Wandering Adventure Party

Japanese researchers discovered that black-spotted pond #frogs can successfully hunt and eat Asian giant #hornets (aka "murder hornets") despite their massive stingers and venom. The study found frogs ate the hornets 79% of the time even when repeatedly stung in the mouth or eyes. https://newatlas.com/biology/frogs-murder-hornets/#wildlife #biology #japan #research #nature #animals #insects

#SilentSunday#photography #nature #Sunset

More good news."Our whole organisation was basically premised on the idea that there were people who were willing to let a bunch of young idiots on to their land indiscriminately, to make fairly massive decisions that would affect land value. We didn’t have any evidence that those people existed at the start. We just kind of assumed, or prayed, that they did.”#Rewilding #Youngwilders #Nature#Environment https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/25/it-fully-changed-my-life-how-young-rewilders-transformed-a-farm-and-began-a-movement

Bare trees in the Aamsveen.#BlackAndWhitePhotography #FilmPhotography #Hiking #Landscape #Nature #Photography #Darktable #NikonF801 #IlfordHP5 #SilentSunday

After six momentous leaps from a small aircraft, skydiver Gabriel C. Brown completed his mission. He and his photographer friend Andrew McCarthy created this stunning image that shows the adventurous subject falling in front of the sun.https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/andrew-mccarthy-skydiver-sun-image/#photography #nature

Spain#travel #nature #naturaleza #fotografie #photography

A little mushroom in its own little room.#mosstodon #mushroom #mushtodon #nature

Windy Point View of Red Cloud WildernessGunnison National Forest, CO#MountainMonday #photo #nature #autumn #PublicLands #Colorado #landscape

Cranes in flight#wildlife #photography #nature #birds

Genuinely thought I had stumbled across an interesting mushroom while out photographing fungi in a nearby wood.Got a bit of a surprise when I got a closer look at it!!!I did manage to find some real fungi though, will post the photos over the coming week.#fungi #mushroom #funny #nature #wildlife

#MothOfTheDay is a stunner.You may recognise it from my profile pic, but one came to visit the #moth box last night. The gloriously beautiful #green and black mosaic of:MERVEILLE DU JOURGriposia aprilinaLarvae feed on oak.One of my absolute favourite moths of the year.#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #naturalworld #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #autumn #october #conservation #biodiversity #alttext

Okay so I feel like mastodon.social is a little too general for me. I feel like I want more of a safe space for #neurodivergent folks, and folks who want to #decolonize their minds. Genuine #BIPOC allies. #culture enthusiasts. #history geeks. Like #nature and #geology. #witchy but the ancestral folk wisdom, grandma kind. ...too general still? But too specific for general.

"Nevada is so ugly. It's just the Vegas strip and a bunch of boring desert." #Nevada #Nature #Hiking

For my first “real” post I’d like to share this absolutely INCREDIBLE moth I found on campus a few days back. This is *Cosmosoma myrodora*, the Scarlet Bodied Wasp Moth. This striking moth is native to the southeastern US and is named because its appearance is believed to be mimicry of wasps— If I had to guess, likely a Polistidae species. This moth is a tiger moth (Arctiini) in the family Erebidae, much like the Salt Marsh Moth (*Estigmine acrea*) that is also native to Galveston, though I don’t think anyone is at high risk of confusing the two as they look very different. *C. myrodora* larva feed on *Mikania* genus plants called hempvines. Unless I’m mistaken, there’s an absolutely massive hempvine by the parking lot on campus. Maybe I’ll pop over there and see if I can find some larvae or pupae.Sources: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/217647-Cosmosoma-myrodorahttps://www.lsuagcenter.com/~/media/system/3/f/5/c/3f5cfb9d3e2ea5c70320e1f7b390218b/3740%20scarlet%20bodied%20wasp%20mothpdf.pdfhttps://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN996#insect #insects #moth #moths #nature #bugs #photo #texas #scicomm #entomology

Speckled Wood butterfly#Butterfly #Schmetterling #Nature #Photography

Felt like painting an autumnal explosion of colour. #MastoArt #TraditionalArt #AcrylicMarker #SketchBook #Forest #Nature #Autumn #AutumnVibes #Fall

Today was a day well spent with community in nature for stewardship and service.New pollinator garden at Ross Park was mostly weeded, seeded, and transplanted. It looks exactly as I imagined and as we designed! Will try and get pics soon. Forgot cameras ‍️Here's the city fb posting about it thoughhttps://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1089550043349269&id=100068828510910#nature #Volunteering #Gardening #Pollinators@gardening

An intriguing study of Earth-size planet Trappist-1e was overshadowed this week by Mars news (and...uh, other things).Most Earth-size planets in our galaxy orbit red dwarf stars. Trappist-1e offers our best chance to learn whether such planets can support life.https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasa-webb-looks-at-earth-sized-habitable-zone-exoplanet-trappist-1-e/ #science #space #nature

Milky Way over Pyramid of the Feathered SerpentCredits: Robert Fedez#nature #space #astrophotography

#InsectSaturday We have been seeing bad news about the decline of insect populations. But building back some of that insect habitat is not difficult. And scientists say it's necessary! If you have a garden, check out this simple organizer which will help you support any local butterfly population. I used an example from my garden. It's in my new blog, Habitat Gardeninghttps://write.as/habitat-gardening/how-you-can-build-back-butterfly-habitatBonus seasonal tips and recommended resource. Let's bring out more butterflies!#HabitatGardening #BiodiversityGardening #Gardening #NativePlants #Nature #Environment