Tropical pitcher smorgasbord, things that caught my eye after coming back from Arizona.
#nepenthes #carnivorousplants #botany #horticulture #plants
#nepenthes #carnivorousplants #botany #horticulture #plants
September 29, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Tropical pitcher smorgasbord, things that caught my eye after coming back from Arizona.
#nepenthes #carnivorousplants #botany #horticulture #plants
#nepenthes #carnivorousplants #botany #horticulture #plants
This week on #MonographMonday, we have a plate from the second instalment of Thomas Davidson's fossil brachiopod monographs. This time its fossils from the Cretaceous! This plate features species from several genera: Crania, Thecidea and Lingula.
#brachiopoda #cretaceous
#brachiopoda #cretaceous
September 28, 2026 at 8:44 AM
This week on #MonographMonday, we have a plate from the second instalment of Thomas Davidson's fossil brachiopod monographs. This time its fossils from the Cretaceous! This plate features species from several genera: Crania, Thecidea and Lingula.
#brachiopoda #cretaceous
#brachiopoda #cretaceous
N. truncata pasian red BE-3203, N. villosa x robcantleyi BE 4079, N. bicalcarata (Orange x Red) CAR - 0268, N. clipeata AW clone U
September 20, 2026 at 9:17 PM
N. truncata pasian red BE-3203, N. villosa x robcantleyi BE 4079, N. bicalcarata (Orange x Red) CAR - 0268, N. clipeata AW clone U
Watering day: N. runcata (d) x 'Trusmadiensis', N. x trusmadiensis Clone 02 AW, N. naga x truncata C CAR-0178, N. lowii (Murud) BCP N2005 sg
September 20, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Watering day: N. runcata (d) x 'Trusmadiensis', N. x trusmadiensis Clone 02 AW, N. naga x truncata C CAR-0178, N. lowii (Murud) BCP N2005 sg
was pleasantly surprised by a little maughanii, then saw truncata being stupid about blooming as this specimen always does
#plantsky #succulents #haworthia
#plantsky #succulents #haworthia
September 17, 2026 at 4:53 PM
was pleasantly surprised by a little maughanii, then saw truncata being stupid about blooming as this specimen always does
#plantsky #succulents #haworthia
#plantsky #succulents #haworthia
N. eymae BE-3736, N. glandulifera x Trusmadiensis, N. lowii x boschiana EP, N. truncata x biak(insignis) EP
September 13, 2026 at 3:00 AM
N. eymae BE-3736, N. glandulifera x Trusmadiensis, N. lowii x boschiana EP, N. truncata x biak(insignis) EP
Got myself a nice lil Nep truncata of some sort
September 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Got myself a nice lil Nep truncata of some sort
Haworthia truncata, commonly called the “Horse’s Teeth,” features thick, fleshy, rectangular leaves arranged in opposite rows, giving the appearance of a row of green, squared-off teeth. It's unique, but don't tell friends you buried your horse.
September 11, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Haworthia truncata, commonly called the “Horse’s Teeth,” features thick, fleshy, rectangular leaves arranged in opposite rows, giving the appearance of a row of green, squared-off teeth. It's unique, but don't tell friends you buried your horse.
Wednesday 9th September
Common Marbled Carpet 'Dysstroma truncata' (Lambhill Stables)
I usually find loads of these but this year they've been a bit thin on the ground.
#teammoth
Common Marbled Carpet 'Dysstroma truncata' (Lambhill Stables)
I usually find loads of these but this year they've been a bit thin on the ground.
#teammoth
September 10, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Wednesday 9th September
Common Marbled Carpet 'Dysstroma truncata' (Lambhill Stables)
I usually find loads of these but this year they've been a bit thin on the ground.
#teammoth
Common Marbled Carpet 'Dysstroma truncata' (Lambhill Stables)
I usually find loads of these but this year they've been a bit thin on the ground.
#teammoth
Generally these partnership develop over very long time scales, allowing both partners to specialize. The frog would have specialized adaptations like digestive enzymes, olfactory sensitivity.
This just seems like a new thing, promoted by the unique coastal biome of Brazil.
(📷: Projeto Mantis)
This just seems like a new thing, promoted by the unique coastal biome of Brazil.
(📷: Projeto Mantis)
September 4, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Generally these partnership develop over very long time scales, allowing both partners to specialize. The frog would have specialized adaptations like digestive enzymes, olfactory sensitivity.
This just seems like a new thing, promoted by the unique coastal biome of Brazil.
(📷: Projeto Mantis)
This just seems like a new thing, promoted by the unique coastal biome of Brazil.
(📷: Projeto Mantis)
The seeds from the un-chomped fruit pass through the frog & germinate in new locations.
So seed dispersal & pollination in one partner: Brazilian flowering plants made a good deal!
But it begs the question: how did this get started & why isn't it more common?
So seed dispersal & pollination in one partner: Brazilian flowering plants made a good deal!
But it begs the question: how did this get started & why isn't it more common?
