I am often struck by particular aspects of creatures I am observing. I am particularly fond of unusual (to me) legs, be it because they are proportionately unusual or striking in some other fashion. Here are some of my favorites, with hopes I am not the only one. [original] The rounded shape of t…

I just realized I forgot my favorite - this little moth who in my mind is wearing its fiesta pants! Alypia octomaculata (Eight-spotted Forester Moth) [Alypia octomaculata] Then there is this beautiful, leg-exercising guy who my notes remind me “Alternately lifted each of its rear-most hind legs,…

Ichneumonid and Braconid Wasps [image] [image] [image]

I like the way different birds use their legs and feet. The hummingbirds I see tuck them up but I can see they are perfectly shaped for perching on tiny branches. Here is a zanate springing into flight, almost like a gymnast! [original (4)] Then there are the in-flight danglers. , the science of …

I like the seemingly spring-loaded legs of grasshoppers and crickets: Fall Field cricket [IMG_0869] Pine Tree Spur-throat grasshopper [IMG_5802] Roesel’s Bush-cricket [IMG_5801] Greenhouse camel cricket [IMG_5800] Two-striped Grasshopper [IMG_5803]

A few flies with legs that I find interesting … I can see how this one got its English common name: [Legs - Syritta pipiens] Syritta pipiens | Thick-legged Hover Fly · 알통다리꽃등에 These stilt-legged flies are wasp mimics that move their front pair of legs around to look like wasp antennae. Quick, l…

Here’s a possibly undescribed Trite sp. salticid I found in my garage yesterday, shortly before it made a leap at my phone. I like its chunky front legs. [IMG_6889]

The color contrast between the legs of this weevil and it’s body impressed me – almost as much as its impressive ‘six-pack’. And I just love the badass steampunk look of all the strong ball-and-socket joints of weevil anatomy. [480941197_2290517134663738_6840728924775564016_n_Radiant_Photo] Ooh.…

We need to mention our friends proudly rocking the hairy pins, aka the “beardy legs”! Beardfooted Spider (Saitis barbipes) [Saitis barbipes, a spider with hairy legs but one particularly striking pair of red legs with more prominent black hairs all over.] (c) Cédric Mondy – some rights reserved …

Thick back legs, Hemiptera edition: [Legs - Anoplocnemis dallasi] Anoplocnemis dallasi | 장수허리노린재 Thick front legs, Hemiptera edition: [Legs - Pachygrontha antennata] Pachygrontha antennata | 더듬이긴노린재 The bee equivalent of wearing oversized Jnco pants? [Legs - Dasypoda japonica] Dasypoda ja…

I wish I had a picture of my own to share (this one is just ripped from google images), but the ‘fangs’ on centipedes in the genus Scolopendra are actually modified legs on their first segment. The venom certainly has a real kick to it, too! [17413324976266631459567360015555]

Leg day all day every day

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