Images Dated 2nd February 2014

Giant bladder kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)

Giant bladder kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) can grow 61 cm a day. It is the largest of all algae, some fronds being 50 metres long. Adventure Bay, Bruny Island, southeast Tasmania, Australia

Alga, Algae, Aquacuture, Aquatic, Bladders, Blades, Brown, Cosmetics Ingredient, Fastest Growing, Flora, Gas, Giant Bladder Kelp, Harvested, Holdfasts, Ice Cream Ingredient, Laminariaceae, Laminariales, Largest, Largest Alga, Macrocystis, Marine, Organism, Phaeophyceae, Plant, Pneumatocysts, Seaweed, Toothpaste Ingredient, Used For Algin, Weed

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Solitary spider wasp
Anoplius samariensis
injecting a paralysing toxin into a fishing spider, Dolomedes sulfureus, in order to use it as a food source for its larvae.
Japan

Insects, Lophopompilus Samariensis, Pompilidae, Spider Hu, Spider Hunting, Wasps

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Brimstone butterflies
Gonepteryx rhamni maxima
at rest on a thistle, showing its own leaf shaped wings.
Japan

Buckthorn, Butterflies, Butterfly, Food Plants, Hiber, Hibernator, Insects, Lepidoptera, Pieridae, Pretty, Sole Food Plants, Unique, Wing Shape, Yellow