Casey Richart

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pretty Habronattus cf empyrus from southern Baja California from a couple of years back

It turns out, even with all of those little anty-bodies, they can still get virus infections 🐜

a combination of adorable and slightly menacing from far northern CA

the dementors are coming Anza Borrego DSP, near Vallecitos

female #Habronattus jucundus from the Warner Mountains of far northeastern California

proud mama and her woodducklings

Happy #MolluscMonday! Our Observation of the Day is this Red Giant #snail (Indrella ampulla), seen in #India by madhavan_a_p! This species is endemic to the Western Ghats of India. More details at: inaturalist.org/observations/2… #biodiversity #malacology #nature

portrait of Paeromopus angusticeps from Shasta County CA

@wildwallacepix Same genus as the Palouse Giant Earthworm. My understanding is that the species taxonomy is not well understood on the west slope of the PNW

I believe Amplaria, western Shasta County CA under woody debris

check the pedipalps (out front) on this immature Hesperonemastoma harvester what Wolff et al 2016 called "sticky whips". the sticky comes from plumose setae with glandular secretions which combine to capture small agile prey items paper here: academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/art…

Double stack of lenticular clouds over the ridges of Mount St. Helens. Absolutely GORGEOUS! Thanks to Becky Hendrick for sharing this photo. #WAwx

Initially, I had NO idea what these tiny alien things were -distracted by the intricate flowery bits, I was even considering fungus!🙄 Once home, a bit of research reveals they're assassin bug eggs🥚The eggs of Sinea spp have fancy corollae -making them look like tiny flowers!🌻

So far, from my Brockadale walk this week we've had hairy cows, hairy flies, a hairy caterpillar, a hairy bee and now it's time for... a Hairy Snail (Trochulus hispidus)!

Dicyrtoma fusca tucking in to dinner. #collembola

Todays arctic chicken :) I did another trip up the mountain today and saw many ptarmigan again! In Abisko National Park

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A closer look at Slug mites 👀

...and here's a portrait of the beast. #staphylinidae #rovebeetles #Plochionocerus