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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Sunday, 24-Nov-2024 08:08:33 JST 
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The world’s smallest species of bee is Perdita minima, a minute species of solitary bee just under 2 mm long and weighing only 0.333 mg. It is native to the southwestern USA, where it constructs a tiny nest in sandy desert soils, and feeds upon the nectar and pollen of spurge flowers.
The U.S. Forest Service classifies this tiny bee as a solitary bee, meaning they are not as social as honey bees. A little less than two millimeters long, this bee species can be found in extremely small nests in the sandy soil found in the desert.
This petite bee is very capable of packing large loads of pollen on its hairy legs. -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Sunday, 24-Nov-2024 08:08:32 JST
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The blacktailed red sheetweaver (Florinda coccinea), also known as red grass spider, is a species of dwarf spider. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Florinda. It was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1896, and has only been found in Mexico, the West Indies, and the United States. It is common in the southeastern United States, inhabiting grasslands, lawns, and agricultural fields.
F. coccinea are bright red in color, with a black caudal tubercle. Adults typically grow to 3 to 4 millimetres (0.12 to 0.16 in) long, with females growing slightly larger than males. They have two rows of eyes; two on the top row and six procurved on the bottom. -
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Cephonodes hylas, the coffee bee hawkmoth, pellucid hawk moth or coffee clearwing, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771. A widely distributed moth, it is found in the Near East, Middle East, Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Japan, Southeast Asia and Australia.
It has transparent wings and a stout body like a bumble bee. Its marginal borders are very narrow and black. The abdomen varies in color from yellow to green. They have bright reddish 3rd and 4th abdominal segments.
Larvae are sluggish but eat very greedily and continuously. Its larvae feed on Burchellia, Gardenia, Kraussia, Pavetta and Vangueria species. -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Sunday, 24-Nov-2024 08:08:31 JST
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Common cryptops are a reddish brown species native to mild European climates. The species is marked by 21 pairs of legs and their longer back legs pointing in the opposite direction.
This species inhabits woodlands underneath stones and logs.
Common cryptops lack the cuticle to preserve moisture commonly found in other bugs. Without a damp environment, this bug will dry out and die. For this reason, they tend to favor damp, rotting woodland structures. -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Sunday, 24-Nov-2024 08:08:30 JST
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The confused flour beetle is a dark-loving pest beetle known for infesting stored flour and grain. For this, they are common in silos, food warehouses, grocery stores, and homes.
nterestingly, the name “confused flour beetle” was coined for the pest, not because of its behavior, but because of the confusion caused by distinguishing it from the red flour beetle. Both are very similar with just the difference in their antennae being the distinguishing factor.
The confused flour beetle is a generalist feeder, whose feeding activities, dead bodies, and fecal pellets are directly linked to food damage and contamination. They also release a noxious secretion when laying eggs, resulting in a foul odor, also making the food product unsuitable for consumption. -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Sunday, 24-Nov-2024 08:08:30 JST
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Hyalella azteca is a widespread and abundant species complex of amphipod crustacean in North America. It reaches 3–8 mm (0.12–0.31 in) long, and is found in a range of fresh and brackish waters. It feeds on algae and diatoms and is a major food of waterfowl.
Hyalella azteca has body plan similar to most amphipods and is a classic freshwater example of the order. They grow to a length of 3–8 millimetres (0.12–0.31 in), with males being larger than females. Their color is variable, but the most frequent hues are white, green and brown.
This amphipod lives among vegetation and sediments in permanent bodies of freshwater, including lakes and rivers, extending into tidal fresh water, and freshwater barrier lagoons. It is the most abundant amphipod of lakes in North America, with golf course ponds sometimes supporting large populations. -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Sunday, 24-Nov-2024 08:08:29 JST
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The Imperial Tortoise Beetle (Stolas imperialis) is indigenous to Brazil and bears a striking resemblance to a turtle. They are among the most brilliantly colored among beetles, and native people are known to use them as jewelry. They are generally less than half an inch in length. -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Sunday, 24-Nov-2024 08:08:28 JST
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Aphonopelma iodius is a species of spider in the tarantula family Theraphosidae, found in United States (California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah). A 1997 paper combined it with three other previously described species (A. angusi, A. melanium, and A. nevadanum) into a single species, calling it "A. iodium". However, iodius is a neuter comparative adjective and is the correct form. Aphonopelma smithii has also been synonymized with A. iodius. A. iodius is common in the Mojave Desert to the west of the Colorado River. -
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The West Coast is the distribution area of Skinnier’s Ground Mantis (Litaneutria skinneri). However, the Southwest is where the species is mostly present.
