@Alex Wild
Entomologist, Natural History Collection Curator, and Photographer based in Austin, Texas.
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Recent Notes
Found some common buckeye caterpillars (Junonia ceonia) on our snake herb this afternoon. #Caterpillars #Nature #JunoniaCoenia #Lepidoptera
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Formica subsericea field ants tending treehoppers for honeydew. Tennessee.
#Ants #Insects #Formica #Nature
#Ants #Insects #Formica #Nature
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@nprofile1q... Why choose? you could work on the taxonomy of ant-mimic spiders.
The retractable antennae of Mycetophylax fungus-farming ants leave such a distinct scrobe on the head. Photo from a few years ago from Mindo, Ecuador.
This is possibly an undescribed species. Too many ants, not enough taxonomists. #Ants #Insects #Formicidae #Mycetophylax
This is possibly an undescribed species. Too many ants, not enough taxonomists. #Ants #Insects #Formicidae #Mycetophylax
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An incipient paper wasp nest built under the shelter of a large, partly curled leaf. Guanica dry forest reserve, Puerto Rico.
The different eye colors of the two insects are age-related; the individual with black eyes has only recently emerged.
#Wasps #Mischocyttarus #Insects #Photography
The different eye colors of the two insects are age-related; the individual with black eyes has only recently emerged.
#Wasps #Mischocyttarus #Insects #Photography
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A small Lasioglossum in the spiderwort, which is blooming now around central Texas. #insects #bees #Bloomscrolling
The emergence of spring bees here in Austin also means the emergence of somewhat rarer bee parasites. I caught this Sapyga nevadica wasp yesterday; it lays eggs in solitary bee nests.
#Sapygidae #wasps #Sapyga #Insects #Parasites
#Sapygidae #wasps #Sapyga #Insects #Parasites
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq53su4huygmnnkc0wvxvzmhmps46vw9hmqggq4v6e8jya5ejc6lxqlr49as Does the wrinkled thorax act to strengthen it, like a flange can on steel or other mat...
@nprofile1q... Presumably, yes, though I don't think anyone has studied it in this particular species.
See: https://www.biotaxa.org/mn/article/view/66728
See: https://www.biotaxa.org/mn/article/view/66728
One of my favorite pollinator photos, and the bee isn't even in focus. Which is why I love it. (Bombus sp., Illinois)
#bees #Bombus #pollination #Solidago #Nature
#bees #Bombus #pollination #Solidago #Nature
