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Green-veined satin geometer moth, Doratoptera nicevillei, Geometridae

Found sporadically throughout mainland Asia

Gnathophausia ingens

…sometimes known as the “giant red mysid” G. ingens is a species of lophogastrid crustacean that boasts a pan-tropical distribution. G. ingens is usually found mid-water and feeds on other (smaller) crustaceans. If threatened G. ingens is capable of releasing a bioluminescent fluid which will distract the potential predator giving G. ingens a few seconds to get away.

Classification

Animalia-Arthropoda-Crustacea-Malacostraca-Lophogastrida-Gnathophausiidae-Gnathophausia-G. ingens

Talking on Ash - Jake Fischer , 2014.

American, b. 1985  -

Barn owls in the Peak District, UK. Barn owl breeding season has lasted longer than usual this year thanks to the bad weather

Drinking horn with gilded copper mounts, Europe, 15th century

Lots of species will go all out to land a mate, but few courtship routines are as elaborate as that of the Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)! Males craft elaborate nest-like structures, known as bowers, to attract a mate. Male bowerbirds build with sticks, then festoon the front terraces of their bowers with shiny or colored objects, often vivid blue. Ornaments range from natural treasures like fresh flowers, feathers, and cicada wings to bits of plastic like caps from ballpoint pens! Some satin bowerbirds mix plant material with saliva and spread this “paint” on bower walls. If a female admires a bower, she enters it and watches the male dance with a favorite trinket in his bill.

Roman mosaic, 2nd century AD, depicting a choir of children singing sacred songs, from the Temple of Diana Tifatina, now Basilica of Sant'Angelo in Formis, Capua. Italy.