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January 5, 2024
07:02 PM EST
Description
This might be two different individuals.
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January 7, 2024
03:36 PM EST
Description
Incredibly lucky to have stumbled upon this pincer wasp in the act of parasitizing a leafhopper nymph.
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July 16, 2022
09:49 PM +08
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November 16, 2020
07:37 PM -05
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June 18, 2020
08:04 PM -05
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April 2, 2022
11:55 PM -05
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January 4, 2023
09:36 AM -05
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October 20, 2019
10:43 PM -05
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February 1, 2022
04:27 PM -05
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July 27, 2022
10:49 PM -05
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August 6, 2019
11:48 AM -05
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August 6, 2019
11:48 AM -05
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July 22, 2022
12:49 PM -05
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June 11, 2022
01:53 PM -05
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June 28, 2021
09:58 PM -05
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December 19, 2021
09:29 PM -05
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June 28, 2021
03:49 PM -05
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June 7, 2021
04:44 PM CEST
Description
with phoretic mites it seems
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July 13, 2020
12:02 AM -05
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July 13, 2020
12:07 AM -05
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July 13, 2020
12:02 AM -05
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June 16, 2020
04:24 PM -05
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September 4, 2020
12:22 PM -05
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June 14, 2021
10:59 PM -05
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June 28, 2021
07:42 PM -05
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June 27, 2021
01:00 PM -05
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June 24, 2021
09:35 PM -05
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June 20, 2021
10:51 PM -05
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June 20, 2021
10:39 PM -05
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June 20, 2021
10:34 PM -05
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June 14, 2021
11:10 PM -05
Description
Ejemplar adulto, al parecer una hembra, que le acaba de traer una presa como alimento a su hija juvenil (ver observación anterior).
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June 14, 2021
11:10 PM -05
Description
Magnífico ejemplar juvenil (al parecer una hembra) de la rara y amenazada águila crestada (Spizaetus isidori). Posada en una rama al lado de su nido, vocalizando regularmente con silbidos. Al cabo de un rato, su madre (ver observación siguiente) llegó y le dejó una presa para que se alimentara. La joven ave ya vuela bien.
El nido está situado en una ladera empinada, sobre un árbol de yarumo (Cecropia). Estimo que el yarumo tiene una altura de 15-17 m, y que el nido se encuentra a unos 12-15 m de altura del suelo. El nido está construido con palos amontonados unos encima de otros y de lejos le estimo unas dimensiones aproximadas de 1m x 1m x 1m. Muchas de las ramas usadas para su construcción tienen plantas epífitas, algunas de las cuales han prosperado y seguido creciendo en el nido de la rapaz. Así, puedo identificar que sobre el nido crecen al menos 8 especies de epífitas; a saber: dos ericáceas (Cavendishia cf. bracteata, Sphyrospermum cf. buxifolium), dos especies de helechos (cf. Pleopeltis, cf. Terpsichore), una gesneriácea (Columnea sp.), una bromeliácea (Tillandisa/Racinaea), una orquídea (Rhetinantha cf. acuminata) y al parecer una asterácea o campanulácea sin identificar.
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June 9, 2021
10:23 PM -05
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June 5, 2021
08:36 PM CEST
Date
Missing Date
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December 28, 2020
09:43 PM -05
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January 22, 2021
08:00 PM -03
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September 26, 2020
10:52 AM -05
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November 3, 2020
10:13 PM -05
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October 4, 2020
10:26 AM -05
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October 24, 2020
10:03 AM -05
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August 29, 2020
07:56 PM HST
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August 29, 2020
02:28 PM HST
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October 26, 2020
10:50 PM -05
Description
Deep in primary forest remanent.
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October 23, 2020
06:25 PM PDT
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February 25, 2020
09:11 PM -05
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August 14, 2020
05:00 PM CEST
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September 7, 2020
03:18 PM -05
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March 30, 2020
02:33 PM UTC
Place
Private
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June 14, 2020
07:40 PM EDT
Place
Private
Date Added
June 14, 2020
07:40 PM EDT
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September 20, 2019
12:53 PM -05
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February 1, 2019
08:17 PM -05
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August 18, 2019
12:22 PM -05
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November 23, 2019
01:37 PM -05
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May 13, 2020
01:51 PM -05
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November 23, 2019
01:46 PM -05
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June 5, 2020
11:04 AM PDT
Description
Bee, Order Hymenoptera. Documented in Los Padres National Forest, Ventura County, California, USA
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June 3, 2020
11:59 AM KST
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June 1, 2020
08:00 PM -03
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May 31, 2020
08:45 PM CEST
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May 31, 2020
08:23 PM CEST
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June 23, 2019
08:51 AM +08
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February 25, 2020
11:24 PM -05
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August 6, 2019
11:48 AM -05
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January 19, 2020
02:52 PM -05
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January 21, 2020
08:03 PM -05
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December 28, 2019
01:49 PM -05
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December 5, 2019
12:17 PM -05
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August 9, 2019
06:49 AM HST
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October 2, 2019
06:49 PM -05
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September 23, 2019
06:33 PM -05
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June 6, 2019
05:00 PM -05
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May 26, 2019
10:03 PM -05
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May 26, 2019
09:35 PM -05
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May 20, 2019
10:38 PM -05
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March 29, 2016
07:22 PM NZDT
Description
My favourite little parasite this season:
There were at least 2 individuals of this small braconid wasp stalking the green vegetable bugs on the Cleome in my garden. (Were they first discovered in NZ by you, Stephen?)
The first one (photos 1-7) quite obviously was successful in parasitising a bug, but the second one (photos 8-17) was never quite able to connect, despite a number of attempts.
It was fascinating to watch the behaviour. Mostly the wasps managed to stay behind the bugs, and so out of sight. However, occassionally they were rumbled and then got short shrift from the Nezara.
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April 11, 2019
10:14 PM -05
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03:49 PM -05
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10:50 AM -05
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02:37 PM -05
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02:20 PM -05
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09:41 PM -05
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05:20 PM -05
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08:33 PM -05
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April 13, 2019
10:57 PM -05
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04:25 PM -05
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April 18, 2019
06:27 PM -05
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April 18, 2019
06:49 PM -05
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April 18, 2019
07:00 PM -05
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April 21, 2019
04:58 PM -05
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April 21, 2019
04:56 PM -05
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April 21, 2019
04:08 PM -05
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06:11 PM -05
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05:08 PM -05
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06:33 PM -05
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06:26 PM -05
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April 22, 2019
09:50 PM -05
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April 14, 2019
05:43 PM -05
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April 16, 2019
09:15 PM -05
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April 21, 2019
03:31 PM -05