Bug Friends
If you love insects and spiders or just want to learn more, this list is for you.
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@jencross.bsky.social
@fredsbugs.bsky.social
Hobby entomologist/photographer from Sweden sharing my encounters with the cool bugs I find! 26 | Male | Self-taught All photos are mine and mostly shot with a phone and a cheap macro lens
@doodlebugsanimaladventures.com
๐ชฒCONSERVATION through EDUCATION!๐ Interactive Live Animal Presentations Curiosity|Empathy|Connection| (all ages) www.DoodlebugsAnimalAdventures.com Orange County, CA| 657-333-8126 BS-Wildlife Mgmt |AS-Exotic Animal Training ๐ท๏ธOwner/Educator/MOM๐
@allbugsgotokevin.bsky.social
I'm a photographer and educator on arthropods. ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ชฒ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ชณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ชฐ As one who was once afraid of spiders and other "bugs", It's become one of my missions to help others turn their fears to fascination.
@ellililalala.bsky.social
Conservation biologist with focus on botanics and entomology. I love macrophotography of all fauna & flora but especially of insects and spiders. Pics & opinions are my own. Based in Switzerland. She/her https://www.inaturalist.org/people/elliklaus
@kathleen-em.bsky.social
She/her. Native plant gardener and habitat creator. NC Master Naturalist. Audiobook reader. Grateful grandma. Doing the work to get out from under this vile HOA. California Dreamin'. Playing Wingspan daily. DO SOMETHING!
@feelinginspidered.bsky.social
PhD candidate (Elias Lab) | spider scientist | salsa/bachata dancer | science communicator
@naturefromsam.bsky.social
๐ Entomologist & Ecologist @ Stirling University. ๐ชฒ Lover of bugs and birds. ๐ธ Photographer of all things green and brown. ๐ธ๏ธ Find my stuff @naturefromsam.
@dlnarango.bsky.social
Conservation Scientist @VTecostudies studying ecology of plants, insects, and birds. Crazy Cat(erpillar) Lady #urbanecology #forestecology #speciesinteractions #conservation #globalchange what I'm up to --> http://www.desireelnarango.com
@leofordham.bsky.social
2nd year PhD student studying pollinator foraging behaviour, nutritional stress, and landscape quality at Royal Holloway and UCL MSci Exeter, herring gulls and otters Otherwise- cricket, Arsenal, and animals (in no particular order)
@mcaterino.bsky.social
Coleopterist, documenting patterns of beetle diversity (especially histerids & staphylinoids); University prof sharing systematics with the next generation; aspiring popular science writer; would rather be in the field.
@acrylichc.bsky.social
Freehand, autistic artist โข Acrylic paint โข Nature/Bug Enthusiast I love to photograph nature for my own personal inspo for my paintings! ๐ซAi ๐ซN/F/Ts https://www.youtube.com/@HC_Arts https://mycommunitymade.com/store/hc-arts/ #Bugsky #art #fungifriends
@crazbuglady.bsky.social
Undergraduate coordinator for UGA Entomology Dept, which includes both entomology and applied biotech majors. (Help find my kids jobs!!) Opinions are my own.
@emtomology.bsky.social
Agricultural conservation scientist @xercessociety. Pollinators, pesticide toxicology, IPM, habitat restoration, resilient food systems. Views are my own.๐Vermont | she/her
@jdmonroephoto.bsky.social
Black AF (He/They) Inaugural Black Birder's Week Co-Organizer Ologist 2020 - Aperiology Co-Liberation Anti Colonial Disabled Photographer https://tinyurl.com/5n6nwc3m
@danileis.bsky.social
American in Chiang Mai since 2012. #LifeInAThaiForest photographs are my own. I used to make graphics & gifs for Yang Gang, UBI, and ForwardParty.
@abigaillowe.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary Ecologist at UKCEH ๐ณ Citizen/Community Science ๐ Pollinators ๐ eDNA ๐งฌ Cymraes โฅ๏ธ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Views own.
