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março 8, 2024
10:21 AM UTC
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Jumped into the water, floated over it and swam to the other side
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novembro 7, 2022
06:10 PM IST
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março 21, 2021
10:40 AM IST
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setembro 4, 2022
10:16 PM IST
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janeiro 16, 2022
03:43 PM IST
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Tiny, like 1mm or something
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fevereiro 21, 2024
01:56 PM IST
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outubro 8, 2022
03:26 PM CDT
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I found this midge on an oak tree leaf. Where apparently there are MANY Hentzia palmarum nests. So… this midge looks like Hentzia palmarum!!!! My mind is blown
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dezembro 10, 2023
01:40 AM IST
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A black string like organism, growing on trees
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janeiro 20, 2022
01:19 PM UTC
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dezembro 22, 2023
10:46 AM UTC
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dezembro 18, 2023
01:54 PM IST
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Dressing/looking like a stronger - Best way to defend oneself .
Yesterday i went for small trek along with parents of my kid’s school (Arivu Vidhya samste). We went to trek small hillock near uchangi . Easy trek, but it’s not easy to walk with macro enthusiasts as we peep over every plant, turn every leaf to explore insect diversity.
Trek was very fruitful for me as I got many unusual sightings of spiders & insects along with scenic view of westernghats. There were many existing moments & its usual tendency to post the best in the begging of photo story. I thought of posting one interesting crab spider or one ground spider with its unique hunting technique. But just a phone call with my friend vipin made me to post this!
Yes.. This was my highlight from yesterdays walk.
While returning from Hill, we took stop near water stream & quenched our thirst. My son Amathya was little faraway searching for insects. He never call me, unless its unusual. Amathya kept on calling me. come fast. Here is something interesting . A hornet with its first pair of leg like praying mantis. I want near it. oh. a hornet.
Just a month back I had got painful sting from Hornet . This memory was very active so i decided to photograph from little distance . two to three pic, Hornet disappeared.
Today I was saying about this Hornet to vipin over phone & simultaneously I sent an image too. Looking at the image, he was super exited, which i was not on field !
ohh... you got a jackpot.
This is a Mantispidae/ mantidflies. Never seen such a Mantidfly which is total mimicry of Hornet, almost looking like dangerous. Vespa tropica.
I looked over image again.. oh.. i was fooled .. its not a Hornet . Batesian mimicry was successful. This mimicry fools many predators, just like how I was fooled.
( Batesian mimicry is a form of mimicry where a harmless species has evolved to imitate the warning signals of a harmful species directed at a predator of them both)
Thanks to Amathya for spotting & Thanks to vipin again :)
Decemeber 2023
Uchangi
Kodagu.
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dezembro 5, 2023
01:40 AM IST
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novembro 12, 2023
03:04 PM CET
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fevereiro 7, 2021
08:11 PM IST
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setembro 21, 2023
02:22 PM UTC
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outubro 1, 2023
06:38 PM IST
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julho 29, 2023
12:47 AM IST
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junho 11, 2023
04:52 PM IST
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junho 11, 2023
04:54 PM IST
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junho 10, 2023
08:58 PM IST
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maio 18, 2023
12:53 PM IST
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maio 8, 2023
07:19 PM UTC
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fevereiro 28, 2023
07:08 PM IST
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fevereiro 7, 2022
12:56 AM IST
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março 4, 2022
04:21 PM IST
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janeiro 20, 2022
10:39 AM IST
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abril 20, 2023
04:05 PM UTC
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abril 7, 2023
07:39 PM IST
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abril 8, 2023
03:34 AM UTC
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março 21, 2023
08:10 PM IST
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março 16, 2023
07:04 PM IST
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fevereiro 1, 2023
09:39 AM IST
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fevereiro 1, 2023
09:39 AM IST
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janeiro 22, 2023
05:33 PM IST
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janeiro 20, 2023
09:51 AM UTC
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janeiro 5, 2023
09:39 AM IST
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dezembro 31, 2022
10:33 AM IST
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dezembro 28, 2022
07:47 PM IST
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dezembro 20, 2022
07:08 PM IST
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dezembro 20, 2022
06:06 PM IST
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outubro 21, 2019
03:17 PM UTC
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janeiro 27, 2022
03:30 PM UTC
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Id please.