This type of Praying Mantis has bright neutral colors such as bright gray and tan. Growing to a size of 1-2 inches, the species takes on the color of its habitat.
Females are larger but males have longer thin antennae.
Commonly living on the ground, under leaves, or on plants and grass, this type of Praying Mantis has wings but it can’t fly far. -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Sunday, 24-Nov-2024 08:08:27 JST
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Aricia agestis, the brown argus, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found throughout the Palearctic realm, north to northern Jutland (Denmark) and east to Siberia and the Tian Shan.
The under wings have silver with black and orange spots, also white edges, while the upper wings have dark brown with orange patterns.
The typically slug-like lycid larvae are green with a pale line along each side and always attended by ants. They hibernate as fully-grown larvae and pupate the following spring. -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Sunday, 24-Nov-2024 08:08:26 JST
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During summer, the Scissor Grinder Cicada produces a rhythmic clicking song, which sounds like the noise of sharpening scissors.
These medium-sized insects have a beige or light brown underside that contrasts with their dorsal thorax. Their black thoraxes with green accents blend into the tree bark, making them difficult to spot.
Moreover, they inhabit the deciduous forests of the eastern and central United States and prefer apple trees as their habitat. They have adapted to urban and suburban areas and survive on a sap diet, which they sip from the tree bark using their specialized mouthparts.
The Scissor Grinder Cicada lives an underground existence of 2-5 years for nymphs after hatching from eggs laid by female cicadas in tree twigs. After this period, they emerge as fully formed cicadas. -
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Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis), also known as the Red Skunk Cleaner Shrimp or Doctor shrimp are one of the most sought after fish cleaners in the aquarium hobby. Their peaceful nature, hardiness, and busy-body personality have increased their popularity over the last years.
These shrimp occur in tropical waters at low population densities and establishes a cleaning symbiotic relationship with fishes, removing parasites, bacteria, and damaged tissues.
They have a beautiful yellow color with two bright red stripes along their back, and a streak of white in the middle. The tip of the tail is red and has four white spots. They grow to be about 5 – 6 cm total length (2 – 2.4 inches). -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Sunday, 24-Nov-2024 08:08:25 JST
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The most common stick insect in Florida is Anisomorpha buprestoides (Stoll), the so-called twostriped walkingstick. Other names applied to it and to stick insects in general include devil's riding horse, prairie alligator, stick bug, witch's horse, devil's darning needle, scorpion, and musk mare.
Anisomorpha buprestoides is a large, stout (for a stick insect) brown phasmid with three conspicuous longitudinal black stripes. Females average 67.7 mm in length; males are smaller and more slender, averaging 41.7 mm (Littig 1942). There is a strikingly distinct black and white color form that is found only in the Ocala National Forest scrub. Both forms suffer considerable discoloration upon death and pinned specimens are not nearly as distinctively marked as living individuals.
Like all stick insects, Anisomorpha buprestoides is herbivorus, feeding on the leaves of trees and shrubs.
The ability of this species to defend itself with a particularly odiferous secretion was reported as early as 1835, when Gray in describing the genus quoted an account by Thomas Say "...that when taken they discharged a milky fluid from two pores of the thorax, diffusing a strong odor..." Albert (1947) also described it as a "...rather thick, tenacious white material..." Blatchley (1920) described it as having "...a peculiar, though somewhat pleasing odor." -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Sunday, 24-Nov-2024 08:08:24 JST
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Despite the season, there’s a surprising number of insects and related arthropods that can be found on the snow during the winter months. Snow Fleas, dark-colored springtails (Collembola), can sometimes be abundant enough to give large swaths of snow a sooty appearance. Snow fleas can be common on mild winter days.
Their population is very challenging to estimate, however someone has figured out that there are about 25,000 of these guys and gals in each square yard of soil.
