#arthropods #arachnids #spiders
#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #usa just surfaced:
Stygobromus scottsruni
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BA981DA7-931D-5FA6-AD9D-69A285054C42
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.57.188080
#SubterraneanBiology #StygobromusScottsruni
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fauna #invertebrates #arthropods #crustaceae #amphipoda #amphipods
I was about to squish this "blackfly" on the window for fish food but something made me grab the macro lens: a 3 mm small (Zebra?) Jumping Spider baby caught an even smaller insect.
A whip scorpion (nearly-dead, alas) was lying on the porch outside after dinner. (I didn't flip it over, it was like this when we returned from our walk.)