A tree frog linked to flowers
Xenohyla truncata, commonly known as the Izecksohn's Brazilian Tree Frog, may not seem particularly unusual, but this unique species is the only known frugivorous frog in the world. The species, one o...
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September 4, 2026 at 1:16 PM
The seeds from the un-chomped fruit pass through the frog & germinate in new locations.
So seed dispersal & pollination in one partner: Brazilian flowering plants made a good deal!
But it begs the question: how did this get started & why isn't it more common?
So seed dispersal & pollination in one partner: Brazilian flowering plants made a good deal!
But it begs the question: how did this get started & why isn't it more common?
The contents of X. truncata's stomach have been found to contain seeds, whole undigested fruits, sand (suggesting they're eating from the ground) & nectar.
They've been observed climbing into milk fruit flowers, lapping up sweet nectar (with "suction-like movements") & carrying away pollen grains.
They've been observed climbing into milk fruit flowers, lapping up sweet nectar (with "suction-like movements") & carrying away pollen grains.
September 4, 2026 at 1:16 PM
The contents of X. truncata's stomach have been found to contain seeds, whole undigested fruits, sand (suggesting they're eating from the ground) & nectar.
They've been observed climbing into milk fruit flowers, lapping up sweet nectar (with "suction-like movements") & carrying away pollen grains.
They've been observed climbing into milk fruit flowers, lapping up sweet nectar (with "suction-like movements") & carrying away pollen grains.
Izecksohn’s Brazilian tree frog (Xenohyla truncata) is the only known frugivorous frog & now we think it may be the only pollinating amphibian.
But here's a trick: how do you eat fruit with only teeny-tiny maxillary teeth?
Easy, you just swallow the fruit whole.
But here's a trick: how do you eat fruit with only teeny-tiny maxillary teeth?
Easy, you just swallow the fruit whole.
It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant, researchers reported in 2023.
Learn more on #NationalWildlifeDay: https://scim.ag/4riUU1G
Learn more on #NationalWildlifeDay: https://scim.ag/4riUU1G
September 4, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Izecksohn’s Brazilian tree frog (Xenohyla truncata) is the only known frugivorous frog & now we think it may be the only pollinating amphibian.
But here's a trick: how do you eat fruit with only teeny-tiny maxillary teeth?
Easy, you just swallow the fruit whole.
But here's a trick: how do you eat fruit with only teeny-tiny maxillary teeth?
Easy, you just swallow the fruit whole.
Taxonomia
Reino: Plantae
Filo: Tracheophyta
Classe: Liliopsida
Ordem: Asparagales
Família: Iridaceae
Gênero: Trimezia
22 registros no Brasil · 22 no mundo
Fonte: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1478331
Reino: Plantae
Filo: Tracheophyta
Classe: Liliopsida
Ordem: Asparagales
Família: Iridaceae
Gênero: Trimezia
22 registros no Brasil · 22 no mundo
Fonte: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1478331
Trimezia truncata
Trimezia truncata is a species of plants with 22 observations
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September 2, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Taxonomia
Reino: Plantae
Filo: Tracheophyta
Classe: Liliopsida
Ordem: Asparagales
Família: Iridaceae
Gênero: Trimezia
22 registros no Brasil · 22 no mundo
Fonte: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1478331
Reino: Plantae
Filo: Tracheophyta
Classe: Liliopsida
Ordem: Asparagales
Família: Iridaceae
Gênero: Trimezia
22 registros no Brasil · 22 no mundo
Fonte: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1478331
Mais registrada em: MG
Floração: janeiro
Também chamada de Ruibarbo-do-campo
Floração: janeiro
Também chamada de Ruibarbo-do-campo
September 2, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Mais registrada em: MG
Floração: janeiro
Também chamada de Ruibarbo-do-campo
Floração: janeiro
Também chamada de Ruibarbo-do-campo
🌱Íris-truncada
🌎Trimezia truncata
Espécie endêmica do Brasil
📷 Carlos Otávio Gussoni, Juliana A. de Oliveira, Pedro Quinellato Dantas e Nadja Simbera Hemetrio
🌎Trimezia truncata
Espécie endêmica do Brasil
📷 Carlos Otávio Gussoni, Juliana A. de Oliveira, Pedro Quinellato Dantas e Nadja Simbera Hemetrio
September 2, 2026 at 11:51 AM
🌱Íris-truncada
🌎Trimezia truncata
Espécie endêmica do Brasil
📷 Carlos Otávio Gussoni, Juliana A. de Oliveira, Pedro Quinellato Dantas e Nadja Simbera Hemetrio
