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identified by Rafael Carbonell, a spanish expert for Chrysomelidae on iNaturalist on iNaturalist www.inaturalist.org/observations/162437639
• Jumping spiders
• Saltícidos / Arañas saltarinas
• Aranhas saltadoras
Scientific classification:
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Salticidae
Subfamily:Salticinae
Genus:Saphrys
Species: S. saitiformis
Solymar, Canelones, Uruguay
Observations on iNaturalist
also on iNaturalist www.inaturalist.org/observations/77764594
20 photos du même individu dans cet album
20 photos of th esame individual in this album
iNaturalist.org identifies this as a Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus). Pretty sure these two are a mated pair because they were sure chatty with one another, but, as suggested below, they may be juveniles. Thoreau campus, Richmond, Texas.
aussi sur iNaturalist avec les meilleures photos
Also on iNaturalist with the best photographies www.inaturalist.org/observations/71801547
album photo complet - Full album - photos.app.goo.gl/U6USrm9RpikH6cdh7
iNaturalist.org identifies this bird as an Egyptian Goose. Egyptian Geese are common about McGovern Lake in Hermann Park. But so are Muscovy Ducks. Might this be a hybrid? Houston, Texas.
This is a new species for my prairie bug species set. In the large size you can see the "feathers" on the hind legs that give the species its name.
The female fly lays several small, pale-coloured, oval eggs on a large nymph or an adult bug. The larvae are parasitoids of several true bugs, particularly squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs in the family Coreidae (including the large-sized Leptoglossus occidentalis), stinkbugs in the family Pentatomidae and other pentatomorph bugs (Largidae and Scutelleridae species).
Source and more species info: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/133764-Trichopoda-pennipes
Genus Eurycorypha A member of Phaneropterine Katydids according to iNaturalist.
you see, some might beleaf I am a leaf...
Inaturalist says "umbrella paper wasp", Polistes sp. These and the long-legged flies are about the only things we see flying around the gardens these days...
iNaturalist.org put this bug in the Superfamily Scarabaeoidea.
Scarabs, Stag Beetles and Allies
Alfred Ballerio says it is Scarabaeidae Dynastinae
White-cheeked Pintail---Galapagos Pintail, to be exact.....
Rabida Island, Galapagos Islands
See my 2021 Peru and Ecuador & Galapagos Islands album
www.flickr.com/photos/25171569@N02/albums/72157720135887081
for all uploads to date
iNaturalist link www.inaturalist.org/observations/144295545
Jenny Pansing photos
seen in the Quito Ecuador area.
See my 2021 Peru and Ecuador album
www.flickr.com/photos/25171569@N02/albums/72157720135887081
for all uploads to date
iNaturalist link www.inaturalist.org/photos/178448258
Jenny Pansing Photos
I didn't find the ID for this one on the Monterey Bay aquarium web site but I thought it was interesting how just the fins of this fish had the kelp camo color.... iNaturalist thinks this is a rockfish species but none of its suggestions match this fish.
In our front yard during an ice storm a couple of weeks back.
Male Northern Cardinal
iNaturalist link www.inaturalist.org/photos/112150004
Jenny Pansing Photos
With my macro lens
I shot this tiny insect
Then found out its name
"Rainieria antennaepes is a species of stilt-legged flies in the family Micropezidae found in North America east of the Rocky Mountains. The name "antennaepes" means "antenna foot". They frequently hold their white-tipped front legs up and wave them around in a manner that makes them appear like the antennae of ichneumonid wasps. They feed on detritus, bird droppings, and similar waste." (iNaturalist)
Grus grus, Common crane, Eurasian crane, Sivi ždral, 9169 Fa, Krk, 20220417 KrkMlad_05 17.IV.2022.
www.inaturalist.org/observations/111817007
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14.V.2022. - 20220514 KrkJNji_085 AD 8636 Fa
iNaturalist.org identifies this as a Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus). Pretty sure these two are a mated pair because they were sure chatty with one another, but, as suggested elsewhere, they may be juveniles. Thoreau campus, Richmond, Texas.
