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When I took the photo I didn't notice the Crab Spider having lunch. I did notice the Saw Bug, AKA Wheel Bug on the prowl.
For what it's worth, they both bite. I don't know about the Crab Spider but I do know that Wheel Bugs HURT! I don't recommend trying to pet them.
They are beneficial as they prey on other harmful insects including those horrid Japanese Beetles that are eating the leaves off my tree until the Hibiscus start blooming.
Alsace - le Hohwald - sep. 2009
Not exactly a Mona Lisa smile, but her eyes !! Enigmatic and meditative. But that's enough anthropomorphism...
Owls in general have poor eyesight. This lady has yellow irises, which means she is diurnal. Nocturnal subspecies have red irises.
The structure of the rostrum starts in the skull and is asymmetric. The concentrical soft feathers capture the soundwaves and lead them to the orifices of the ear canal. The ruffle of tiny mouses between autumnal grasses is enough to locate them with pinpoint precision. The same fine feather structure on the upper side of the relatively broad wings guarantees a stealthy flight.
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While watching these least chipmunks play around on the rocks, I got to see some cool behavior. Suddenly, they all became very attentive and grouped up on this rock. One was calling out with a little chirping call, while they all looked down from above. We were around 10,000 feet in elevation and the only predators that are supposed to exist up there, to my knowledge, are lynx, western garter snakes, and birds of prey. They were looking almost directly down, and I could see that there were no lynx or birds of prey around so the only thing I can think is that there must've been a garter snake around. Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
A rather unusual look at a Damselfly. This is a teneral Common Blue Damselfly I found at Wollaton yesterday, being quite a cool day there were a lot of grounded inactive Damselflies on low vegetation, this allowed for this interesting angle. This nicely illustrates the complex nature of a Damselflies mouthparts, it is easy to forget that these guys are accomplished predators.
This was a 4 image stack at F/8, not my deepest of stacks, but thought it was interesting to see.
Daddy kite will be responsible for food and come back to deliver it to mommy kite while they are having eggs to hatch. They usually perform food exchange in the air.
Fra i petali di un giallo topinanbur, una coccinella si muove lentamente, ignara del ragno nascosto poco lontano
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Yesterday we had wild weather in Ocean Shores. We were treated with three bald eagles while we were beachcomber afterwards. This one was snacking on a seagull.
It was amazing to watch this Merlin pursuing a Goldfinch a couple of weeks ago: I was rather lucky to capture this shot as the raptor dived in for a killer blow, but missed the lucky finch by a gnat's whisker!
Yellowfin tuna flank a female great white shark off the coast of Mexico's Isla de Guadalupe. While the tuna are a preferred prey item of the shark, their speed and maneuverability allow them to keep a safe distance from their predator. The sharks have to rely on stealth in order to ambush attach the speedy prey.
While it's not uncommon to see yellowfin tuna at Guadalupe, they seem far more abundant around the island in the past couple of years. I'm not sure it's a result of El Nino effects or not, but I definitely saw noticeably more tuna around the sharks than usual on this trip.
Silently.
Patiently.
As one I am
With Tree
With bush
Surround me.
Strike
Suddenly
Brutally
Efficiently
I am
Predator ...
Peneda Gerês National Park, Portugal.
This was the first protected area to be founded in Portugal in 1971 and it is the only National Park in the country. Having once been the home of the brown bear and the mountain goat, Peneda-Geres is today one of the last refuges of the great predators, such as the wolf and the royal eagle.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
-SRWE
-SnapDragonPrime 5.0 ENB
-Console Commands (Time Stop, FOV, No Clip)
Being under the influence of this universe, I finally realized that I can try to make his head without the mask, like I did.
(Eyes painted in photoshop because I wanted to see how they will look).
Lispe geniseta, Family: Muscidae
Female Muscoid predator kills Long-legged fly.
The Lispe is a genus of true flies, belonging to the family Muscidae. The adult are predators of small insects. Larvae are also predators, living in damp sand and mud.
Many thanks to John Carr and Nikita Vikhrev from diptera-info for the ID.
hanging around, the male is on the left while smaller female is on the right, mating season. This was taken shortly after finding them feeding on road kill.
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Dragonflies have a life span of anywhere from about six months to several years. Most of the dragonfly life span is spent in the water as a nymph. During this period, which can last up to a couple of years, it sheds its skin many times. Finally it crawls onto land to break out of its skin as a full fledged dragonfly.
A predator with his trophy passed us this morning while we volunteers had tea and coffee. Poor mouse!
52 Rolls - Week 11: Zeiss Ikon colour 120. The pits.
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