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Birds of the World

There are over 10,000 living species of birds on the planet. They can be found in ecosystems across ...

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Butterflies & Moths of the World

Butterflies and Moths are insects of the order Lepidoptera. Their brilliant colors have inspired ...

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity

Millions of city-dwellers walk their local streets every day, but many overlook the multitude of ...

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Mission WILD

The WILD Foundation works to protect & interconnect at least half of the planet’s land & water to ...

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Moths of the World

Moths? Yes: a world of sphinxes, hawks, owls, tigers, and scary eyes, all waiting for you outside ...

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Flowers of North America

We want you to help us build a photo collection of flowers from around the world. Show us what ...

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Mushroom Mapping

Mushroom ecology is a pivotal orientation point for exploring urban systems. Help us gather ...

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International Spider Survey

Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs. The International Society of Arachnology ...

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Biodiversidad en España/Spain

Habitat: Indicar el sitio donde se encontró (campo, montaña, lago, mar, río...) Habitat: Enter the ...

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The Color Red

The color red is a bold color that represents passion. We would like to create a collection of ...

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Global Flight

To create a magnificent collection of images of your favourite fliers. Not just birds, but bats, ...

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Global Dragonflies & Damselflies

Dragonflies and damselflies are agile insects of the order Odonata. With a worldwide distribution ...

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Nature in Yellow

It would be so interesting to see all the yellow flowers, fruits, insects, animals of the world.

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Flowers of Europe

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Spotting favorited by John B. Alaminos, Ilocos Region, Philippines an hour ago

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Spotting commented on by John B. Alaminos, Ilocos Region, Philippines an hour ago

Hi mnc2113,
What a wonderful spotting! When I first looked for this one in my bird book, I almost sent you the wrong I.D. because in the book, it was shown as Riparia paludicola (Plain Martin). Then I checked with Wikipedia and was surprised to see that the Plain Martin had be re-classified and split into two species - the Brown-throated Martin (Riparia paludicola), found in Africa and Madagascar and the Grey-throated Martin (Riparia chinensis), found in Asia. So, then I checked Riparia chinensis (in Wiki) which confirmed that R. chinensis is the one in Northern Philippines. Problem solved. So, I not only enjoyed seeing your great spotting, but I learned from it also. Thank you, mnc2113

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Spotting suggestion by John B. Alaminos, Ilocos Region, Philippines an hour ago

Common name: Gray-throated Martin
Scientific name: Riparia chinensis
Wikipedia: Grey-throated martin - Wikipedia

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Spotting spotted by mnc2113 Alaminos, Ilocos Region, Philippines 2 hours ago

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Signature Spider spotted by John B. Lat: 15.46 Lon: 119.92 6 hours ago

Argiope luzona (Walckenaer, 1842). This is a young female Signature Spider (Argiope luzona). There is nothing out of the ordinary going on in this picture. When it was taken at around 4:00 p.m. the spider was motionless, but vigilant, waiting for some unfortunate insect to fly into the web. However, sometime during the previous night, this little spider created a perfect example of a web decoration which is called a Four-armed Discontinuous Cruciate Stabilimentum. The arms are almost all the same length (remember spiders don't have any rulers or measuring tapes) and they are all pretty much at right angles to each other (spiders don't have protractors either). The zigzags are fairly uniform, definately better than most people could do with a pencil and paper. So, the whole thing, at least in my opinion, demonstrates considerable intelligence, excellent memory, a great deal of skill and a strong sense of purpose. Not bad for such a small creature.

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Spotting favorited by John B. San Lorenzo, Zacapa, Guatemala 8 hours ago

Some type of Lubber grasshopper?

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