I should have asked iNaturalist first, before giving a name to these beautiful newcomers to our garden, I thought they were Small Tortoiseshells, whereas they are Large Tortoiseshells. My mistake comes from the fact that I had previously learnt that Red Admirals, Small Tortoiseshells and Peacock Butterflies all have Nettles as host plant and our neighbour keeps a wild spot full of Nettles in her garden. Since I've had 3 to 4 Red Admirals on the Buddleia every day and, for the last 3 days, 2 to 3 Tortoiseshells, I jumped too easily to conclusion :) /
J'aurais du demander a iNaturalist l'identite de ces magnifiques Papillons, nouveaux dans notre jardin, avant de leur attribuer un nom. Mon erreur vient du fait que j'ai appris depuis peu que les Orties sont les plantes hotes des Vulcains, des Petites Tortues et des Paons du jour. Or, notre voisine garde un coin de son jardin a l'etat sauvage et il est plein d'Orties. Dans la mesure ou j'ai trois ou quatres Vulcains par jour sur le Buddleia et, depuis 3 jours, deux a trois Tortues, il etait facile d'en tirer une conclusion... erronee :)
J'ai d'ailleurs du y regarder de pres pour me persuader que mes visiteurs dores etaient bien des Grandes Tortues et non des Petites, tant elles se ressemblent. La Grande Tortue a egalement pour nom : la Vanesse de l'orme, le Grand-Renard, le Doré et il suffit de regarder les poils dont son corps est couvert dans la lumiere du soleil pour comprendre ce dernier nom :)
This American Red Squirrel was loudly scolding us as we walked through the wintry forest. They are also known as "boomers" due to the racket they make.
Jakes Creek Trail, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN.
iNaturalist link www.inaturalist.org/observations/257694942
Jenny Pansing photos
... from now on ( we hope) our troubles will be out of sight
Carolina Chickadee
iNaturalist link www.inaturalist.org/photos/108301084
Jenny Pansing Photos
An odd looking bee I had to check out with iNaturalist and they identified it as a Concave Longhorn-Cuckoo bee. I'm pretty sure this is a new species for my prairie bee and wasp species set. It's feeding on a Maximilian sunflower, of which we had a very good crop this year even with the ongoing drought.
Some species info: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/452935-Triepeolus-concavus
The iNaturalist algorithm identified this as a Lupine Bug. I am not so sure, but have no better alternative. I found the bug, which was about 3/4 inch long, while hedge trimming.
I do not see many red bugs in MB.
Podarcis melisellensis, Dalmatian wall lizard, Krška gušterica, AD 6217 Fa Striped morph, Podarcis melisellensis ssp. fiumana)
www.inaturalist.org/observations/60339415
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Swimming in a small pond with the flamingos on Rabida Island, Galapagos Islands
See my 2021 Peru and Ecuador album
www.flickr.com/photos/25171569@N02/albums/72157720135887081
for all uploads to date
iNaturalist link www.inaturalist.org/photos/174275418
Jenny Pansing Photos
on a cooler day, the warmth of the sun on the deck draws them out to sun a bit
iNaturalist link www.inaturalist.org/photos/74982098
From iNaturalist:
The planalto slaty antshrike is endemic to brazil. It is found in central and eastern Brazil in a wide swath from eastern Maranhão, Ceará, and Paraíba southwest to northern Mato Grosso do Sul, extreme northern Paraná, and western São Paulo. In the northern part of its range it mostly inhabits deciduous and semi-deciduous forest, especially areas heavy with vines. In the southern and western parts it is mainly a bird of gallery forest. It also occurs locally in the edges of evergreen forest. In most of its range it occurs between 400 and 800 m (1,300 and 2,600 ft) of elevation and reaches 1,100 m (3,600 ft) in the central part. In all forest types it mainly keeps to the understorey to mid-storey.
