Mixed hardwood/pine woodland. Growing on rotting log.

With a leech on its tail

Very large red jaws, three white patches on each side of abdomen. Approx. 3-4cm. Feeding on nectar.

Planta carnívora en turbera pulvinada de Astelia pumilia

Trachyzulpha fruhstorferi (Phaneropterinae). Photographed in Kinabalu Park, Sabah, East Malaysia on 25 September 2011. Quite possibly the strangest-looking hopper I've ever clapped eyes on.

This beetle has a unique adaptation: the terminal segments of the antennae have evolved a scorpion-like sting!

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00114-007-0316-1

Large iridescent blue. Temp 72. 1 hr to sunset. Next to Jemez falls