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This Trichiosoma triangulum, a larva from the family of Club-horned Sawflies, was observed by masonmaron in the United States, and is our Observation of the Day!
More details at:
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It's just another
#MantisMonday
and our Observation of the Day is this Toxodera integrifolia
#mantis
, seen in
#Malaysia
by cclborneo!
More details at:
#entomology
#nature
#biodiversity
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A Blue-winged
#Kookaburra
grabs a sea
#snake
- it's our Observation of the Day! Seen in
#Australia
by joswan12.
More details at:
#birding
#herping
#nature
#biodiversity
#nature
#naturephotography
#wildlife
#reptiles
#birds
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An Eared
#Grebe
wrestles with a freshwater
#pufferfish
of the genus Pao - it's our Observation of the Day! Seen in
#Thailand
by patta-v.
More details at:
#ichthyology
#nature
#ornithology
#biodiversity
#animals
#naturephotography
#birding
#fish
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Our Observation of the Day is this exquisite Lavender Sphinx Moth (Batocnema coquerelii) spotted by laurentdemada in Madagascar on Wednesday.
More details at:
#SphinxMoth
#Madagascar
#Biodiversity
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The Observation of the Day is a species of bumble bee scarab beetle (Pygopleurus koniae) found in Turkey by ozgurkocak!
More details:
#entomology
#macro
#nature
#wildlifephotography
#biodiversity
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1K
A naturalist in
#NewZealand
saw these large Campbell Island Daisies, and it's our Observation of the Week!
Read our blog post at:
#plants
#botany
#megaherbs
#nature
#biodiversity
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It's
#WorldBeeDay
so check out this Cerulean Carpenter
#Bee
, seen in
#Malaysia
by gancw1. It's one of the nearly 440k bee observations on iNaturalist!
Here are all bee observations on iNat, sorted by most-faved
#pollinators
#nature
#insects
#biodiversity
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In
#Thailand
, iNat user piyapong saw this Malayan Banded-Pitta (Hydrornis irena, นกแต้วแล้วลาย in Thai) and it's our Observation of the Day!
More details at:
#birds
#ornithology
#nature
#birding
#biodiversity
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Our
#MarineMonday
Observation of the Day is this Petrolisthes violaceus porcelain
#crab
(Tijereta violácea in Spanish), seen in
#Chile
by matias_saa!
More details at:
#carcinology
#nature
#marinebio
#biodiversity
#crustaceans
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1K
This Anemone Stinkhorn
#fungus
(Aseroe rubra, Puapua-a-Autahi in Maori), seen in
#NewZealand
by rakieora, is our
#FungusFriday
Observation of the Day!
More details at:
#mycology
#fungi
#nature
#biodiversity
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Behold this enormous
#worm
(in the subclass Oligochaeta), seen in
#Ecuador
by calliebroaddus - it's our Observation of the Day!
More details at:
#nature
#biodiversity
#invertebrates
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Our Observation of the Day is this Frog-legged Leaf
#Beetle
(Genus Sagra), seen in
#SouthAfrica
by sky1618!
More details at:
#insects
#nature
#entomology
#coleoptera
#biodiversity
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This tiny green bivalved
#gastropod
(potentially in the genus Julia), is our
#MarineMonday
Observation of the Day! Seen off of
#Australia
by profmollusc.
More details at:
#MolluskMonday
#nature
#biodiversity
#malacology
#marinescience
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Our Observation of the Day is this tiger
#moth
(potentially Isanthrene monticola), seen in
#Panama
by mihail_omelko!
More details at:
#nature
#insects
#entomology
#lepidoptera
#biodiversity
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Our belated
#FungusFriday
Observation of the Day is this Verdigris Waxcap
#fungus
(Gliophorus viridis), seen in
#NewZealand
by kiwikris! More details at:
#mushrooms
#nature
#mycology
#biodiversity
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Our Observation of the Day is this slime mold (potentialy Physarum luteolum), seen in the
#UnitedStates
by showmemowildlife!
More details at:
#myxomycetes
#nature
#biodiversity
#slimemolds
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In
#Malaysia
, shannru_wei saw this group of newly-emerged Himantopterus fuscinervis long-tailed burnet
#moths
- it's our more-than-
#TwoferTuesday
Observation of the Day!
More details at:
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iNat user brucedeagle saw this brightly-colored sea
#slug
(in the genus Thuridilla) in
#Australia
and it's our
#MarineMonday
Observation of the Day!
