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Trichonephila clavipes (formerly known as Nephila clavipes) or the golden orb weaver. The sexual dimorphism in this species is among the greatest in the animal kingdom with males being approximately 1/70th the mass of females. They live in the female's web feeding on her scraps. Until the females are receptive to mating which happens for approximately 48 hours following her final molt. Here a newly molted female and the male spider on her abdomen mating.

The eye lids or nictitating membranes of the Map tree frog (Boana geographica), are patterned in such a way that the frog can see through them even when they are closed and they may help break up it the shape of the eye so it is harder to see.

A tiny insect that has been taken over and killed by a entomopathogenic fungus. These fungi are often species specific parasites that eventually take over their hosts entire bodies and sprout complex formations from them.