mostlypixels

joined 1 year ago
[–] mostlypixels 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That, sir, is not a butt, but a blep. Gorgeous pic tho!

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Nature is metal (programming.dev)
 

A meadow scorpionfly snacking on a dead caterpillar (peacock butterfly), next to (mayyyybe?) the cocoon of the parasite that killed the caterpillar.

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Cutest colletes bee (programming.dev)
 

I'm not entirely sure of the subspecies. They are tiny, adorable, and really favor tansy.

[–] mostlypixels 2 points 3 months ago
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Pantaloons! (programming.dev)
 

Possibly "Colletes daviesanus". Tiny and cute.

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Orange tip [OC] (programming.dev)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by mostlypixels to c/[email protected]
 

Females do not, actually, have the orange tips on their wings, but the patterns on the underside are gorgeous.

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Would you pull the lever? (programming.dev)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by mostlypixels to c/[email protected]
 

Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipes). They're cute as heck so I'm gonna be stalking their foraging area.

[–] mostlypixels 1 points 8 months ago
[–] mostlypixels 2 points 8 months ago

Thank you so much!

[–] mostlypixels 4 points 8 months ago
[–] mostlypixels 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Thank you! A proper camera (R7) with a 85mm lens :) I know some people manage great macro with their phones, but I couldn't have gotten close enough with a phone, the bees hurried back into their tunnels whenever I got near.

 

Grey backed mining bee (Andrena vaga) waiting for me to get away from her nest.

[–] mostlypixels 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Herons look so incredibly cool. Until you see them from the front, of course. Gorgeous shot!

 

I know they're not rare or anything, but it's the first time I get to observe some.

Sorry for the shaky video, I keep forgetting to take a beanbag.

[–] mostlypixels 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

You drive through the fields and spot a dishevelled young woman hunching over roadkill, reaching into the corpse with pliers as flies buzz around her. You accidentally make eye contact just as she - grinning - drops a writhing maggot into a translucent plastic bottle.

[–] mostlypixels 4 points 8 months ago

I love it too! I wish I had noticed it when the picture was taken, because it's gorgeous.

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Got photobombed (programming.dev)
 

A birch catkin bug invited itself.

Birch Catkin Bug

[–] mostlypixels 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Bees are macro on hard mode, they never stop moving. You did a fantastic job. I always end up using burst mode and prayer. Have fun experimenting!

[–] mostlypixels 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

She looks like she's wearing a pollen crown!

[–] mostlypixels 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The bees are the best. They get SO dusty. Also: can I see, please?

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Mandatory cherry blossom (pics.letsfail.com)
 

I got myself extension tubes and it just happened to be THE season.

 

It's based on a template, I made it for the Afternoon Tea pixel club: https://lostletters.neocities.org/afternoontea/ which you should check out :)

 
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Hi there! (pics.letsfail.com)
 
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