#Chrysope

[inatarachnids]

Red-bellied Jumping Spider (Philaeus chrysops)

Observed by mani_raab, CC BY-NC

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

Happy Fly Day Friday! Please enjoy this colorfully-eyed deer fly (Chrysops geminatus)

[sitting-on-me-bum]

“The Dreamer – Philaeus chrysops”

“Morning dew, sun and beautiful Philaeus chrysops female walking around her nest. Photo shoot in natural environment. Natural light.”

by Adrian Truchta.

Nature Photography Contest

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[monkeyssalad-blog]

n75_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Historia fisica, politica y natural de la isla de Cuba.. Paris : A. Bertrand, 1838-1861.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8438441

[robotblues]

Deer Fly (Chrysops univittatus) by Sturgis McKeever

[lichenaday]

While I'm out looking for lichens, I also look for other things on occasion. A few of my favorite observations from this year so far:

1. Pseudoplectania nigrella, Ebony cup

2. Romulea variicolor, Maltese sand crocus

3. Anacamptis pyramidalis urvilleana, Maltese pyramidal orchid

4. Tarentola mauritanica, Moorish gecko

5. Testudo hermanni, Hermann's tortoise

6. Latipalpis plana

7. Philaeus chrysops, Red-bellied jumping spider

8. Natrix natrix, Grass snake

9. Salamandra atra, Alpine salamander

10. Cypripedium calceolus, Lady's slipper orchid

[herpsandbirds]

hullo, are there any corvid-like beings in the Buenos Aires area? or any other fascinating creatures

Corvids in Buenos Aires

Corvids are not common in BA, but Plush-crested does occur in the area. The other 2 Argentine species occur to the NW.

Here are the 3 species that live in Argentina:

(All these jays are also found outside of Argentina.)

Plush-crested Jay (Cyanocorax chrysops), family Corvidae, order Passeriformes, found in northern Argentina

Photos: Steve Sanchez & David Monniaux

Azure Jay aka Gralha Azul (Cyanocorax caeruleus), family Corvidae, order Passeriformes, found in NE Argentina

This bird is closely associated with the endangered Paraná Pine, acting as a major seed disperser for this tree.

photos: Dario Lins & Takao Takayama

Purplish Jay (Cyanocorax cyanomelas), family Corvidae, order Passeriformes, found in northern Argentina

photos: Bernard DuPont & Matthew Grub

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Now, you could make the case that some of the blackbirds are vaguely Corvid-like (especially if you think of crows and ravens when you think of Corvids). Here's a couple that are found in Buenos Aires...

Screaming Cowbird (Molothrus rufoaxillaris), family Icteridae, order Passeriformes, found in northern and central Argentina

photograph by Claudio Dias Timm

Yellow-winged Blackbird (Agelasticus thilius), family Icteridae, order Passeriformes, found throughout much of Argentina

photograph by D. Faulder

[noseysilverfox]

May 2024

🥀Red-bellied jumping spider (lat. Philaeus chrysops) is a jumping spider, harmless to humans. It lives among hawthorn thickets and other shrubs. Typically, its body matches the color of the bark, while the bright coloring of its abdomen and legs resembles the hue of hawthorn berries. Jumping spiders are active during the day and primarily rely on their vision.

These spiders have a well-developed internal hydraulic system, which enables them to leap great distances — far beyond the length of their own bodies🕷

🥀Скакун боярышниковый (лат. Philaeus chrysops) — паук-скакун, не опасен для человека. Обитает в зарослях боярышника и других кустарников. Как правило, тело паука сходно по оттенку с цветом коры, а яркий окрас брюшка и лапок — с цветом плодов боярышника. Скакун активный в дневное время и полагается в первую очередь на зрение.

У данных пауков хорошо развита внутренняя гидравлическая система, что позволяет им прыгать на большие расстояния, намного превышающие размер их собственного тела🕷

[ranchwamen]

Last of my three pun drawings for a biology magazine! Featuring a Episyrphus balteatus -hoverfly, a housefly, and a Chrysops caecutiens -deer fly.