More details at:
#mollusca
#malacology
#marinebio
#nature
#biodiversity
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This
#caterpillar
, described by its observer as
#blackmetal
, is our Observation of the Day! Seen by vierolanius in Colombia. Anyone know what species it is?
#lepidoptera
#nature
#insects
#larva
#nature
#wildlife
#animals
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It's
#WildlifeWednesday
and our Observation of the Day is this cryptic
#spider
, seen in
#India
by jithesh! It's likely a member of the Genus Pandercetes, known as the Lichen Huntsman Spiders.
More details at:
#arachnids
#biodversity
#wildlife
#nature
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Our Observation of the Day is this pair of tiny Hairy Kukumakranka
#plants
(Gethyllis villosa), seen in
#SouthAfrica
by tristankruger!
More details at:
#nature
#botany
#biodiversity
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908
A pair of Northern Carmine Bee-Eater
#birds
(Merops nubicus) perch on an Arabian Bustard (Ardeotis arabs) - it's our
#TwoferTuesday
Obsevation of the Day! Seen in
#Ethiophia
by robert_thibault!
More details at:
#nature
#biodiversity
#ornithology
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Our Observation of the Day is this Cindy's Leafwing
#butterfly
(Fountainea nessus), seen in
#Colombia
by desertnaturalist!
More details at:
#nature
#insects
#entomology
#biodiversity
#lepidoptera
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iNat user larissatpereira saw these Marasmius ruber
#mushrooms
in
#Brazil
and it's our
#FungusFriday
Observation of the Day!
More details at:
#nature
#mycology
#fungi
#biodiversity
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It's
#MolluscMonday
, and our Observation of the Day is the first Kannaropa subrugosa
#snail
posted to iNat! Seen in
#Australia
by tasmanian_cryptofauna.
More details and photos at:
#nature
#malacology
#biodiversity
#snails
#gastropods
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Our Observation of the Day is this Neomelicharia consociata
#planthopper
, seen in
#Indonesia
by emskakoon!
More details at:
#nature
#insects
#entomology
#biodiversity
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This striking beetle from Indonesia spotted by dikiarissetiawan29 is the Observation of the Day! It's in the descriptively-named "Leaf Rake-like Antennae Beetles" genus Callirhipis.
More details at:
#nature
#biodiversity
#entomology
#macro
#OOTD
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The Observation of the Day is a... grasshopper! thilinahettiarachchi photographed & identified a pair of Phyllochoreia equa in Sri Lanka.
It's the first observation of this species on iNaturalist! Details:
#insect
#naturephotography
#macro
#biodiversity
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It's
#TwoferTuesday
, and this pair of adult Vulturine
#Guineafowl
(with a few young ones) is our Observation of the Day! Seen in
#Kenya
by joni_overbosch.
More details at:
#OOTD
#birds
#birding
#naturephotography
#ornithology
#nature
#biodiversity
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This Branched Shanklet
#mushroom
(Dendrocollybia racemosa), seen in
#Spain
by joseba45, is our
#FungusFriday
Observation of the Day!
More details at:
#fungi
#mycology
#nature
#biodiversity
#naturephotography
#mushrooms
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Our Observation of the Day is this Brachystelma modestum plant, seen in
#SouthAfrica
by alison_young!
More details at:
#botany
#flowers
#nature
#biodiversity
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Our Observation of the Day is this Bipinnula montana
#orchid
, seen in
#Uruguay
by mateoalmada!
More details at
#WildlifeWednesday
#botany
#plants
#flowers
#nature
#biodiversity
#orchids
#naturephotography
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Our Observation of the Day is this Leaf-veined
#Slug
(Family Athoracophoridae), seen in
#NewZealand
by sarah_richardson!
More details at:
#MolluskMonday
#MossMonday
#malacology
#botany
#nature
#biodiversity
#invertebrates
11
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751
This Emperor Cortinar
#mushroom
(Cortinarius archeri), seen in
#Australia
by rachdevlin, is our
#FungusFriday
Observation of the Day!
More details at:
#nature
#mycology
#biodiversity
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Our
#TwoferTuesday
Observation of the Day is this Potter or Mason
#Wasp
(Subfamily Eumeninae) that built her nest in the exuviae of a
#cicada
! Seen in
#Australia
by cinclosoma.
More details at:
#hyemnoptera
#entomology
#nature
#biodiversity
#insects
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Our
#WildflowerWednesday
Observation of the Day is this group of Campbell Island
#Daisies
(Pleurophyllum speciosum), seen in
#NewZealand
by genevieveearly!
