erincpow's Favorites
Photos / Sounds
What
Brown Soft Scale (Coccus hesperidum)Observer
nickglowsindarkDescription
The scale insect, not the ant or mites. The scale insect was producing drops of honeydew for the ant every so often.
Photos / Sounds
What
Ground Pearls (Family Margarodidae)Observer
silsleyDescription
Was collected from a pitfall trap near Cortez, Colorado.
Photos / Sounds
What
Genus ForsteropsalisObserver
williambrockelsbyDescription
Feeding on a slater
Photos / Sounds
What
Genus ChaetococcusObserver
garyckkDescription
Being carried by a queen of Tetraponera binghami
Photos / Sounds
What
Soft Scales (Family Coccidae)Observer
cholmesphotoDescription
Approx. < 0.5mm
Might these be very young Tulip Tree Scale (Toumeyella liriodendri) crawlers?
Photos / Sounds
What
Bug Sputnik (Ophiocordyceps clavulata)Observer
ozarkpoppyDescription
??? sure looks fungal, growing on scale insects.
Photos / Sounds
What
Scale Insects (Superfamily Coccoidea)Observer
safronDescription
On Magnolia figo
Photos / Sounds
What
Joro Spider (Trichonephila clavata)Observer
kim_flemingDescription
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.
Photos / Sounds
What
Tribe EuophryiniObserver
aperturesciencebydanDescription
Appears to be an adult male judging by palps, ~3mm long. Oak leaf litter.
Photos / Sounds
What
Turtleshell Scale (Ctenochiton chelyon)Observer
hamishmcwDescription
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?
Photos / Sounds
What
Mealybugs (Family Pseudococcidae)Observer
jfmantisDescription
In Lasius nearcticus nest. Is each color a different species?
Photos / Sounds
What
Peppercorn Scale (Epelidochiton piperis)Observer
greyDescription
Two female scales on the underside of a Kawakawa leaf. Diameter of scales 2 mm.
Photos / Sounds
Observer
samuelpurdiewilldifeDescription
Remarkable creature with MANY hitchhikers on its abdomen! I've never seen such extensive mite coverage before!
Photos / Sounds
What
Gahnia Glassy Scale (Kalasiris martini)Observer
stephen_thorpeDescription
Gittos Domain, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland 0600. On Gahnia setifolia.
Photos / Sounds
What
Genus ForsteropsalisObserver
kdsouzaDescription
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).
Photos / Sounds
What
Canopy Jumping Spider (Phidippus otiosus)Observer
ariana2009Description
Unsure if it is a bold or regal jumping spider. I know it is eating a fir tussock moth.
Photos / Sounds
What
Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)Observer
cgritzDescription
Caught one of the Queens in the Gregg's blue mistflower
Photos / Sounds
What
Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)Observer
corvid81Description
Eating a Salt Marsh Moth caterpillar! It dragged the caterpillar around with surprising strength
Photos / Sounds
What
Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)Observer
marykeimDescription
Orlando Wetlands Park, Orange County, FL, March 2014.
Photos / Sounds
What
Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)Observer
amy167Description
The spider found a good place to catch honeybees.
Photos / Sounds
What
Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)Observer
joebartokDescription
Very large (at least 20 mm long) and gravid, perching on a tree trunk and consuming a Forest Tent Caterpillar. – https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19488947
Photos / Sounds
What
Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)Observer
jwnDescription
Predating Plains Cubtail
Photos / Sounds
What
Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)Observer
megan61Description
It's a double. I think jumping spider and assassin bug?
Photos / Sounds
What
Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)Observer
jwnDescription
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
Photos / Sounds
What
Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)Observer
hydaticusDescription
Eating Panorpa nuptialis
Photos / Sounds
What
Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)Observer
buffaceDescription
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.
Photos / Sounds
What
Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)Observer
pessimisticsnakeDescription
Brutal. Bold Jumping Spider eating/killing a Harvestman.
Photos / Sounds
Observer
flossiepipDescription
Found this tiny male walking all over a square ended crab spider.
Photos / Sounds
What
Canopy Jumping Spider (Phidippus otiosus)Observer
teammaiseyDescription
Spider eating caterpillar
Photos / Sounds
What
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron caementarium)Observer
brennafarrellDescription
With spider: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35251373. This wasp and another one chased me away from the message board.
Photos / Sounds
What
Jumping Spiders (Family Salticidae)Observer
epitreeDescription
8 mm On Coastal boulder
Photos / Sounds
What
Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)Observer
little_metal_weirdoDescription
Very aggressively eyeing me, ready to fight for his meal.
