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Sculptured Slipper Lobster (Parribacus antarcticus)Observer
karl_questelDescription
Specimen captured with a surface light trap at night. Within the framework of the Life BIODIV'OM mission with the Nature Reserve of Saint-Martin.
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Chilean Anemone Porcelain Crab (Allopetrolisthes spinifrons)Observer
marceloandrsrojasgonzlez
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Chilean Anemone Porcelain Crab (Allopetrolisthes spinifrons)Observer
marceloandrsrojasgonzlez
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Jewel Caterpillar Moth (Acraga coa)Observer
angeleduardolopezDescription
Oruga observada en San Agustin de las Juntas, Oaxaca, México. Posiblemente Acraga Coa.
¿Existe algún registro para Oaxaca?
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Paisa Frog (Hyloscirtus antioquia)Observer
andres_foreroDescription
Hyloscirtus antioquia (Rivera & Faivovich, 2013)
Rana Chocolate Antioqueña
Santa Rosa de Osos - Antioquia
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Silverleafed Princess Flower (Pleroma heteromallum)Observer
tjeerddwDescription
Purple Glory Tree or Tibouchina Grandiflora
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White-ring Wine-Cups (Geissorhiza radians)Observer
nikola_sDescription
Wynblommetjie
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Degonetus serratusObserver
venkatwaranDescription
A beetle found on Jasmine plant
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New Zealand Peripatus (Peripatoides novaezealandiae)Observer
bugman-nzDescription
Peripatus in many sizes in crumbly, fallen western cedar log, as well as in fallen treefern stems.
novaezealandiae?
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New Zealand Peripatus (Peripatoides novaezealandiae)Observer
schneehagenDescription
The Miotopus diversus is feeding on the Peripatoides novaezealandiae.
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Desert Hyacinth (Cistanche tubulosa)Observer
fragmansapirDescription
S Israel, S Arava Valley,Yotvata Fields
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Arroyo de la Cruz Mariposa Lily (Calochortus clavatus var. recurvifolius)Observer
morganstickrod
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Blue Ant (Diamma bicolor)Observer
flecksyDescription
The common name can be misleading, as this animal is not an Ant, but the wingless female of a species of solitary parasitic Wasp. Its behaviour is unusual for Tiphiid, as it exclusively hunts Mole Crickets, as opposed to Beetle larvae.
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Nightshade Lady Beetle (Solanophila paykullii)Observer
wynand_uysDescription
Caught in web of Stegodyphus mimosarum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9319352 but left uneaten after being killed.
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Meranoplus inermisObserver
wynand_uysDescription
About 3 - 3.2mm
Scavenging on what looks like a beetle carcas left on the periphery of a community spider web. Stegodyphus dumicola https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9319352
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African Social Spider (Stegodyphus dumicola)Observer
wynand_uysDescription
A scrappy expanse of silky refuges and capture webs littered with body parts of previous victims. When preferred prey is entangled, the female spiders emerge from their 'nests' and overpower it by grabbing its extremities. In this case, a wasp https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9319446.
Presumably they inject venom because after a minute or so the prey stops struggling. Then they snip it out of the web and carry it into one of several 'nests' or refuges.
Unwanted prey, often beetles (see https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9319435 ) are also killed but sometimes left in the web, uneaten. Ants, in this case, Maranoplus ( https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9319390 )scavenge around the periphery of the webs, feasting on unwanted beetles or other left-overs.
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Walckenaer's Studded Triangular Spider (Arkys walckenaeri)Observer
simongroveDescription
Triangular spider Arkys walckenaeri, Sandfly, Tasmania January 2017
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Desert Christmas Tree (Pholisma arenarium)Observer
joeysantoreDescription
Parasitizing Ambrosia salsola in a rather large wash, poking its inflorescence out of granitic sand. Last year's inflorescences still present.
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Great Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)Observer
rhizomericDescription
Very unusual flowering growth form.
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Pavón's Milkvine (Dictyanthus pavonii)Observer
josearmandoaguileraDescription
Planta silvestre tipo enredadera. En bosque de pinos y encinos.
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oliverkomarDescription
Previously reported from this same location where there appears to be a population.
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Tiputinia (Tiputinia foetida)Observer
pbertnerDescription
Presumably a parasitic plant since no leaves were observed and no plants nearby.
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Green Sideband (Monadenia fidelis ssp. flava)Observer
nature-boy13Description
About a dozen seen crawling through tall grass surrounded by shrubby vegetation & pines, about 150 yds. uphill from the beach
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Family PruvotinidaeObserver
dfopacificDescription
- Nautilus event log: Worm #1 now identified as Pruvotinidae indet. off of glass sponge.
- ONC annotation (SeaTube):
- Real-time online science chatroom:
- Description from live audio recording:
SeaTube URL of ROV video and audio: 5. SeaTube URL of ROV video and audio: https://dmas.uvic.ca/SeaTube?resourceTypeId=1000&resourceId=23543&diveId=2661&time=2018-07-18
>>NOTE: please click the link then COPY-PASTE the following timecode to the end of the URL: T17:39:23.000Z- Additional details:
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Weasels (Subfamily Mustelinae)Observer
redfauxDescription
You can't see it in the picture but he has a black tip on his tail.
