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Sphindus sp., I believe. Found at Bastrop State Park in central Texas, ESE of Austin. Bastrop County, Texas, USA.
There are a lot of downed trees at this State Park and I saw a lot of slime molds on my recent visit. Many of the slime mold fruiting bodies were being grazed upon by these beetles.
Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-24EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie and plastic cup diffuser.
Nb. Stick insect moved from green leaves to a different background to better illustrate camouflage.
Photo from the Tambopata Research Centre, Peruvian Amazon.
Cryptic Cases Imogen in a fashion by Hankie Chic. She was dressed for St. Patty's Day but my photos are a little late.
Cryptic teardrop crab
Pelia mutica
(Gibbes, 1850)
Description:
This crab belongs to the decorator crabs, which means that they camouflage themselves using bits of sponge or algae. The legs are flattened. The color is blue to purple with darker spots.
Size: carapace up to 2 cm wide.
Habitat:
Found on reefs.
Depth: ranges from 5 m down to 45 m.
Distribution:
Common all throughout the Caribbean.
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"I want the World to Stop" was declared on these cattle winter feed bales on the back roads of #EastDunbartonshire. It is really impossible as to what this means to the artist in this cryptic clue!
cryptic crab spider mimicking debris against Crow's Ash bark
about 12mm body length
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Cryptic Wood White (Leptidea juvernica) is a near identical lookalike to Wood White (L. sinapis) that was discovered in Ireland a few years ago (2011, having been previously (mis)identified as Leptidea reali since 2001) and has been found to occur across Europe. It has been found from France across to Kazakhstan with records as far north as Finland, but it has not been found to occur in England. They can only be identified with certainty by laboratory examination of their genitalia). Cryptic Wood White is quite a big call as I'm not certain it has been recorded in Estonia, which is where I photographed this one. But the Wood Whites I saw in this area appeared to have the diagnostic courtship ritual of Cryptic Wood White. The male faced the female swinging his antennae like a pendulum and tapping her antennae alternately left and right. Then without any wing flapping, she curled her abdomen round to mate while still facing him. I did not see this individual mate, but I did see another pair in the vicinity. Despite the dark background this butterfly was not in a wood. It was backlit in front of a dark bush in some open grassland, so the grassy habitat also suggests "Cryptic". This one is a male identified by the squarish dark spot at the tip of his forewing. This marking is on the upperwings but their wings are like tissue and so patterns shine through.
Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) perched in gorse bush. Dorset, UK.
I located last week's male in roughly the same position.
Pedois lewinella (Depressariidae), confident nothing can see it on this perfectly coloured tree stump.
Identification thanks to uploads by Donald Hobern.