renko's Favourites
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Genus AcontistopteraObserver
tobiashaysDescription
Acontistoptera cf melanderi
Beneath stone in damp soil, under Quercus in close proximity to Lasius arizonicus colonies.
Other less abundant ants in the immediate area included Novomessor, Hypoponera, Pheidole, and Pogonomyrmex. No Neivamyrmex were observed.
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Cliorismia rusticaObserver
sskorpioDescription
Larva 3.06.2020
Pupa 14.06.2020
Imago 21.06.2020
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sskorpioDescription
From a mine on an aspen (Populus tremula)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/226847918
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sskorpioDescription
On the willow (Salix sp.)
Pupa 7.06.2024
Imago 14 mm - 16.06.2024
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Sphaeromias pictusObserver
xespokDescription
Attracted to light (160 W, mixed spectrum)
1 individual.
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Oak Potato Gall (Neuroterus quercusbatatus)Observer
tmurray74Description
This wasp emerged from this gall two days after I collected it.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/206892540
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Oak Yellow Underwing (Catocala nymphagoga)Observer
xespokDescription
Attracted to light at night.
Loaded from my soon to be retired Lepidoptera photo gallery: http://xespok.net/lepidoptera/main.php
More accurate location information may be added later.
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West Indian Ocean Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)Observer
wrecklessmarinePlace
Missing LocationDescription
68m
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Marbled Green (Bryopsis muralis)Observer
dbeadleDescription
Bryopsis muralis (Marbled Green). Photographed at Pegwell Village, Kent, UK on 9 July 2012.
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Aulacidea podagraeObserver
tmurray74Description
Recently emerged from galls I took inside.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146973369
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Waterfall-climbing Cave Fish (Cryptotora thamicola)Observer
hydrophilusDescription
Found in a cave.
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Amur Tiger (Panthera tigris ssp. altaica)Observer
petr_soninDescription
Big adult male
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Naked Sea Butterfly (Clione limacina)Observer
neilmcdanielDescription
Order Gymnosomata, known as pteropods. Body up to 8 cm long with muscular swimming wings. Has a specialized diet consisting solely of the thecosome Limacina helicina (see Wrobel & Mills, 1998).
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Hockingia curiosaObserver
chziemkeDescription
Myrmecophile living among Crematogaster mimosae ants in Vachellia drepanolobium domatium. Cropped and enhanced photos added to assist ID determination. Probable ID: Hockingia curiosa, a known mimic and myrmecophile of C. mimosae (see Hocking 1970 and references listed in comments)
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Oak Gall Wasps (Tribe Cynipini)Observer
wildhamandpetershamDescription
Beaten from Turkey Oak (Quercus cerris)
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Humpbacked Flies (Family Phoridae)Observer
wildhamandpetershamDescription
Beaten from Holly (Ilex aquifolium)
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Vipsania melanoisObserver
gernotkunzDescription
head like Erebidae, rest of habitus like Limacodidae
