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November 5, 2022 10:21 AM IST

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March 21, 2021 10:25 AM IST

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Date

September 2, 2022 09:35 PM IST

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January 14, 2022 01:29 PM IST

Description

Tiny, like 1mm or something

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dineshvalke

Date

January 19, 2024 08:23 AM IST

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strawberrytart

Date

October 8, 2022 12:57 PM CDT

Description

I found this midge on an oak tree leaf. Where apparently there are MANY Hentzia palmarum nests. So… this midge looks like Hentzia palmarum!!!! My mind is blown

Fungi

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What

Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)

Observer

ram_k

Date

December 9, 2023 11:48 AM IST

Description

A black string like organism, growing on trees

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What

New Zealand Glowworm (Arachnocampa luminosa)

Observer

oli_in_gold

Date

February 11, 2017 09:00 PM CET

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What

Jumping Spiders (Family Salticidae)

Observer

paocolo

Date

December 22, 2023 10:59 AM PST

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abhiapc

Date

December 17, 2023 04:07 PM IST

Place

Uchangi (Google, OSM)

Description

Dressing/looking like a stronger - Best way to defend oneself .

Yesterday i went for small trek along with parents of my kid’s school (Arivu Vidhya samste). We went to trek small hillock near uchangi . Easy trek, but it’s not easy to walk with macro enthusiasts as we peep over every plant, turn every leaf to explore insect diversity.
Trek was very fruitful for me as I got many unusual sightings of spiders & insects along with scenic view of westernghats. There were many existing moments & its usual tendency to post the best in the begging of photo story. I thought of posting one interesting crab spider or one ground spider with its unique hunting technique. But just a phone call with my friend vipin made me to post this!
Yes.. This was my highlight from yesterdays walk.
While returning from Hill, we took stop near water stream & quenched our thirst. My son Amathya was little faraway searching for insects. He never call me, unless its unusual. Amathya kept on calling me. come fast. Here is something interesting . A hornet with its first pair of leg like praying mantis. I want near it. oh. a hornet.
Just a month back I had got painful sting from Hornet . This memory was very active so i decided to photograph from little distance . two to three pic, Hornet disappeared.
Today I was saying about this Hornet to vipin over phone & simultaneously I sent an image too. Looking at the image, he was super exited, which i was not on field !
ohh... you got a jackpot.
This is a Mantispidae/ mantidflies. Never seen such a Mantidfly which is total mimicry of Hornet, almost looking like dangerous. Vespa tropica.
I looked over image again.. oh.. i was fooled .. its not a Hornet . Batesian mimicry was successful. This mimicry fools many predators, just like how I was fooled.

(
Batesian mimicry is a form of mimicry where a harmless species has evolved to imitate the warning signals of a harmful species directed at a predator of them both)
Thanks to Amathya for spotting & Thanks to vipin again :)
Decemeber 2023
Uchangi
Kodagu.

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What

Typical Jumping Spiders (Subfamily Salticinae)

Observer

alfred_daniel_j

Date

April 9, 2020 04:46 AM IST

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alfred_daniel_j

Date

April 9, 2020 03:17 AM IST

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What

Beige Beetle Jumper (Rhene flavigera)

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dirkm

Date

October 23, 2017 10:57 AM IST

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What

Large Carpenter Bees (Genus Xylocopa)

Observer

odonut

Date

February 6, 2021 05:24 PM IST

Description

Kung fu bee.

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What

Typical Jumping Spiders (Subfamily Salticinae)

Observer

magical123

Date

September 20, 2023 07:49 AM IST

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What

Jumping Spiders (Family Salticidae)

Observer

parithi

Date

September 4, 2022 08:22 AM IST

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What

Typical Jumping Spiders (Subfamily Salticinae)

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anilamanalil

Date

July 10, 2023 11:57 AM IST

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What

Jumping Spiders (Family Salticidae)

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ashirwad

Date

June 11, 2023 12:13 PM IST

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ashirwad

Date

June 11, 2023 10:37 AM IST

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csbandi

Date

June 10, 2023 10:24 AM IST

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What

Trigs and Sword-tailed Crickets (Subfamily Trigonidiinae)

Observer

odonut

Date

May 13, 2023 10:37 AM IST

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Date

April 10, 2023 11:52 AM IST

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Date

February 25, 2023 04:32 PM IST

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What

Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

Date

January 29, 2022 04:35 PM IST

Description

fungus?