"Kaksi kärpästä yhdellä iskurepliikillä" means "two flies with one pickup line". It is a variation of "kaksi kärpästä yhdellä iskulla", which literally means "two flies with one strike", but is in fact the Finnish version of the idiom "two birds with one stone".

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Word List: Fly

beautiful words with "fly" for your next poem/story

Alderfly - any of numerous insects (order Megaloptera) of the genus Sialis or related genera having aquatic larvae that are used for bait

Catchfly - any of various plants (as of the genera Lychnis and Silene) of the pink family often with viscid stems

Damselfly - any of numerous odonate insects (suborder Zygoptera) distinguished from dragonflies by laterally projecting eyes and usually stalked wings folded above the body when at rest

Deerfly - any of numerous small horseflies (as of the genus Chrysops) that include important vectors of tularemia

Flowerfly - a syrphid fly (i.e., any of numerous active day-flying flies that constitute the family Syrphidae, frequent flowers and feed on nectar, vary greatly in form and coloration but generally have a spurious longitudinal vein near the middle of each wing, often mimic bees or wasps and have the abdomen banded with yellow, and produce larvae which feed on decaying organic matter or are predaceous on plant lice)

Flybane - any of several plants considered to be destructive to houseflies (as a catchfly or the fly agaric)

Flybridge - an open deck on a cabin cruiser located above the bridge on the cabin roof and usually having a duplicate set of navigating equipment

Flyflower - dutchman's-breeches

Flyleaf - one of the free endpapers of a book

Flypaper - paper coated with a sticky often poisonous substance for killing flies

Flyspeck - a speck made by fly excrement; something small and insignificant

Greenfly - aphid i.e., any of numerous very small soft-bodied homopterous insects (superfamily Aphidoidea) that suck the juices of plants

Medfly - Mediterranean fruit fly i.e., a small widely distributed yellowish-brown dipteran fly (Ceratitis capitata) with a banded abdomen whose larva lives and feeds in ripening fruit

Sandfly - any of various small biting dipteran flies (especially genus Phlebotomus of the family Psychodidae)

Whitefly - any of numerous small homopterous insects (family Aleyrodidae) that are injurious plant pests

If any of these words inspire your writing, do tag me or send me a link. I'd love to read your work!

More: Word Lists

[inatarachnids]

Red-bellied Jumping Spider (Philaeus chrysops)

Observed by siberian_birdguide, CC BY-NC

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A twin-lobed deerfly (Chrysops relictus). Like mosquitoes, egg development in the adult female requires a blood meal from cattle, horses or deer. The males are often seen on flowers while feeding on nectar.

Photograph: Marc Brouwer/Royal Entomological Society

Insect Week Photography Awards

[monkeyssalad-blog]

n75_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Historia fisica, politica y natural de la isla de Cuba.. Paris : A. Bertrand, 1838-1861.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8438441

[snototter]

Cobblestone lichen (Acarospora chrysops), Broxton Rocks Preserve, Georgia, USA

by Alan Cressler

[herpsandbirds]

Your blog is a delight! I love it so much. Thanks, Paxon!

Got any jays for me? I'm particularly interested in jays that aren't from North America or Europe. Thank you!

Thank you so much Kumquat.

I can think of a few jays for you...

Black-headed Jay (Garrulus lanceolatus), family Corvidae, Sattal, Uttarakhand, India

photograph by Ashesh Bharadwaj

Inca Jay (Cyanocorax yncas), family Corvidae, order Passeriformes, found in South America

The Green Jay (Cyanocorax luxuosus), from North America, and the Inca Jay were once thought to be one species, but they are now separated into 2 species.

photograph by @afbirdspics

Plush-crested Jay (Cyanocorax chrysops), family Corvidae, South America

Photograph by Steve Sanchez

Turquoise Jay (Cyanolyca turcosa), family Corvidae, order Passeriformes, Quijos, Ecuador

photograph by Lindsay Kennon (@lindsay_naturephotos)

White-tailed Jay (Cyanocorax mystacalis), family Corvidae, Passeriformes, Ecuador

Photograph by @birdtrips_ecuador