A pair of angry wetas found while chainsawing kanuka.
Sphex pensylvanicus and Mydas clavatus together!
En El Remate, Flores, Petén, Guatemala.
My house - parasitic nymph state of water mite (order Acariformes)
ID is for the fly on the right.
A male Dolichopus sp is attempting to mate with this fly. – https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/169021098
Top individual. Inter-species copulating pair. Thanks to the keen eyes of @bugologist2 for noticing!
Bottom individual is here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/165582019
Interesting fly behavior! There was a tree stump with several of these flies on it. The flies would land on the stump, two would turn to face each other and walk up so they were face to face. Sometimes one would fly away at this point. If both stayed, they would then go head to head and push each other about, seemingly with quite a bit of force. After a brief (maybe around 10 seconds) fight one would fly away and the other would stay on the stump. I watched these flies for a few minutes and several fights took place. I took a lot of photos because I wanted to record one of these fights. You can see how the two flies pushed each other around, and the last photo shows the one who stayed on the stump. I presume they were males fighting for females or territory? I also found a mating pair by the edge of the stump.
Furrow orbweaver abadoned his web, wonder why... Also wonder how many species are found in it? Name any & I will duplicate the obs.
Dos especies (al parecer) apareándose
Este registro corresponde a la Mallophora, hay otro para la chinche
Registro de la chinche https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146769659
Has an odd upturned tail.