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Not the tree actually, but the parasitic birds in the tree, Brown-headed Cowbirds. The dark-colored birds in the picture are the males, light-colored ones are females. More specifically, they are "brood parasites", laying an egg in another bird's nest, leaving the care and feeding of the hatchling to the host bird.
The cowbird eggs often hatch faster than the host bird's, and displace the other hatchlings. One would think that the host bird would recognize that it was feeding a different species in its nest, but I witnessed a Northern Cardinal nesting in my backyard, feeding a cowbird, the only hatchling to survive in the nest. (shown in first picture in the comments below)
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Les larves rouge de Trombidiidae (Allothrombium fuliginosum) dont le principal objectif est de trouver un hôte (pucerons ou papillons) pour s’y fixer en parasite externe. Elles ont une semaine pour le faire, si elles échouent elles sont condamnées. Une fois l’hôte trouvé, la larve se fixe indifféremment sur n’importe quelle partie du corps sur lequel elle prélève, en 3 ou 4 jours suffisamment de nourriture pour assurer la suite de son développement.
www.european-lepidopteres.fr/L-acarien-rouge-Trombidiidae...
The red larvae of Trombidiidae (Allothrombium fuliginosum) whose main objective is to find a host (aphids or butterflies) to attach themselves as an external parasite. They have a week to do it, if they fail they are doomed. Once the host is found, the larva attaches indifferently to any part of the body from which it takes, in 3 or 4 days, enough food to ensure the continuation of its development.
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A harvestman with a parasitic mite attached.
This is one of those moments in which I saw the harvestman and a red dot, but I had no idea what I was seeing until I took the shot(s). Gotta love macro lenses!
Last year I saw this species for the first time, very briefly. This year I set out to find it in the same spot, but was not successful. It appeared that it only took finding a flowering plant that they really liked. I observed quite a few individuals on purple gromwell, in two different locations. It is a nest parasite of Anthophora digger bees and despite the name it is not at all common.
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A female brown-headed cowbird.
The brown-headed cowbird is a stocky blackbird with a fascinating approach to raising its young. Females forgo building nests and instead put all their energy into producing eggs, sometimes more than three dozen a summer. These they lay in the nests of other birds, abandoning their young to foster parents, usually at the expense of at least some of the host’s own chicks.
Ref: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brown-headed_Cowbird/overview#
A notable size difference between the starling parent and koel chicks.
Wikipedia: Brood parasites are organisms that rely on others to raise their young. The strategy appears among birds, insects and fish. The brood parasite manipulates a host, either of the same or of another species, to raise its young as if it were its own, using brood mimicry, for example by having eggs that resemble the host's (egg mimicry).
The Siamese pied myna (Gracupica floweri) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. Its plumage is black and white, with a black collar. It is found in Myanmar and China to Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. It previously was considered a subspecies of the pied myna, which has now been split into three species.
The Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent, China, and Southeast Asia. The Asian koel like many of its related cuckoo kin is a brood parasite that lays its eggs in the nests of crows and other hosts, who raise its young. They are unusual among the cuckoos in being largely frugivorous as adults.
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Explored (#5) - Jan 8, 2011.
This was taken on the second day of my NY trip. A visitor would normally expect to see lush green in Central Park, but given the time of the year it was snow white! I was thinking for a shot, and that's when the silhouette of this tree caught my attention. A morbid title, but that's kind of how it looked! This photograph is inspired by Her Days from Aftab
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Macho de Ischnura elegans parasitado en varias zonas de su cuerpo.
Ischnura elegans male parasitized in various areas of its body.
If you look at the base of the mallard's yellow bill, you will notice a grey/brown blob. That is a duck leech. The parasite typically will slide into the nostrils or the mouth/throat and attach themselves to fill up with blood.
fungus (plural: fungi or funguses is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from the other eukaryotic kingdoms, which by one traditional classification include Plantae, Animalia, Protozoa, and Chromista.
A characteristic that places fungi in a different kingdom from plants, bacteria, and some protists is chitin in their cell walls. Fungi, like animals, are heterotrophs; they acquire their food by absorbing dissolved molecules, typically by secreting digestive enzymes into their environment. Fungi do not photosynthesize. Growth is their means of mobility, except for spores (a few of which are flagellated), which may travel through the air or water. Fungi are the principal decomposers in ecological systems. These and other differences place fungi in a single group of related organisms, named the Eumycota (true fungi or Eumycetes), that share a common ancestor (i.e. they form a monophyletic group), an interpretation that is also strongly supported by molecular phylogenetics. This fungal group is distinct from the structurally similar myxomycetes (slime molds) and oomycetes (water molds). The discipline of biology devoted to the study of fungi is known as mycology (from the Greek μύκης mykes, mushroom). In the past, mycology was regarded as a branch of botany, although it is now known fungi are genetically more closely related to animals than to plants.