@wa-moths.bsky.social
Exploring the #moths and other #inverts seen in Western Australia #mothsmatter #ausinverts #wildoz #inaturalist ๐๐ชฒ๐ท๏ธ๐๐๐ชณ๐ชฐ Also posting native #orchids at WA Orchids (@wa-orchids.bsky.social) ๐Perth, WA (Whadjuk Noongar Boodja)
@blackbeekeeping.bsky.social
PhD candidate @UCR Entomology|HBCU Grad|she/her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐|1922 ๐ฉ|Bees ๐& Black Issues โ๐พ
@caterpillarscount.bsky.social
Citizen science project on the abundance and phenology of ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ท. Seeking new participating sites! Learn how to participate on our website! https://caterpillarscount.unc.edu
@andrew-antdude.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Georgia Tech studying ant behavior and epigenetics
@bugsrule.bsky.social
Writes daily Bug Squad blog on UC ANR website at https://ucanr.edu/blogs/bugsquad/. Works at UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. Journalist, longtime newspaper editor, insect photographer. A kitten named โSarah Sylvia Cynthia Stoutโ owns me.
@jenajo.bsky.social
Profession: I am semi-retired as of 2024. I still help manage an insect research laboratory (UGA) that studies mosquitoes and parasitic wasps. I love learning about and photographing insects. I make books and marble paper too :-)
@dr-bees.bsky.social
Bee Ecologist based at Lancaster, UK Bioacoustics, genomics, microbiomics, ethology
@travismcenery.bsky.social
Making less wronger spider science productions on YouTube. https://youtube.com/@travismcenery2919
@plantecarnivore.bsky.social
Araneologue amateur, photos diverses et bestioles en tout genre sur YouTube. Membre du cafรฉ des sciences et passรฉ par le master CCST https://linktr.ee/plantecarnivore
@sydcannings1.bsky.social
Biologist, naturalist, bug- and bird lover, and inhabitant of the Yukon's boreal woodlands. Co-author of British Columbia: A Natural History. Conservation. Biodiversity.
@jessmarsh.bsky.social
Researcher Uni of Adelaide. Arachnology, taxonomy, conservation. Caves + cave biodiversity. Mum, hiker, ally. She / her. Co-founder Invertebrates Australia, Councillor Biodiversity Council, Co-chair IUCN Australia Species Specialist Group.
@jesika5555.bsky.social
Doggie mummy living in York. Interested in lepidoptera, all insects, birds and trying to learn about the night sky. Any and all Astro help gratefully accepted. Brilliant OM1 mark 2 camera & lenses, rubbish "L" plate operator. 141124
@nigronia.bsky.social
Stream ecologist and entomologist at SUNY Oneonta. #PUI #macroinverts #insects
@derekhennen.bsky.social
Entomologist & Myriapodologist: leaf litter critter enthusiast. Author of Ohio Millipede Field Guide. "Scientist & avowed Swiftie" -Rolling Stone Richmond, VA www.derekhennen.com
@wizentrop.bsky.social
Entomologist, award-winning macro photographer, professional keeper, wrangler and designer of live invertebrate displays. gilwizen.com
@maikbischoff.bsky.social
Postdoc at the @peiferlabunc at #UNC looking for opportunities to start a lab in Europe. Morphogenesis, collective cell migration, cytoskeleton, cell-adhesion and self-organization/emergent behavior in #Drosophila cells. ๐ธ๐๐ฆ๐ท instagram.com/maikscritters
@scibugs.bsky.social
๐ฆ A crazy entomologist of sorts who will lead you around Ecuador๐ช๐จ to look at bugs and stuff. www.SciBugs.info/linkz | Dyslexic, typos are my own | SciComm | Video Games | DnD | Cosplay | Tarot |
@neiltsutsui.bsky.social
#RESIST Professor-UC Berkeley, Environmental Science, Policy, & Management Director-UCB Central Sierra Field Stations President-El Cerrito Democratic Club Elected ADEM delegate to CA Dem Party Insect behavior & genetics. Wildland protection and management.
