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This amazing observation was made by Manfred R. Ulitzka (https://twitter.com/Thrips_iD). It was uploaded to iNaturalist on his behalf.

The photograph is of a specimen on a slide that was obtained by Manfred. On the back of the slide it indicated that the specimen was collected at the town of Elliot, NT, Australia, in 2016. There was no exact date / time of collection so to enable uploading of this observation the date 1/6/2016 :12:00PM was chosen.

The body length according to Manfred was 2.30mm.

The Twitter post relating to this observation is here: https://twitter.com/Thrips_iD/status/1489729716642881541

This amazing observation was made by Manfred R. Ulitzka (https://twitter.com/Thrips_iD). It was uploaded to iNaturalist on his behalf.

The photograph is of a specimen on a slide that was obtained by Manfred. On the back of the slide it indicated that the specimen was collected at the town of Elliot, NT, Australia, in 2016. There was no exact date / time of collection so to enable uploading of this observation the date 1/6/2016 :12:00PM was chosen.

The body length according to Manfred was 2.95mm.

The specimen was collected from the plant 'Acacia kempeana'.

The Twitter post relating to this observation is here: https://twitter.com/Thrips_iD/status/1489012165222838281

Egg mass in the water and stereo microscpe and compund microscope images of developed juveniles still in the egg shell and after hatching.
Collected during the 2015 Elba Marine Biology Course of the University of Basel.
The TOL website has more info: http://tolweb.org/Thysanoteuthis_rhombus

Pieuvre rare (gauche) dans le relevé de chalut du fond par MPO-Québec, en même capture avec une poulpe boréale, Bathypolypus bairdii, et une sépiole, Rossia cf. palpebrosa (droit) / Rare octopus (left) observed on the bottom trawl survey by DFO-Quebec, in same capture with a spoonarm octopus, Bathypolypus bairdii, and a bobtail squid, Rossia cf. palpebrosa (right).

It was a great surprise to have this photo posted as an observation of the day. The squirrel was in the woods near the parking lot of the Sigiriya rock and palace complex. It was thus probably habituated to company and more curious than others. The Toque Macaques, for example, were very cheeky at this place. I had caught a glimpse--but could take no photo--of the giant squirrel in Kerala, so I was excited to have this encounter and to take a dozen or more photos at pretty close range.