Sorry for the very vague location, I do not have the exact position. This was a Odontomachus mimic earwig me and my cousin found. When threatened it would raise it's abdomen, shaped like an Odontomachus head, and snap it's cerci together to make a clicking sound. C. fletcheri?
Here, a small Strumigenys was sharing a nest with a larger Strumigenys. This is the observation for the larger species, for the small one see here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/123675332
Not sure if this is commensalism or social parasitism. Brood from both species were present and intermixed, and I saw no aggressive interaction between them.
Yaran kaivosalueella. Pikkukuva: M. Ukkonen
Stenamma alas nest and worker.
Pictures taken between February - April 2019.
Almost certainly an undescribed species. Absolutely beautiful
When you trailrun in Montserrat, you never know what you can get by flying above
Colony located inside decaying log, in mixed Populus conifer wooded area with herbaceous cover. Multiple (7) pseudogynes were observed, out of around 200 workers, in addition to typical aserva and neorufibarbis workers. Most peudogynes were paler in color and smaller than other workers, though two were of typical coloration and were closer to the size of a medium sized worker.
Temnoscheila sp. (family Trogossitidae), the smaller of two local species I've found in my cloud forest locale, Cosanga, Napo, Ecuador, ~2100 meters elevation. The irridescent colors are seen in natural lighting and vanish in flash photos.
They have an unnatural relationship
After spending over a week canoeing and camping in Temagami, Ontario, on July 14, 2012 we arrived in Toronto at about 7:00 pm; as always, Catherine moved her van from her driveway as I was going to park there. As I was very slowly backing up into her driveway, I suddenly felt that one of my tires ran into something in the driveway and I was unable to continue. I got out of the car and saw a big, dead raccoon lying next to the rear car’s wheel. Initially, I thought that perhaps the raccoon was simply hiding under Catherine’s van, seeking shade, and as Catherine was moving the van, she inadvertently ran over it. But once we closely examined the hapless creature, we immediately discovered the cause of its untimely demise: apparently, it had found a big empty peanut butter jar, which had some traces of peanut butter inside, so the raccoon obviously attempted to get whatever was left inside the jar by inserting its mouth inside the jar, which got stuck… unable to remove it, the raccoon simply suffocated! Catherine’s father was not aware of this incident, but said that indeed, Gabby the dog was somehow attracted to something on the other side of the parked van! Catherine called the City of Toronto and the raccoon was removed overnight.
The second photograph is the same, but much bigger.
Socorro Isopod from the vicinity of Socorro, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA. where it occurs at a natural spring and nearby spring-fed artificial refugium pools, the only places in the wild the species is found.
Wild adult specimens collected by Brian K. Lang for photographic purposes and subsequently released at capture site. Joel Sartore of National Geographic was also present with us this day to get pictures and his photos of this species for the magazine put mine to shame.
About 1" long; unusual crimson and gold coloration. I've heard some Idotea species' coloration is variable, but this is ridiculous. :-)
Photo by Josh Phangurha (https://instagram.com/phangtastic_beasts?igshid=1akab398huwkz)
Photo credit: Alan Cressler
When I first saw this bug, I couldn't tell what I was looking at but the colorful bright reflective surfaces made it appear like it had flashing LED lights on it...
A tiny flash of green caught my eye. Approx. 0.5mm
K. bogerti is one of the most stunning scorpions in the state and the clear highlight of our native Pseudouroctonus-group species. Unlike other Kovarikia sp., this species is fairly tolerant of dry environments and can be found in desert-edge regions, including the spot where this species was found. @meandthealiens and I found three individuals in a fairly small stretch of suitable rocky habitat. Ten genera of scorpions were found in sympatry at this spot, representing the highest diversity in California, at least as far as I know.
2022.325 CCU百花池 牛蛙1kg 麻鷺完成新巢2但離開
Blue Land Crab
Cardisoma guanhumi
Kenedy Co., Texas
24 Feb 2000
Although quite a distance from the coast, many of the sandy low areas on this property are brackish and other coastal species occur here. These crabs are very plentiful in this area.
Note: Leg spread more than 15cm; 3 meters from the ground on a trunk.
Location: Masoala National Park.
© Olivier Ailleurs
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