I rescued this cutie from a pool. It sat on my hand for 15 minutes, rubbing itself down with its legs and vibrating its wings until it was dry enough to fly.
Possibly H. ligatus or H. confusus?
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found as epibionts on a copepod.
More on this here:
http://www.plingfactory.de/Science/Atlas/KennkartenProtista/01e-protista/e-Ciliata/e-source/Trichodina%20domerguei%20megamicronuleata.html
Aphid of some sort but the suction cup structure beneath is what is confusing. Any ideas/information?
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.
A female Giant Ichneumon wasp (Megarhyssa macrurus) oviposits into the side of a tree.
I was honored to have this observation selected as observation of the day for June 11, 2020, and again as observation of the week (week of June 21, 2020). It is covered in this blog post: A Trip to Texas Provides a Long Sought Photographic Opportunity - Observation of the Week, 6/21/20.
Ethiopian Burrowing Tree Frog. Picture taken around Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains NP, near the Ethiopia Wolf Conservation Programme (EWCP), Sanetti Hut.
Endemic species.
host plant: Ulmus minor
pics 1&2 specimen 1, pics 3&4 specimen 2
pic 5 specimen 1, 30 h later
pics 6&7 7 days later
pics 8-11 14 days later (hatched the day before)
Caught while swordfishing in 2000' of water. Released after collecting data. Seam away strong. Local biologist and ichthyologist were unsure of species. No other records of any similar shark observed in Cayman waters.