More details at:
#botany
#plants
#nature
#biodiversity
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Our Observation of the Day is this
#weevil
(likely in the genus Camarotus), seen in
#Brazil
by techuser!
This individual is covered by colorful waxy secretions.
More details at:
#nature
#insects
#beetles
#biodiversity
#entomology
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This snail's shell is mostly hidden by the mantle, but it didn't hide from arnoldwijker who spotted it in Malaysia! It's the iNaturalist Observation of the Day!
#NaturePhotography
#gastropods
#ObservationOfTheDay
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Pine Siskins and icicles - it's our Observation of the Day! Seen in the
#UnitedStates
by jcochran706.
More details at:
#birds
#birding
#Texas
#winter
#nature
#biodiversity
#wildlife
#ornithology
#pinesiskins
#animals
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Behold, a
#cicada
nymph builds a mud tower in
#Brazil
- it's our Observation of the Day! Seen by siddantas.
More details at:
#OOTD
#insects
#bugs
#cicadas
#entomology
#besidesus
#nature
#biodiversity
#WildlifeWednesday
#animals
#mud
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Our more-than-
#TwoferTuesday
Observation of the Day is this
#bacteria
colony (potentially in the order Actinomycetales), seen in the
#UnitedStates
by m_whitson!
More details at:
#nature
#biodiversity
#microbes
8
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Our Observation of the Day is this brightly-colored
#mite
(potentially in the genus Penthaleus), seen in
#France
by jfb22!
More details at:
#nature
#arachnids
#biodiversity
#arachnology
1
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Our Observation of the Day is this Blue Anole
#lizard
(Anolis gorgonae), seen in
#Colombia
by lost_fishes!
It's listed as Near Threated by
@IUCNRedList
, threatened by introduced species.
More details at:
#reptiles
#herpetology
#nature
#biodiversity
3
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Our Observation of the Day is this Wasp-mimic Jumping
#Spider
(Rhene flavicomans), seen in
#Thailand
by johnsim!
More details at:
#arachnids
#arachnology
#biodiversity
#nature
#invertebrates
#animals
#salticidae
5
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It's
#MarineMonday
and our Observation of the Day is this Sharpear Enope
#Squid
(Ancistrocheirus lesueurii) - one of only two posted to iNat - seen in
#NewZealand
by pcaiger!
More details at:
#malacology
#marinebio
#molluskmonday
#nature
#biodiversity
2
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Our
#MarineMonday
(And
#MolluskMonday
) Observation of the Day is this Ardeadoris rubroannulata
#nudibrach
, seen in
#Australia
by bob116!
More details at:
#malacology
#nature
#marinescience
#biodiversity
7
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In
#SouthAfrica
, stuffinabox saw this remarkable Eremnus setulosus
#weevil
- it's our Observation of the Day!
More details at:
#insects
#beetles
#nature
#biodiversity
4
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Our Observation of the Day is this
#springtail
, (potentially a Dragon Springtail - genus Acanthanura), seen in
#Australia
by pita_gooora!
More details at:
#nature
#biodiversity
#nature
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In
#Colombia
, iNat user alefox123 saw this Megalopyge perseae flannel
#moth
and it's our Observation of the Day!
More details at:
#lepidoptera
#nature
#biodiversity
#entomology
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Check out this insane array of
#caterpillars
- it's our Observation of the Day! Seen in
#Mexico
by luisguillermog.
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605
Our Observation of the Day is this Anemone Porcelain
#Crab
(Neopetrolisthes maculatus) and its anemone perch, seen in
#Australia
by kjadiver!
More details at:
#carcinology
#nature
#crustaceans
#biodiversity
#marinebio
5
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613
It's not cage fungus, it's a Hydnora esculenta birthwort
#plant
and our Observation of the Day! Seen in
#Madagascar
by sympiotr.
More details at:
#botany
#plants
#nature
#biodiversity
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"We kept as quiet as we possibly could, with the only noise being the digital clicking from the cameras"
Students & Research Director at
@earthwatch_org
see a melanistic
#Serval
#cat
in
#Kenya
- it's our Observation of the Week!
Read our blog post here:
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We passed 300,000 species observed on iNaturalist!! Thats around 17% of all named species
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599
Our Observation of the Day is this Middle Eastern Short-fingered
#Gecko
(Stenodactylus doriae, برص قصير الأصابع الشرق أوسطي in Arabic), seen in the
#UnitedArabEmirates
by m_burger!
