Penstemon arenicola, our Sand Penstemon, blooming at Scotty's house but native to the Western Slope #nativeplants
Penstemon arenicola, our Sand Penstemon, blooming at Scotty's house but native to the Western Slope #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to April 23 🌿
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to April 23 🌿
Kroužkovce pískovníka rybářského alias Arenicola marina.
Auguste Le Roux, CC BY SA 3.0.
Kroužkovce pískovníka rybářského alias Arenicola marina.
Auguste Le Roux, CC BY SA 3.0.
#drosera #sundew #carnivorousplants #botany #plants
#drosera #sundew #carnivorousplants #botany #plants
#wildoz #wildflowers #naturephotography #IBrakeForWildflowers #wildflowers #nativeplants #wildflowerphotography #orchids
#wildoz #wildflowers #naturephotography #IBrakeForWildflowers #wildflowers #nativeplants #wildflowerphotography #orchids
Dancing white lady spider
Leucorchestris arenicola
Araneae: Sparassidae
Observed in Gobabeb, Namibia
By Brent Sinclair (coldbugs.com), New York, USA
#arthropodPOTW
Dancing white lady spider
Leucorchestris arenicola
Araneae: Sparassidae
Observed in Gobabeb, Namibia
By Brent Sinclair (coldbugs.com), New York, USA
#arthropodPOTW
The worm itself is buried in the sand in a U-shaped burrow between the cast and the hole. They suck in the sand, with their mouths, through the hole and eat the algae growing on it before passing it out their rear ends to form a "sand cast".
The worm itself is buried in the sand in a U-shaped burrow between the cast and the hole. They suck in the sand, with their mouths, through the hole and eat the algae growing on it before passing it out their rear ends to form a "sand cast".
Initially seen in poor weather and post submission we discovered it’s also carrying a geo-locator from @globalflyway.bsky.social you can follow Arenicola’s progress on the globalflyways network website
"Lives in low desert with scattered shrubs such as creosote bush, tarbush and snakeweed, on gravelly or rocky soils. Eat insects & small mice."
www.mammalsociety.org/chihuahuan-g...
"Lives in low desert with scattered shrubs such as creosote bush, tarbush and snakeweed, on gravelly or rocky soils. Eat insects & small mice."
www.mammalsociety.org/chihuahuan-g...