These are different insect pollinators: a scoliid wasp and a Hubner's wasp moth. Despite sharing the name "wasp," they are unrelated.The scoliid wasp is a vicious insect. It hides a venomous stinger in its tail. So never make it angry if you don't want to get hurt.

I found another Hyllus jumper in the bushes. This one is not Hyllus diardi but Hyllus semicupreus, commonly called the semi-copper heavy jumper. This jumper is much smaller than Hyllus diardi. Its eyes are also much more awesome than those of the smaller Hyllus diardi jumper. Like photochromic lenses, those eyes change color automatically when exposed to bright light.

This is not a beautiful mushroom like the ones I always used to share in the past. Instead of a beautiful mushroom, this one is something terrible.I was stunned with horror when I noticed a zombie lynx spider (Oxyopidae sp.) behind a leaf.

Crabs are arthropods that are part of the subphylum Crustacea. I found these fiddler crabs (Tubuca coarctata) while walking in the mangroves a few days ago. Thousands of fiddler crabs appear during low tide along the brackish river in the mangroves and along the coast. I caught two crabs: one was a juvenile fiddler crab and the other was an adult. Both are male, as seen from one of their large claws. Unlike the females, who only have a pair of small claws, and are smaller than the males.

It happened on a bright afternoon, and the weather was still quite hot. I noticed these guys—distant relatives—perching lazily on a flowering bush. One was a grasshopper, and the other was a mantis. Look at those gloomy faces. Like me, they were also suffering from the heat and waiting for the rain that never came. Recently, rain has been so rare that some plants have appeared wilted and dried up.

A pleasant surprise came when we relaxed in a hut two days ago. A Hyllus spider suddenly leaped near us as if to say hello. She appeared to live in the hut, and of course, as a good homeowner, she should welcome guests warmly. I noticed her eyes sparkled when we greeted her back, "Hello, kind lady." She was as smart and cute as a poodle. I wanted to hug her. Well, I wish I could. But her friendly greeting felt like a warm hug.