@windfelder.bsky.social
I am a comparative immunologist interested in the functional and multimodal imaging of insects as alternative animal models for biomedical research. https://www.windfelder-lab.com ๐๐ฆ
@waspwoman.bsky.social
#Behavioural #ecologist; Prof; UCL; weakness for #wasps. Actually, itโs not a weakness.. #Wasplove. Author Endless Forms: Why we should love wasps. http://tinyurl.com/UKwasps #Evolution #Naturewriting #Scicomm #sociality #Genomics
@ashwhiffin.bsky.social
๐ชฒ Entomologist, bonkers about beetles ๐ Museum Curator ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Usually found turning over logs/stones or poking in dead stuff. (she/her) ๐ https://linktr.ee/Ash_Whiffin
@danielkronauer.bsky.social
PI @Rockefeller University. Investigator @HHMI. Instigator of clonal raider ant project #CRAP. ๐ Evolution, Behavior & Neuroscience. Posts science and photography. ๐ง ๐ธ https://www.rockefeller.edu/research/2280-kronauer-laboratory/
@spicerackspiders.bsky.social
Arachnid furry, suit maker, tarantula keeper, spider appreciater, lesbian, 20s, Chicago ๐๏ธ๐ I have a lot of spiders, also a cat. I do art sometimes. I'm here to show people that arachnids are our friends
@scottgilmore.bsky.social
Elateridae beetle guy. ๐ฆ๐บ in ๐จ๐ฆ. Beetle heavy naturalist but easily distracted by ๐ฆ๐๐๐ท๐ชฐ๐ฆ๐บ(and wishing for a Psocodea emoji). Employed to work on threatened freshwater ๐๐
@ceiseman.bsky.social
Freelance naturalist, especially into leafminers, sawfly larvae, and other underappreciated herbivorous insects | http://bugtracks.wordpress.com
@bugeric.bsky.social
Non-fiction writer, author, blogger, insect identifier, ally. Presenter/speaker. #SciComm, entomology, urban natural history, human conflict with other species, other humans (and how to resolve it). Married Progressive in Kansas, USA. he/him/they
@entobiologist.bsky.social
ํ์ง์ค โข ๐ฐ๐ท๐บ๐ฒ โข any pronouns accessioned and catalogued in a museum near you. dubbed expert bug surgeon by america's top entomologists. makes art sometimes :> ํ๊ตญ๋ง ๋ฐฐ์ฐ๊ณ ์์ต๋๋ค! (personal account! expect unscientific nonsense)
@mosquitolab.bsky.social
Father, Husband, Prof. ~ Community & Population Ecologist ~BCE~ #mosquitoes #urbanecology #dytiscids #entomology~ All around Science Enthusiast ~ posts are my own
@entomososwin.bsky.social
Medical entomology postdoc ๐ฆ When not in lab I enjoy cooking, cocktails, birding, backpacking, mushrooming, and all things outdoors. | she/her https://www.rebeccamjohnson.me/
@biologicalrecording.co.uk
Shining a spotlight on the importance of monitoring wildlife and ecological research, with a focus on the groups that get less attention. ๐๐ชฑ๐ชฒ๐ท๏ธ๐๐ชผ๐ฆ Posts by Keiron Derek Brown
@frankashwood.bsky.social
Soil ecologist & macrophotographer | Author-in-progress | He/Him | www.frankashwood.com
@amohr.org
Xennial, Pixar R&D. Photos mostly - hit the 'Media' tab. Ally to all kind people of all kinds. Seattelite orbit. Photos my own unless reposted or credited. Always Alt Text. Never AI.
@rumwik.bsky.social
Permanently baffled internet artist and bug viewer โฅ she/her, Florida ๐ฅฆ Commission Information: https://rumwik.com/commission ๐ฅ Tiny Tip Jar: https://ko-fi.com/rumwik ๐ฝ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rumwik
@dezene.me
๐ชฒ Professor ๐ชฐ University of Northern British Columbia ๐ท๏ธ Insect ecologist ๐ conservation, biodiversity, natural history ๐ Opinions are my own. ๐ https://linktr.ee/dezene ๐ฆ
@rallidaerule.bsky.social
Forbes Bio Station Director Wetland Bird/Waterfowl @ Illinois Natural Hist Survey Posts do not represent my employer 1st VP @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social Gardening, Unpaid Labor she/her aurielfournier.github.io forbes-bio-station.inhs.illinois.edu
@waynemaddison.bsky.social
Raw pu-erh in the morning; oolong in the afternoon. Chocolate: dark milk. Would rather be drawing spider genitalia, usually. Looking forward to the next field trip. Thinking about getting a pottery wheel. Father of two amazing adults. Emeritus Prof @ UBC
@nashturley.bsky.social
Biologist / ecologist / entomologist ๐๐ฑ photographer ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ชฒ๐ป musician ๐ธ๐ค he/him www.nashturley.com
@dremlichtenberg.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, University of North Texas. Pollinator behavioral & community ecology, conservation. https://biology.unt.edu/lichtenberg-lab
@willgeorge.bsky.social
Naturalist with a particular interest in the true bugs, Heteroptera, but fascinated by pretty much all insects and nature. He/Him. https://www.flickr.com/photos/runnerwill/
@stephenbheard.bsky.social
Evolutionary ecologist & Boggle aficionado. Author: The Scientist's Guide to Writing; Charles Darwin's Barnacle and David Bowie's Spider. He/him. Blog and book links: scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com
@humanbyweight.bsky.social
C.A. ''Alie'' Kratzer | 29 | Engineer + Scientist + Entrepreneur + Author | Director of Owlfly | personal account | ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ she/her
@drspidernz.bsky.social
Arachnologist at University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Spider cognition, SciComm, and writer ๐ท #LoveSpiders www.doctorspider.net
@mjosmurphy.bsky.social
Postdoc studying the evolution and behavioral ecology of granary pest insect pheromone perception. Expect bugs. Posts are my own opinion and do not reflect the positions of my postdoc sponsors or host institutions.
