Guenter Schuster
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Guenter Schuster
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I’m a retired university biology professor. My expertise is with aquatic organisms, especially invertebrates. I’ve authored several books and numerous scientific papers. All photos my own.
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Pileated Woodpecker. Kentucky

#birds
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Saddle Crayfish, Faxonius durelli. From Alabama.

#invertebrates #crustaceans #crayfish
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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The Eyes Have It! Eastern Pondhawk Dragonfly. Central Kentucky.
October 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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American Rubyspot, Central Kentucky

#insects #damselfly
A damselfly with a black body. The wings are clear with black wings. At the base of the wings are large bright red spots.
October 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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October 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Richmond, Kentucky says NO KINGS.
October 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Spotted Bottlebrush crayfish from Kentucky. Antennae with thick hairs, hence its common name. #crayfish #invertebrates
A yellow and green crayfish with dark green spots and stripes. Some areas are highlighted with bright red coloration. Antennae with thick brush of hairs.
August 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Arrow spider clinging to its web. #spiders #invertebrates
A beautiful red and yellow spider with large spines clinging to its web.
August 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Southeastern Prairie Crayfish (Procambarus hagenianus). Alabama and Mississippi. Builds extensive burrows in low lying fields.
August 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Linear Cobalt Crayfish - (Cambarus gentryi). From Alabama and Tennessee. It burrows along margins of streams. Click to see entire photo.
August 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Atala butterfly, Key West Botanical Garden
#insects #lepidoptera
July 15, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Gerrid waterstrider, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
July 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Pollistes paper wasp, Richmond, KY
#insects #hymenoptera
July 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Hackberry Emperor, Richmond, KY. #insects #lepidoptera #butterfly
July 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Anhinga spearing a sunfish in Everglades National Park. #bird
A large black and gray bird that hunts fish underwater. This one speared a sunfish with its sharp bill.
June 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Two black vutures at the roadkill lunch counter. Richmond, KY. #birds
June 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Fork-tailed bush katydid nymph on a Lilly. Richmond, KY.

#insect
May 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Great Blue Heron. St. Andrew’s State Park rookery, Panama City, FL.

#bird
May 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Willet learning to body surf. Panama City, Florida.
#bird
May 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Eurasian Collared-dove. Richmond, Kentucky
May 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Northern Parula. Big Cypress Swamp, Florida
#bird
May 19, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Brown Pelican, Panama City Beach, feeding.
February 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Hover Fly on Chicory flower. #naturephotography #insects #macrophotography
February 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Cedar Waxwing, Richmond, Kentucky #birds
February 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Lava Gull, Gallapagos Islands
February 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM