Possible parasite of Katydid:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117487570
This fly was firmly attached to the Katydid and did not fly away as I twisted the stem of the plant the Katydid was perched on to get a better photo
The albino was napping in an evergreen tree on a pleasant, sunny November day in 2011.
Two pairs in tandem with females ovipositing in rotting wood.
River Trail Park,
Luling,
Caldwell Co., Texas
22 July 2016
Observation & photo submitted by @tighephoto (Michael Tighe) via Instagram #macarthurparklake
This is an interesting story with a happy ending. My friend David Ferry and I were driving along Hwy 87 at 60 mph near Crystal Beach, Texas, when I glimpsed what I thought was a Least Bittern standing on the very edge of the road with cars whizzing past. I made a U turn and went back where we indeed found a Least Bittern, resting back on its tarsus joints within inches of passing traffic. I picked up the bird and we stood on the side of the road to examine it. My best guess is that (1) it took a glancing blow off a car windshield, perhaps, or (2) It was totally exhausted from migrating across the Gulf of Mexico. It did not seem to be badly injured and its wings did not seem to be broken. Rather than just leave it here on the road to be crushed and killed I decided we would take it to a nearby marsh area off the roadway where it could die in peace and dignity. So we drove off with Dave holding the bird in his lap and heading to a marsh well off the road where I know Least Bitterns were present. We put the bird down on the edge of the marsh and it just stood there looking at us. I was about to just drive away and let nature take its course, but decided to take a few more shots of the bird. I got down low to the bird's level and it went into the characteristic bittern pose by stretching its neck high and trying to look like a swaying bit of marsh grass. It kept a watchful eye on me from both sides of its raised bill and image 1 shows this action. The bird then started slowly walking away from us. I bent down to take another shot and the bittern took flight and flew out into the marsh and out of sight. I choose to believe it recovered and is doing well.
near Crystal Beach,
Galveston Co., Texas
26 April 2018
A common bird on the Daintree river , but one of the most amazing fishing birds. This birds can fish from a spot quite far above the water and hang upside stretch their neck out and successfully catch a fish. When first observed no one can believe they can fish from that height. To watch them go totally upside down is absolutely amazing.
Fortunately there was a convenient arrow pointing out the bird otherwise I would never have seen it! :)
Dive site: Tanj Uli
Can't find the original description "Delamare-Deboutteville C., Massoud Z., 1962:
Description of Néo-Calédonien de Collembole suceur Caledonimeria mirabilis"
Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, Tome LXXXVII, no 4, 1962, p.330-337.
Don't know if the yellow variation is mirabilis.