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berniedupDescription
Autentica-Mariposa Cabañas, Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, San Carlos, Alajuela, COSTA RICA
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Gall Midges (Subfamily Cecidomyiinae)Observer
stephenlukDescription
Body length 1.5 mm. On tree trunk at night.
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Flat-backed Millipedes (Order Polydesmida)Observer
djones57Description
looking for order
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Genus RipidiusObserver
mcclarinjDescription
Ripiphoridae are probably the most unlikely-looking beetles, some extremely so. Yet they have small elytra (forewings that became wing covers), one hallmark of all mature beetles except larviform females in some families. They are primarily larval parasites of bees although some are parasitic on cockroaches.
I found this one in the collecting container of my live flight intercept trap and was certain it was a fly until I saw first the elaborate antennae and then the small elytra. Still, due to its diminutive head, I had my doubts. I had never encountered a ripiphorid before but had seen plenty of images and none showed beetles with such a tiny head.
The genus is evidently Ripidius.
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Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp (Megarhyssa macrurus ssp. macrurus)Observer
carl-adam
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Bacterial Speck (Pseudomonas syringae)Observer
zitsermDescription
Looks like an albino Celastrus orbiculatus
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/info/albino-plant-information.htm
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Four-handed Box Jelly (Chiropsalmus quadrumanus)Observer
cristina_cedeno_posso
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Rathke's Woodlouse (Trachelipus rathkii)Observer
jonathan_mackDescription
cool color!
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Red-breasted Carrion Beetle (Oiceoptoma thoracicum)Observer
monaphippsDescription
It is not quite right to be a Porcellio scaber. The head is read.
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Cope's Noodle Millipede (Andrognathus corticarius)Observer
derhennenDescription
Under decaying log
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Black-and-yellow Spheric Pill Woodlouse (Cubaris nigroflava)Observer
imcmaster
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Genus GloiocephalaObserver
kallamperoPlace
Cascada Nueva Trail, Reserva Los Cedros, Intag, Cotacachi Canton, Imbabura Province, Ecuador (Google, OSM)Description
Substrate: leaf
Habitat: Northwest Andean montane forest (NT0145)
Collectors: D. Newman & R. Vandegrift
Collection #: RLC1289
Photomicrography and molecular data forthcoming
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
nikolailoveikisDescription
Mysterious parasitic fungus sprouting out of an unknown insect host. Spotted in the Ecuadorian cloud forest.
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Nerocila monodiObserver
noosakevDescription
Fishing from a kayak in 20m depth in the Pacific Ocean. This critter attached itself to my artificial lure.
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Flinders Island Cave-Slater (Echinodillo cavaticus)Observer
simongroveDescription
Flinders Island cave-slater Echinodillo cavaticus. The world has only two known species of the very distinctive Echinodillo cave-slaters. One is found on the Marquesas Islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. This other species is known only from a small cave in southern Flinders Island, where its entire global range is measurable in square metres. We found this one during our Bush Blitz on Flinders Island in March 2014.
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Parasitic Hyperiid Amphipod (Phronima sedentaria)Observer
underwaterpatDescription
Female inside its salp victim!
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Bristly Millipede (Polyxenus lagurus)Observer
blazeclawDescription
Can anyone tell me what these are I found a huge grouping of them but I’ve never seen something like this so I really don’t know. My best guess is that its an isopod, but that very well could be wrong.
