Why Evolution is True is a blog written by Jerry Coyne, centered on evolution and biology but also dealing with diverse topics like politics, culture, and cats.
From Meow: There are said to be four cats in this picture. Can you find the fourth one? Do not reveal its location in the comments, though you can say that you found it. Click photo to enlarge.;
Reveal at 10 a.m. Chicago time.
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This is a good one for beginners, as I think it’s pretty easy. There is a duck in this photo, and it happens to be mother Esther. Can you spot it? Don’t tell others in the comments where it is lest you spoil their two seconds of fun, but you can say whether you found it. There will be no reveal because it’s an easy spot.
There are in fact several ducks in this photo, but i know that only because I was there. If you think you see them, you don’t.
Did you find the stink bug in this morning’s photograph? Here’s the answer, an an enlargement is below:
Here’s the critter, well camouflaged on the pavement:
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Reader Bryan Lepore sent a “spot-the” picture that I consider difficult. As he says below, what you’re looking for is a pentatomid, a member of the Hemiptera family (“true bugs”): Here’s his caption:
I just spotted a cool “stink bug” on my driveway, thought I’d take a photo survey for you – here’s one:
Can you find it? If you do, just say in the comments you have, but please don’t give the location away so that other readers have a chance to look.
The reveal will be at 11:30 am Chicago time.
Did you spot the two kleptoparasitic flies from the picture by Gregory I put up this morning? Here’s the original below it, and then the reveal:
If you found the wasp, you’ll know they were nearby. Did anybody get both of them?
Reader Gregory sent us what may be the hardest “spot-the” photo ever. There are two flies in this photo, but I’ll let Gregory describe the scene:
While kayak camping on the Kansas River this weekend, we were entertained by the energetic searching of a spider wasp (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) seeking a spider to paralyze and oviposit on. However, following the spider were small flies, which turn out to be satellite flies, a subfamily of Sarcophagidae (flesh flies). The larvae of the flies are kleptoparasites and feed on prey captured by solitary wasps like the spider wasp. So the adult female flies were following the spider wasp to lay their eggs on the paralyzed spider and use it for their young.There are two flies in the photo.
Good luck. If you find them, just say so in the comments but don’t tell people where they are! As I said, this will take some searching, so I suggest you enlarge the photo. The reveal will be at 11 a.m. Chicago time.
Did you spot the spider in this morning’s post? Here’s the original photo:
The reveal:
It’s ready for its closeup:
. . . and a running crab spider (the tentative ID) from Wikipedia:
