Inside the kitchen window …a few days before I wondered why a dead gold wasp was laying there … here is the reason :-)
Under a rotten log on the ground under trees.
Flatworm specimen found during pondwater lab. Sample taken from wetlands on the school property.
The worm. The alga is in the next obs.
Marine habitat on the side of the lagoon, but sample location poorly documented.
Bright-field light microscopy; medium-power. In estuarine algae.
~3.5mm. Microphotography is 100X-250X. Marine, from my little invert aquarium. Unfortunately I don’t know if it’s from the aquarium store’s coral filter, or from the Jersey shore, because I put both those samples in there, but I didn’t see these guys in my Cape May samples & I put way less in there so. Probably from the aquarium store. Still!! I tried to squish it to get pictures of the stylet or any organs but I couldn’t find it! It looked like it’s pharynx was way down towards the posterior, so that could be a clue, but also there was some glowing parts up in the anterior so…😔 idk. Help me out worm professionals!
Wormy!!! Note the missing eyespot & the nematode in the nose!!! I also managed to get a pic of the stylet & ovary (?)
En muestra de agua dulce que no recibe luz solar.
Freshwater sample in a area that does not receive sunlight.
found in a small freshwater stream. i can only assume these are all the same species but correct me if i'm wrong.
Specimen with typical shape of head and coloration. Elevation of locations is 240 m, character of locality - small lowland creek with standing water at its upper part. No other Planaria species known in Czech at all.
More:
http://brmlab.s0c4.net/bioosm/det/9cd63a512ed42beaf156dbb624e40b2c.htm [picture of upper part of locality in]
http://brmlab.s0c4.net/bioosm/det/ce1c0ac0c082294601d1ce67b86b1a89.htm
Ribbon worm eating a bay goby
This individual was axanthic; notice a normally colored individual on the 2nd image
an einem Holzpfahl unter Wasser
Discovered in very litoral zone of pond at early spring. Oblique illumination used, set of objectives is 10x and 25x. My bet is M. armigera but I'm not sure because I seen just small amount of stylets in my short life. What it could be?
scalariform freak / mutación escalariforme
Only Prostoma species which is actually known in my country. Used objectives: 3.2x,10x and 25x
Not entirely sure if this really is iridovirus, but it was strikingly blue even at a distance. If it is indeed iridovirus, I’ll make a separate observation for the host.
Tiegerschnegel ? Ernährt sich carnivor von rohem Fleisch, das unsere Katze übrig gelassen hat.
Amazing fight of 2 dedicated salamanders, trying to wrestle it out. Completely unbothered by my presence and strong light. After watching this for maybe 10-15 minutes, I gently separated them by 20-30 cm, just to see them going for each other again! I guess they needed the rest of the night to find out who's the winner...
Here's a short film clip:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ranMXxfhLoc9hORYJ9qiLNqwwggMi-Ri/view?usp=sharing
I thought Blisterbeetle... till I saw those mandibles.
Came to the light in the house.
Trauermücken - die Larven bilden zur Verbreitung einen sogenannten „Heerwurm“. Nach nächtlicher Entdeckung, erste Antworten bei Tante Google gefunden (siehe Wikipedia: Trauermücken (Abschnitt: Lebensweise))
What kind of bird is this?
Landed on top of my windshield, midday (2:30 pm), warm and partly conditions, outside of large warehouse building off of Moya blvd in Stead, NV.
An eastern shovel nose ray (Aptychotrema rostrata) bearing the signs of a white shark bite. The ray was still alive and only removed from the water for a closer
inspection and then released.
Feeding on a N. Elephant Seal. Date is just a wild guess
Mouse was so focused eating, what i believe was ice cream, that it was possible to get with the front lens of the Sony FE 20 mm f/1.8 extremely close (around 5 cm) without any reaction from the Mouse than continuing eating.
Foto Nr. 1a und 1b
Maybe a plagiostomid.
Observation of the bird: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78446086
AKA Common Bluewing. I believe this is the only Zenithoptera that occurs in Costa Rica.
Found in freshwater in Werribee, Melbourne Australia. Appearance similar to leech movement like flatworm. Size in picture is about 2-3mm, can elongate like flatworms.
Scientific survey for fisheries research
Found it on my finger after a stream crossing in Whirinaki FP.
Oblivious to anything else, these two fought.