Bean Weevil
A bean weevil emerging from a bean
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Squid
Immature squid (Euprymna scolopes). A symbiotic relationship exists between a luminescent bacterium and the squid. This unique ocean bacterium cause the squid to produce a mucus substance that is secreted below the light organ on the squid. Cilia near the light organ are used to draw more bacteria into the mucus matrix. The bacteria migrate into the light organ and colonize an area within it. The luminescent bactera allow the squid to blend in with the ocean floor at night, protecting it from predators who othewise would see it.
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Spider
This is a picture of a jumping spider (Plexippus paykulli). Anterior cephalothorax: ocelli (simple eyes) and exoskeletal hairs (setae). Jumping spiders are readily distinguished from other spiders by eight simple eyes (or ocelli). The eight eyes are grouped four on the face (two big eyes in the middle, and two smaller eyes to the side), and four on the top of the cephalothoras or head. Excellent vision and jumping ability allows them to hunt aggressively, spotting prey from long distances, creeping up, and then pouncing quickly. Vision is also an important component in communication with in single species. More than 5,000 species of jumping spiders occur worldwide. Many species take on disguises by having body parts or coloring that mimic insects such ass ants or other organisms.
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Fungus
Bracket fungus basidiocarp (fruiting body) lower surface showing skeletal (edge) and generative hyphae (gill, spore producing). Bracket fungi are so named because they occur as individual fruiting bodies (mushrooms) in a grouping or pattern known as a "bracket." The generaly cover a tree trunk in separate or connected horizontal rows.
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