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Crab Spiders (Family Thomisidae)Observer
oleg_kosterinPlace
Russia, Aliai Republic, Ust'-Koksa District, the northern principal slope of the Katunskie Belki Mountain Range, the Akkem River lower valley (Google, OSM)
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Two-streaked Snake-eyed Skink (Ablepharus bivittatus)Observer
ttadevosyanDescription
Was introduced here in 1990th by Karen Martirosyan in the area of the Zoo. In 1997 formed a small but stable population. After a local fire in 2000, I haven't seen these lizard here any more.
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Caucasian Parsley Frog (Pelodytes caucasicus)Observer
tom-kirscheyDescription
Sorry for the poor quality of the picture
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Caucasian Banded Newt (Ommatotriton ophryticus)Observer
tom-kirscheyDescription
caught for aquarium picture and released back
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Horvath's Toad Headed Agama (Phrynocephalus persicus)Observer
ttadevosyanDescription
Adult male with no pattern in the central dorsum.
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Golden Grass Mabuya (Heremites septemtaeniatus)Observer
ttadevosyanDescription
Adult female
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Medium Lizard (Lacerta media)Observer
ttadevosyanDescription
Adult female.
This population in Avan is extinct due to the habitat loss. Locally lacerta media was abundant in a wet grass and in wooded areas surrounded small ponds and drainage lines. After massive deforestation, drying water bodies, and privatization of this lands Lacerta media got dispalced by somewhat similarly looking but smaller and more dry-resistant Lacerta stigata.
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Caspian Turtle (Mauremys caspica)Observer
ttadevosyanDescription
This population of the caspian turtle is extinct due to the habitat loss, as a result of drying local pond.
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Genus TrichoplaxObserver
neuralianDescription
We found Trichoplax at Portobello Marine Lab (University of Otago) in November 2019, using microscope slides suspended in a display tank. We tried to cultivate them but lost them during Covid-19 lockdown. Found another one today. In total we have found 4, all of them are about 100um in diameter. We have video which makes us confident that this is Trichoplax (not a giant marine amoeba). If we can trap more and/or breed this one we will do DNA analysis to confirm that it is Trichoplax and whether it is a known (e.g. adherens) or new species.
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Trichoplax adhaerensObserver
lukas_scharerDescription
Collected from a glass slide suspended in an aquarium sand and aquatic vegetation for a few days.
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Genus RheotanytarsusObserver
imlichentodayDescription
Freshwater aquatic insects in running creek. This insect was living in a tube with 5 prongs, connected by a web of mucus/silk which it used to catch particles in the water. I watch it actively eat the webbing and create new webbing. There were about 5 active ones on a rock, they were about 1cm tall.
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Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta ssp. elegans)Observer
nelson_wisnikDescription
in the absence of a trunk or stone to lean on, a capybara may be an option;
I have observed these two individuals do this twice;
see also
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/nelson_wisnik/21258-the-friendly-capybara
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Geminaria canalisObserver
kuedaDescription
a) The jumping spider resemblance is insane. b) The range of sizes among adults is insane. What is up with this fly.
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Blue Green Chiton (Chiton glaucus)Observer
emily_rDescription
A green chiton attached to a half crab. We observed this alien looking commensal beast while undertaking an intertidal survey on the reefs off Hawera. It made us jump when we first turned over the rock.
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Genus ParalastorObserver
cinclosomaDescription
@ozzicada Apparently rental properties are in short supply!!
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
ingnesDescription
Apparently caterpillar (Lepidoptera) poop in lakewater. Hard to identify species.
Järven rantavedessä. Pohjalla, eivät kellu. Eivät liiku. Vihreitä väriltään. Osa "lumihiutaleista" muodostaa pinoja. Mitä nämä ovat?
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Bassia bassensisObserver
luca_dtDescription
Not much plankton but it was nice to see one of these. I also saw a small Lampea Ctenophore.
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sbushesDescription
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.
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Eastern Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus ssp. zibethicus)Observer
dongminsungDescription
Confirm?
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Amur Tiger (Panthera tigris ssp. altaica)Observer
swetlana_meshcheryaginaDescription
Отпечатки лап тигра.
В вечернее время предыдущего дня (24 июня) проводили наблюдения за глухими кукушками и услышали несколько раз рык. На следующее утро (25 июня) на дороге, по которой мы возвращались вечером, увидели следы проследовавшего за нами тигра (протяженность следовой дорожки 0.5 км).
З июля снова встретились с тигром и записали рык на диктофон. Зверь был встречен в том же месте, где рычал в прошлый раз. Во время записи звук удаляется, так как зверь стал перемещаться вверх по склону.
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Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
pershinDescription
Something like a Cordyceps? The beetle was alive and hyperactive.
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Feather-winged Beetles (Family Ptiliidae)Observer
mcclarinjDescription
Droplet trapping is a method I accidentally discovered for trapping beetles and little else. Water from rain or other sources beads up on new polyethylene sheeting and the droplets suck in small beetles and keep them trapped via surface tension, Incidentally, the lighting effects make for some great macrophotography. Trapped and photographed on my cloud forest property, Cosanga, Napo, Ecuador, ~2100 meters elevation.
