Michelle Trautwein

A little pressed fern peacock with a penny for scale 🦚🌿

So this happened yesterday evening 🤩

The inside of Common Limpet (Patella vulgata) shells often have an iridescence that is hard to capture on camera - but because this shell has been worn down a bit it's shining through much more strongly 😍 County Clare, Ireland.

How many eagles do you see? Want to photograph one? I know a place.

Think I lost about a stone chasing Ruby-tailed wasps in the sun this lunchtime. Was it worth it? I'll let you decide...

Good morning from Dorset Dahlias. #dahlias #flowers #gardening #dahlialove

Earth from space

Diversity of damselflies

Portrait of a jumping bristletail, Archaeognatha. I find the eyes and the great hairstyle very exciting here. 🧑The hair looks like the wing scales of butterflies. #jumpingbristletail #felsenspringer #insects #hexapoda #entomology

Forget-me-not fun fact: the yellow ring at the flower’s centre fades to white after pollination, signalling to insects there’s no more nectar. The insects therefore learn to visit the flowers that haven’t yet been pollinated, ensuring no forget-me-not flower is forgotten 🤙

Thrilling find off the coast of Palm Beach, Florida. Possibly a larval Caulophryne species of deep water Anglerfish, the adults of which are just crazy looking.

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Using two telescopes and over 280,000 individual photos, I captured my most detailed image of our moon. The full size is over a gigapixel. Trust me, you’ll want to zoom in on this one.

Safety net. Blackwater dive off Anilao, Philippines #ikelite

Small-headed fly and big-headed fly Yes they’re real, and yes those are their common names Flies are ridiculous

Limbering up for a day writing about wood with half an hour in the log pile, splitting oak for the stove. Came across this wondrous figure, locked inside a particularly grizzled chunk. It really is remarkable stuff.

@JessicaLWareLab @NYTScience @AMNH Loved seeing you in the NYT today! It was such a fun surprise- made my day! 💗😘

This is what sunset looks like from space. Credit: ESA/NASA

Green weevil today for #weevilwednesday #weevil #insects #coleoptera #beetle #grünrüssler #rüsselkäfer #käfer

The unperceived reality ....