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Yesterday, I happened upon my first psuedoscorpion, then another, then another! They are truly amazing creatures. Unfortunately, the pictures aren't as good as I'd like, because these guys are only about 2mm long, which is really too small for my lens. Series below.
Wintering on trees in Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA. An icon, and one of the few butterflies the average person may know or recognize, this species is in serious decline.
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Lopez Canyon Road, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA.
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Caliente Mountain, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA.
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This one just recently molted, crawled out of its exoskeleton. This species stays underground for only 1 to 2 years, before it emerges from the ground and mates.
A different species called the 17 year cicada, stays underground for 17 years before emerging from the ground. Watch this video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjLiWy2nT7U
Southern Kentucky, USA.
Cochise County, Arizona, USA.
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San Luis Obispo County, California, USA.
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Large spider in my office. Not my favourite animal but I thought I'd try out a macro picture before releasing him into the wild.
Accouplement d'araignées (Frontinellina frutetorum) sur une toile horizontale en forme de bol. Après une lente et délicate approche, le mâle s'est positionné sous les chélicères de la femelle pour injecter ses spermatozoïdes dans l'épigyne de la femelle à l'aide de ses bulbes copulateurs. Le Rouret (06).
Maricopa County, Arizona, USA.
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I thought you might like to see the top of her, too, with her lovely black sleeves.
31 Arachtober 2019, 2 of 5
Tropical Orb Weaver, Eriophora ravilla
Estero Llano Grande State Park, Waslaco, TX
23 November 2019
A studio stack of 340 images
focus step 0.006mm
stackshot rail
zerene stacker PMax
mitutoyo 10x/0.28 microscope objective on a nikkor 200mm f4 lens
Cyclosa sp. I was too busy to upload a photo for Arachtober yesterday, but hope to add one daily from here on til the end of October.
China Sea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Crustacea
Class:Malacostraca
Order:Decapoda
Infraorder:Brachyura
Family:Calappidae
Genus:Cycloes
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Calappidae collection flic.kr/s/aHskPmZMXG
Petit scarabée, du genre onthophage (Onthophagus sp.) marchant sur une pierre. Le long d'un fossé, Saint-Germain-sur-Doue (77).
Merci à Taxi pour la détermination.
In this adult stage, this guy's whole mission is to mate and die. A collection of these lonely hearts is congregating by my doorway. Good luck, little guy!
A studio stack of 440 images
focus step 0.005mm
stackshot rail
zerene stacker
Nikon Z7 10x/0.28 mitutoyo microscope objective on a nikkor 200mm f4 lens
In my photostream, see 4th instar images made a week later.
Found in Mexico, and Guatemala, as well as in states such as; Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.
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Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA.
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