Depth: 6 meter
Ballena barbada varada en la Playa de Tampico en 1922
On top of tower
Predation on Avicularia avicularia! https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198564794
Espécie endêmica da região e relativamente frequente na vegetação ciliar de riachos encachoeirados nas encostas íngremes da Serra do Mar, sendo mais raramente encontrado em vegetação herbácea em áreas de brejos e alagados.
Indivíduo macho mostrando o significado do epíteto da espécie "amplicoxae", que significa "coxa larga"
Found in damp earth under planter box. Moved by extruding white "strap" , anchoring it and retracting it. See 2nd image. Left a slime trail.
Snapping Turtle came out of the water onto the small island in the center of the pond, took a Canada Goose egg, and then went back in the water. The whole thing was over and done with in about two minutes. The Geese were not too happy.
The story of the last catamount found in Vermont can be read here: https://vermonthistory.org/explorer/people-places/animals-farm-wild/the-last-catamount-in-vermont
She is building a nest from the foam pad on a swingset.
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.
You know you’ve found a large moth when…
To the best of my ability to measure this critter, the wingspan (with a bit of the tip of the right FW missing) is about 27.8 cm, so it would probably be about 28.5 cm (11.2 in) if it were intact. The species is said to have the largest wingspan of any Lepidopteran in the world.
The moth was initially discovered on the sheet by Mary Kay Sexton. I had overlooked it.
To read more of the story, see:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/gcwarbler/13211-mothing-in-panama
[See also: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/218581553]
This observation is for the spider. The crab is logged in a separate observation. A crab was observed in the spider's web, still alive. Evidently it must have fallen into the web from a tree trunk above. It was unable to free itself and at first the spider kept its distance. Within a couple of hours, The crab was no longer moving, suggesting that the spider had successfully administered a venomous bite. The crab was subsequently trussed up in silk and carried higher up in the web by the spider.
Cranefly or Hangingfly probably
It’s alive, but it let me take close pictures of it, maybe that helps.
They’re sneaky, could only see them when they were moving
This is pretty far south but I think this is right.
I know this is a common bluebottle because of the thickness of the blue bands on its wings.
I know it’s not a Chinese Windmill or Red Helen Swallowtail because 1. This butterfly has 1 orange ring on each wing close to its body and 2. Its tail is too thick to be a Chinese Windmill.
Found outside next to my small window next to my door. It moved slow.
On a handrail.
It’s a termite. I just want to know which species.
At the time the second-known emperor penguin to ever visit New Zealand shores.
Another spider on my mailbox.