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devbagdi

Date

February 27, 2022 10:19 AM IST

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What

Social Velvet Spiders (Genus Stegodyphus)

Date

January 19, 2022 05:20 PM IST

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vivek32

Date

April 10, 2022 07:19 AM IST

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What

Entelegyne Spiders (Infraorder Entelegynae)

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abhijatshakya

Date

April 1, 2023 06:58 PM IST

Description

aquatic

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chinmay_c_m

Date

April 2, 2023 05:04 PM IST

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What

Pantropical Jumping Spider (Plexippus paykulli)

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atulvartak

Date

March 2, 2023 05:44 PM IST

Description

Salticidae

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abhiapc

Date

June 25, 2022 08:42 PM IST

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sakuna

Date

January 2023

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

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Observer

sakuna

Date

January 2023

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

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What

Cellar Spiders (Family Pholcidae)

Observer

jithesh

Date

January 22, 2023 11:25 AM IST

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Observer

jyotsnanag

Date

January 19, 2023 01:21 PM IST

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What

Ladybeetle Spiders (Genus Paraplectana)

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jithesh

Date

January 4, 2023 11:46 PM IST

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What

Genus Peng

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abhiapc

Date

December 30, 2022 10:03 AM IST

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What

Shrubby Leucas (Leucas suffruticosa)

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jayarakesh

Date

December 15, 2022 01:50 PM IST

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What

White Octoblepharum Moss (Octoblepharum albidum)

Date

December 19, 2022 10:19 AM IST

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What

Tropical Barklice (Family Amphientomidae)

Date

December 18, 2022 09:30 AM IST

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Date

October 20, 2019 12:23 PM IST

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Observer

lohityt

Date

January 27, 2022 06:22 PM UTC

Description

Id please.
Dhibbagiri hills, 27 Jan 2022

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What

Flower Crab Spiders (Genus Thomisus)

Observer

omkarsd

Date

October 17, 2022 02:10 PM IST

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drvijin

Date

June 7, 2021 03:52 PM IST

Description

Ant with spines

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What

Leaf Katydids (Subfamily Phaneropterinae)

Observer

matheusmsantos

Date

April 30, 2022 10:54 PM -03

Description

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

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Observer

drnamgyal04

Date

November 16, 2013 09:46 AM IST

Description

This was the day five, November 16, 2013, of our Subansiri River Angling (for Mahseer), Rafting, and nature observation trip along the river. To avoid a stretch of rough rapids from our camp site down stream of Subansiri River we seniors (50+) were told by the organisers to wade through this waist-deep tributary, create some tracks on the opposite side and join the raft team downstream. While tearing the thick bush, climbing up and down the terrain to gain some claustrophobic inches ahead, I suddenly spotted these beautiful strange vine flowers.
The flowers were approximately the size of my thumb. I have never seen this before, so out of curiosity I took some photos of the flowers, the vines and the area.

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What

Laudankia Vine Snake (Ahaetulla laudankia)

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lenu

Date

November 15, 2022 12:08 PM IST

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nuwan

Date

November 6, 2022 12:42 PM +0530

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anil_kumar_verma

Date

July 23, 2022 08:59 AM IST

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dineshs

Date

October 20, 2022 08:32 AM IST

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drnamgyal04

Date

June 13, 2018 02:41 PM IST

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naufalurfi

Date

August 23, 2022 10:45 AM WIB

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What

Big-headed Ants (Genus Pheidole)

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abhijatshakya

Date

November 1, 2022 06:34 PM IST

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abhijatshakya

Date

November 1, 2022 06:22 PM IST

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anubhav-agarwal

Date

October 14, 2022 04:37 PM IST

Description

Carrhotus?

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wildthings666

Date

December 23, 2017 05:30 AM IST

Description

The jumping spider family (Salticidae) contains over 600 described genera and more than 5800 described species, making it the largest family of spiders with about 13% of all species. Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among arthropods and use it in courtship, hunting, and navigation. Although they normally move unobtrusively and fairly slowly, most species are capable of very agile jumps, notably when hunting, but sometimes in response to sudden threats or crossing long gaps.

