mentha's Favorites
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Cerulean Carpenter (Xylocopa caerulea)Observer
floatingkittemPlace
230 Jalan Tuanku Yahya Petra, Bukit Bendera, Penang Hill, Bukit Bendera, Penang, Malaysia (Google, OSM)
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Painted Disa (Disa caulescens)Observer
tonyrebeloPlace
Groot Winterhoek trail Driebosfontein to Paardevlei: Groot Winterhoek Wilderness Area (Google, OSM)Description
Blue Disa
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Common Wildhop (Dalechampia capensis)Observer
ruthcozienDescription
Roadside . Degraded weedy Among lantana and bugweed
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Hidden Flower (Guthriea capensis)Observer
ruthcozienDescription
Plants in fruit. Rodent predation of fruits . Ants attracted to elaiosomes
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Halictus semitectusObserver
spiphanyDescription
Wing veins, underside of antennae, mandibles (?) and legs with reddish tint, front legs partly yellow.
Rather mystified by this one. Worn-out Seladonia?
From same location: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/170074717
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190068427
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File-eared Tree Frog (Polypedates otilophus)Observer
cclborneoDescription
Female being amplexed by male P. leucomystax.
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Cuckoo-Orchid Bees (Genus Exaerete)Observer
claudekolwelterDescription
with parasite?
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Holopyga inflammataObserver
iyptalaDescription
sur les asperges et sur ma main
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jingyiluPlace
天宝山(Tianbaoshan), Shangri-La City, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China (Google, OSM)
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Golden-bloomed Longhorn Beetle (Agapanthia villosoviridescens)Observer
henriette35Description
Auf Onopordum (acanthium?)
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Common Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis)Observer
henriette35Description
1 female, 1 male
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Common Toothwort (Lathraea squamaria)Observer
henriette35Description
Auf Fagus
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Common Toothwort (Lathraea squamaria)Observer
henriette35Description
Auf Tilia
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Willow Spittlebug (Aphrophora salicina)Observer
henriette35Description
On Salix alba
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Diadasia laticaudaObserver
beesipDescription
female, mating pair, mating ball, male asleep, female in turret, turret compared to the larger one of D. bituberculata & male waiting for a female to emerge
ID'd by Doug Yanega
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beesipDescription
Either very territorial or trying to mate with all genera of bees around; went after Centris rhodopus and Apis mellifera.
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Fairy Bees (Genus Perdita)Observer
beesipDescription
Only saw one individual of this species visiting the flowers; not nectaring, just hanging out. There was a more numerous smaller Perdita also on the flowers.
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PrivateDescription
According to Karen Wright the bee is likely Melissodes nigracauda
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Osmia aglaiaObserver
rustybeeDescription
Probably from my neighbor's managed stock.
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Schönherr's Blue Weevil (Eupholus schoenherrii)Observer
kristofzDescription
Identification as E. schoenherri confirmed by Alexander Riedel (State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe). The Arfak population represents subspecies petiti (see photo in www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Coleoptera/Curculionoidea/Curculionidae/Eupholus%20schoenherri%20petiti.jpg). Habitat: understory of primary montane forest at 1800 m elev.