The planalto slaty antshrike's diet has not been detailed but is mostly insects and other arthropods. It usually forages singly, in pairs, or in small family groups, mostly between 1 and 5 m (3 and 16 ft) of the ground though sometimes as high as 15 m (49 ft). In general it feeds higher in areas with many vines than in other sites. It hops through vegetation, gleaning prey while reaching and lunging from a perch; it also makes short upward sallies and takes prey from the top of leaf litter on the ground. It takes prey from leaves, branches, and vines. It frequently joins mixed-species feeding flocks and has been observed following army ant swarms.
Taken on a Awesome trip with Juan Carlos Vindas (Neotropic photo tours) www.neotropicphototours.com
I absolutely LOVE this photo. It was taken just across the street from my house. I was walking down my driveway when I heard its call. I was able to spot it when it landed on a branch right over the neighbor's house and started drilling for insects. All I had was my phone --- not satisfactory for the distance at all.
It was kind enough to stay on the branch while I ran inside to get my Nikon with the zoom lens. Here is my January gift from Mother Nature.
Pileated Woodpecker, Male ( red line from bill to throat)
INaturalist link www.inaturalist.org/observations/258659400
Jenny Pansing photos
This beautiful female elk was grazing along the side of the road, near the Oconoluftee River, Smokies. (Photo taken from our car.)
Elk were reintroduced to this are 20 years ago, after being gone for many years. Their population has grown nicely.
iNaturalist link www.inaturalist.org/observations/119408975
Jenny Pansing photos
I was shocked when iNaturalist identified this weird little ant as a beetle! I'd seen ant-mimic spiders, spider-mimic ants, and wasp-mimic moths, but this was a new one for me! Nature is endlessly fascinating...
"Wasps are not the only hymenopterans that longhorn beetles can mimic; ants are another model. Species in the genus Euderces are convincing mimics of the acrobat ants (genus Crematogaster). Our most common species is also the smallest. At under 4 mm in length, Euderces reichei really does resemble an ant as it feeds at flowers in the spring. A second species, Euderces picipes is similar but a bit larger (a whopping 5 mm long) and the white band near the center is angled more. This species seems less common and is slightly more elongate in shape than E. reichei. When dealing with insects this small, a single millimeter difference in size is actually quite easy to notice."
From Valerie Pugh's excellent austinbug.com
sulphur butterfly (Coliadinae) wing scales fringe
Laowa Aurogon 20x na 0.3
IDs welcome: www.inaturalist.org/observations/209178244
22 shots stacked in zerene
From inaturalist .....This appears to be an immature mermithid (nematode) worm (Family Mermithidae). They look similar and have a similar life cycle to hairworms, emerging from arthropods (mostly grasshoppers, spiders, butterflies, bees and wasps). However, the body is not translucent in hairworms as this one is translucent throughout although some are not translucent. Mermithids are known to climb vegetation (they survive out of water) hairworms do not. They tend to be out in the open rather than water (although there are aquatic species).
This rather worn bee was cooperative for some photographs, but vegetation blocked my efforts to get a dorsal shot.
Longhorn Bee - Eucerini species (male)
possibly a Melissodes species
Opinion on iNaturalist
www.inaturalist.org/observations/57061052
is that it might be:
Florilegus condignus - Worthy Longhorn
UPDATE: Thanks to iNaturalist.com, I learned this butterfly is called a Margined White. It was feeding on our newly bloomed Forget-Me-Nots in the garden yesterday.
It's a mystery
How to tell identities
Of all these bees
See pictures of similar species here: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/198859-Bombus-citrinus
Austracantha minax (Thorell, 1859). Tentative ID based on www.inaturalist.org images. Found at Wandoo National Park. Western Australia, Australia.
Found while exploring the reserve with Jean and Fred Hort.
Single exposure, significantly cropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-24EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser.
Span: Hormiga tigre en movimiento. Gracias a Gustavo Masuzzo quien brindó este ejemplar capturado en Missiones, Argentina. Fuente: www.inaturalist.org/observations/32211820#activity_identi...
Engl: Tiger ant (roughly translated from the argentine common name) in motion. Gratitude to Gustavo Masuzzo who provided this specimen, captured in Missiones, Argentina. Source:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/32211820#activity_identi...
Please advise if you know common names in english