfly alights on a heliopsis, Mindo rainforest, Ecuador, Dec 2021. Glasswings look fragile but they can carry up to 40 times their own weight #glasswing #butterfly #inaturalist #ecuador #rainforest #mindo #insects #heliopsis #southamerica #wildlife #jungle #naturephotography #nature

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WA Orchids

@wa-orchids.bsky.social

4 days ago

Caladenia macrostylis - the Leaping Spider Orchid With its berry-like cluster of deep purple calli in the centre of the labellum, this orchid is easy to identify. Endemic to southwest Western Australia and quite common in the Perth Hills. #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist 🌿

Picture of a single orchid flower that has pale green sepals and petals with some red markings. The labellum at the centre of the orchid has a cluster of deep purple calli that appear almost like a beery

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Rita

@natrlover1975.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

Some of our fun finds volunteering yesterday. I swear nature hikes are keeping me sane right now. So thankful the insects are back in full force. #texasmasternaturalist #arthropods #beetles #insects #bugs #iNaturalist #iNat #setx

A shiny black and purple beetle with a long body.

A green stink bug with maroon edges and a little white heart on its back.

A dragonfly with a white body and black and clear wings.

A cute tortoise beetle. Orange with black freckles and antennae.

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Aussie Moths

@wa-moths.bsky.social

5 days ago

Grammodes ocellata - Large-eyed Box-Owlet These striking moths can be seen around Australia. This one was seen in a coastal area around 150km north of Perth in early September. #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

Top view of a moth with black forewings that have two broad diagonal yellow stripes and an eye spot at the bottom of each wing

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Aussie Moths

@wa-moths.bsky.social

6 days ago

One of the many Plume moths that has visited our Perth Hills garden this week. This one looks like it’s playing an invisible trombone 🪊 #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

Side view of a moth either just landing or just taking off from a pale surface so the moth appears to be stood upright. The moths wings are partially open and show feathering

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Aussie Moths

@wa-moths.bsky.social

6 months ago

The change of the season was marked this morning by the arrival of the first Angled Satin Moth (Thalaina angulosa) of the year. We see these stunning moths in the Perth Hills between April and June. #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

Top view of a moth with satin white wings that have thick reddish orange lines down and across them

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Andrea Smart

@spicynoodlez11.bsky.social

1 day ago

Can you see my little friend jammed into the #rocks here? It’s probably a striped shore #crab, if my #iNaturalist choice is right. #TidesOutTuesday #RockinTuesday #Macro #Photography #Wildlife #ORCoast #TidePooling #PNW #ECK #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #YouMatter

A tiny striped shore crab, about 3 centimeters across, is jammed into a crack in the basaltic rocks on the ocean side of Proposal Rock on the beach at Neskowin State Park along the Oregon Coast. Its eyes are black, its claw tips are kind of lavender, but turn a mottled spring green and maroon as they go up to the rest of its body, which is also those colors. A couple of cream-colored barnacles are attached to the rock on either side, as well as some very tiny baby barnacles growing on the “roof” of this rock crevice.

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Andrea Smart

@spicynoodlez11.bsky.social

about 1 year ago

This almost never happens! A blue-eyed darner dragonfly perched in view! I had to lean #Sideways to get this pic, but wow. My favorite dragonfly close up! #BlueSkyArtShow #Dragonfly #Insect #Invertebrates #PNW #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #NatureTherapy #iNaturalist

Closeup of a large dragonfly with bright blue eyes, sky blue mouth parts, a caramel brown thorax with pale blue stripes, and a a bright blue and dark brown mosaic pattern going down its abdomen. Translucent wings are outstretched against the dusty green foliage of the apple tree the dragonfly is perched in. This was especially exciting because darner dragonflies (this is a blue-eyed darner according to iNaturalist) seldom perch during the day. They are always flying, catching prey and eating mid-air. We’d been watching this one, and it went behind this apple tree, so we followed it, and whammo! There it was. Perched. It stayed there for almost an hour. It’s my favorite dragonfly, so that was really a gift.

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Daniel Corndog

@cyclonus11.bsky.social

almost 2 years ago

Red-winged blackbird with bumblebee photobomb #wildife #birds #photography #inaturalist #nature

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Thomas Barbin

@thomasbarbin.bsky.social

about 1 year ago

A Sagebrush Sheep Moth (Hemileuca hera) on Mount Kobau in the Okanagan. What a great place to be for bugs! #Lepidoptera #Moth #iNaturalist

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Thomas Barbin

@thomasbarbin.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

An alien-like Western Tiger Beetle larva (Cicindela oregona) waiting at the entrance of its burrow for prey. One of my favourite photos I have taken! #iNaturalist #Coleoptera #TigerBeetle #macrophotography

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WA Orchids

@wa-orchids.bsky.social

4 days ago

A few of the flowers currently making their appearance in the Perth Hills and surrounding areas 🤍🌿🤍 Drosera stolonifera Tribonanthes elongata Stylidium hispidum Drosera macrantha #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling