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± 40 mm - mostly black/blue with orange upper hind legs
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This was was about 4. cm long.
During a rainforest thunderstorm I had the pleasure of watching this little ...
Noisy and common around the lodge in the gardens
The Little Spiderhunter (Arachnothera ...
This tiny bird makes a loud whistling call when disturbed or when foraging. The ...
Unlike typical sunbirds, males and females are very similar in plumage. They ...
Small bird with a really long beak. It kept getting chased off the Bird of ...
The Spectacled Spiderhunter is the largest ...
The spiderhunters are birds of the genus ...
Females hunt Orb-web spiders (Araneidae), capturing the spider in its web, to ...
legs don't seem quite right. Bill is too short for
Juvenile perhaps, what little yellow below could be a reflection. Pale throat ...
The distinctive long beak set it apart from other sunbirds. The sexes are alike ...
Thrilled to have this amazing event take place right in the middle of the path ...
This is a member of the Pompilidae family, Hymenoptera. These
back is open, and if anything dangerous shows up, such as a
Saw the movement and ran for my camera. It kept moving and flying short ...
cm, with each individual fruit hairy and green-red. Pollinated mainly by
A magnificent wasp about 30 to 35 mm long. It was especially striking when ...
launch a lightning fast attack on their unsuspecting victims. The disguise ...
Cinnyris jugularis Linnaeus, 1766 or synonym Nectarinia jugularis (Linnaeus, ...
the spider-hunting wasps, but the long ...
Jumping spiders are among the easiest to distinguish from similar spider ...
