John Reed Pavan · @johnpavan
587 followers · 580 posts · Server photog.social

An unidentified butterfly or moth caterpillar in Central Park (late May). From a distance these look 'fuzzy', but up close you can see that the hairs really are big spikes/needles. Hopefully no one was silly enough to actually touch it.

#caterpillar #lepidoptera #spines #nature #wildlife #insects #entomology #centralpark #nycparks #macro #ultramacro #canonphotography #LuminarNeo

Last updated 1 year ago

Stephen · @mister_goldfish
135 followers · 928 posts · Server mastodon.green

A cross section photograph of a hedgehog spine shows why it hurt so much when I trod on one!

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nott

#goodnews #photography #macro #science #hedgehogs #spines #ouch

Last updated 1 year ago

sebastian büttrich · @sebastian
210 followers · 342 posts · Server mastodon.cc
Ana Saez-Hidalgo · @anasaezh
12 followers · 4 posts · Server hcommons.social

A naked spine can tell us all kinds of things about binding, use and recycling of materials, and the life of the book.

#bookhistory #Binding #spines #fragments #histodons #MaterialCulture #manuscript #scraps

Last updated 2 years ago

Konani · @Konani
162 followers · 488 posts · Server baraag.net

merry belated inktobers to y'all!

3 more days to go, and 6 drawings ⚔️ !

#dragon #spines #marshmallow #fire #horns #inktober #crispy #day28 #peril #shota #burnt #burning

Last updated 3 years ago

@Om* · @atomjack
1269 followers · 13247 posts · Server mastodon.cloud

a hedgehog without spines...

#hedgehog #none #spines

Last updated 8 years ago