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Physarum sp. by Jim Oehmke

bazzy eating Forbiddem Papers

national geographic  january  1976

a very fashionable little friend

Thin-Spined Jumping Spider (Tutelina elegans), female, family Salticidae, Illinois, USA

photograph by KJ Bluma

i love feral baby zoomies so much

crowded arena starts chanting: ZO-RAP-TERA *clap-clap-clapclapclap* ZO-RAP-TERA

An excellent pine log had a small colony of angel insects. I was pleased. 🤍

7/17/23. N. Florida

Man acting being shot at

Source

Scarlet-bodied Wasp Moth (Cosmosoma myrodora), family Erebidae, Lafayette, LA, USA

Diurnal moth

photograph by Monica Soileau Boutte

two of the big bear valley bald eagle eggs have hatched so far!

Bug, warning me about... Something. I don't know what, but we had to have a fire drill to calm down (where I make the danger call and we both run to the bathroom to hide for a minute before I declare it's safe and we can calm down again).

please dear god everyone look at this przewalski's horse i found on inaturalist

Giant Flower Beetles (Genus Mecynorhina), family Scarabaeidae, from various parts of tropical Africa

M. savegei

M. torquata

M. polyphemus

M. obertheri

photograph by Ennis Fei (@ennisanna_fei)

Kingfisher and Great Egret lined up just right

Picasso Bug aka Zulu Hud Bug (Sphaerocoris annulus), family Scutelleridae, found in much of Sub-Saharan Africa

photograph by Daniel Rosengren Photography

Moth Of The Day #115

Magpie Moth

Nyctmera annulata

From the erebidae family. They have a wingspan of 35-50 mm. They tend to inhabit northern heather moorland but also fairly frequent in garden, allotments, hedgerows and woodland. They can be found mainly in New Zealand.

Moth Of The Day #117

Mistletoe Marble

Celypha woodiana

From the tortricidae family. They have a wingspan of 16-18 mm. They tend to inhabit orchards, gardens and hedgegrows. They can be found from Great Britain to Ukraine, but is absent in some countries.

this stunning bird is a red-tailed hawk with a genetic mutation called leucism that causes a reduction in pigments.

source: (x)

Sphex ichneumoneus, male. (Females are bulkier with bigger mandibles). What's up, dude?

Moth Of The Day #123

Blair's Mocha

Cyclophora puppillaria

From the geomtridae family. They have a wingspan of 28-36 mm. They tend to inhabit open and coastal habitats, but are also occasionally seen in woodland. They can be found in Europe and North Africa to the Caucasus area.

dont make me tap the sign

The Grackles

are also still around, and some are still feeding babies, but molting has also begun, giving some of them the best and most dramatic looks. As if they couldn’t already do that with their plumage fully intact!

If you haven't already, mayhaps you could do an excerpt on the Bogong Moth.

Moth Of The Day #135

Bogong Moth

Agrotis infusa

From the noctuidae family. They have a wingspan of 25-35 mm. They tend to inhabit urban areas, forests and woodlands. They can be found throughout Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania. The name derives from the Dhudhuroa (an Aboriginal Australian language) word bugung, which describes the brown coloration of the moth.

Variety of patterns in the Coccinellidae family