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08.02.2011 16:35, Ele-W

Most of all, I was afraid that it would bite me. redface.gif

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08.02.2011 16:48, Ele-W

Female praying mantis Gyromantis kraussii Sauss. And I'm afraid it's no longer a tenant - it was a parasitic worm, like a hairworm.


Ohconfused.gif, that's creepy! I thought it was just a distraction, like dropping the tail of a lizard, because I couldn't understand how such a large worm could fit inside such a small insect. And why did he suddenly decide to leave it at this very moment?

The bogomolikha, by the way, looked calm and did not change her behavior, but still crawled away calmly and with dignity, periodically looking back at me. I was torn between the wriggling "worm" and the animal itself, crawling back and forth.

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08.02.2011 16:56, Dracus

08.02.2011 16:57, Ele-W

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08.02.2011 17:46, Ele-W

I guess I was lucky. As for the size-they curl up inside the insect, this is not the most extreme example wink.gif


Terrible, how terrible! rolleyes.gif

But isn't it good that the parasite got out and died? The Bogomolikha remained quite alive?

Here, these are the last pictures, then I got distracted by the worm and couldn't find the insect, it was hidden somewhere between the rocks, probably.

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08.02.2011 17:52, Ele-W

The worm wriggled very hard for the first minute, then slower and slower. After 4 and a half minutes, I stopped moving at all. I didn't try to crawl away.

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08.02.2011 17:56, Ele-W

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Robyn Falls, NT, Australia. January.
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08.02.2011 17:57, Ele-W

Female praying mantis Gyromantis kraussii Sauss.


Thank you for the name. smile.gif

08.02.2011 18:02, Ele-W

In the near future, I will try to identify snappers from your photos.


Thank you, I'll be waiting. smile.gif

08.02.2011 19:49, Igor1962

this picture with the mantis and the worm was worth all the previous ones.

08.02.2011 19:59, swerig

Yes, the opening pulls! It was necessary to put a worm in alcohol for science.

08.02.2011 20:00, Alexandr Zhakov

this picture with the mantis and the worm was worth all the previous ones.

You're obviously exaggerating, but the picture is really unique. smile.gif

08.02.2011 20:06, Dracus

08.02.2011 20:54, Kharkovbut

Very small and fussy dragonfly, found in the deciduous shady forest near the stream.
This is a male Nososticta baroalba.

08.02.2011 22:09, Dr. Niko

Yes, hairworms seem to be friends with orthopteroids. But I wonder if they do the same with mantises as they do with other animals. grasshoppers ?

Given that the mantis crawled to the water, a positive answer is likely.

And there are works on the topic - here one of them is .
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09.02.2011 6:38, Ele-W

this picture with the mantis and the worm was worth all the previous ones.


I was so hoping it was something harmless. weep.gif

09.02.2011 6:39, Ele-W

Yes, the opening pulls! It was necessary to put a worm in alcohol for science.


It didn't occur to me to pick up this stuff. A pity.

09.02.2011 6:41, Ele-W

Adult hairworms are aquatic animals. Couldn't crawl to the water and died? confused.gif


I was sitting almost in the water, where you can see how the water flows in a trickle, and next to a large stream of 10 cm. But while fluttering all the time on the sand jumped out. And died.

09.02.2011 6:42, Ele-W

This is a male Nososticta baroalba.


Thanks! smile.gif

09.02.2011 6:52, Ele-W

Yes, hairworms seem to be friends with orthopteroids. But I wonder if they do the same with mantises as they do with other animals. grasshoppers ?

Given that the mantis crawled to the water, a positive answer is likely.


How scary it is to live as an insect. frown.gif

09.02.2011 12:45, Zlopastnyi Brandashmyg

Yes, the opening pulls! It was necessary to put a worm in alcohol for science.


Several times brought - unfortunately, according to the expert, "svezhevyshedshy worm" is almost indeterminate, you need to hold it so that it sheds on the imago!

I quote from memory!

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09.02.2011 18:06, Ele-W

A moth flew into the house.

