This male earwig was under a rock that I flipped.
These photos were edited to have a Custom White Balance in Photoshop (Photoshop's preset).
Photo 3 was brightened.
Very floppy!
Heterochromia in dragonflies? I think this individual looks a little cyborg-ey because of the eye color.
Hugh Ramsey WBC, Harlingen, TX
Mmmm..... Cannibalismmmmm...
About 25 mm long. Matthew, I have emailed you re these.
On grasstree needle-like leaf end. Resting. Didn't see it fly. Maybe 20mm long
Toitū te Whenua BioBlitz.
Beating, regenerating native bush along the stream. Main species were Karamu, Manuka, Mahoe, Pohutukawa, Kawakawa, Cabbage tree, and so on- I did not distingish samples per tree species they fell from, since most species were found on any of the tree species.
Burrowing in sand at base of slope with drainage water, upper beach at night.
I have seen as many as five on one rayless sunflower blossom but I could not believe when these four all positioned this way and faced me as I took the photo.
I don't want this one :)
The eggs are Caper White butterfly eggs, but the insect on them is unID
Labidura riparia devours the female Lacydes spectabilis
uploading this to be able to refer back to photo as a teaching tool
Ants of SA p96. These ants look like quicksilver. Quite amazing to see.
I spent some time camping out the tar seeps around the park, following a tip from the LA NHM. Eventually I came across this individual hopping over the surface.
Waiparuru Nature Trail, Grafton Gully/Symonds St Cemetery, Grafton, Auckland. Two live male beetles resting by day on the lower surface of different leaves on a mahoe tree, in a shaded native bush remnant. Although this is the first time that I have observed this species at this location, that is probably only because I have overlooked it until now.
Mosaic gynandromorphism?
Flew down and landed on the screen. I quickly searched for the species so it could be with its kin ;-)
rather comical positioning :P
So, this is a polyergus bilateral gynandromorph! ½ worker caste (red), ½ alate (black). The mandibles, eyes, single wing, and antennae are the more obvious caste traits reflected in each half of this individual. Found them shortly after leaving the colony possibly (I found one a few feet away).
See: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124878696
& https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124879042
Ascalapha odorata seen on a night walk. Barro Colorado Island, Panama. 17 January 2012
Tearing off the abdomen of a bee caught by a California Bee Assassin (Apiomerus californicus).
REF: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/130029872
Timeline:
09:46:14 bee captured by Bee Assassin
09:48:12 Yellowjacket is latched on to bee
09:49:40 Yellowjacket has separated bee abdomen from thorax
This ferret popped out of a hole that the prairie dog seemed to be trying to cover up. The two animals seemed to be aware of each other, but they did not interact. Eventually the prairie dog wandered off.
it was chilling
Afton Canyon, San Bernardino County, California
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Oecophoridae, Stathmopodinae
Stathmopoda orbiculata
Lam Tsuen San Tsuen, Tai Po, Hong Kong.
This is the second record of this small (6mm long) moth in Hong Kong
The Stathmopodinae have a very distinctive resting posture and heavily bristled legs - an unmistakeable combination!
Note that Stathmopodinae is regarded by some taxonomists as a valid family within the Gelechioidea, and was treated as such in the overview of Lepidoptera by van Nieukirken et al., 2011
Further molecular and morphological work since this observation was posted show the stathmops as a valid family.
There was a global list / review in 2015 by Sinev....
Sinev, S. Yu., 2015. World catalogue of bright-legged moths (Lepidoptera, Stathmopodidae). Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, 84 pp.
The caterpillar is coming along. I thought it'd spin a cocoon, but instead it just sat unmoving on the underside of a bean for a couple of days before starting to turn grey yesterday. Apparently its cocoon is just its own skin. Much darker today. Still fuzzy around the edges, like the caterpillar. Has a few small silk threads holding it in place.
[Hatched out into a lovely Gray Hairstreak in late August, and was released back into the yard.]
Part 1, fresh green caterpillar: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/348784
Part 2, older greyer caterpillar: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/350581