trav
buteonine.bsky.social
trav
@buteonine.bsky.social
guy who absolutely loves accipitriformes, opiliones, and collembolans but still has a fondness for any bug or bird
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hello can I help you fellows
June 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Mossy leaf-tailed gecko, Uroplatus sikorae, Madagascar. These lizards have some of the most amazing camouflage in nature. I especially love the fractal fringing on the bottom jaw, feet, and body, which helps break up the lizard's outline. 🦎🌿 #herps
March 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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who would win: Permian Mass Extinction vs Silly Ball Animal (the answer may surprise you)
March 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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absolute meatloaf of an animal
March 31, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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moderation? an amusing concept
April 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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sometimes the stupid video memories my phone makes for me are actually brilliant
March 23, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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in the crowd ... an ant cricket (possibly a desert ant cricket, Myrmecophilus manni) cruises amongst 100s of ants beneath a flipped stone

oak woodland near Warner Springs CA
March 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Thanks Forest and Bird… look at this critter! It’s gorgeous ❤️ see alt text
August 10, 2024 at 9:22 AM
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Our soil sampling has addd 222 oribatid soil mite morphospecies to Alberta's fauna! Of those, 33 are new to Canada, 15 have been described as new to science, and >70 might be new to science but have yet to be described!

📷 by Dave Walter of Oribatella abmi (new to science!
February 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Today I received these two beautiful handmade prints by the exceptionally talented Svenja Meyer, showing off the amazing diversity of springtails and mites. My office is about to get even more soil fauna-themed!

Check out Svenja's work at smartwork.bigcartel.com - I'm a big fan of her mugs too! 🧪
November 12, 2024 at 7:27 AM
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The mate of the Queen of Boardwalk, a Northern Cardinal. I can't tell the different males apart by looks alone (the females have varying amounts of red.) This male was sitting very close to the Queen, so I'm betting they are a mated pair.
March 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Tiny ears, big heart. This short-eared owl is a gentle reminder of nature's delicate wonders.

© sriram.udhayab
#Owl #Wild
March 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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水滴を乗せたイボトビムシ
3つの水滴🫧がひとつになる瞬間が撮影できて嬉しい。大きくなった水滴はこぼれそうだけど毛に上手いこと支えられてなかなか落ちない。
もうひとつ、最後のシーンで小さい水滴がぴょこっと動いているのも良かった。
生き物に付いた水滴は動きがあるので、生物とはまた違うエレメントな存在(精霊みたいな)として観察できる楽しさがある。
February 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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yay!!! I was hoping this person would start posting here, my favorite soil mesofauna TV… go follow & immerse yourself in little squidgy leaf litter buddies and fungus munchers
毎年この時期に同じ倒木で見ているヨロイエダヒゲムシたち
マットな質感の背面装甲の重なり合いや揺れ動く触角の動き、短い脚…と良さが詰まっている生き物のひとつ。
警戒すると触角や脚をしまってぺたんとなる仕草がとても良い。
March 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Opisthodolichopus scandens is an arboreal millipede that’s easy to find in Singapore. I’m confused by their apparent sexual dimorphism—aren’t polydesmidan millipedes all blind? Who are these signals for?
March 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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For your delectation, a goth arachnid: Propachylus fornicatus.

This animal is a harvestman - the boys (shown left) were originally described as a different genera to the girls (shown right).

🕷️🕷️🕷️

🧪🦀🦑 #evosky
March 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Bark roaches, like this Lanxoblatta rudis from Ecuador, are extremely cryptic, usually squeezing their flattened body into tight gaps under tree bark and not straying too far. Note the transparent "window" in the pronotum that allows the roach to know if it is exposed to danger!
March 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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oh! helluo!
March 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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some adult Blaberus discoidalis appeared! nothing too fancy, but I find them very charming. I thought mine had all died without breeding but a handful of nymphs had hidden amongst the dubia colony
March 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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The happy trio have produced a few young! This is the largest, looking just like its parent(s). If these are the Amynthas corticis I suspect them to be, they can reproduce parthenogenetically and may not have mated to produce this child
March 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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The rain I was waiting for seems to have passed me by. No worms in the forecast, so I dug up the three Amynthas I’d caught in the fall to see how they’re doing. Pretty well, it seems
March 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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green worms for today! here’s Amynthas hupeiensis, a species native to East Asia now widespread across the US, and present in a few other countries as well. their sluggish coiling behavior and strong fetid/floral odor makes them unique among most of the anthropochorous pheretimoid worms
March 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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I think these pale, stringy worms are a species of Diplocardia. North America’s most diverse group of native earthworms, some are true giants, but this one is a smaller species and may be introduced here in Pennsylvania.
March 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Up close and personal with a Paraphrynus laevifrons whip spider ambushing prey in Costa Rica. This is one of the bolder species of Amblypygi, often with several individuals hanging out in close proximity on the same rock or tree trunk. It is quite common in riparian habitats.
March 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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The best part is that this is not even the first insect that mimics termite with its butt… there’s something going on with the termite-mimic community 😂
February 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM