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strayyleafy.bsky.social
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ โ€ข 20 yrs โ€ข male โ€ข bug enjoyer all photos in my banner are mine! iNaturalist account โ†’ @ leafy_andleo
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Reminder that garlic mustard is edible and beneficial (both raw and cooked), and very easy to ID! ๐Ÿ’š rich in vitamins ๐Ÿ’š aids digestion ๐Ÿ’š antimicrobial ๐Ÿ’š supports immune system ๐Ÿ’š possibly anti-cancer I suggest cooking and seasoning because I personally think it tastes bad. #garlicmustard #forage

Quebec forest moss haul ๐Ÿ’š #moss #macro #nature #Quebec #forest

Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus An Ontario species of Barrel millipede โค๏ธโค๏ธ ๐Ÿชฑ #millipede #macro #bugpic #bugpics #julidae

Yesterday's Ontario plant finds! ๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸŒฟ Still tenative on the ID for the last two ๐Ÿ’™ Siberian Squill (Scilla siberica) ๐Ÿ’› Colt's Foot (Tussilago farfara) ๐Ÿ’š Red Berried Elder (Sambucus racemosa) ๐Ÿ’š Yellow Archangel (Lamium galeobdolon) #plant #plants #flower #flowers #Ontarioplants #wildflower #nature

First Ontario and Quebec flowers! ๐ŸŒน๐ŸŒท๐ŸŒน๐ŸŒท ๐ŸŒผ Crocus sp. (Purple crocus) ๐ŸŒผ Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop) ๐ŸŒผ Scilla siberica (Siberian squill) #flower #flowers #plant #plants #spring #ontario #quebec #canada

Lichens!! ๐Ÿค๐Ÿค๐Ÿค #lichen #lichens

Armadillidium vulgare โค๏ธ roly poly, isopod, pill bug! whatever you may call them they're adorable little balls not insects, they're tiny land crustaceans! #isopod #isopods #bugpics #bugsky #pillbug #pillbugs #Armadillidium #rolypoly

๐Ÿ’š i live for #moss ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š (not my photo of moss)

"April showers bring May flowers" am i right #canada #snow

โ˜˜๏ธ St John's Wart and Lichens #plant #plants #stjohnswart #lichen

moss haul from 4 hours of hiking ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š feat. a fern #moss #hiking #foraging

๐Ÿž Blood-winged Blister Beetle (Tricrania sanguinipennis) #beetle #coleoptera #insect #bugpics #insectpic #beetlepic

I've done it... I mossed the yard. When collecting moss from the wild, do not take entire patches! I take less than a third of each patch I want. Once the moss perks up from being transplanted it'll get nice and green and happy ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š #moss #mosslawn

im so excited that my whole family DESPERATELY wants me to collect patches of moss to cover the back yard with

i keep finding cute things in the woods ๐ŸŒณ๐ŸŒฒ ๐Ÿ•ท๏ธ Spider (Hibana sp.) ๐Ÿ’š Green stink bug (Chinavia sp.) #spider #arachnid #shieldbug #stinkbug #pentatomidae #bug #insect

wooly bear ๐Ÿป aka Pyrrharctia isabella ๐Ÿฆ‹ aka Isabella tiger moth #Pyrrharctiaisabella #moth #tigermoth #woolybear #caterpillar

my variety of mosses are starting to perk up and look really happy ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ #moss #mossarium #terrarium

if i were you I'd be jealous of my handful #millipede #millipedes

moss #moss

Beetle found in forest, genus Alobates. (Alobates pensylvanicus, false mealworm beetle?) #bugpics #beetle #coleoptera #insect #insectphotography #canada

My current collection of the invasive agriculture pest, Halyomorpha halys the brown marmorated shield bug. Dorsal and ventral view. (ventral view has 2 additional specimens on the left) #insect #pentatomidae #insects #entomology #bug #bugpics #bugcollection

eyo new bluesky banner i just edited this for an hour using my bug photography from my iNaturalist account (www.inaturalist.org/people/leafy...)

today i learned that the superfamily "Myrmeleontoidea" exists and it's got OWL FLIES ? ANT LIONS ?? SPOON WINGS ?? and SPLIT FOOTED LACE WINGS ??? what the fuck is going on here, who named these things

๐Ÿšจ Box Art Reveal!! ๐Ÿšจ My son @strayyleafy.bsky.social created this stunning art for Bustinaโ€™s upcoming physical releases, inspired by Jekโ€™s original character art! Stay tuned for more updates on Bustina physical releases! ๐ŸŽฎ ๐ŸŽจ #indiegamedev #nes #physical #homebrew #nesmaker #nesdev

i woke up to this in my notes app. i think i was onto something

Sketch of Vulpes vulpes, the red fox ๐ŸฆŠ๐Ÿ’•

More bug pics!! Super proud of how a lot of these turn out, having taken them with my phone camera ๐Ÿคณ๐Ÿฆ—๐Ÿ’• Porcellio spinicornis, Phalagnium opilio, Muscidae, and Ptinus raptor.

More crawlies of course ๐Ÿฆ—๐Ÿ’• Polydesmus angustus, Pyractomena borealis, Porcellio spinicornis, Cyanocitta cristata ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿชถ๐Ÿฆ—๐Ÿฆ—

my ISOPODS (Porcellionides pruinosus) and MAPLE BUGS (Boisea trivittata) and MILLIPEDE (Cylindroiulus sp.) โ€ผ๏ธ๐Ÿชฒ๐Ÿฆ—