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On Green Hairstreak

Thought it was interesting how they put all these spikes inside the lettering to keep the bird from nesting-birds used it as material and made a nest in every spot they could

Unsure of the species ID

larve

"Virus?" on A. podagraria

cf.
det. Theo Zeegers

Reared from maggots infecting American Toad
Paper used to support ID: https://academic.oup.com/jme/article/58/1/88/5874415

Still struggling to understand which is the anterodorsal bristle...but guessing this is L.sericata?

Fordel, Midlothian, Scotland

Pink lichen rings on Jubilee Buttress of Table Mountain. In a few locations.

One species or two? They interacted with each other

Dead fly on side of road
Fully intact
On road to El Progresso

Found in highlands
Emerald green color
On deceased owl

Red orange colored bloom alongside filaments green algae

Someone found what we're pretty sure is a small Antarctic Isopod body on the beach

Insecte, Berbérati, Centrafrique
Copyright Gerard Galat
1972 OK 1/1 to fit request
https://www.animalscoop.fr/