Springtails are unique in that they have a stiff, hinged appendage that tucks under their abdomen and when they have to move a great distance they unlock this tail piece which flips down with such force that it flips the critter up, up and away for quite a distance.
They do not bite people or dogs or birds. They eat only vegetation and never live on another creature. Parasitic fleas and lice are also small, and 'way back when' somebody thought the little springtails looked suspiciously like a cat's flea. Not even closely related. -
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Sunflower tortoise beetle (Physonota helianthi) is a small leaf beetle. It occurs in the United States east of the Great Plains and in adjacent Canadian provinces. It is uncommon throughout its range.
There are three color phases that each adult undergoes. The teneral adult, freshly emerged from the pupal stage, is soft bodied and dingy white or ivory. The intermediate adult is black and white with numerous spots. This phase lasts about three weeks. The mature adult is entirely iridescent green. The upper thoracic plate and the two hardened wing covers each have a semi-transparent covering over the entire surface.
Both larvae and adults feed on the underside of leaves. They occasionally defoliate the plant and can be a major pest. Larvae carry dried fecal matter over their body, presumably as a form of camouflage. The fecal matter is attached to a forked appendage on the last abdominal segment, and is held suspended over the body. -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Sunday, 24-Nov-2024 08:08:23 JST
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Coenobita purpureus (colloquially referred to as the purple land hermit crab) is a species of land hermit crab native to Japan. Dubbed ‘Blueberry’ crabs by Felix Wang. Their coloration is usually purple, blue, purple-blue, or purple-red although as young crabs they are colored white.
They typically inhabit and are endemic only along the mainland, oceanic, and continental island coasts of Japan. They are considered to have a very narrow distribution within this northwestern pacific region. Coenobita purpureus deliver their larvae in the summer, which they then disperse to Ogasawara Islands. -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 06:50:12 JST
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Phidippus audax, the bold jumper or bold jumping spider, is a common species of spider belonging to the genus Phidippus, a group of jumping spiders easily identified by their large eyes and their iridescent chelicerae. Like all jumping spiders, they have excellent stereoscopic vision that aids them in stalking prey and facilitates visual communication with potential mates during courting. Bold jumping spiders are native to North America and have been introduced to Hawaii, Nicobar Islands, Azores, and the Netherlands. They are typically black with a distinct white triangle on their abdomen.
On June 11 2021, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed the HB 318 bill designating Phidippus audax as the state spider. The designation came after a campaign by a class in Hollis, New Hampshire. Bold jumpers are currently very abundant and one of the most common spiders in the United States. As a major predator of crop pests, they have been studied to determine their impact on pest insect populations. In addition to eating pests, they also eat beneficial insects such as pollinators. -
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The Rhetus periander, common name: Periander Metakmark, has hindwings with curved, broad tails. Wings dorsally black with large blue inner parts and red spots on the hindwings, ventrally brown with longitudinal white stripes and red lines at the inner margin of the forewings and red spots at the base of the hindwing tails.
This species of butterfly has a very fast flight and can be observed when resting under sun, on the ground or on low vegetation. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, and Costa Rica. -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 06:50:11 JST
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As its name suggests, the Northern Scorpion (Paruroctonus boreus) is a species found in the Northern territories. It can be found in Northern states such as Montana. The Northern scorpion is the only scorpion found in Canada.
Members of this species are known for having either a brown or a dark brown color. They are found in many desert parks in the North.
Northern scorpions burrow in the ground. Most Northern scorpion stings are reported by backcountry adventurers.
These scorpions are known for making into the tent of hikers or fishermen.
While they do bite, Northern scorpions don’t have lethal venom. -
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vayda (vayda@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 06:50:10 JST
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The White Dragontail, or Lamproptera curius, is a tiny and unique swallowtail butterfly that you can find in South Asia and Southeast Asia. This little critter belongs to the Dragontails group within the Swallowtail family, and it holds the title of being the tiniest member in that whole family. Its wings are a beautiful mix of black, white, and transparent patches, making it quite eye-catching. What really stands out is its long tail on each hindwing.
The Male White Dragontail butterfly frequents open riverbanks within forests. Unlike other butterfly species that group together, these prefer to puddle separately typically on nearby sand. Females are generally larger and have broader wings than the males.
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