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Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridusObserver
sydnianajonesDescription
What a neat find! A young cardinal was hanging around the scene and drew my attention, otherwise I'd have walked right past!
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Mites Superorder AcariformesObserver
darinjm7Description
On a kelp fly. Crawled around on the left side of the fly for a bit before moving over to the right side.
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Black-banded Snake Scolecophis atrocinctusObserver
elainechernovDescription
There were two of these... dancing? Hugging? Mating?
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Southern Kori Ardeotis kori ssp. koriObserver
mrkortegamahindiDescription
Kori basterd
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Leaf Katydids Subfamily PterochrozinaeObserver
rsawbyDescription
Hike to Napo
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American Badger Taxidea taxusObserver
birdnerd12Description
Badger seen crossing the road. Followed to a burrow where 2 other badgers were found and a territorial dispute ensued.
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Bobcat Lynx rufusObserver
czuazoDescription
bobcat with a fat squirrel dinner
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Grizzly Bear Ursus arctos ssp. horribilisObserver
cincykidDescription
Grizzly sow relaxing on the beach with her favorite hiking stick while two cubs hunt for food nearby looking under rocks
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jmrobertiaDescription
One of several found in lake, most with young still attach to their undersides.
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Gopher Snake Pituophis cateniferObserver
oldrangerDescription
Came upon this fight between a gopher snake and a California King Snake at the Santa Ysabel Nature Center. The King snake had the gopher snake in a squeeze and finally got the head of the gopher snake in its mouth. It must have felt confident enough to let the constriction off and as soon as it did the gopher snake constricted on the King snake. The King snake released the gopher snakes head and the gopher snake took off and escaped. The King snake was the larger of the two.
Posted under California King Snake also
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Spider Mites Family TetranychidaeObserver
maizDescription
You should see the videos!
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easmedsDescription
Okanagana arctostaphylae was first described in 1915 and has not been collected since. These are the first photos ever taken of it in its natural habitat, and the second photos ever of a live individual.
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Comoro Rousette Rousettus obliviosusObserver
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Missing LocationDescription
Taken while trying to capture a Livingstone's Bat to place a gps collar. No Livingstone's was caught, instead we got a lot of Comoro Rousette.
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American Toad Anaxyrus americanusObserver
joannerussoDescription
with mating Halysidota
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Spotted Owlet Athene bramaObserver
subirshakyaDescription
3 babies; photo by Mallika Bajracharya
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Terciopelo Bothrops asperObserver
hubertszczDescription
B. asper eating what is most likely Trachops cirrhosus.
Note the Streblid flies still moving on the dead bat.
Check out my paper on this observation here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342792286_When_the_hunter_becomes_the_hunted_foraging_bat_attacked_by_pit_viper_at_frog_chorus
Observation of the same species of bat: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52429697
Observation of the Streblid flies: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52430393
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Harlequin Toads Genus AtelopusObserver
pedrovernetDescription
A. spurreli es confusa o presenta dos morfos, En la mayoría de los casos tiene una gran cantidad de ocelos, colores invertidos sobre el amarillo y negro. Foto Jorge
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Latin American Earth Snakes Genus GeophisObserver
arix10Description
Especie rara y muy poco conocida en Costa Rica. Uno de tres individuos encontrados en la noche luego de la lluvia.
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Gelada Theropithecus geladaObserver
gillbsydneyDescription
Dominant male Gelada baboon
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Slender Pitcher-Plant Nepenthes gracilisObserver
albertkangDescription
Seen among a cluster of Nepenthes gracilis, but this few are very tiny in size, my pinky finger next to it for comparisons.
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Trigonium arcticumObserver
lamamarkDescription
SEM images of Trigonium arcticum (Brightwell) Cleve. Basionym: Triceratium arcticum Brightwell
Valve view.
Specimen from plankton collected at Montague Harbour, Galiano Island, Gulf Islands, British Columbia, Canada, January 8, 2013. Hitachi 4800 SEM, Advanced Microscope Facility, UVIC. Many thanks to Elaine Humphrey for SEM assistance.
References:
F.E. Round, F.E., Crawford, R.M. and Mann, D.G. (1990). The Diatoms, Biology & Morphology of the Genera. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. pp. 254-255.
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Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspiaObserver
tiwaneDescription
This tern was catching one fish after another, and it was awesome to see it flip the fish in its beak while flying.
Photos are out of order, the 4th photo happened first, chronologically.
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Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp Megarhyssa macrurusObserver
cholmesphotoDescription
A female Giant Ichneumon wasp (Megarhyssa macrurus) oviposits into the side of a tree.
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Leuckartiara octonaObserver
whale_nerdDescription
looking for help with species ID
