This is a tricky one, maybe some sort of Rail?
Titirangi, Auckland.
Zigzag Track, in Atkinson Park.
I was taking photos and scared it. It ran into to me and bit me on the nipple and wouldn’t let go. Here’s the news article https://www.the-sun.com/news/2169452/snorkeler-attacked-nurse-shark-nipple/
Big shoutout to Rich, Chris, and Billy at Caloosa Marina for getting it off of me.
Hurt a lot.
My wishful thinking is a maugean skate egg. But not sure. Found on West Strahan Beach, Strahan. A beach in Macquarie Harbour.
Same specimen as these two:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18282212
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18373427
A mating pair of Nepita conferta. The female moth is killed by an assassin bug.
Conejo teporingo observado en las labores de reforestación.
Este pequeño mamifero presenta una mutación genética, posiblemente un "leucismo parcial", esto causaría que parte de su manto sea blanco.
¡Es una observación única!.
Agradecemos a los brigadistas por sus trabajos de cuidado y protección de los bosques, flora y fauna de San MiguelTopilejo y por compartirnos un poco de lo mucho que pueden observar día a día.
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BCSMT
What's going on here? Are the small red mites babies or parasites??
A truly amazing encounter with one of the world's most enigmatic ungulates. When I first saw this Pygmy Hippo, it was resting on the ground a few meters off the trail, covered with sweat droplets. After about an hour of waiting, it got up and slowly walked through the forest. It did not appear to mind my presence.
Hippopotame pygmée Hexaprotodon (Choeropsis) liberiensis , Projet Taï Mab Unesco, Taï Parc national périphérie sud , Côte d'Ivoire
Copyright IRD - Anh Galat-Luong
Primatologie Orstom/IRD
https://www.animalscoop.fr/
This observation is not for the tiger, it is for the Eastern Chipmunk on the right.
Corydoras hastatus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888
Na primeira foto observamos três indivíduos de Corydoras hastatus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888. Comumente encontrado em ambientes pantanosos, esse pequeno cascudo é muito utilizado para fins ornamentais. Podemos observar nos três indivíduos seus espinhos pungentes nas nadadeiras dorsal e peitoral que dão origem ao epípeto específico do Latim “hasta” que significa “lança” e “atus” que significa “possuidor de”. Destacamos também a mancha escura na base da nadadeira caudal que pode ser em forma de losango, romboide ou até mesmo em forma de seta como o indivíduo da segunda foto.
Tamanho máximo registrado na literatura científica (comprimento padrão): 20 mm.
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In the first photo we see three individuals of Corydoras hastatus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888. Commonly found in swampy environments, this small armored catfish is often used for ornamental purposes. We can observe in the three individuals their pungent spines on the dorsal and pectoral fins that give rise to the specific Latin epipet “hasta” which means “spear” and “atus” which means “possessor of”. We also highlight the dark spot at the base of the caudal fin, which can be diamond-shaped, rhomboid-shaped or even arrow-shaped like the individual in the second photo.
Maximum size recorded in the scientific literature (standard length): 20 mm.
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Projeto de Extensão | Extension Project “Peixes do Mato” - EDITAL UFMS/PROECE Nº 376/2022 - EXT/PROECE-2023
Equipe executora | Executing team
Fotos | Photos: Paulo Robson de Souza (Lab. Interdisciplinar de Ensino de Ciências/Inbio/UFMS).
Texto | Text
Adriana M. E. Fernando (doutoranda em Ecologia e Conservação - UFMS).
Como citar este trabalho (texto e/ou fotos) | How to cit this work (text and/or photos):
Souza, P. R., Lopes, D. A., Fernando, A. M. E., Souza, R. N., Aristimunho, G. S., D’Almeida, A. M., Tondato-Carvalho, K. K., Súarez, Y. R., & Carvalho, F. R. (2023). iNaturalist observation 178771821, Charax leticiae Lucena, 1987. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/178771821. Acessado: d/m/a.
Referências | References
Tencatt, L. F. C. (2022). Callichthydae. In: Gimenes Junior H. & Rech R. Guia ilustrado dos peixes do Pantanal e entorno. Julien Design, Campo Grande, MS, 302p.
Sinistral specimen (right) with normal dextral specimen (left.)
My young friend Ethan Griffin found this beast in his garden and would love to get any insights on this warped snail. Photos by Ethan.
Huge (> 3 cm long); found while excavating ant nest in sand of vegetated red dune. Field number NAM2011-296. See also https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142126927, found at the same site and smaller than this individual. Photographed by Duncan Robertson.
Fighting with wedge-tailed eagle (next observation)
Common Green Darner on it's back, eating a Prince Baskettail.
Wingspan around 9-10 cm. Found perched sedately on a gas pump; flew to ground only after being brushed by hose. It was safely placed onto a trash can to be observed by another driver.
I discovered the cocoon April 28 and today, June 5, was fortunate enough to see the moth which emerged!
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44204987
Attracted to front porch light.
No idea what this funky thing is. Half moth half fuzzy caterpillar. Maybe inhabited by some disease.
TL 4.5-5cm on kelp covered limestone reef at 6-7m depth. 8 sets of fluorescent spots along dorsal ridge. Dorsal and caudal fin rays with red stripes/spacers. Red eyebrows. Larger brown spots overlying finely dark spotted base yellow/green pigmentation.
Spotted by M.Kammermann.
Larva of moth butterfly
I'm thinking this could be a moth that happens to look like a wasp - but not sure???
Need an ID for this hawk I was unable to snap a photo of. Written details are what stood out most. My best guess is some phase of Red-tail I am not yet familiar with.
Thanks for taking a look.
Oruga observada en San Agustin de las Juntas, Oaxaca, México. Posiblemente Acraga Coa.
¿Existe algún registro para Oaxaca?
Feeding voraciously on a spicy wing from Pizza Hut...
68m
Seen early morning outside my office front door, constricting a large gecko that, in turn, had a grip on the snake. Fortunately for the snake the gecko only had hold of a skin flap at the snake's throat, narrowly missing its trachea.
I placed an inverted basket over the pair so that the drama could play out undisturbed by foot traffic.
Later, when I removed the basket it was evident that the snake had prevailed. Only sign of the gecko was a lump in the snake.
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.
Calling Carnaby’s as the beaks seem chunky enough especially the lower mandible. Male and female.
Isopod / sea louse attached to the shell of a Bullia digitalis/ beach snail, possibly Exosphaeroma kraussi, but definitely in the Sphaeromatid Family
Peter Glynn says:
It appears to be a sphaeromatid isopod, but impossible to identify to species without careful examination of specimens.
I did not collect the specimen, and have not seen another since then. It appears to me that the isopod maybe grazing the algae on the shell of the bullia.
Massive flock of black cookies, including a cheeky one that dropped a pine cone (pictured) like a bearded vulture dropped a turtle on Eschyle within 1 meter of my head.