Date Added
April 14, 2014
03:33 AM SAST
Description
nymph fiddling
I moved this little nymph from its large green home (an Iboza leaf), across the drive to a safer spot. Onto a blooming bright orange Tecomaria flower. I had before observed a pink nymph on such a flower and wanted to see if this fellow would change colour. Not a chance! By the next day he'd climbed off the flower and found another large green home about 20cm away (as the nymph climbs down then up), an about-to-bud blue Plectranthus. He might have been disturbed by a giant, relatively, Leaf-footed Bug which are commandeering the emerging Tecomaria flowers, but I won't fiddle with his obvious preference again.
Whether he can change colour is thus moot.
Of interest in these latest shots, taken sequentially a couple of seconds apart, is his defense response. In the first pic, his pale face is looking at me (doubtless thinking, "Hell the bugger's going to move me again!"). I then gently tickled the underside of his leaf and his head instantly snapped around, antennae flailing, to show me the black "face" behind his head.
Date Added
July 16, 2018
02:05 AM HST
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December 28, 2020
06:32 AM CST
Date Added
October 4, 2023
12:05 PM PDT
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March 23, 2021
08:35 PM PDT
Description
A fluorescent caterpillar
Date Added
August 24, 2021
06:23 PM CDT
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June 25, 2022
08:12 PM MDT
Date Added
June 26, 2022
07:08 PM UTC
Date Added
June 7, 2023
11:25 PM MST
Date Added
August 19, 2023
06:37 PM MST
Date Added
May 10, 2023
11:07 AM MST
Date Added
July 16, 2018
08:48 AM MST
Date Added
July 10, 2015
03:02 PM PDT
Description
Calling in a distant meadow.
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September 22, 2020
10:39 AM MST
Description
Eating a bullfrog tadpole.
Date Added
June 13, 2023
03:52 AM UTC
Date Added
October 22, 2022
06:16 PM MST
Date Added
June 12, 2019
06:39 PM HST
Date Added
October 26, 2022
10:26 AM MST
Date Added
October 13, 2022
02:30 PM MST
Date Added
August 6, 2015
10:21 PM EDT
Date Added
September 24, 2015
03:23 PM PDT
Description
Cochise County, Arizona, US
Date Added
August 27, 2017
08:40 PM PDT
Date Added
October 19, 2022
10:44 PM MST
Date Added
October 19, 2022
10:44 PM MST
Date Added
October 13, 2020
09:42 PM MST
Date Added
August 31, 2022
04:41 PM MST
Date Added
October 13, 2022
02:21 PM MST
Date Added
August 19, 2018
02:19 PM MST
Date Added
July 2, 2019
12:02 PM MST
Date Added
April 17, 2022
03:59 PM MST
Description
Found growing under a Pinus ponderosa. What is this?
Date Added
September 15, 2022
10:08 PM MDT
Date Added
August 24, 2022
07:50 PM MST
Date Added
October 5, 2022
09:03 PM MST
Date Added
August 13, 2022
10:17 AM MST
Description
Appears to be parasitic on common cocklebur roots
Date Added
May 30, 2021
03:57 PM MST
Date Added
January 30, 2022
09:06 AM MST
Date Added
December 28, 2021
11:00 PM CST
What
Ashes
(Genus Fraxinus)
Date Added
May 7, 2021
09:30 PM UTC
Date Added
April 30, 2020
09:16 PM MST
Date Added
October 3, 2021
07:42 PM HST
Date Added
July 20, 2021
11:56 AM MST
Date Added
July 20, 2021
12:03 PM MST
Date Added
July 20, 2021
12:03 PM MST
Date Added
July 20, 2021
12:12 PM MST
Date Added
March 1, 2017
08:05 PM HST
Date Added
November 11, 2017
02:38 PM PST
Date Added
April 17, 2021
03:33 PM PDT
Date Added
February 21, 2021
03:45 PM HST
Date Added
October 11, 2019
07:05 AM MST
Date Added
December 24, 2020
07:33 PM PST
Date Added
October 31, 2020
01:05 AM UTC
Description
Ot a great photo. It was an outtake from the second otter I saw, out of at least 3 sets. I did not see much until, I reached the shallows. Heavy salmon activity. I quietly floated down stream past otter that was raising a stink. Like old dog stink. Later, this video happy otter with a huge chum snack I was a bit jealous.
