Dragonfly iders where you at
孪斑黛眼蝶 20170623 DSC_5284
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Nymphalidae, Satyridae
Satyrini 眼蝶族, Lethina 黛眼蝶亚族
(Lethe gemina)
Nanling, China
A copula between a male Aeshna crenata and a female A. cyanea. It lasted for several minutes, after which the dragonflies flew apart.
Location: Makunda Christian Hospital campus, Karimganj District, Assam
Date: 22nd July 2012
Equipment: Nikon D300s with Nikkor AF 28-105mm lens
A male damselfly lands on top of a male dragonfly, and tries to form a tandem. I have more pictures, but unfortunately the damselfly is more or less blurred by movements, as I opted for a small aperture just before the damselfly appeared.
May 2011, Rössjöholm, Sweden.
The lizard was so intent on keeping its prey it didn't skedaddle, giving us a chance to take pictures.
I assume it wasn't scavenging and actually caught it, but you've got to be fast to catch these insects!
Prey here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10597608
A female.
January 2016.
Lodge/camp near Isalo National Park.
Madagascar.
a male
Maybe first life picture of this species. Identification confirmed by Rory Dow.
The first picture is a male. The second picture is a female.
Mohawk Lynx Spider based on observation
The individual was around ~15mm long and was first observed suspended on a single line of webbing between two plants. It had a notably broad and squarish cephalothorax, and most distinctively a dorsal horn-like bristle structure just above its face. The spider was brown, and had pale striations all along its body but more prominently on its abdomen.
Unfortunately the individual was able to escape before any photos could be documented.
Existing literature indicates that the genus classification Hamadruas is provisional, and proper determination is not yet possible until a male specimen can be obtained.
Computer vision suggest Epicauta hirticornis but there seems to be no local record of this species at The Biodiversity of SG website. It is feeding on a tree fern. Quite numerous about 20 beetles or more.
Ovipositing on submerged vegetation in small artificial pond in Mingre village.
The larvae of the following butterflies feed on the leaves of Parsonsia alboflavescens: the Ceylon Tree Nymph (Idea iasonia; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/132250094), the Blue Glassy Tiger (Ideopsis similis) and the Common Indian Crow (Euploea core).
The larva of the Large Guava Blue (Virachola perse) feeds from the inside on the pulp of the fruit of Catunaregam spinosa (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/132252852). Adult: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137113136;
Egg: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137113212; Pupa: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137113320. Fruit has been cut open to show the larva.
The larva of the Cornelian feeds on the fruit of Dodonaea viscosa (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/163800102)
and Cardiospermum halicacabum (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/163799590).
A Dragonfly larva emerging from a pool of water, likely to moult to adult.