adorablespiders:

crouching spider, hidden prey

headlikeanorange:

The Mouse Lemur from Madagascar is not bigger than a human hand, making it the smallest primate. A dozen can share a tree hole to sleep in, which they leave during the night to find food. (Planet Earth - BBC)

dendroica:

Bats by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Recherches pour servir à l’histoire naturelle des mammifères :.
Paris :G. Masson,1868-1874..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39564290

black-tangled-heart:

Photography by Gregory Colbert

speakchinglish:

Frenzy of Exultations,Władysław Podkowiński 1893

ohscience:

Idolomantis Diabolica, common name Devil’s Flower Mantis

ohscience:

transparent animals preserved and dyed

ohscience:

spiny-backed orbweaver spider

(from wikipedia)

ohscience:

madagascan sunset moth

ohscience:

orchid mantis

ohscience:

mantis shrimp

from wikipedia:

Called “sea locusts” by ancient Assyrians, “prawn killers” in Australia and now sometimes referred to as “thumb splitters” — because of the animal’s ability to inflict painful gashes if handled incautiously — mantis shrimp sport powerful claws that they use to attack and kill prey by spearing, stunning or dismemberment. Although it happens rarely, some larger species of mantis shrimp are capable of breaking through aquarium glass with a single strike from this weapon.

ohscience:

the glasswing butterfly often lives at an elevation of 1400 meters

ohscience:

Yellow flower crab spider (Misumena vatia ) on a blue dick (Dichelostemma capitatum)

ohscience:

water droplet containing two mosquito larvae