@Bug_feed
Social Media Management & Photography
@Bug_Feed on Instagram is a page dedicated to showcasing interesting, funny, and everyday photos of bugs submitted by both followers and admins. As a frequent submitter to the page, I asked to join the Bug Feed team as an admin in 2018 and was accepted.
It’s quite easy to find bugs, and a surprising amount of people like to take pictures of them. We take a very friendly, nonchalant, and community-focused approach to posting and captioning pictures.
Here are my photographic contributions to Bug Feed. I use my iPhone camera – often times with a jeweler’s loupe over it for close-up shots
bumble bee
“What’s the buzz?”
brown marmorated stink bug
“Sleepy stinker”
house cricket
“Goldenlegs”
close-banded yellow horn moth
“Mushroom the Moth”
praying mantis
“Stretching out!”
spiny-orb weaver spider
“Spiny spider villain, weaver of orbs”
pavement ant
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land snail
“aw geez look how shy this snail is”
cicada emerging from its shell
“Metamorphosis”
common wasp, or yellowjacket
“Caution tape”
pillbug armadillidiidae
“like an onion”
earthworm
“slither”
Without ever buying ad space or using hashtags, our Instagram posts receive an average of 20 likes a post. We regularly receive submissions from our 200+ followers.
The goal of the Bug Feed Instagram is not necessarily to go viral, but rather to build a solid community of bug scouts and photography enthusiasts.