Curious shot taken by my friend Vinícius Ferarezi (who's agreed with this publication) on the Kiss concert. A katydid (Phaneropterinae?) landed on the MIC hahahaha
Townes style Malaise trap. 0.5mm
I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE WHAT THIS IS. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE IDENTIFY THE SPECIES‽ THANK YOU.
This series shows Watshamiella alata watching Sycoscapter cornutus oviposit into a Ficus burkei syconium (fruiting body) for over seven minutes; after the Sycoscapter female departs, the Watshamiella female proceeds to oviposit into the same hole. Compton et al. (2009) described this behaviour for different species of Watshamiella in Uganda and Kenya on Ficus sycomorus and Ficus artocarpoides.
Compton, S.G., Van Noort, S., McLeish, M., Deeble, M. and Stone, V., 2009. Sneaky African fig wasps that oviposit through holes drilled by other species. African Natural History, 5, pp.9-15. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230580629
Planarian or similar....but no distinguishing features like those which I imagine to be planarians... this just looked like a completely anomalous shapeless moving blob.
This is about the 6th melanistic Eastern Chipmunk I have heard of in MA. It was in very good condition, so it was donated to a state mammal research collection.
Unsure of ID — Nereis was the closest I could think of
Double headed Russell's viper highly venomous
About 5mm, on pond filter.
The interesting bit about this anemone are the claws in the middle. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82852851
Incredibly beautiful creature: 60 feet long, dead on beach. Known stranding, apparently documented for first time on Jan 4.
Lots of fruiting bodies at various stages on one log
on a Golofa leg
Originally spotted on the rata in some images, moved for a better focus.
Extremely odd behavior from a Watersnake and Ribbonsnake... has anyone else observed something similar to this before? Both healthy adults with no visible injuries and both escaped rather quickly under their own power without coaxing.
I originally walked up on this pair around noon but the ribbon snake took off before I could get a picture of the odd behavior so I immediately left and came back about three hours later to find them both in the exact same position. So it’s fair to assume it’s a reoccurring arrangement between the two of them. The minimal research I have done has turned up nothing but I would love to hear from someone more knowledgeable about this sort of thing!
Is it a fish? Is it a slug? Is it a fishy anemone? I do not have a clue what this is!
It is about 30mm long and there were a few of them in the sand - outgoing tide nearly on the turn. Most were buried and only the "fan fin" was showing.
Resting on the wet sand, when the sand collapsed it arched it's face upwards (2nd and third photos) and seem to spawn capsule from somewhere - there are 2 floating in the 4th pic.
Totally hypnotic, by the time my sister-in-law and I carried on the brother had walked 2kms away from us!
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.
Watching for bears from a hide for 14 hours. Saw at least 22 different bears, probably more. Three different mother bears with two or three cubs from this year.
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seen at Stables in 35m of water
We saw the snake eagle as it flew up from the ground. It flew in slow circles while it controlled and started to eat the snake. One minute from pic 1 to pic 8 where it started to eat the snake. Total time for this series, three minutes.
I am 6 feet from finger tip to finger tip. Big fish!
I am not sure what this one is.
A female Giant Ichneumon wasp (Megarhyssa macrurus) oviposits into the side of a tree.
I was honored to have this observation selected as observation of the day for June 11, 2020, and again as observation of the week (week of June 21, 2020). It is covered in this blog post: A Trip to Texas Provides a Long Sought Photographic Opportunity - Observation of the Week, 6/21/20.
Water Temp 24C
Depth 4m
Size 3+mm
Finishing off a Coypu (Nutria).
Under bark so I'm assuming slug eggs. Happy to be corrected. Second photo shows a close-up of individual egg with what I assume is the blastula stage of embryo.
habitat self-evident
Locals claimed it before any measurements could be taken. Photo captured by Gerrie Heyns