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 (DIR) Post #B59nJn2HYnBfAKD66S by markmccaughrean@mastodon.social
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       #OTD one year ago, I started photographing the many insects, spiders, & other wee beasties in our garden & some nearby locations. By New Year's Eve, I'd recorded 195 different species – not bad 🙇‍♂️This year, I started on New Year's Day, & have already reached 90+.OK, many overlaps, but many new species too. Even better 🙂🤷‍♂️#Heidelberg 🏰#Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️#BugOfTheDay 🐞#MacroPhotography 🔬#InsectsOfMastodon 🪰#BackGardenEntomology 🪲
       
 (DIR) Post #B59nJnGSi4WtsIqQCm by markmccaughrean@mastodon.social
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       Today's additions are from the forest atop the Königstuhl around @mpi_astro, at around 570m elevation, taken with my phone. And the first is a small weevil spotted on top of a cut tree trunk. Deceased unfortunately, but that meant I could photo the underside too 😬It's a Clay-Coloured Weevil (Otiorhynchus singularis; 🇩🇪 Brauner Lappenrüssler). #Heidelberg 🏰#Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️#BugOfTheDay 🐞#MacroPhotography 🔬#InsectsOfMastodon 🪰#BackGardenEntomology 🪲
       
 (DIR) Post #B59nJnUdrLs8aHTkJ6 by markmccaughrean@mastodon.social
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       Second is a group of isopods, who seemed a little shocked by being revealed to the world when I pulled a piece of wood off a rotting tree trunk.Probably Common Shiny Woodlice (Oniscus asellus; 🇩🇪 Mauerassel), but possibly Ratzeburg's Woodlouse Trachelipus ratzeburgii). #Heidelberg 🏰#Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️#BugOfTheDay 🐞#MacroPhotography 🔬#IsopodsOfMastodon #BackGardenEntomology 🪲
       
 (DIR) Post #B59nJnhP5u53DrRwCO by markmccaughrean@mastodon.social
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       And third, I spotted a small pile of dirt surrounding a hole amid the leaves in the forest, & sat down next to it to see if its owner would turn up.Sure enough, there was a bee inside & it popped its head up a few times, but never exited.Not sure of the species – presumably a mining bee of some kind. The white hairy face might help with an ID. #Heidelberg 🏰#Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️#BugOfTheDay 🐞#MacroPhotography 🔬#InsectsOfMastodon 🪰#BackGardenEntomology 🪲