Owls spotting in Delhi contrasting expressions - a barn owl, sleepy as ever and a spotted owlet with an unflinching gaze and turning its head around almost 360 degrees, I think it should be called spotting owl since it spots you before you do so.
Mexican red knee tarantula says goodbye to her old skin that was sold last night.
Nothing was collected or killed for the purpose of creating my Ethical Ento-Mounts. These are molts and specimens from my captive breedings that died of natural causes.
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This ichneumonid wasp has located it's parasitic host beetle larvae deep in the heartwood of this branch, and in inserting its ovipositor to deposit a single egg into the beetle grub. We know what happens next... 😁
Ok, I see there's some interest in these moths, so it's worthwhile to explain why they choose this pose.
Moth use different tactics to avoid predation: camouflage, warning colors, eye spots, foul odors, mimicry, and even fluffy hairs that make them hard to swallow. ->
I used to think #Goa politics was crazy. Today #MaharashtraPolitics beat it hands down. Now I'm not even sure who's in and who's out and honestly, I dont care any more. After all, now there's no difference in the parties' ideologies and composition anyway!
The Prey Predator Relationship explains interaction between two species where one feeds on another one. The Prey-Predator relationship tells us that a Tiger approx has successful kill in every 20 attempts this video is proof of the challenges in forest & unsuccessful attempts.
Blue bulls, Smog and the winter migrant, a Short Eared Owl. A landscape image from Sultanpur National Park, (Haryana) by fellow birder, Arvind Yadav. A few decades ago, we enjoyed similar looking winter fog. How we've scarred nature. And each other. #nature#AirPolution