🌎Trimezia truncata
Espécie endêmica do Brasil
📷 Carlos Otávio Gussoni, Juliana A. de Oliveira, Pedro Quinellato Dantas e Nadja Simbera Hemetrio
Watering day pics: N. MSLRV, N. boschiana x clipeata CAR 0487, N. glandulifera x veitchii, N. truncata rippled leaves x veitchii red tiger RE 0103
August 30, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Watering day pics: N. MSLRV, N. boschiana x clipeata CAR 0487, N. glandulifera x veitchii, N. truncata rippled leaves x veitchii red tiger RE 0103
1.5” spotted fish caught from a drain in front of a house
https://www.flakefood.com/902403/1-5-spotted-fish-caught-from-a-drain-in-front-of-a-house/
T. truncata Posted by ThenAcanthocephala57
https://www.flakefood.com/902403/1-5-spotted-fish-caught-from-a-drain-in-front-of-a-house/
T. truncata Posted by ThenAcanthocephala57
1.5” spotted fish caught from a drain in front of a house - Flake Food
T. truncata
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August 28, 2026 at 5:00 PM
1.5” spotted fish caught from a drain in front of a house
https://www.flakefood.com/902403/1-5-spotted-fish-caught-from-a-drain-in-front-of-a-house/
T. truncata Posted by ThenAcanthocephala57
https://www.flakefood.com/902403/1-5-spotted-fish-caught-from-a-drain-in-front-of-a-house/
T. truncata Posted by ThenAcanthocephala57
Cinco vaga-lumes amazônicos entraram para a ciência em uma revisão que encontrou antenas bifurcadas inéditas entre seus…
https://revistaamazonia.com.br/cinco-vaga-lumes-amazonicos-entraram-para-a-ciencia-em-uma-revisao-que-encontrou-antenas-bifurcadas-ineditas-entre-seus-parentes-luminosos/
https://revistaamazonia.com.br/cinco-vaga-lumes-amazonicos-entraram-para-a-ciencia-em-uma-revisao-que-encontrou-antenas-bifurcadas-ineditas-entre-seus-parentes-luminosos/
Cinco vaga-lumes amazônicos entraram para a ciência em uma revisão que encontrou antenas bifurcadas inéditas entre seus parentes luminosos
Uma revisão taxonômica de vaga-lumes sul-americanos produziu uma cena que parece inventada: besouros luminosos com antenas divididas em ramificações, como pequenos pentes duplos, guardados durante anos em coleções. O trabalho descreveu sete espécies novas no conjunto estudado e registrou as primeiras cinco espécies amazônicas do gênero Scissicauda: S. antennata, S. aurata, S. gomesi, S. jamari e S. truncata. Entre os caracteres mais incomuns apareceram antenas biflabeladas em espécies relacionadas, isto é, segmentos com dois prolongamentos em forma de lâmina ou ramo. Segundo a revisão, esse desenho não era conhecido entre os Photinini, a tribo de vaga-lumes à qual pertencem.
revistaamazonia.com.br
August 27, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Cinco vaga-lumes amazônicos entraram para a ciência em uma revisão que encontrou antenas bifurcadas inéditas entre seus…
https://revistaamazonia.com.br/cinco-vaga-lumes-amazonicos-entraram-para-a-ciencia-em-uma-revisao-que-encontrou-antenas-bifurcadas-ineditas-entre-seus-parentes-luminosos/
https://revistaamazonia.com.br/cinco-vaga-lumes-amazonicos-entraram-para-a-ciencia-em-uma-revisao-que-encontrou-antenas-bifurcadas-ineditas-entre-seus-parentes-luminosos/
There wasn't much in the trap this morning. I'm assuming the #moths are also feeling the change in weather because it felt chilly when I went outside. Still, I got a Rusty-dot Pearl, which is new for the year, and a second Frosted Orange.
This Common Marbled Carpet is from yesterday. #teammoth
This Common Marbled Carpet is from yesterday. #teammoth
August 21, 2026 at 7:23 AM
forgot these two: N. ((‘Rokko’ × boschiana) × veitchii) × veitchii (m), N. truncata rippled leaves x veitchii red tiger RE 0103
August 15, 2026 at 10:30 PM
forgot these two: N. ((‘Rokko’ × boschiana) × veitchii) × veitchii (m), N. truncata rippled leaves x veitchii red tiger RE 0103
N. spectabilis x ventricosa BE-3745, N. villosa x veitchii BE 4016, N. truncata x [(ventricosa x sibuyanensis) x Trusmadiensis], N. (veitchii x allardii)(3) x (SOM x LVB) CAR 0959
August 15, 2026 at 9:16 PM
N. spectabilis x ventricosa BE-3745, N. villosa x veitchii BE 4016, N. truncata x [(ventricosa x sibuyanensis) x Trusmadiensis], N. (veitchii x allardii)(3) x (SOM x LVB) CAR 0959
N. x briggsiana ‘Peter D’Amato’ x edwardsiana “Giant” CalCarn sg, N. rafflesiana x trusmadiensis sg EP, N. truncata x peltata "Red Phantom", N. x Red Dragon x Redonkulas
August 15, 2026 at 9:16 PM
N. x briggsiana ‘Peter D’Amato’ x edwardsiana “Giant” CalCarn sg, N. rafflesiana x trusmadiensis sg EP, N. truncata x peltata "Red Phantom", N. x Red Dragon x Redonkulas