Abundant worldwide, most fungi are inconspicuous because of the small size of their structures, and their cryptic lifestyles in soil or on dead matter. Fungi include symbionts of plants, animals, or other fungi and also parasites. They may become noticeable when fruiting, either as mushrooms or as molds. Fungi perform an essential role in the decomposition of organic matter and have fundamental roles in nutrient cycling and exchange in the environment. They have long been used as a direct source of human food, in the form of mushrooms and truffles; as a leavening agent for bread; and in the fermentation of various food products, such as wine, beer, and soy sauce. Since the 1940s, fungi have been used for the production of antibiotics, and, more recently, various enzymes produced by fungi are used industrially and in detergents. Fungi are also used as biological pesticides to control weeds, plant diseases and insect pests. Many species produce bioactive compounds called mycotoxins, such as alkaloids and polyketides, that are toxic to animals including humans. The fruiting structures of a few species contain psychotropic compounds and are consumed recreationally or in traditional spiritual ceremonies. Fungi can break down manufactured materials and buildings, and become significant pathogens of humans and other animals. Losses of crops due to fungal diseases (e.g., rice blast disease) or food spoilage can have a large impact on human food supplies and local economies.
The fungus kingdom encompasses an enormous diversity of taxa with varied ecologies, life cycle strategies, and morphologies ranging from unicellular aquatic chytrids to large mushrooms. However, little is known of the true biodiversity of Kingdom Fungi, which has been estimated at 2.2 million to 3.8 million species.[5] Of these, only about 148,000 have been described,[6] with over 8,000 species known to be detrimental to plants and at least 300 that can be pathogenic to humans.[7] Ever since the pioneering 18th and 19th century taxonomical works of Carl Linnaeus, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, and Elias Magnus Fries, fungi have been classified according to their morphology (e.g., characteristics such as spore color or microscopic features) or physiology. Advances in molecular genetics have opened the way for DNA analysis to be incorporated into taxonomy, which has sometimes challenged the historical groupings based on morphology and other traits. Phylogenetic studies published in the first decade of the 21st century have helped reshape the classification within Kingdom Fungi, which is divided into one subkingdom, seven phyla, and ten subphyla.
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Another capture of this caterpillar feeding, and also being fed on. The wasp eggs there will hatch and eventually eat the caterpillar ... so you are better to leave the caterpillar alive so that the wasps will hatch and more of the wasps will eat more of the caterpillars, and hence save more of your future tomatoes.
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) flight_w_9066
The common cuckoo is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals.. This species is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa. It is a brood parasite, which means it lays eggs in the nests of other bird species, particularly of dunnocks, meadow pipits, and reed warblers.
A tiny parasitic wasp, photographed (with difficulty) while she sniffed around one of my solitary bee observation boxes. She's such a lovely colour, but definitely has a mischievous look about her. I think she could be Monodontomerus sp. (although I didn't get a clear enough shot of her hind leg, which would have a distinct single tooth, although I could see a hint of one in one of my images ... but now I know where to focus my camera next time!). If she is Monodontomerus, then I'm thinking possibly M. obscurus, as this seems to be the only species recorded in the limited places I've thought to check. Very grateful for any help if anyone is able to confirm or correct the ID.
A tired Golden-bellied Gerygone caring for a parasitic Little Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx minutillus)'s chick in Tampines Eco Green.
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Beautiful Brood Parasite - a male Brown-headed Cowbird in my yard in Chester County, PA.
Many dislike them because of their breeding behavior, but to me their shiny brown heads against their iridescent blue-green bodies are very beautiful.
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Some birds are exceptionally beautiful but this does not mean that they are friendly or kind. Nature doesn't work that way* and this elegant flier is no exception.
Long-tailed Skuas are bullies, harassing other birds returning home after making a catch. They will cause the other bird to drop their fish where the Long-tailed Skuas can retrieve it.During the breeding season they will rely more on hunting down the rodent population. They will hover over their prey, then swoop down to pounce and peck its victim to death.
* Long-tailed Skua eggs and young are prey for Arctic Foxes and various rodents - and so life goes on the Arctic tundra.
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This morning I was looking carefully at the greenish-yellow umbels of some Lovage, Levisticum officinale, known in Dutch as Maggi and a favorite ingredient of soup. Lots of little insects mostly blackish and bluish or in the case of hoverflies striped yellow-black. But then my eye caught a tiny pinprick as it were of vermillion red. It was attached to a Frit Fly, a Chloropidae, perhaps a Chlorops of some kind. I think our Red Parasitic Friend is a Trombidioidea, possibly a larva of Trombidium holosericeum. Fly is perhaps 3-4 mm long and Mite much smaller; but winging away Fly hardly seemed troubled by its load.
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Channel-billed cuckoo. the largest of our parasitic birds, it breeds in Australia during spring and summer before migrating to New Guinea and Indonesia for the winter months. Its hosts are crows. currawongs and magpies.
This year there seem to be many of these cuckoos flying around, their loud raucous calls can be heard from dawn till dusk.