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September 14, 2022
10:30 PM CDT
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May 2, 2019
08:23 AM EDT
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June 1, 2019
01:28 PM HST
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June 22, 2019
08:46 AM HST
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March 18, 2021
05:17 PM UTC
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June 5, 2021
10:50 PM CDT
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October 10, 2021
11:38 PM EDT
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March 29, 2022
10:42 PM UTC
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July 25, 2022
02:22 PM EDT
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October 16, 2022
04:24 PM EDT
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April 4, 2023
07:56 PM EDT
Description
The scale insect, not the ant or mites. The scale insect was producing drops of honeydew for the ant every so often.
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December 1, 2023
07:33 PM CET
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December 7, 2021
07:50 PM UTC
Description
Was collected from a pitfall trap near Cortez, Colorado.
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June 17, 2022
11:27 PM MST
Description
The plant was covered in mealybugs.
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November 7, 2022
03:34 PM PST
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March 11, 2023
11:38 AM CST
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November 23, 2023
10:57 AM NZDT
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November 22, 2023
03:03 PM NZDT
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November 6, 2022
08:15 PM -02
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November 21, 2022
05:02 PM HKT
Description
Being carried by a queen of Tetraponera binghami
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January 26, 2023
07:58 PM IST
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July 16, 2022
06:53 PM EDT
Description
Approx. < 0.5mm
Might these be very young Tulip Tree Scale (Toumeyella liriodendri) crawlers?
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May 21, 2022
08:57 PM EDT
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June 7, 2023
04:17 AM PDT
Description
??? sure looks fungal, growing on scale insects.
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September 21, 2021
10:31 PM CDT
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October 15, 2023
12:29 PM EDT
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January 2, 2021
10:57 AM NZDT
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October 1, 2023
03:51 PM NZDT
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April 21, 2023
09:46 PM PDT
Place
Private
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May 27, 2023
08:03 AM PDT
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May 1, 2023
10:47 PM NZST
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January 11, 2023
01:16 PM EST
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December 2, 2022
05:15 PM EST
Description
Joro as prey to a Mimetus sp. spider
I've been watching this Joro every day recently because she was the last one left on the property this year (that I knew of). To my surprise this is how I found her this morning. When the temperature drops to around or below freezing, I've found the Joro females hanging limp in their webs, and nearly unresponsive but not totally, and as the temp rises they limber and liven back up, coming back to normal. I wonder if the 31F temp this morning likely rendered her a lot more vulnerable to being preyed upon. She was definitely not responsive at all to my pokes before I left this pair this morning and it had already warmed up to 45F.
The last photo is one I had taken the day before of the same female Joro, 1 Dec 22.
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March 24, 2023
03:10 AM UTC
Description
Appears to be an adult male judging by palps, ~3mm long. Oak leaf litter.
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February 10, 2023
08:29 PM EST
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October 26, 2021
06:31 PM NZDT
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January 16, 2022
01:56 PM NZDT
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January 16, 2022
04:43 PM NZDT
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February 8, 2022
02:55 PM NZDT
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February 3, 2022
09:46 AM UTC
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March 27, 2022
04:10 PM NZDT
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January 15, 2023
02:18 PM HST
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October 15, 2022
11:17 AM NZDT
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November 10, 2022
08:47 PM NZDT
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November 10, 2022
08:47 PM NZDT
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January 23, 2016
10:04 PM UTC
Description
Five green and yellow tortoise-shell-like structures found on a fallen leaf (probably hangehange, Geniostoma rupestre) on a forest track. Nine days later numerous tiny yellow egg-shaped objects appeared scattered over the surface. Eggs?
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March 19, 2022
08:32 PM EDT
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April 23, 2021
08:48 PM NZST
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May 28, 2022
05:31 PM NZST
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December 13, 2021
05:26 AM UTC
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November 6, 2022
02:39 PM NZDT
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October 29, 2022
08:30 PM NZDT
Description
Two female scales on the underside of a Kawakawa leaf. Diameter of scales 2 mm.
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October 25, 2022
07:45 AM NZDT
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October 20, 2022
08:17 AM NZDT
Description
Remarkable creature with MANY hitchhikers on its abdomen! I've never seen such extensive mite coverage before!
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September 6, 2022
02:19 PM NZST
Description
Gittos Domain, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland 0600. On Gahnia setifolia.
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April 21, 2021
11:07 PM UTC
Description
One male was sitting atop the other (dead) and appeared to be eating the dead male. We removed the top male from the bottom to confirm the bottom harvestman was a dead male (4th pic).
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May 25, 2015
02:11 PM CDT
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August 18, 2016
04:19 PM UTC
Description
Unsure if it is a bold or regal jumping spider. I know it is eating a fir tussock moth.
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September 19, 2020
01:44 AM UTC
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September 17, 2020
06:08 PM UTC
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August 10, 2020
05:28 AM PDT
Description
This observation is for the prey.
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January 1, 2018
05:15 PM CST
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January 24, 2019
11:24 AM EST
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August 1, 2017
12:01 PM CDT
Description
Caught one of the Queens in the Gregg's blue mistflower
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April 11, 2018
07:39 PM UTC
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April 29, 2019
08:29 PM CDT
Description
Eating a Salt Marsh Moth caterpillar! It dragged the caterpillar around with surprising strength
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October 2, 2019
01:05 PM PDT
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August 29, 2016
10:40 AM EDT
Description
Orlando Wetlands Park, Orange County, FL, March 2014.
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October 15, 2019
06:05 PM UTC
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October 20, 2019
03:20 PM CDT
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July 2, 2018
04:05 PM UTC
Description
The spider found a good place to catch honeybees.
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June 30, 2018
12:06 AM CDT
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January 7, 2019
06:19 AM EST
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April 30, 2018
04:19 PM CDT
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September 4, 2016
01:46 PM UTC
Description
It's a double. I think jumping spider and assassin bug?
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September 5, 2019
10:50 AM CDT
Description
I think this is an immature bold jumping spider with long-jawed orb weaver prey, but that's just what a nearby cricket frog told me, and you know how they are.
@wildcarrot
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June 14, 2017
05:41 PM PDT
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October 28, 2015
12:45 AM CDT
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May 22, 2020
12:27 PM CDT
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February 22, 2020
11:25 PM CST
Description
I was photographing insects and being attacked by beastly mosquitos. One mosquito, filled up with my blood, landed on a nearby plant and was immediately ambushed by a jumping spider.
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September 11, 2019
05:44 PM HST
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June 1, 2019
11:42 AM CDT
Description
Brutal. Bold Jumping Spider eating/killing a Harvestman.
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May 6, 2020
05:02 PM HST
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May 9, 2020
02:52 PM HST
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December 27, 2019
04:26 PM NZDT
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February 22, 2020
01:33 PM NZDT
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February 19, 2020
10:55 PM NZDT
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December 13, 2019
03:46 PM NZDT
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January 18, 2020
06:01 PM NZDT
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November 30, 2019
05:03 PM NZDT
Description
Found this tiny male walking all over a square ended crab spider.
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October 9, 2019
03:15 PM NZDT
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November 13, 2019
01:36 PM UTC
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November 11, 2019
07:12 PM UTC
Description
Spider eating caterpillar
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August 16, 2019
06:33 PM CDT
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November 5, 2019
02:58 AM UTC
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November 3, 2019
03:11 PM EST
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October 30, 2019
07:48 AM NZDT
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October 28, 2019
02:23 PM CDT
Description
Very aggressively eyeing me, ready to fight for his meal.
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October 29, 2019
01:55 AM UTC
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October 22, 2019
08:19 PM EDT