Falco rusticolus, better known as the Gyr falcon. Their colouration varies across their distribution. For example Greenland Gyrs are mostly white while ones seen in Nothern Canada can be completely black. #falcons #birdsofprey #birds #nature #wildlife #falconry

One of the most unique things about Choeradodis sp. is that you can actually see the new skin retract from the old in preperation for the final moult. Notice the brown edges where you can see this. #prayingmantis #mantis #insect #bug #macro #nature #wildlife

Kiari, let me see what you have... "A knife!" No!

O gênero Epicadus se divide em dois grupos ou clados: os que mimetizam flores e os que se camuflam nos troncos das árvores. Estas são as espécies do "clado heterogaster", que ocorrem no Brasil. Elas fazem parte do grupo que estudo e, para mim, são as aranhas mais lindas 😍 🌸

Hatchling Xenophasmina sp. "Tam Dao" stick insect. One of my favorite genus's of stick insects, the Uroplatus of the phasmid world. #stickbug #stick #insect #phasmid #macro #wildlife #nature

For this #FossilFriday i'd like to share these stunning Psiloceras planorbis from Lower Jurassic rocks in North Somerset, UK. #ammonite #fossil #jurassic #fossils

Today’s benthic ballet features a munnopsid isopod. This delicate dancer was spotted during the #AtacamaTrenchAncients expedition. An international team was working to characterize the microbial and macrofaunal communities in the surrounding areas of the Atacama Trench.

For this #FossilFriday I'm sharing one of my own finds and preps. An unknown 12mm tooth from the mid Triassic to early Jurassic bone beds of Aust Cliff, Bristol. I'd love an ID, I was thinking croc or plesiosaur maybe? #fossils #plesiosaur #crocodile #reptile

Got some new followers so methinks it's time to reshare my favourite drawing. This dead leaf mantis took over 150 hours...

Kiari falls asleep in my hand when i fuss him, excellent opportunity to show off the back of his eyeball through his ear, as you do... #owls #birds #raptors

Sicarius thomisoides, the Six eyed sand spider. #arachnids #spider

360° rotation lets you visualise how the wrap-around spider conceals itself in the day. When night falls, it builds a bottom half of an orb web that resembles a ladder, just below the branch that it was resting on. Talthybia depressa Thorell, 1898 Singapore

Eva looking rather sorry for herself after having a bath after flying well on a demo. #falconry #hawk

Hatchling leaf insects start out quite dark before their green colouration takes over after a few days. Pictured here is a hatchling a few hours old, one a few days old, and a juvenile female. Cryptophyllium limogesi “Thac Krong Kmar” #leafinsect #leafbug #stickbug

My bird gang, Irwin, Eva, and Kiari, (Boobook owl, Harris Hawk, and Spectacled owl respectively). #falconry #birds #raptors #owl

Some pillbugs are spiky. Makes it a wee bit difficult for predators to get to its vulnerable parts.

This #FossilFriday I give you Dinocephalosaurus orientalis (aka the 'Chinese dragon fossil'), a #Triassic aquatic reptile from Guizhou Province in #China. Just... wow. 😮 Image: National Museums Scotland

孵化したばかりのツノトンボの幼虫。体長2mmの怪物達。多分無印のツノトンボだと思う。