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ahmuvan

Date

June 22, 2022 07:11 PM IST

Description

Sub adult Male
Undescribed species

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ahmuvan

Date

June 21, 2022 08:08 PM IST

Description

Undescribed species

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vipinbaliga

Date

April 17, 2012 05:06 PM IST

Description

This is definitely the smallest jumping spider I have ever seen...!!!

This restless little thing was only traversing through the crevices on the tree bark. Very difficult to spot again if you lose track of him....

Any info would be greatly appreciated... :-)

Size: <2mm

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theja1

Date

January 5, 2022 08:39 AM +0530

Place

Dankotuwa (Google, OSM)

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What

Wight's Dew-Grass (Cyanotis pilosa)

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shivaprakash

Date

October 22, 2022 07:00 AM IST

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jithesh

Date

November 27, 2021 07:37 PM IST

Place

Manjalpade (Google, OSM)

Description

Observed a vailimia male and female sharing the same orb web.
They got disturbed while we photographed.
The male took the chance to dance and seduce the female. But, female.was not interested

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vishwanathgowda

Date

November 17, 2018 12:36 PM IST

Description

Could take only one image. Was there on a wild plant. High altitude area.

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Observer

preetha28

Date

September 12, 2021 11:51 AM IST

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What

House Jumping Spiders (Genus Hasarius)

Date

August 13, 2022 10:34 AM IST

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odonut

Date

June 26, 2022 07:41 AM IST

Description

White face. Don’t have pics but I’ve seen. Only 3rd pic shows face from a bad angle

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What

Blue Ears (Genus Cyanotis)

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hopeland

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hopeland

Date

December 8, 2018 10:20 AM IST

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devbagdi

Date

February 24, 2022 09:18 PM IST

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vipinbaliga

Date

September 12, 2021 10:16 AM IST

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pasindu_dilshan

Date

January 13, 2022 12:45 PM +0530

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Date

February 3, 2022 05:00 AM IST

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Observer

chirag17

Date

September 23, 2022 04:17 PM IST

Place

Mithapur (Google, OSM)

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What

Typical Jumping Spiders (Subfamily Salticinae)

Date

February 18, 2022 10:25 AM IST

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mayurnandikar

Description

It's frequent in perennial water bodies in some Malabar district!

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What

Badami Dayflower (Commelina badamica)

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odonut

Date

October 6, 2022 08:23 AM IST

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What

Flower Crab Spiders (Genus Thomisus)

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gannu03

Date

September 23, 2022 05:29 PM IST

Place

Cherthala (Google, OSM)

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Observer

pl_stenger

Date

July 2022

Place

Missing Location

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What

Elongate Springtails (Order Entomobryomorpha)

Observer

diganta20

Date

September 16, 2022 03:04 PM IST

Description

In the house

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Observer

aditya_gadkari

Date

July 2022

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What

Jumping Spiders (Family Salticidae)

Observer

indiangorkha

Date

February 1, 2021 11:46 AM IST

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What

Velvet-ant Mimicking Spider (Coenoptychus pulcher)

Date

August 7, 2022 09:55 AM IST

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itsamantis

Date

July 26, 2022 05:26 PM IST

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dineshvalke

Date

September 25, 2010 10:15 AM IST

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What

Human (Homo sapiens)

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neilgunther

Date

March 2021

Place

Private

Description

some art I did ❤️

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Date

July 2022

Description

Mating pair

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Date

July 29, 2021 10:42 AM UTC

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What

Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

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astrobirder

Date

November 22, 2019 04:06 PM EST

Description

Look I tried

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Date

June 26, 2022 12:04 PM IST

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What

Blue Tiger (Tirumala limniace)

Observer

vijaybarve

Date

September 10, 2007 03:42 PM EDT

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What

Common Sawflies (Family Tenthredinidae)

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anand_james

Date

May 10, 2022 07:25 AM IST

Description

Size: less than two cm

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gopi1

Date

June 24, 2022 11:12 PM IST

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anubhav-agarwal

Date

June 5, 2022 01:03 PM IST

Tags

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Dayflowers (Genus Commelina)

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shivaprakash

Date

August 11, 2021 07:38 AM IST

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What

Dark Cerulean (Jamides bochus)

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himanshupandav

Date

June 5, 2022 12:40 PM IST

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odonut

Date

June 5, 2022 08:01 AM IST

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What

Anaimalai Spiny Lizard (Salea anamallayana)

Observer

bhavyajoshi

Date

November 3, 2020 11:25 AM IST