Hatchling!
Blue dasher for lunch.
La garrapata que se encuentra centrada en la imagen
on Storeria dekayi. possibly Ophionyssus natricus?
I found this small red tick-like arthropod in a shallow still pond connected to Onion Creek in southeast Austin. I noticed it had 4 sets of legs and two large mandibles. There appears to be 2 eye spots towards the front of the animal and small hairs protruding from its body. It was approximately one centimeter long and barely visable with the naked eyes. In the water sample I collected, it was swimming around at high speeds.
Tinge of green on back does not show up here
Snail Romance in my front yard
Fallen tail found on the SDSU campus
San Diego County, California, US
Fun outing with @pileated, @cedric_lee, @cdegroof, and @matthew_salkiewicz.
If this slug is "common," it is only in distribution and abundance, not appearance.
I have many pics from this crazy weekend, but this was the show-stopper: Babakina festiva, a rarely encountered slug whose life habits are largely unknown. I saw it on the side of a rock I had just lifted, so it looked like a colorful pink blob of goo. It wasn't until I placed it in water that I realized what I had (thanks to Jeff's recent photos). And, of course, right as I was whipping out my camera, the tsunami hit.