More details at:
#nature
#biodiversity
#reptiles
#lizards
#herptology
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iNat user agonzalo witnessed the
#birth
of a Brown-throated Three-toed
#Sloth
in
#Panama
, and it's our Observation of the Day!
More details at:
#OOTD
#wildlife
#nature
#biodiversity
#parenting
#animals
#mammals
#zoology
#wildlifephotography
4
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A young herpetologist in
#Tanzania
spotted only the second Banded
#Caecilian
posted to iNat - it's our Observation of the Week!
Read our blog post at:
#amphibians
#nature
#biodiversity
#herpetology
3
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Our
#FungusFriday
Observation of the Day is this Gibellula
#fungus
, parasitizing what looks to be a jumping
#spider
! Seen in
#Malaysia
by siburanlai.
More details at:
#mycology
#nature
#biodiversity
#fungi
#naturephotography
14
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590
Our Observation of the Day is this Yellow-winged
#Bat
(Lavia frons), seen in
#Nigeria
by abubakaringim!
More details at:
#nature
#mammals
#biodiversity
#mammalogy
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Our
#FishFriday
Observation of the Day is this
#frogfish
(likely a Painted Frogfish, Antennarius pictus), seen in the
#Philippines
by caleidoskopable!
More details at:
#nature
#ichthyology
#marinebio
#biodiversity
#wildlife
#marinelife
#animals
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Our Observation of the Day is this colorful marsh
#crab
(in the family Sesarmidae), seen in
#Australia
by cemoneellen!
More details at:
#nature
#crustaceans
#carcinology
#biodiversity
1
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Our Observation of the Day is this Emperor
#Moth
(potentally Saturnia anna), seen in
#India
by bonpradhan!
More details at:
#lepidoptera
#nature
#insects
#biodiversity
#entomology
6
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Happy
#WildlifeWednesday
! Our Observation of the Day is this Picasso
#Bug
, which was seen in
#SouthAfrica
by alandmanson!
#insects
#entomology
#bugs
#nature
#wildlife
#citizenscience
#nature
#iNat
#OOTD
10
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Our Observation of the Day is this incredible Megabunus diadem
#harvestman
, seen in
#France
by jfb22!
More details at:
#arachnids
#nature
#invertebrates
#biodiversity
7
74
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Our
#FungusFriday
Observation of the Day is this
#mushroom
, potentially a Purple Pinwheel (Marasmius haematocephalus)! Seen in
#Malaysia
by pallantejm.
More details at:
#mycology
#fungi
#nature
#biodiversity
1
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Our Observation of the Day is this Episcada hymenaea
#butterfly
((Translúcida Común in Spanish), seen in
#Argentina
by natalia_zimicz!
More details at:
#nature
#lepidoptera
#insects
#biodiversity
4
84
553
In Guatemala, iNatter saban-sequen saw these Lysurus arachnoideus stinkhorns and it's our
#FungusFriday
Observation of the Day!
More details at:
#fungi
#mycology
#nature
#biodiversity
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Our
#FungusFriday
Observation of the Day is this group of Bonnet
#mushrooms
(potentially Mycena clarkeana), seen in
#Australia
by archie_bourke!
More details at:
#nature
#mycology
#biodiversity
#fungi
2
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In
#Australia
, iNatter erinilewis saw what may be only the second Arkys enigma triangular
#spider
posted to iNat, and it's our Observation of the Day!
More details at:
#nature
#arachnology
#biodiversity
#nature
3
75
533
An iNaturalist submission the first known photograph of a living Colombian
#Weasel
. Read the paper here!
#citizenscience
#nature
#communityscience
#animals
#wildlife
#colombia
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iNat user simon_verlynde saw this tropical pill
#woodlouse
(in the genus Calmanesia) in
#Madagascar
- it's our Observation of the Day!
More details at:
#nature
#crustaceans
#carcinology
#biodiversity
#invertebrates
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This crab spider (genus Trichopagis) found by suncana in South Africa is the Observation of the Day!
More details:
#SpiderSunday
#spiders
#arachnid
#macro
#nature
#wildlifephotography
#biodiversity
4
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Behold, a
#solifugid
of the genus Rhagodima, seen in
#India
by harshithjv - it's our Observation of the Day!
