Leucistic Red Tail Hawk

some recent springtail observations

i love Opiliones!!! you may know that they're not spiders (Aranea) , but you may not know why they're not spiders-- these pictures provide an excellent couple examples!

unlike Aranea, Opiliones have less than eight eyes (up to six). the connection between the cephalothorax (head) and the abdomen (bulbous back part) is much less defined, lending them a more circular body shape than spiders. they do not have silk or venom glands-- their mouthparts are more suited to chewing than piercing. overall very cute and fun arachnids!

now go appreciate your local harvestmen and marvel at the world !

We really are sleeping on harvestmen. They're so cool, and most people don't know about any besides the common daddy long legs!

Amazonian harvestman (Protimesius sp.)

Callcosma sp. from Ecuador

Rilaena triangularis

Spiny harvestman (Propachylus singularis)

Bunny harvestman (Metagryne bicolumnata)

make sparbossa sweep!!! it's my birthday i deserve a gift

Do you ship it?

This magnificent boat-tailed grackle strutting around in the sunlight… he knows what he’s doing here

i will defend that fictional teenage girl with my life. i literally don’t even care what she did. you would’ve done it too if you were her she’s probably handling things better than you would in her shoes

Red-tailed Comet (Sappho sparganurus), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, Argentina

If you noticed the generic name, you might also be interested to know that the subfamily is Lesbiinae.

photograph by Birding Ecotours

big fan of "one william" as a quantity. keep it up

dracula daily is happening and it's awesome so let's all celebrate lucy/mina

"If Mr. Holmwood fell in love with her seeing her only in the drawing-room, I wonder what he would say if he saw her now." that's not very heterosexual of you girl. <3

Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

still so insane to me that the term “murder husbands” was used in canon. freddie lounds was just straight up calling them gay in the newspaper.