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Large mandibles the length of the forelegs, 43mm wingspan with iridescent purple sheen to the wings.

Maiden veils :) The morning after the storm.

In bush-like Acropora coral, in about 3 meters of waters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__MBozauk1M&ab_channel=iz

found some under a kina, so looked in the next kina's spine to be sure they were associated with kina and sure enough there was one crawling in the spines.

Especie de Melipona pequeña con bandas en los tergos amarillas fuertes, tibias posteriores pardo oscuro. Endémica de la Cuenca del Balsas

Female Frosted flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum)
September 2013

Young fish that has been identified by a knowledgeable source.

Found with @cheetolord02, his observation is linked here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/149703302

BDFFP Km41 camp

Frog outside my home, let me take a selfie with him very chill.

I saw this looking down at me from atop a telephone pole during a hazy full moon. Great photo... but creepy as well. Maybe an owl?

If this is the same one I've seen recently it's moved deeper.

Not too sure if this is
Exosphaeroma gigas or another speices of
Exosphaeroma as it is thinner than the usual
Exosphaeroma gigas that I see.

An American crocodile chasing a collared study raccoon off a nest site.
Stills of the croc emerging from the water included.

Strong currents brought in a couple dozen juveniles over several days. Occurence was documented with Dr. Milton Love