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Plusiine Looper Moths (Subfamily Plusiinae)Observer
lora_figgatDescription
I wish it were easier to identify 'generic' caterpillars! Found a few of these little pale green with soft white markings when I was pulling out invasive weeds (mostly oxalis, cranesbill, burr clover, and sow thistle)
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Genus AuxopaedeutesObserver
froggy143Description
In a Solenopsis texana colony.
My identification is mostly a guess, but I think it seems like a good match.
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Subgenus SynhaloniaObserver
jaymeemartyDescription
Not sure this is the correct species, but it was so cool watching it clean its tongue!
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Coconut Mealybug (Nipaecoccus nipae)Observer
erincpowDescription
Slide-mounted to confirm ID. Photos associated with the following publication in which mealybug reflex bleeding and lacewing dorsal packet loading is detailed: https://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/1019_Powell_2023.pdf
Associated videos:
Dorsal packet loading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As95aTckQZs
Feeding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqBj1Tdtjp4
Lacewing deterred by reflex bleeding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWfO1jjlwQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atqNRImAWiY
Feeding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5AjjcL70zk
Videos also available:
https://archive.org/details/ceraeochrysa-claveri
https://osf.io/8t7sc/
Powell EC. 2023. Defensive behaviors of the mealybug Nipaecoccus nipae (Maskell, 1893) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) and the green lacewing Ceraeochrysa claveri (Navás, 1911) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), with videos of dorsal packet loading and mealybug ostiole function. Insecta Mundi 1019: 1–11.
Lacewing observation here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192723734
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Ornate Ghostpipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus)Observer
francoislibertDescription
Photographer: Patrick Désormais
Location approximate
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Fruit, Signal, and Picture-winged Flies (Superfamily Tephritoidea)Observer
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Animals (Kingdom Animalia)Observer
martinholladayDescription
Two eyes are peeking out.
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slunkyDescription
Small red spider inside a pitcher plant
- Maybe a young Henriksenia nepenthicola?
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Pentamyrmex spinosusObserver
yipseeDescription
A new tribe for Pentamyrmex spinosus, (An extremely aberrant member of Pentatomidae), males still unkown.
Doug Yanega, David Redei and Jerome Constant contributed to identification.
