Name that critter

[Isidro]

generic ID OK

It's enough with family Gordiidae? If not, I will risk with genus Gordius

[Isidro]

Here a spider has crabbed an adult fly on the ridge of the barrel.

Are you sure that this is Eristalis tenax? I don't think so. Looks like more a Myathropa florea for me. But judging just by underside is difficult.

[bmathison1972]

generic ID OK

It's enough with family Gordiidae? If not, I will risk with genus Gordius

gordid is sufficient, yes. It's probably Gordius or Paragordius but the specimen was not obtained for a definitive ID.

[Beetle guy]

Here a spider has crabbed an adult fly on the ridge of the barrel.

Are you sure that this is Eristalis tenax? I don't think so. Looks like more a Myathropa florea for me. But judging just by underside is difficult.

Isidro, I am ashamed to say you are right!,
I have seen both species in my garden, but found another photo of spider and fly, which shows a glimps of the thorax. It is Myathropa florea

[Isidro]

Same than for my photo of the only specimen that I saw of this interesting phylum. What a shame, but after consulting a nematomorph expert, it was stated clear that is not possible to tell a genus by any chance

Here is the next creature. Without species name in the file adress, without watermark. The task of ask permission to author in each image will be mostly impossible... if we find an author on the page, we must find a way of contact, if we find it (very improbable), we must write, and in the improbable best of cases, wait long time until receiving a reply, that mostly will be positive, but maybe not... If we follow this line, this game will receive a new photo each month or so

[bmathison1972]

the thing is, if you take someone's image from the internet without their permission, you could be in violation of copyright laws, and I am sure @animaltoyforum wouldn't want that either. Besides, it is a matter of respect to ask or acknowledge someone else's work.

With regards to your pic, it's a sphingid, but I don't know the European fauna (I assume it's European) so I'll leave it for someone more locally familiar with it.

[Isidro]

About the legal aspects of using images of other people, see this thread: http://animaltoyforum.com/index.php?topic=2334.0;topicseen
I was tempted to use my own images only, but then the selection of species would be muuuuuch more narrow, and I only can use a free hosting site with small capacity, or use an extremely complicated and slow way in another site with much bigger capacity. If this forum had an internal image hosting like some forums have, this problem would be solved.

About the hawk moth, nothing should make you think that it's European

[Beetle guy]

Xylophanes titana ?

[Isidro]

Not a Xylophanes, but an alphabetically close genus (big hint)

[Beetle guy]

Xanthopan species?

[Isidro]

A bit before... is not the same alphabetical character, just a somewhat close one.

[bmathison1972]

How about Theretra oldenlandiae? If so, interestingly, I have a figure of its larva!!!

[Isidro]

It is!!!!! Amazing that even a so obscure species have been made into figurine. Your turn!

[Beetle guy]

I have the caterpillar to!

[bmathison1972]

it will prob be a day or two before I post something so stay tuned

[bmathison1972]

OK I captured this pic today. I was hoping to have time to capture a quick image that wasn't an arthropod or a parasite (for a change LOL).

[stargatedalek]

Is it an Arctic Ground Squirrel?

[bmathison1972]

Is it an Arctic Ground Squirrel?

no but you are pretty close!

[Badger]

Uinta ground squirrel (Urocitellus armatus)?

[bmathison1972]

Uinta ground squirrel (Urocitellus armatus)?

nope!