Ramadasa crystallina (Lower, 1899) ©

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This post was edited by Ele-W-06.03.2011 07: 25
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09.02.2011 18:07, Ele-W

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09.02.2011 18:07, Ele-W

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Darwin, NT, Australia. February.
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09.02.2011 21:04, Pirx

It's beautiful... Is that a dustpan?

10.02.2011 7:20, Ele-W

It's beautiful...


To be honest, in reality it is a rather gray moth with streaks, but the flash highlights it effectively.

10.02.2011 12:41, Ele-W

Termite mounds.

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10.02.2011 12:44, Ele-W

Suddenly, who cares, the road that leads to the termite mounds. At the same time, our weather is clearly visible - rain, rain...

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Umbrawarra Gorge Nature Park, NT, Australia. January.
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10.02.2011 14:13, Ele-W

Very small blue-winged flyers. There are quite a lot of them now under the old palm leaves.

Cicadas Derbidae. ©

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10.02.2011 14:13, Ele-W

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10.02.2011 14:19, Ele-W

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Berry Springs, NT, Australia. January.
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10.02.2011 15:42, Dr. Niko

Very small blue-winged flyers. There are quite a lot of them now under the old palm leaves.

eek.gif Truly uncharted Australian entomofauna!

It looks like a fly-actually two wings, and typical fly antennae with arista. But the family...

10.02.2011 16:46, Arikain

Spiders now:
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" 1. A very small spider.":
I don't know. It seems that it has already been identified.
2. Family Araneidae, probably female.

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3. the same thing, maybe 2 and 3 belong to the same genus, they are very similar.
4.? probably from the Linyphiidae.
5. A very interesting specimen, it seems that it is alive, just so well disguised. Although the pose is not natural and the abdomen is somewhat "crumpled".
6. Possibly Nephilidae. Or Tetragnathidae? Chelicerae on the latter looks like, I do not know if there are such representatives of Nephilidae. Most likely male.
7. Linyphiidae?
8. The same story as with the 6th. Very similar to the knitter-Tetragnathidae. But I still doubt it. It's probably a female.
9. skakunchik-Salticidae
10. Tetragnathidae?
Below is not a spider, "a creature resembling a large ant" in my opinion, an ant is.
What is related to insects, the very bottom of village
1. maybe some kind of spider cover. He must have been hiding inside, or there were eggs laid. Although I can't say for sure, maybe not a spider.

Here with the 6th 8th and 9th I think I figured it out. These are the Tetragnathidae.
Tetragnatha sp. most likely. The site that you mentioned earlier has very similar photos of your spiders. Here
link. The very first one is very similar to the 6th one. It is likely that the 6th and 8th are the same species, only in the 6th photo the male, and in the 8th photo the female. The site, however, does not say anything about them, even before the type is not defined.
And the 5th is not alive maybe from Heteropodidae (Huntsman)? There are similar ones on that site. Although doubtful, in general. So similar, and maybe someone else smile.gif

10.02.2011 19:26, Ilia Ustiantcev

Or maybe this" fly " is actually Homoptera: Derbidae?
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10.02.2011 19:44, Pirx

These are indeed Derbidae cicadas, not flies.
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10.02.2011 21:49, Dr. Niko

Yes, I blurted out foolishly, it happens to me like this. Indeed, the eyes are not fly-like, and the location of the antennae is typically cicadas. I repent. weep.gif smile.gif

11.02.2011 12:55, Ele-W

These are really Derbidae cicadas, not flies.


Thanks! smile.gif

11.02.2011 13:28, Ele-W

Here with the 6th 8th and 9th I think I figured it out. These are the Tetragnathidae.
Tetragnatha sp. most likely. The site that you mentioned earlier has very similar photos of your spiders. Here
link. The very first one is very similar to the 6th one. It is likely that the 6th and 8th are the same species, only in the 6th photo the male, and in the 8th photo the female. The site, however, does not say anything about them, even before the type is not defined.
And the 5th is not alive maybe from Heteropodidae (Huntsman)? There are similar ones on that site. Although doubtful, in general. So similar, or maybe someone else smile.gif


Thank you very much! smile.gif

11.02.2011 15:35, Ele-W

At night, a mare flew to the balcony. Or a mare. I can't call such a monster a filly. It's very big and scary. smile.gif

Acrididae sensu lato. ©

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