@flygirlnhm.bsky.social
Dipterist, Entomologist, presenter, author, museum lover Principal Curator, Flies and fleas, Natural History Museum, London, UK
@lucidillusions.in
Mad (ex) Scientist (Ph.D in Nanotech) IIT Bombay ~ Camera and Beyond ~ Perversely Subversive and Absurd ~ I love Books, Bowie and the Beatles. ๐ Bombay, India Check my ๐ธ Feed~~ https://ko-fi.com/lucidillusions || https://lucidillusions.darkroom.com
@dadrummond.bsky.social
Scientist by day, artist by night. ๐ฌ (Science: drummondlab.org) Sculpture, drawings, and other works. Obsessed with the details of the natural world.
@moistmacro.bsky.social
Nudibranch obsessive, underwater photographer, citizen scientist, bug photographer and thalassophile. Now in the Cotswolds/Warwickshire. โพ๏ธ๐งฉ๐ฆ All photos by me.
@ymilesz.bsky.social
๐จ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | USDA Hilo ๐ด ๐ฅฅ ๐บ| (mostly) Hymenoptera taxonomy, phylogenomics, and evolutionary ecology | https://ymilesz.github.io/
@sarahmackattack.bsky.social
Squid biologist Science communicator Artist Philadelphian I run @SkypeAScientist.bsky.social Creator of the SquidMobile https://linktr.ee/Sarahmackattack
@jopabinia.bsky.social
Why things evolve into crabs. Evolutionary biologist (species alive today AND fossils, and how to study them together). Canadian at Harvard (she/her) My science: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CKqoVjEAAAAJ&hl=en
@anarchoarachnid.bsky.social
I LIKE SPIDERS! Spreading spidery love. Official Antifa spider wrangler. #spiders #tarantulas #centipedes #invertebrates #INearlyAlwaysFollowBack
@jencmars.bsky.social
Illustrator: Fantasy & Nature - Wildlife Photography Enthusiast - TTRPG Player - I like birds and bugs Portfolio: https://www.jencmars.com Shop: https://jencmars.bigcartel.com/
@chasingbugs.com
I talk about, write about, and photograph backyard bugs and wildlife. Conservation starts at home. ๐ก chasingbugs.com
@andybugguy.bsky.social
IN AWE OF NATURE! Entomologist, systematist, biogeographer, photographer; museums & collections. Based in Colorado! he/his. My science: https://lepscience.com/my-publications/
@awhispell.bsky.social
ntomologist, invertebrate advocate, biologist, artist, & ARGIA Editor. I study #Odonata and I give educational talks on insect and pollinator conservation.
@arachtober.bsky.social
Celebrate October by posting arachnids and spiders with the tag #Arachtober. I am jciv, a macro photographer living in South Texas, USA, who loves spiders. At the moment, I am posting mainly stereographic 3D macro photos. ๐บ๐ธ๐ธ๐ท๏ธ https://arachtober.com
@bugbaer.bsky.social
Ecological Genetics Research Asst Prof in the First-year Research Immersion (FRI) Program at Binghamton University. Temperate & tropical #insects ๐๐๐ฆ #plants ๐ฑ๐ด๐ณ#ClimateChange | she/her
@josephtlapp.bsky.social
Nature and science poetry, especially about bugs. And tree photos. I love trees! Nature educator teaching people about spiders in Charlottesville, VA.
@colinpurrington.bsky.social
Nature pics, especially insects and spiders. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA. https://colinpurrington.com
@nickybay.bsky.social
Macro photographer, cat slave, dedicated to flood your feed with cool spiders, insects, snakes, or anything small that moves.
