126/150: Platyhelminthes – A diverse group of parasites and regenerators!
Animalia: Platyhelminthes Claus, 1887 Platyhelminthes, also known as flatworms, are an extremely successful phylum with ...
125/150: Dead Man’s Fingers – Don’t be scared, I help the environment!
Fungi: Asomycota: Sordariomycetes: Xylariales: Xylariaceae: Xylaria: Xylaria polymorpha (Greville, 1824) Contrary to its creepy common ...
124/150: Good Indicators of Water Quality, True Facts about the Fishfly
Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Megaloptera: Corydalidae: Nigronia serricornis (Say 1824) Nigronia serricornis is neither a fish ...
123/150: The European earwig may be a pest to us, but at least they have good mothers
Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Dermaptera: Forficulidae: Forficula auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) The European earwig is an introduced ...
122/150: Happy Hagfish Day!
Animalia: Chordata: Myxini: Myxiniformes: Myxinidae: Eptatretinae: Eptatretus: Eptatretus stoutii (Lockington, 1878) The Pacific Hagfish is ...
121/150: A tale of springtails
Animalia: Arthropoda: Collembola: Entomobryomorpha: Entomobryidae: Entomobrya: Entomobrya gisini (Christiansen, 1958) Slender springtails are tiny, abundant ...
120/150: Nematodes, one of the most abundant organisms on Earth
Animalia: Nematoda: Chromadorea: Rhabditida (Diesing, 1861) Nematodes, aka roundworms, are extremely successful organisms that have ...
119/150: Blue Bee or not Blue Bee… The unsung heroes of orchard pollination
Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Hymenoptera: Megachilidae: Osmia: Osmia lignaria Say 1837 When you think of important ...
118/150: A snake that plays possum
Animalia: Chordata: Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae: Dipsadinae: Heterodon: Heterodon platirhinos (Latreille, 1801) The eastern hognose snake ...
117/150: Just out of sight-The commonly overlooked Western Redback Salamander
Animalia: Chordata: Amphibia: Caudata: Plethodontidae: Plethodontinae: Plethodon: Plethodon vehiculum (Cooper, 1860) The western redback salamander ...
116/150: The questionable habits of the Question Mark Butterfly
Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae: Polygonia: Polygonia interrogationis (Fabricius 1798) When thinking of territorial ...
115/150: The Giant Puffball is right out of a fairytale!
Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Agaricaceae: Calvatia: Calvatia gigantea (Batsch) Lloyd 1904 The Giant Puffball appears ...
