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Soft Scales (Family Coccidae)Observer
donnamareetomkinsonDescription
On the underside of a macadamia leaf.
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commoncopperDescription
With a Clubiona spider. Is the harvestman likely to have taken the spider alive or scavenged a dead one?
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Genus KuwaniaObserver
tausherDescription
经北林专家鉴定，该种为柯树皮珠蚧Kuwania pasaniae Borchsenius, 1960，模式产地为云南。这是第一次拍到它的生态照。
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Giant Scale Insects (Family Monophlebidae)Observer
froggy143Description
In a Lasius arizonicus colony.
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emily_rDescription
Feeding on amphipods in a shallow cave just down from the ski field
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Mealybugs (Family Pseudococcidae)Observer
ariellopezpicsDescription
This obs for insect
Obs for lizard: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201938006
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Fireflies (Family Lampyridae)Observer
fabio_olmosDescription
Feeding on a slug
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Sycamore Scale (Stomacoccus platani)Observer
graham_montgomeryDescription
~1-2 mm long. On London plane tree bark.
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Giant Scale Insects (Genus Coelostomidia)Observer
jon_sullivanDescription
Winged males were interested in this female giant scale insect. This is on the trunk of a lichen and moss covered matagouri tree.
I've uploaded a movie of their antics at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mollivan_jon/53516412215/
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Smooth Hard-bodied Harvestmen (Genus Nuncia)Observer
dougaltDescription
Scavenging a dead dragonfly.
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Genus TetraleurodesObserver
michaelvoeltzDescription
All previous instars still attached?
Observed on bay laurel.
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Whiteflies (Family Aleyrodidae)Observer
klearadDescription
Aleyrodidae (Whiteflies) puparia
Look like coconut on chocolate oreo 🤭
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Brown Soft Scale (Coccus hesperidum)Observer
nickglowsindarkDescription
The scale insect, not the ant or mites. The scale insect was producing drops of honeydew for the ant every so often.
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Ground Pearls (Family Margarodidae)Observer
silsleyDescription
Was collected from a pitfall trap near Cortez, Colorado.
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Genus ForsteropsalisObserver
williambrockelsbyDescription
Feeding on a slater
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Genus ChaetococcusObserver
garyckkDescription
Being carried by a queen of Tetraponera binghami
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Soft Scales (Family Coccidae)Observer
cholmesphotoDescription
Approx. < 0.5mm
Might these be very young Tulip Tree Scale (Toumeyella liriodendri) crawlers?
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Bug Sputnik (Ophiocordyceps clavulata)Observer
ozarkpoppyDescription
??? sure looks fungal, growing on scale insects.
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Joro Spider (Trichonephila clavata)Observer
kim_flemingDescription
Joro as prey to a Mimetus sp. spider
I've been watching this Joro every day recently because she was the last one left on the property this year (that I knew of). To my surprise this is how I found her this morning. When the temperature drops to around or below freezing, I've found the Joro females hanging limp in their webs, and nearly unresponsive but not totally, and as the temp rises they limber and liven back up, coming back to normal. I wonder if the 31F temp this morning likely rendered her a lot more vulnerable to being preyed upon. She was definitely not responsive at all to my pokes before I left this pair this morning and it had already warmed up to 45F.
The last photo is one I had taken the day before of the same female Joro, 1 Dec 22.
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Tribe EuophryiniObserver
aperturesciencebydanDescription
Appears to be an adult male judging by palps, ~3mm long. Oak leaf litter.
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Turtleshell Scale (Ctenochiton chelyon)Observer
hamishmcwDescription
Five green and yellow tortoise-shell-like structures found on a fallen leaf (probably hangehange, Geniostoma rupestre) on a forest track. Nine days later numerous tiny yellow egg-shaped objects appeared scattered over the surface. Eggs?
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Mealybugs (Family Pseudococcidae)Observer
jfmantisDescription
In Lasius nearcticus nest. Is each color a different species?
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Giant Pecan Scale (Neosteingelia texana)Observer
aperturesciencebydanDescription
Male
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Peppercorn Scale (Epelidochiton piperis)Observer
greyDescription
Two female scales on the underside of a Kawakawa leaf. Diameter of scales 2 mm.
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samuelpurdiewildlifeDescription
Remarkable creature with MANY hitchhikers on its abdomen! I've never seen such extensive mite coverage before!
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Gahnia Glassy Scale (Kalasiris martini)Observer
stephen_thorpeDescription
Gittos Domain, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland 0600. On Gahnia setifolia.
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Genus ForsteropsalisObserver
kdsouzaDescription
One male was sitting atop the other (dead) and appeared to be eating the dead male. We removed the top male from the bottom to confirm the bottom harvestman was a dead male (4th pic).
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Canopy Jumping Spider (Phidippus otiosus)Observer
ariana2009Description
Unsure if it is a bold or regal jumping spider. I know it is eating a fir tussock moth.
