These Long-mouthed Aeolids certainly are a funny looking nudibranch… They’re kind of like the elephants of the nudibranch world… I think they prey on tube worms and it seems they also use those tubes to lay their eggs to get them a little protection up…
While we’re on the subject of species similar to stuff I’ve seen in Florida… I previously posted photos some Flapping Dingbats (Gastropteron chacmolis) from Florida, but up here in Washington, they get Winged Sea Slugs (Gastropteron pacificum). Though I’ve never seen the Flapping Dingbats swimming…
On a recent dive, we were finding a ton of these Spotted Aglaja (Aglaja ocelligera). I have shared other aglaja from Florida before, so as soon as I saw these I knew they were in the aglaja family. They were quite pretty despite their relatively…
Another dip into the archives… this time for an assortment from Bryce Canyon… I’ll be heading out on the road again here in a few more weeks, so you’ll likely be getting some more landscape stuff again soon… though, I haven’t heard anyone complaining about…
While we’re on the subject of ducks… Here are a few shots of a pair of Harlequin Ducks I managed to photograph at Keystone Jetty on Whidbey Island. I had seen a post that someone else saw them there and figured I would try getting…
More from the archives… These shots of Green-winged Teals are from a visit to Arcata Marshes during my trip through California.
Recently I’ve seen a few of these White-and-Orange Tipped Nudibranchs (Janolus fusca). In the past the few times I have seen these guys, they’ve been smaller and scrunched up so it was hard to even tell where their rhinophores are, but these couple I’ve been…
I haven’t been able to get an ID on these worms, but I’ve been seeing them fairly regularly on a number of my dives in the Puget Sound and Hood Canal. Some of them are rather long, ranging up to 6-10 inches (it is hard…
I may or may not make this a regular thing to dip into the archives on Friday, but we’ll see how it goes for a bit to clear out some old photos I’ve not yet shared. Rewind to summer of 2021 and my time in…
Since I shared more Stubby Squids, let’s look at some more Pacific Red Octos (Octopus rubescens), including a quick video taken by Randy Williams from Washington Scuba Alliance after our trash cleanup dive (I’m the one holding the octo). It was a good thing I…
Some more Stubby Squid (Rossia pacifica) shots showing off the color range of these little bobtail squids… They tend to be the reddish color most of the time but will show that white color when scared – the iridescence when they show the lighter color…
I don’t see these as often as I would like, but the Northern Opalescent Nudibranchs (Hermissenda crassicornis) are quite pretty…
Dipping into the archives a bit to share some remaining photos from my Madagascar collection. I wouldn’t mind visiting there again some day, such a unique place.
