This population was wiped out a year or two after this photo after some historic winter flooding in the Orting Valley
Macropronotal female.
Nuluhon Trusmadi Forest Reserve, Keningau District, Sabah, Borneo. 1000 m., lower montane dipterocarp forest.
Nice star-shaped barnacles on the side of the pier
Scientific survey for fisheries research
maybe?? On Blennosperma
With UV to show contrast. Not sure of the host, ain't a bug guy.
This observation is for the parasitic larvae.
Observation for the toad: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/229216980
pseudoescorpion troglobisium recovitzai - Cueva de la Merla - Roda de Bara - Catalonia - Spain
landed briefly on a roadside shrub on a tree/shrub-lined dirt road through open peat bog; ID based on range and images posted at BugGuide.
This amazing observation was made by Manfred R. Ulitzka (https://twitter.com/Thrips_iD). It was uploaded to iNaturalist on his behalf.
The photograph is of a specimen on a slide that was obtained by Manfred. On the back of the slide it indicated that the specimen was collected at the town of Elliot, NT, Australia, in 2016. There was no exact date / time of collection so to enable uploading of this observation the date 1/6/2016 :12:00PM was chosen.
The body length according to Manfred was 2.95mm.
The specimen was collected from the plant 'Acacia kempeana'.
The Twitter post relating to this observation is here: https://twitter.com/Thrips_iD/status/1489012165222838281
Originally I had no idea what this was. I thought it was a cordyceps as it has erupted from the body of a katydid or grasshopper. Someone has suggested pin mold, another has suggested slime mold.
Found positioned on a decaying log in subtropical rainforest next to a creek. We have recently had lots of rain and high humidity.
Via a cordyceps identification page on Facebook, Nigel Hywel-Jones commented "It is indeed spectacular, and rare. In 35+ years and over 20,000 collections in 12 countries I have found it once. On an adult moth. That is how rare it is. It is in the genus Sporodiniella and is a Zygomycete. It looks similar to Sporodiniella umbellata."
So I have now listed it as such.
Very cool pagoda-like brown and white fungus with tiered discs on central stem. Two to three cm tall. First time I have seen one of these. Percy Scenic Reserve, Lower Hutt.
One of many leafmines present on Scotch Broom (Fabaceae: Cytisus scoparius) growing in meadow/field habitat. Photo 1 shows the upper surface of leaf; Photo 2 shows the underside of leaf; Photo 3 is the upper surface of leaf backlit with flashlight from cellphone.
This mostly keys to C multiflorus… sessile ternate leaves below with short appressed hairs. Glabrous calyx. Will come back in a few months to check out the fruit.
"hairy fruited broom" - leaves ternate, petiolate, and hairy below... simple above. Flowers 1-2 in lateral groups- paler than C scoparius, Hairy calyces. Last year's fruits 1.5-3 cm and hairy all over.
Host tree is Douglas Fir (photos 3 and 4).
Photographs of the crown are done by binoculars.
Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, University of Auckland Tamaki Campus.
Habitat: Swards of long grass.
Identification: Mymar schwanni Girault, 1912. Female.
From compact leaf litter between stones in plant bed. Might be Anapistula secreta given the location. 5th image shows the four eyes nicely.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2333501
Note growths on abdomen.
This was an extremely rare sighting for Squamish first spotted by Wally Fletcher during the Squamish Estuary Monthly Bird Census. This seal was first sighted in Puget Sound near Seattle Washington earlier in the year then later in Steveston British Columbia where it was tagged on its flipper ( B310 ). It was observed swimming and sunning itself on a wharf at the end of Cattermole Slough near downtown Squamish only for only one day then disappeared. Judging by its normal habitat it was a long way out of range which is the Bering Sea. I have good video of the seal ( You-Tube video https://youtu.be/QO8osHlLzh0 ) if that will help with identification.
On the underside of a fallen branch (Red Alder, I think) at the edge of a small rivulet running through mixed woodland.
Underside of Osoberry leaves. Image 2 shows damage to upper surface
Green form of the Alpine Green Cockroach Polyzosteria viridissima one of 15 individuals sighted in a short period at this location. Two other individuals were photographed to show variation also see:
-https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36369027
-https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36369029
Two males apparently contesting access to a female. Although not apparent from the photo, the male on the right was noticeably smaller than the other male. They briefly pressed their heads together ('face-to-face') as if pushing each other before the smaller male backed away and, shortly after, scuttled away. The larger male then appeared to copulate briefly with the female and remained with her.
Galls on Common Box (Buxaceae: Buxus sempervirens). These were most likely last season's galls as there are several visible exuviae left by the exiting adult midges. For those that are interested, there are photos of intact galls from this same plant considerably earlier in the year here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/69096553
8.5mm
Came rappelling down from the thatch roof overhang.
At first, it played dead (last two pictures), but then it realised it was just a photo shoot and it posed quite nicely, showing off its dapper outfit.
A scrappy expanse of silky refuges and capture webs littered with body parts of previous victims. When preferred prey is entangled, the female spiders emerge from their 'nests' and overpower it by grabbing its extremities. In this case, a wasp https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9319446.
Presumably they inject venom because after a minute or so the prey stops struggling. Then they snip it out of the web and carry it into one of several 'nests' or refuges.
Unwanted prey, often beetles (see https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9319435 ) are also killed but sometimes left in the web, uneaten. Ants, in this case, Maranoplus ( https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9319390 )scavenge around the periphery of the webs, feasting on unwanted beetles or other left-overs.
Large mandibles the length of the forelegs, 43mm wingspan with iridescent purple sheen to the wings.
Aphid of some sort but the suction cup structure beneath is what is confusing. Any ideas/information?
Found lying exposed on dirt road, next to dry savannah bushland in rural residential area.
I have no idea what this is. There's entire orders of tiny arthropods I'm not familiar with beyond name and general morphology, but still, it's strange to get good clean shots of a thing and still have no idea what I'm looking at.
Edit: We have a professional ID! https://bugguide.net/node/view/1977688/bgimage
~6-7mm
Stem gall on Pearly Everlasting with 5x 3mm black pupae inside
Painted Sandgrouse (Pterocles indicus), DSC_2426.JPG