Results tagged “invertebrate” on Earth Touch Blog
Spider and ants at dawn Jun 4 2008
After a good overnight rainstorm in South Africa’s Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve, the Earth-Touch crew set off before sunrise to look for interesting creatures.
Tags: africa, ant, aphid, arachnid, hluhluwe, imfolozi, insect, invertebrate, kwazulu-natal, south africa, spider, symbiosis, webFlickr group: pic of the day – sea slug May 12 2008
This strange creature is a type of nudibranch (a marine mollusc or, colloquially, sea slug). It is referred to by the Latin name Phidiana hiltoni, and is sometimes called a Californian nudibranch or Hilton’s phidiana.
Flickr group: pic of the day – Tailed jay butterfly May 6 2008
The tailed jay butterfly (Graphium agamemnon), also known as the green spotted triangle, tailed green jay or green triangle, is a tropical species of the swallowtail family. It is widely found in Australia, India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia.
Tags: asia, australia, butterfly, flickr, india, insect, invertebrate, photograph, photography, southeast asia, sri lanka, tailed jayDid You Know? Scorpions May 5 2008
Scorpions can be referred to as living fossils, because their form has remained virtually unchanged for the past 400 million years. Yet they have diversified to live on all but one continent (Antarctica) and in such extreme environments as bone-dry deserts, soaking tropical rain forests, at 5 500m (18 600ft) in the Andes and in deep caves 800m (20 000ft) underground.
Flickr group: pic of the day – Hudsonian whiteface Apr 30 2008
The hudsonian whiteface dragonfly (Leucorrhinia hudsonica) is commonly found in the northern United States of America and in much of Canada. Mature males have black and red patterned bodies, while females and immature males are patterned in yellow.
Tags: canada, dragonfly, flickr, hudsonian whiteface, insect, invertebrate, north america, photographyFlickr group: pic of the day – blue-eyed darner Mar 27 2008
The blue-eyed darner dragonfly (Rhionaeschna multicolor) is commonly found in the western United States. It is an insectivore, hunting small insects while flying.
Tags: blue-eyed darner, dragonfly, flickr, insect, invertebrate, north america, photograph, photography, united states of americaSea slugs slide at low tide Mar 18 2008
When it’s dark and the tide’s going out, invertebrates called Peronia peronii (they have no common name) come out to graze on the rocks of the inter-tidal zone.
Tags: africa, algae, feed, indian ocean, inter-tidal zone, invertebrate, kwazulu-natal, marine, peronia peronii, south africa, tideDid you know? Anemones and clownfish Mar 13 2008
Sea anemones are predatory animals, closely related to jellyfish. They live on rocks and reefs in the ocean. There are many types of anemone. Sometimes, many anemones will attach to a reef, together looking like a giant, colourful, underwater carpet.
Tags: anemone, clownfish, fish, gender, indian ocean, invertebrate, ocean, pacific ocean, poison, protect, reef, vertebrateFlickr group: pic of the day – jellyfish Mar 6 2008
This photograph of jellyfish has been chosen as our Earth-Touch Flickr group
“picture of the day”.
New species or knot? Feb 27 2008
As a nature lover and couch biologist, one of the things I would love to do is discover a new species. This little worm of about 15cm (6in) long and 1mm (0.04in) diameter (see next photo for size reference) is my best bet to date!
Tags: africa, dwesa, eastern cape, invertebrate, south africa, wormWildlife news from around the world
Three new salamander species found Jan 29 2008
Scientists have made a thrilling discovery of three new species of salamander in a remote forest reserve in Costa Rica. Two of the species are nocturnal, belonging to the Bolitoglossa genus, while the third is a dwarf variety from the Nototriton family, growing to little longer than a thumbnail. The three new finds bring the number of Costa Rican salamanders known to science to a total of 43.
“Discovering so many new species in one area is exciting, particularly as this is probably the only place in the world you can find these animals,” said Dr Alex Monro of London’s Natural History Museum, who is leading the project.
Tags: amphibian, bolitoglossa genus, colour, costa rica, gland, invertebrate, lizard, london’s natural history museum, nototriton, salamandar, skin, slug, south america, vertebrae, wormDid you know? Dragonflies Jan 2 2008
There are about 5000 different dragonfly species found around the world, about 210 of them in Central and Southern Africa.
Dragonflies and damselflies belong to the order Odonata, characterised by large eyes in proportion to the head and a long, thin abdomen.
Tags: africa, damselfly, invertebrateCluster of life at Gorgonian fan Dec 20 2007
A Gorgonian fan is home to an abundance of life, as seen in the Earth-Touch clip, Cities of the deep.
It is a type of coral, so it is a colony of polyps although it looks like a plant. This specimen, found in deep water in the Indian Ocean off southern Mozambique, has become home to a variety of organisms.
Tags: basket star, gorgonian fan, invertebrate, organismDid you know? Roaches are not that bad Nov 30 2007
Everyone loves to hate cockroaches they are usually considered filthy and are known to cause asthma in children.
But these insects contribute to the earth’s biodiversity; and as omnivores they clean the environment and help in recycling organic litter that would otherwise accumulate.
Tags: amphibian, asia, asthma, bird, cockroach, environmentally friendly, invertebrate, lizard, pest, thailand, thung salaeng luang national parkThis week’s most viewed stories Oct 12 2007
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 05 October to Thursday 11 October 2007) were:
Number 1
Two bull elephants take their time to drink and shower themselves with mud, rumbling contentedly as they amble around between the waterholes.
Tags: brazil, bull, elephant, giant otter, invertebrate, kelp, kwazulu-natal, otter, pantanal, south africa, south america
Our 250th story hits the site! Oct 11 2007
Today Earth-Touch published its 250th story, Seabirds forage in the intertidal zone.
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