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Subgenus EnoplempisObserver
sea-kangarooDescription
About a dozen pairs flying around in a backyard. Each balloon had a nuptial gift, so far as I could tell.
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gillessanmartinDescription
A flatworm (Platyhelminthes, Trematoda) of the genus Leucochloridium parasiting a snail of the familly Succineidae (probably Succinea putris or an Oxyloma sp.). The banded pulsating structure visible within the tentacles of the snails are the sporocysts's broodsacs filled of cercariae. The cercariae need to be ingested by a bird to develop up to adult stage in the digestive system of the bird. The change in color and aspect (pulsations) of the snail increases the probability to be eaten by a bird.
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Genus BishopellaObserver
mhedinDescription
under rocks at base of small rock outcrop; undescribed species
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Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)Observer
treegrowDescription
Battus philenor. Peña Blanca, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA.
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Common Spragueia Moth (Spragueia leo)Observer
treegrowDescription
Spragueia leo. Military Road Meadow. Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, USA.
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treegrowDescription
Clusiodes melanostomus complex male. Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, USA. A bunch of males were staking out territories on a large log. Didn't see any females.
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dllavanerasDescription
A very shiny, colorful beetle. If manipulated roughly, the scales would come off.
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Long-necked Shining Fungus Beetle (Diatelium wallacei)Observer
isabetabugDescription
Diatelium wallacei Pascoe, 1866
ID by Nico Franz
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cholmesphotoDescription
When I first saw this bug, I couldn't tell what I was looking at but the colorful bright reflective surfaces made it appear like it had flashing LED lights on it...
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Biting Midges (Family Ceratopogonidae)Observer
jaicoDescription
El pequeño en el ala
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Hispa ramosaObserver
paul_antPlace
FG3G+X6Q Mahendra hills Viewpoint, Mahendra Hills, Malkajgiri, Secunderabad, Telangana 500047, India (Google, OSM)
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Amauromyza pleuralisObserver
jeongyooDescription
On a Catalpa leaf, with Closterocerus and Chrysocharis in the vicinity.
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jeongyooDescription
Inspected and parasitized leaf mining fly larvae on Catalpa.
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Genus MacrostomusObserver
lucas_laurettoPlace
St. Sudoeste - Cruzeiro / Sudoeste / Octogonal, Brasília - DF, 70297-400, Brazil (Google, OSM)
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Nematoceran Flies (Suborder Nematocera)Observer
liorcarlsonDescription
Alexander County NCUCMP
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Long-tailed Dance Fly (Rhamphomyia longicauda)Observer
stephenlukDescription
At UV light. With abdominal air sacs still inflated.
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
reinerDescription
some sort of beetle larva maybe?
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Copestylum escomeliObserver
juanmauriciocontrerasDescription
Mosco de los cactus de Escomel
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Genus StenomicraObserver
kaushik_jayaramDescription
A fly found on banana plants. It can zip around left, right, up or down very fast without turning its body orientation
Credit: @jcabbott for the image.
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jishenwangDescription
Male scorpionflies often evolve exaggeratedly elongated abdominal segments that are used as a sexual display to the females, and a combat weapon in intra-sexual disputes.
N. exaggerata has the longest male abdomen surpassing all the formerly known species in the extant Panorpoidea. Although greatly resembles scorpionflies in the genus Leptopanorpa (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=785780), N. exaggerata is actually a member of the genus Neopanorpa (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=708370), suggesting multiple origins of the elongated abdominal segments in scorpionflies.
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Genus EmpisObserver
augochloraDescription
A small slender fly with a curved abdomen.
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Genus PorphyrochroaObserver
mechasDescription
Empididae
~1-2 mm
ID Santiago Jaime Schinkel
In each of the sticks there is always at least one fly with the silver mark.
https://www.facebook.com/100000576140147/videos/pcb.4026796954016136/4026796037349561
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Omomyia hirsutaObserver
graham_montgomeryDescription
10+ at Joshua tree flowers.
