Your best photos of the week!

[jontegroene]

[cooldood]

SandHill Crane

[Quercitron]

On July 25, 2026, a Common Snapping Turtle took a mad dash along the shallow bottom of Randall Pond in Ridge, NY, USA, leaving a trail of mud in its wake.

Observation 384872705

[aydenburd]

Witnessed a wild encounter today — a mallard catching and eating a western tiger salamander! Brütal

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/386428665

(the observation has the full image sequence)

[ronbinature]

Male Desert Purple martin bringing a dragonfly to a chick in the saguaro cactus nesting cavity.

[cooldood]

Black Tern

[mkanimallover]

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/364347162
Agreed!! You never know how it will turn out!!

[ltdbjd]

@cooldood

SandHill Crane

Amazing shot!

[aydenburd]

Great shot, wow

[ltdbjd]

This is Wilford. Wilford the Wolf Spider. We hung out for a bit earlier this afternoon. He was modeling and posing for me for about 20 to 30 minutes. He was a good boy, being very calm during the photo session. This was our favorite pic!!

I’ve shared a few behind the scenes photos. Wilford was being a goofball during the photo shoot. At one point he wanted me to put the camera down and play Peek-a-Boo with him! No Wilford! Work now, play later. You know the rules. Be good and I’ll take you out for a weevil when we’re done.

At one point during the modeling session, he gave me the “far off pensive look” pose. I have to admit, it was sort of cute. Nicely done Wilford.

[Mercedes-Fletcher]

I saw this super cute Peck’s Skipper!

[nikthecowboy]

Some greater flamingos!
Right before I took these, I fell into what I thought was dry dirt, which turned out to be over a foot of wet black mud (mud that smelled like flamingo poop). Fortunately my dad was nearby to pull me out before I sunk further lol.

[jarvo]

Norfolk Hawker (Isoaeschna isoceles)

[ronbinature]

Desert purple martin bringing a dragonfly to the chick in the saguaro nesting cavity.

Desert Purple Martin (Subspecies Progne subis hesperia) from Pima County, AZ, USA on August 05, 2026 at 06:34 AM by Ron Bondy. These photos are in chronological order. The male enters and exits the saguaro nesting cavity mu… · iNaturalist

[jontegroene]

a ichneumonoidea

[austin_ajit]

This unexpected Baronet I found in a butterfly walk today :D

[lmtaylor]

Eye to eye with Harmonia axyridis (near Seneca Falls, NY, on August 6, 2026). I’ve showed this picture to so many people who’ve been astonished that this is what a ladybug’s face looks like. You don’t usually see them well because they tend to carry their head low under the pronotum.

[sunshine_rei]

A fragile forktail ovipositing~

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/389189388

[nikthecowboy]

I was able to get super close to this female black chinned hummingbird!

[aydenburd]

Was satisfied by these stretch spider photos (unfortunately not sure what kind they are!)

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/390454596