Ring-billed #gull still in #Malaga (since March 3th) 🤩 And a black kite that scared all the gulls for two hours!! What can I do? : ) #colurings #Nature #Photography #gulls #Nearctic #birds

The crucial character is the pectinate tarsal claws which is very unusual among #Nearctic #ichneumonines.

Parasite of the Month in our February issue: #Crassiphiala #bulboglossa, a #trematode causing #blackspot disease in #freshwater #fishes across the #Nearctic, by Vasyl Tkach & Tyler Achatz. @uofnorthdakota.bsky.social

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If I understand correctly, gars today are limited in distribution to the #Nearctic (+ #Neotropics in Cuba?), but they were more widespread during the #Mesozoic. This opens the possibility for the #WarOfTheGargantuas in Japan to have expanded into a Battle Royale.