Date Added
January 13, 2021
09:08 PM PST
Description
Found on moss on the side of a tree. Size of a pin head. Interesting back side they have.
Date Added
January 21, 2019
06:19 AM UTC
Date Added
April 14, 2019
03:43 PM WEST
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September 7, 2018
12:50 AM MST
Description
babies of the landscape trees here, didn't think to photograph them. light-colored bark.
Date Added
May 22, 2020
02:22 PM PDT
Date Added
May 2, 2020
05:14 PM MDT
Description
Matthiola longipetala, northeast edge of Rimrock on Cattlecall Trail, 34.6389 -111.7641, Yavapai County, Arizona, 27 Mar 2014.
Date Added
August 12, 2018
03:41 PM UTC
Date Added
October 18, 2020
07:09 PM UTC
Date Added
June 18, 2020
03:23 PM MST
Date Added
August 1, 2020
08:41 AM PDT
Date Added
October 16, 2017
09:50 PM UTC
Date Added
July 21, 2015
07:29 PM PDT
Description
The hindlegs on this female seemed stuck so it was easy to capture with hands.
Date Added
September 12, 2018
10:13 PM PDT
Description
Brown Canyon area, Pima County, Arizona
Date Added
July 6, 2018
09:58 AM PDT
Date Added
August 15, 2019
09:40 PM EDT
Date Added
March 17, 2018
08:41 PM PDT
Description
Fourth stop on the way to the Arizona BugGuide gathering. Mount Lemmon, Pima County, Arizona.
Date Added
September 5, 2017
10:08 PM PDT
Date Added
August 28, 2017
06:01 PM PDT
Date Added
August 28, 2019
11:10 PM EDT
Date Added
October 13, 2019
06:10 PM ADT
Date Added
August 1, 2019
11:31 PM UTC
Date Added
August 2, 2019
09:17 PM PDT
Date Added
July 22, 2020
05:26 PM EDT
Date Added
October 23, 2018
11:41 PM EDT
Date Added
November 8, 2018
12:00 AM EST
Date Added
August 12, 2020
10:08 PM PDT
Date Added
June 11, 2019
03:50 PM PDT
Date Added
September 4, 2016
08:46 PM PDT
Date Added
October 1, 2018
08:35 PM PDT
Description
Sedona area, Coconino County, Arizona
Date Added
June 12, 2020
10:34 AM -03
Date Added
April 22, 2018
12:20 AM PDT
Date Added
July 19, 2018
05:13 PM EDT
Date Added
March 29, 2019
04:18 PM UTC
Date Added
December 11, 2017
12:24 PM MST
Date Added
October 28, 2017
04:21 PM HST
Date Added
September 2, 2019
02:40 PM CDT
Date Added
June 18, 2017
12:37 PM MST
Date Added
March 19, 2019
05:39 PM MST
Date Added
September 2, 2020
08:12 PM MST
Description
A large fly, like nearly the size of a thumb.
Date Added
October 11, 2017
08:12 PM ADT
Date Added
October 10, 2018
11:06 AM CDT
Description
This was observed falling from the canopy in a slow circular motion (about a 1 meter diameter circle). The two halves in the picture here connected together until it landed. We were told by a Waorani that it was a parasite, but don't think so.
Date Added
August 3, 2020
02:38 PM UTC
Date Added
March 17, 2020
11:32 PM UTC
Date Added
December 28, 2019
02:12 PM EET
Date Added
August 26, 2019
11:26 PM PDT
Description
I don't really know what this is, but this genus was suggested by iNat. ID suggestions welcome!
Date Added
September 3, 2019
07:27 PM PDT
Date Added
October 24, 2015
12:36 PM CDT
Place
Private
Date Added
October 24, 2016
02:50 PM CDT
Date Added
September 30, 2019
09:01 PM EDT