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aesbiologistΠεριγραφή
Many Bumblebees exiting a nest - first time observed. More observations to come in future. Video link in comments
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naturephotosuzeΠεριγραφή
Malibu Lagoon
This guy had washed up and a gull was nearby so he puffed himself up. I kept scaring the gull away and I think this guy was able to get back in the water as the tide was going up.
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patsykuentzΠεριγραφή
It was carrying many babies or eggs on its back.
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mikaelbΠεριγραφή
Taken on monthly group walk on the Nalle Bunny Run Wildlife Refuge owned by Hill Country Conservancy.
This is the first time I've observed one of the "hanging thieves" robber flies on the preserve. I've only ever seen them before in Gonzales.
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aesbiologistΠεριγραφή
In a graveyard. After a heavy rain, one of the graves that was sunken had quite a bit of water in it and among the toads there was an solitary one that had a huge TICK attached to its neck, and two much smaller TICKS can be seen on his left side.
En un cementerio. Después de una fuerte lluvia, una de las tumbas que fue hundida y tenía un mucha agua, y entre los sapos era una solitaria que tenía un enorme GARRAPATA pegada en su cuello, y dos más pequeñas GARRAPATAS puede ser visto en su lado izquierdo.
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cholmesphotoΠεριγραφή
I observed a number of these turrets, and bees flying in and out, but I was not able to get photos of the bees.
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stephen_thorpeΠεριγραφή
Psychoda acutipennis Tonnoir, 1920
North Crater, pitfall trap NC1, 10-20 July 2013, J.C. Russell
Third photo shows wing of second specimen.
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aesbiologistΠεριγραφή
feeding on desert willow
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simongroveΠεριγραφή
Bird-dropping spider Celaenia excavata on almond fruit, Taroona, Tasmania, April 2015
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jaqui_anayaΠεριγραφή
Lagartija tomando el sol, San Juan Teotihuacán, Estado de México.
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marcelloΠεριγραφή
Dioctria hyalipennis (Fabricius, 1794) ♀ with a Chloromyia sp. prey
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aesbiologistΠεριγραφή
put in a net enclosure to watch eclose; many question marks the immediate area feeding, so high probability
P1170471.JPG eclosed today 9/15/21 and was released to the same place it came from
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joshua_txΠεριγραφή
Hugh Ramsey Nature Park. Found on Lantana velutina.
This observation at BugGuide:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1913401
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joshua_txΠεριγραφή
Resaca de la Palma State Park.
Species page at BugGuide:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/93531
This observation at BugGuide:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1914502
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joshua_txΠεριγραφή
Roy E. Larsen Sandyland Sanctuary. I was hoping to find a Zebra Swallowtail this trip and this park was the first stop on my first ever trip to deep east Texas. A 2 hour evening stroll through the park turned up 20 individuals. They were mostly nectaring on Rubus (Dewberry) in the uplands and some species of Mustard in the bottomlands. Larvae feed on Asimina (Pawpaw) in the Annonaceae family.
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joshua_txΠεριγραφή
Male. Attracted to sugar bait. Larval hostplants for this species are Acacias and presumably also related legumes.
Species page at BugGuide:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/153814
Species page at MPG:
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8601
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terrinorrisΠεριγραφή
Update:
I found several of these at Cedar Bog again this year. The last one might be Hexatoma brevicornis, so if you have expertise, please D.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/172420801
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/172420799
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/172420798
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/175243975
Note: I have photographed this Hexatomini at Cedar Bog in Champaign County, Ohio for at least 17 years. Always in the same area.
I've added two other observations; one from back in 2004.
Links to those observations:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/88273567
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/84762884
Here's an observation this year (2022) with better pics of wing venation. Same location.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124010854
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aesbiologistΠεριγραφή
These were first seen in flight, joined. When they alit on a rock, it was clear that the male was dead. The female didn't appear to have any particular difficulties in flight.
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chris_and_pamela_pipesΠεριγραφή
Approx. 1/2" overall length. Photos & entry by CP.
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wynand_uysΗμερομηνία
Δεκέμβριος 20, 2014Τόπος
Blyde River bushveld and wetlands near Hoedspruit: Grassy woodland interspersed with seasonal pans, vleis and river channels. (Google, OSM)Περιγραφή
Termite construction site and interactions with their predators
After good summer rains these Termites are seen constructing ventilation shafts to their large underground chambers. At their interface to the outside world, they are predated upon by an assembly of spiders beetles and ants. The area around the termite constructions is dominated by Pugnacious Ants, making close observation an unpleasant, even daunting exercise, but one is rewarded with sightings of an assortment of termitophagous spiders that are not often seen elsewhere.
Captions:
Images 1-3 show the Termites at work and their construction site.
Image 4 shows Pugnacious Ants ripping a captured Termite apart.
Images 5 and 6 show a Termite turning the tables on an Ant, with other termites joining the fray.
Image 7 shows the jumping spiders ready to leap unto any stray termite
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nmwendyΠεριγραφή
Filmed 7/12/14 in Tyrone, NM. I have video and stills of this mother lizard and several of her newborns. Look closely, this first photo has both mother and baby. She must have delivered over two dozen. When I first saw her I thought, what a fat horned toad (sorry, very old habit) then I noticed movement around her as several babies were in the process of scampering away. I had time to run home for a camera and still capture the birth of at least a dozen more. Truly amazing. They couldn’t have been much bigger than the tip of my little finger at birth and within minutes were all puffed up and ready to run.
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beschwarΠεριγραφή
Two live individuals were found in water ~ 20-30 cm deep, in the edge of a cobble bed with mixed partly submerged vegetation.
Both mussels were returned to their original locations immediately after photographing.
Dolan Falls Preserve is owned by The Nature Conservancy and is not open to the public. Access is through special permission only. The preserve is adjacent to Devil's River State Natural Area, which is open to the public on a restricted schedule.
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chelseaceaeΠεριγραφή
I finally found a tardigrade!
It was 52 degrees outside, but I’m unsure of the water temperature. Samples taken from Barton Springs Pool.
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