Dhibbagiri hills, 27 Jan 2022
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dezembro 6, 2022
01:49 PM IST
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junho 7, 2021
05:38 PM UTC
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maio 1, 2022
11:00 AM -03
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Curious shot taken by my friend Vinícius Ferarezi (who's agreed with this publication) on the Kiss concert. A katydid (Phaneropterinae?) landed on the MIC hahahaha
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novembro 29, 2022
08:07 PM IST
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This was the day five, November 16, 2013, of our Subansiri River Angling (for Mahseer), Rafting, and nature observation trip along the river. To avoid a stretch of rough rapids from our camp site down stream of Subansiri River we seniors (50+) were told by the organisers to wade through this waist-deep tributary, create some tracks on the opposite side and join the raft team downstream. While tearing the thick bush, climbing up and down the terrain to gain some claustrophobic inches ahead, I suddenly spotted these beautiful strange vine flowers.
The flowers were approximately the size of my thumb. I have never seen this before, so out of curiosity I took some photos of the flowers, the vines and the area.
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novembro 19, 2022
04:13 AM UTC
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novembro 6, 2022
05:08 PM +0530
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julho 25, 2022
09:19 PM IST
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novembro 3, 2022
11:42 PM IST
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novembro 4, 2022
08:18 PM IST
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agosto 28, 2022
04:39 PM WIB
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novembro 1, 2022
08:54 PM IST
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novembro 1, 2022
08:54 PM IST
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outubro 27, 2022
09:50 PM IST
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setembro 17, 2019
01:38 AM IST
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The jumping spider family (Salticidae) contains over 600 described genera and more than 5800 described species, making it the largest family of spiders with about 13% of all species. Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among arthropods and use it in courtship, hunting, and navigation. Although they normally move unobtrusively and fairly slowly, most species are capable of very agile jumps, notably when hunting, but sometimes in response to sudden threats or crossing long gaps.
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outubro 24, 2022
10:35 AM IST
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julho 18, 2022
03:28 AM +08
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Sub adult Male
Undescribed species
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julho 18, 2022
03:25 AM +08
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agosto 14, 2012
12:00 PM IST
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This is definitely the smallest jumping spider I have ever seen...!!!
This restless little thing was only traversing through the crevices on the tree bark. Very difficult to spot again if you lose track of him....
Any info would be greatly appreciated... :-)
Size: <2mm
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janeiro 5, 2022
11:54 AM +0530
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outubro 22, 2022
09:23 PM IST
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novembro 28, 2021
09:53 PM IST
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Observed a vailimia male and female sharing the same orb web.
They got disturbed while we photographed.
The male took the chance to dance and seduce the female. But, female.was not interested
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setembro 15, 2021
10:16 PM IST
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Could take only one image. Was there on a wild plant. High altitude area.
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agosto 13, 2022
03:27 PM IST
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junho 26, 2022
09:21 AM IST
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White face. Don’t have pics but I’ve seen. Only 3rd pic shows face from a bad angle
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outubro 31, 2021
10:27 PM IST
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março 18, 2020
08:01 PM IST
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outubro 16, 2022
07:56 PM IST
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março 6, 2022
12:37 PM IST
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setembro 25, 2021
07:14 PM IST
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janeiro 17, 2022
08:16 PM +0530
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fevereiro 19, 2022
04:37 PM IST
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setembro 23, 2022
10:55 AM UTC
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julho 10, 2022
04:14 PM IST
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setembro 25, 2022
09:37 AM IST
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It's frequent in perennial water bodies in some Malabar district!
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outubro 6, 2022
06:05 PM IST
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setembro 23, 2022
08:58 PM IST
Lugar
Missing Location
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julho 28, 2022
12:34 AM +11
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setembro 16, 2022
03:48 PM IST
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julho 27, 2022
10:30 AM IST
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fevereiro 1, 2021
08:05 AM UTC
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agosto 8, 2022
09:09 PM IST
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julho 26, 2022
05:45 PM UTC
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julho 11, 2022
03:44 PM IST
Lugar
Privado
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março 30, 2021
02:07 PM EDT
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julho 2, 2022
09:31 AM IST
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junho 29, 2022
02:32 AM IST
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agosto 28, 2021
12:49 PM UTC
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novembro 23, 2019
11:14 AM EST
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junho 26, 2022
09:55 PM IST
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abril 23, 2020
07:42 PM PDT
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maio 10, 2022
02:40 AM UTC
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junho 25, 2022
04:48 AM UTC
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junho 28, 2022
02:30 PM IST
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agosto 13, 2021
06:14 PM IST
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junho 13, 2022
01:11 PM IST
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junho 5, 2022
03:49 PM IST
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junho 11, 2022
11:52 AM IST
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maio 15, 2022
12:48 PM IST