The conditions for claviceps purpurea has been good this year. A few days ago I saw lots of fruit bodies with brown sweet honey dew. And some insects seem to like it, and help spreading the parasite
Learn about dragonflies, what they eat, how they fly, as well as the type of habitat in which they live. We'll also explore some of the more popular myths and legends surrounding the dragonfly.
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Trap-jaw ant with prey
Planthopper, Matacosa miscella, Fulgoridae Atlantic central Panama Many thanks to Geert Goemans, Fulgorke, for the ID! All images © James A. Christensen/PrimevalNature.com Please read my profile before making any request for use.
Pu'er, Yunnan, China see comments for additional images.....
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The machaerotids are called tube spittlebugs because the nymphs live in calcareous tubes attached to the stems of their food plants, which are usually eucalypts. The most common machaerotids in Australia are species of Pectinariophyes and Chaetophyes, which are usually greenish yellow in colour although the males of Chaetophyes compacta are mainly, or entirely, black in colour. Hacker (1922) and Evans (1940a) described the morphology and behaviour of the nymphs which often have an expanded plate on the abdomen which is used as a door to seal the tube. best viewed LARGE: www.flickr.com/photos/rundstedt/4640876095/sizes/l/
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Probably one of the many dung and wood beetles around. Love the colours.
Tortoise beetles are any member of more than 3,000 beetle species that resemble a turtle because of the forward and sideways extensions of the body. Tortoise beetles range between 5 and 12 mm (less than 0.5 inch) in length, and the larvae are spiny. Both adults and larvae of some species are destructive to garden plants and sweet potatoes.
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The family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies, are of the order Diptera; some of the subgroups of this family are occasionally accorded status as separate families (Huttoninidae, Phaeomyiidae and Tetanoceridae). Marsh flies are generally slender, yellowish or brownish, ¼–½ inches long. They have fairly prominent eyes, prominent forward-pointing antennae, and bristles on the hind femora (upper hind leg). The wings are often mottled with various light brown markings according to species. Marsh flies are common along the edges of ponds and rivers, and in marshy areas where the larvae prey on or become parasites of slugs & snails. Very little is known about the complete life cycle of these flies. best viewed LARGE: www.flickr.com/photos/rundstedt/4068034736/sizes/l/
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