Name that critter

[AnimalToyForum]

Brilliant idea to revive this! Let's see how close I can pin it down... it's of course a holothurian, more specifically a worm holothurian (family Synaptidae). I'm not 100% sure about genus and species but my guess would be Synapta maculata, the Spotted Worm Sea Cucumber, also one of the longest holothurians known.

That's close enough for me I was hoping people might think it was some kind of vertebrate! So, time for someone else to post a mystery critter...

[brontodocus]

Yay! Okay, no vertebrate this time but quite common, so let's try this one:

[Newt]

Gotta be a chrysomelid...is it Crioceris asparagi?

[stargatedalek]

the spots are notably more rounded than most Crioceris asparagi photos I found, although this is probably individual variation, I'd say you're right

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_asparagus_beetle

[brontodocus]

Congrats, it's indeed Crioceris asparagi, the photo is from our garden near (but not on) our asparagus. We also have C. duodecimpunctata on the same plants. There are not too many of both of them so I never saw them as a problem and they don't look like an ordinary pest with their colourful appearance.

[Newt]

Excellent! This one shouldn't be too hard:

[bmathison1972]

Argiope aurantia  (or at the very least that genus)

[Newt]

You got it!

[bmathison1972]

You got it!

OK my turn...haha. I will come up with something on Monday. I want to look at my collection at work and see what goodie I can come up with 

[bmathison1972]

OK here we go. I was going to do something more challenging but for mu first one I shouldn't be too rough LOL

[Hercules beetle]

Well, maybe I'm not into insects but isn't it Emperor moth (Saturnia pavonia)?

If yes, here is the picture to guess

Sorry but your answer is incorrect friend  . It is not Saturnia pavonia

Its great peacock moth

[Hercules beetle]

Whoops sorry i was looking at first page...  its a goodfellows tree kangaroo

[brontodocus]

Sorry, that's still page 1 with the tree kangaroo from 2012...

OK here we go. I was going to do something more challenging but for mu first one I shouldn't be too rough LOL

I think it's hard enough... at least if we have to identify it to species level. It's an Echinococcus, but E. multilocularis or E. granulosus? A scale bar would have helped since the latter is larger. I tend to believe it's E. multilocularis because you want to show the more dangerous one for humans?

[bmathison1972]

Sorry, that's still page 1 with the tree kangaroo from 2012...

OK here we go. I was going to do something more challenging but for mu first one I shouldn't be too rough LOL

I think it's hard enough... at least if we have to identify it to species level. It's an Echinococcus, but E. multilocularis or E. granulosus? A scale bar would have helped since the latter is larger. I tend to believe it's E. multilocularis because you want to show the more dangerous one for humans?

It's E. granulosus but that's OK; you got the genus that's good enough (next time I'll show the larval stage so you can get the species level-LOL). You're up Andre (I think HerculesBeetle doesn't know what page he's on...)

[Hercules beetle]

Sorry, that's still page 1 with the tree kangaroo from 2012...

OK here we go. I was going to do something more challenging but for mu first one I shouldn't be too rough LOL

I think it's hard enough... at least if we have to identify it to species level. It's an Echinococcus, but E. multilocularis or E. granulosus? A scale bar would have helped since the latter is larger. I tend to believe it's E. multilocularis because you want to show the more dangerous one for humans?

It's E. granulosus but that's OK; you got the genus that's good enough (next time I'll show the larval stage so you can get the species level-LOL). You're up Andre (I think HerculesBeetle doesn't know what page he's on...)

Yeah i did have a little mistake with the pages earlier but now i am with it.

[brontodocus]

Hmmm, it's been a while since someone tried a mammal - so here is one:

[bmathison1972]

Hmmm, it's been a while since someone tried a mammal - so here is one:

Falanouc, Eupleres goudotii

[brontodocus]

Falanouc, Eupleres goudotii

Yes, that's it! 

[bmathison1972]

next critter:

[brontodocus]

A male strepsipteran, so much is sure. But which? Stylopidae seem to have different antennae. LOL, now you got me browsing for an online key... found one! And I'd say (cautiously) possibly family Corioxenidae. But I cannot identify it any further.