Squire Jaybird

it's always convenient when a camouflaged crab spider catches the most conspicuous prey imaginable to help you notice what you normally wouldn't. the sneaky beast in question that caught this unsneaky Lucilia is, most likely, an undescribed misumenine i've talked about before

Random fact: Although jumping spiders can't move their eyes, they can move their retinas to change their field of view. It's as if they're looking through a window.

If the spider is clear enough, you can even see the retinas moving through the cephalothorax:

American Robins (Turdus migratorius), EAT THE TASTY BERRIES!!!, family Turdidae, order Passeriformes, Central Park, NYC, NY, USA

The last photo has a European Starling in the bakcground.

Giraffe big-jawed spider, Dolichognatha sp.? Tetragnathidae

Photographed in Singapore by Nicky Bay // Website // Facebook

I spotted the mum a week or two beforehand while wandering in hurricane weather (as one does?), and kept coming back in hopes of seeing babies. Was not disappointed 💚

Large Frogmouth (Batrachostomus auritus), parent with chick, family Podargidae, Malaysia