More details (and photos!) at:
#OOTD
#biodiversity
#besidesus
#arachnology
#nature
#animals
#wildlife
#arachnids
#invertebrates
#naturephotography
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In
#Indonesia
a herpetologists captures the moment a jumping
#spider
hopped onto the head of this Blunthead Slug
#Snake
- it's our Observation of the Week!
Read our blog post at:
#biodiversity
#herpetology
#nature
#arachnology
#snakes
#wildlife
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Our Observation of the Day is this Spanish Moon
#Moth
(Graellsia isabellae, Mariposa Isabelina in Spanish), seen in
#Spain
by ariadnagq!
More details at:
#nature
#biodiversity
#lepidoptera
#entomology
3
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iNat user saw this Skylight Flutterer
#dragonfly
(Rhyothemis fenestrina) in
#Namibia
and it's our Observation of the Day!
More details at:
#odonata
#entomology
#nature
#biodiversity
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Our
#TwoferTuesday
Observation of the Day is this Serrognathus titanus sika stag
#beetle
(臺灣扁鍬形蟲 in Chinese (traditional)) w/ a Black-bellied
#Hornet
(Vespa basalis, 黑腹虎頭蜂 in Chinese (traditional)) on its back! Seen in
#Taiwan
.
More details at
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Our Observation of the Day is this Chilean Birthwort
#plant
(Aristolochia chilensis, Oreja de zorro in Spanish), seen in
#Chile
by geofita_del_bosque!
More details at:
#botany
#nature
#biodiversity
3
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Our Observation of the Day is this Outstanding Orbweaver
#spider
(Bijoaraneus praesignis), seen in
#Australia
by doggy48!
More details at:
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iNatter caporali saw this colorful Felimare acriba
#nudibranch
off of the
#UnitedStates
and it's our Observation of the Day!
More details at:
#nature
#biodiversity
#marinebio
#malacology
#slugs
3
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Our
#MarineMonday
Observation of the Day is this Spinner Shark, seen by veld_mens off the coast of
#SouthAfrica
!
Named for their feeding behavior, these
#sharks
spin along the axis of their body while chasing fish and can propel themselves out of water.
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iNat user dmontelongo saw these Translucent Oak
#Galls
in the
#UnitedStates
, and it's our Observation of the Day!
More details at:
#OOTD
#WildlifeWednesday
#hymenoptera
#entomology
#nature
#insects
#quercus
#biodiversity
#wasps
#besidesus
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iNat user ingrid_kulozik documented this group of
#sawfly
larvae (likely in Genus Caliroa) chowing down on what appears to be an
#oak
leaf in
#Germany
- it's our Observation of the Day!
More details at:
#nature
#insects
#entomology
#biodiversity
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"After taking a few photographs, we moved on with our nature walk, exhilarated by the beauty of the bat."
A Nigerian biologist & his friends stumble upon this small, Yellow-winged
#bat
-it's our Observation of the Week!
Read more:
#nature
#biodiversity
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Our Observation of the Day is this Pacific Stargazer
#fish
(Astroscopus zephyreus, miraestrella perro in Spanish), seen in
#Mexico
by alboertoalcala!
More details at:
#nature
#ichthyology
#biodiversity
#marinescience
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Say hello to what may be the first recorded female Ovalimantis maculata
#mantis
! Seen in
#Brazil
by ninawenoli.
More info and a great discussion at
#insects
#entomology
#communityscience
#nature
#biodiversity
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Behold the
#larva
of the Threadwing
#Antlion
(Necrophylus arenarius) - this one was seen in
#Spain
by faluke and it's our Observation of the Day!
More details at:
#insects
#entomology
#neuroptera
#biodiversity
#invertebrates
#nature
#animals
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It's
#TwoferTuesday
and our Observation of the Day is this Northern Black Widow
#spider
(Latrodectus variolus) with its crab prey! Seen in the
#UnitedStates
by evan_trees.
More details at:
#nature
#arthropods
#biodiversity
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Psilodera fasciata is a member of the Acroceridae, or small-headed fly family, and this one is our Observation of the Day! Seen in
#SouthAfrica
by cecileroux.
More details at:
#OOTD
#insects
#diptera
#entomology
#nature
#animals
#biodiversity
#besidesus
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This Red and Green Kangaroo Paw
#plant
(Anigozanthos manglesii), seen in
#Australia
by pimelea, is our
#WildflowerWednesday
Observation of the Day!
More details at:
#plants
#botany
#nature
#biodiversity
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Your iNat experience won’t change-we’re still focused on supporting and building a free platform for sharing and identifying what you find in nature.
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