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neilmcdanielDescription
In April 1992 a dead grey whale washed ashore on the beach at Stanley Park, Vancouver Harbour. The whale's skin was covered with these barnacles, surrounded by large numbers of whale isopods, Cyamus scammoni.
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wingspannerDescription
Barnacles on dying seasnake. I haven't yet found any images, but it does fit the description in Lanchester, W.F. 1902. On the Crustacea collected during the “Skeat Expedition” to the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1902 (2) 363–381, (371). See also https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/95904678
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wingspannerDescription
Probably Platylepas ophiophila, sea snake barnacle. Seen on a bar-bellied sea snake (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/95835665). I didn't get too close, as it was still active.
See also https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/143703887
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Pincer Wasps (Family Dryinidae)Observer
federico_biguzziDescription
See the delphacidae larva here https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194230470.
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Genus EreynetesObserver
cholmesphotoDescription
This observation is for the two smaller mites attached to the elytra.
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Infraorder UropodinaObserver
tamaritaDescription
photos made by @annagreilberger
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Velvet Mites, Chiggers, and Relatives (Infraorder Trombidia)Observer
pglaoutoDescription
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Velvet Mites (Superfamily Trombidioidea)Observer
dianadaveyDescription
mating?? sexually dimorphic??
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quadratmeterDescription
for the "host" mite:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/205153936
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Family ParasitidaeObserver
log1xDescription
Sur coléoptère saproxylique dans lindgren trap
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Parvorder AstigmataObserver
floris_heemskerkDescription
Found in a tropical greenhouse.
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Genus GeckobiaObserver
trihapsoroDescription
From Lizard (Hemidactylus frenatus)
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Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari)Observer
seladonioPlace
Av. Porto Ferreira, 700 - São Joaquim, Santa Bárbara d'Oeste - SP, 13452-035, Brasil (Google, OSM)
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Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari)Observer
zosterops99Description
Patrolling a burnt trunk.
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Genus PyemotesObserver
pmwhitingtonDescription
2 individuals found feeding on adult wasps, which were themselves parasites of developing male coccoids Apiomorpha spinifer
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Giant Casemaker Caddisflies (Family Phryganeidae)Observer
jameskamstraDescription
Slimy submerged mass resembles eggs
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Common Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)Observer
pefa17Description
Is this, by any chance, an American eel skeleton?
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Black Olm (Proteus anguinus ssp. parkelj)Observer
frank-deschandolPlace
Missing Location
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Pastaza Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca longipes)Observer
vincentpremelPlace
Private
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Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)Observer
albertkang
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Genus CymbaeremaeusObserver
bubukaDescription
On the trunk of a maple. Among the lichens.
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Entelegyne Spiders (Infraorder Entelegynae)Observer
sohkamyungDescription
Two egg sacs spotted at same location. First one has a hole in it. Maybe parasitized.
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Bont Ticks (Genus Amblyomma)Observer
hrodulfDescription
Amblyomma marmoreum was suggested.
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Blister Beetles (Family Meloidae)Observer
arquinaturalistaDescription
Se observaron estos ejemplares en el cuerpo de un ejemplar del suborden Brachycera (especie por identificar)
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Stenoria analisObserver
drilvonenDescription
Species ID refers to the larvae on the back of the bee.
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Harvestmen (Order Opiliones)Observer
mrtriskaDescription
Caught in a pitfall trap.
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Velvet Mites (Superfamily Trombidioidea)Observer
greyDescription
Found under loose bark on a dead Kawakawa tree trunk. Body length 2 mm.
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Genus ScapheremaeusObserver
sammykernaneDescription
Length ~0,35 mm
Small flat arachnid, brown with iridescent exoskeleton
Found under a branch
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Varroa Mite (Varroa destructor)Observer
gillessanmartinDescription
An adult female of Varroa destructor on the head of a bee nymph.
Scale : mite width ~ 2 mm
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Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari)Observer
tobiashaysDescription
Tragus of Corynorhinus townsendii bats in abandoned mine.
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invertebratistPlace
Exhibition Drive Path, Waitakere Ranges, Titirangi, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand (Google, OSM)Description
Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest, at night.
On a carabid.
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Family StigmaeidaeObserver
frankashwoodDescription
Similar in appearance to Mulledaria sp. ?
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Family CunaxidaeObserver
jcooglerDescription
Looks like cunaxidae but it appears to have very large eyes, I don’t see any images of one like this. Found under a board.
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Order SarcoptiformesObserver
isaac_ariasDescription
Hospedero/host: Cyrtocoris sp. (Cyrtocoridae)
