Yeah, this one.
Setae well paired and organized.
Propodeum lacking setae.
Metanotal groove complete but very shallow.
6 teeth, mandibles striated? not sure.
Legs and antennae elongate and lack standing hairs.
Since other similar species like Nylanderia otome or Nylanderia yambaru are dumped under Nylanderia, I'm still flagging it under Nylanderia. For now....
Hundreds of these wiggling around in the water, no clue what they are
If anyone has any information on these, please let me know. I haven't been able to find the species, and I'm not very well-versed in the world of flatworms, but I absolutely adore these little buggers. These were found in the spring at Mcnair Springs, Magee, MS. I appreciate anyone's help.
Guanica Dry Forest
http://imgur.com/a/33SSLwl
http://imgur.com/a/vKFH8XM
For a better look, it wouldn't stay still.
This appears to be Tilloclytus portoricensis, based on comparisons to Bezark’s photographs of the type specimen, also from Guanica. A new species for iNaturalist, it seems.
A perplexing Hygrocybe that seems to shift colors with the environment. When observed in a semi-dry state the next day, the pileus was dark maroon and the gill edge even appeared green! Looking at other photos of H. prieta with the more typically green hymenium and dark pileus, I am convinced it is that. It is possible that the fresh specimens like this one are more brightly pigmented, or it could be a color variety or just a closely related taxon. Microscopically the dimorphic spores fit the measurements of H. prieta in Lodge (1990) and it keys out to this taxon. H. naranjana is discussed as a taxon that closely resembles H. prieta, and the colors of the dry specimen match the illustration in Dennis (1970) almost perfectly. I would not be surprised if they are synonymous.
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Image #4: H. naranjana in Dennis (1970)
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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Nov. 21, 2022.
Targeting the insect.
The host plant is identified here:
I didn't know we had spiders this big in Colorado. Was hunting in a waste gutter at the kennel I work at. The insects available to it there were mostly flies, moths, earwigs, and pillbugs.
Small Cranes (c.10 mm body-length), flying together in deep forest, settling under Phoenix palm leaf
lights included CFL, LED 395nm, LED 365nm, blue LED and an incandescent bulb
Encontrado a noche
On, or in, a spider's web.
Peculiar groups of dancing ghostlike creatures.
collected from leaf litter via Winkler extractor
Third photo shows nearby Camponotus on the same plant, the probable mimicry model for this spider. Note gold hairs on the body, especially the abdomen of both spider and ant.
in sandy soil, open pine savanna
"Leg waving" in third photo is a result of camera auto-focus stacking.
cf.
fungus-killed grasshoppers were common in wetter months in black cotton soil whistling thorn acacia savannas at Mpala
present during Dorylus raid on Crematogaster cf castanea
Galls of oak gall wasps in nest of Aphaenogaster ants. Underneath large oak
showing dark color variant of C. mimosae, with darkened head and mesosoma. Typically the head and mesosoma are bright red.
Myrmecophile on Vachellia drepanolobium tree occupied by Crematogaster ants.
on Plicosepalus (probable hostplant), a haustorial hemiparasite on Senegalia mellifera
probably a mimic of locally-abundant carpenter ant (Camponotus flavomarginatus)
separate post made for ant. Found in ant domatium of Vachellia drepanolobium.
Inquiline ants found in domatium of Vachellia drepanolobium. See separate post for caterpillar.
C. nigriceps showing a lighter color variant, with red mesosoma. Typically the mesosoma is black (like the head) and the abdomen is the only red-colored section of the body
showing a lighter coloration for C. mimosae. Coloration of the head and mesosoma are typical, but the abdomen is much lighter than the typical black. Could be the result of recent eclosion, but multiple workers showed this color pattern
These queens are not from the same colony, but are independent foundresses from domatia of sapling Vachellia drepanolobium trees, placed together here for a photo. They are defending the pupae of parasitoid wasps which ate their respective broods.
Contents of Vachellia drepanolobium domatium. Foundress queen tending to the larva of a parasitoid wasp which probably ate her brood.
On Balanites aegiptiaca in an open-canopy whistling thorn acacia savanna (separate post made for wasp: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/108489320)
Contents of Vachellia drepanolobium domatium. C. mimosae colonies are often polygynous - this domatium had 3 living queens, two of which had been completely delimbed (but were still alive) and the other (bottom left) was missing legs. This may have occurred due to adversarial interactions between queens or could have been done by workers.
Contents of Vachellia drepanolobium domatium collected for research. Note the presence of a winged gyne-worker 'intermediate' which is yet unrecorded for this species. These intermediates may serve as an additional third 'caste' which lays unfertilized eggs a la C. smithi and a few other Crematogaster species (see Peeters et al. 2013 DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2013.02.003)
Myrmecophile living among Crematogaster mimosae ants in Vachellia drepanolobium domatium. Cropped and enhanced photos added to assist ID determination. Probable ID: Hockingia curiosa, a known mimic and myrmecophile of C. mimosae (see Hocking 1970 and references listed in comments)