I made no sketch at the time of this observation, but I'm confident enough of the details included here to ID this to species.
Hola vi esta hormiga con el trasero verde y no tengo ni idea que podría ser
Had me stumped for a long time. I'll reveal the identity soon but curious to know if anyone else has seen something like this before? Let's make it a guessing game :D
Edit: reveal in the second image, prepare for a letdown.
Two unusually white Branta geese among normally colored ones at the Rio Grande Nature Center State Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
At least one person who looked at this photo suggested these might be Cackling Geese but I'm not sure. The goose in foreground is definitely Canada.
Fungi on an insect / spider carcass
Location: Makunda Christian Hospital, Karimganj District, Assam
Date: 1st October 2012
Equipment: Nikon D300s with Nikkor AF 28-105mm lens
Larva of a nymphid lacewing Osmylops species. Identification thanks to Tim New. This larva turned up in some leaf-litter during a search for spiders as part of our Bush Blitz of Flinders Island in March 2014. Although tiny, it would eventually grown into quite a monster, and with those jaws would be a formidable predator of ants, though it's not a true ant-lion in the strict sense of the word.
Irididae virus victim
Pictures are of individuals recently emerged from root galls on live oak. And also a root gall! The root galls are found under the leaf litter near fresh root-sprouts.
Dragonfly eating a Hoverfly
about 7 mm long, on a wild lettuce leaf.
Scorpions with two metasomae (tails) are extremely rare, with one estimate I saw as one in every 5,000 specimens. This specimen is approximately 3cm long head to stinger and is being maintained in captivity to study its behavior.
I found this using a black light flashlight with BJ Stacey (@finatic) at the Carrie Nation Trailhead parking lot at Madera Canyon, Arizona.
Read a detailed account of this specimen's discovery and observation updates at the journal post linked below:
http://www.inaturalist.org/journal/jaykeller/7020-rare-arizona-bark-scorpion-with-two-metasomas-tails-and-stingers
Described as a "Tamil Lacewing" by guide, but I don't see that species as an option in iNaturalist.
Kind of creepy, but I guess everybody has some.
Found on campus by middle school students
Interesting eyes !!
It's the first time I've managed to resolve them this well but in older pics I can just see the white bits.
At first I thought it may be a fungi.
This was on Carex secta, several others including mating pairs in the area.
Image added 2014 10 22
Image added showing the Shield Bug.