@tapani-hopkins.bsky.social
Studying African rainforest wasps, biodiversity, and other excuses not to get a real job. University of Turku, but living in Kรฅllby ๐ซ๐ฎ. Posts in English / svenska / suomeksi Also here: https://mastodon.online/@tapani_hopkins https://users.utu.fi/taesho
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
Sharing insect science globally. ESA is the world's largest organization serving insect scientists. Need to identify an insect? Visit http://entsoc.org/insect-id
@isabetabug.bsky.social
entomologist, photographer, environmentalist. Documenting, protecting, & making the fascinating world of insects accessible is my mission๐ชฒโจ โขNEON Insect Collection Mngr @ASU โขFulbright-NatGeo Fellow in the Indonesian peat swamp๐ Cornell Alum, twin, surfer
@nathanharness.bsky.social
Photography, Sensory Ecology, Animal Behavior, Evolution, Bioacoustics, Education. All things Meadow Katydids. PhD from Mizzou , Biologist at Francis Marion University
@tshahan.bsky.social
Spiders! Art? most active on iNat: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=tshahan
@plesiomorphy.bsky.social
Somerville, MA, Ward 7 bikes and bugs and snakes and salamanders and also a rescue pibble Wildlife photography | traditional art | environmental field audio https://soundcloud.com/jasonjong
@bertonemyia.bsky.social
Entomologist passionate about flies, beetles, spiders, mites... Also macro photography. Director & diagnostician at NC State Plant Disease and Insect Clinic. Opinions are my own. He/him Raleigh, NC, USA https://www.flickr.com/photos/76790273@N07/
@bioinfocus.bsky.social
Entomologist fascinated by flies (#Diptera), biodiversity & taxonomy. Telling the story of biodiversity, one species at a time. He/Him. Profile pic: Kerascoรซt
@ibycter.bsky.social
Entomologist, sometime arachnologist, natural history enthusiast. I used study caracaras. I still do, but I used to as well. Avatar by the endlessly talented @blackmudpuppy.bluesky.social Also, photographer!
@teafrancis.bsky.social
Artist- taxidermist/fabricator/illustrator/jeweller ๐ชโ๏ธ๐จ Arachnologist ๐ท Plant hoarder, appreciator & curator ๐ชด Collector of the weird & old ๐ฎ
@tjalamont.bsky.social
Writer & nature photographer, especially macro photography of arthropods. Desert Tortoise conservation advocate. Fan of California, Montana, the rest of the planet. Photo website: https://www.tomastlephotography.com/
@cataranea.bsky.social
Arachnologist, behavioural ecologist, natural historian, & spider advocate. I also knit, sew, & have strong opinions. Pronouns: she or they
@bunnyloveerin.bsky.social
(she/they) veterinary student, LGBT enthusiast, rabbit enthusiast, bug enthusiast. Burgeoning wildlife photographer. Keep your cats indoors Proud mother of a blood sucker Bluesky's preeminent Bug Sex connoisseur
@mariannedenton.bsky.social
living a technicolor life in a B&W world | naturalist โข explorer โข observer | defender of democracy | still a scientist |
@mikemelton.bsky.social
All photos are my own and not AI. I am a filmmaker and photographer based in Olympia, WA, and Bijagua, Costa Rica @casabentbill.bsky.social but I spend as much time as I can in hot, humid, tropical forests. Because that's where the birds are! he/him
@lycomorpha.bsky.social
A collection of moths trying to cosplay a human interdisciplinary artist. BioMedSci escapee. Always drawing, too many pencils. Paint-maker. Moth, disability, & art-related sh*t-posting. Find me at https://linktr.ee/lycomorpha & lycomorpha.etsy.com
@margueriteturl2.bsky.social
Nature photographer and horror book lover who moonlights as a bookseller at Lahaska Bookshop. Instagram @pegt Twitter MargueriteTurl2 https://linktr.ee/margueriteturley
@americanbeetles.bsky.social
I hope you like pictures of bugs. Curating at CMNH, teaching at CMU, beetling everywhere
@crawlieswithcri.bsky.social
Photojournalist, striving to show the beauty of the little things in life; one arthropod at a time. Always happy to help with critter ID! Become a Patron to get to know Crawlies I post about up close and personal! https://www.patreon.com/Crawlieswithcri
@alexwild.bsky.social
Curator of Entomology at the University of Texas at Austin, personal account. Biology. Insects. Photography. https://www.alexanderwild.com