Blaine's Bug of the Day

Nice catch :)

Congratulations.

The replicas of microscopic organisms should be explored by famous brands.

Thanks for sharing.

Another new species for me, the 'Tully Monster', Tullymonstrum gregarium Richardson, 1966 by Paleo-Creatures. This enigmatic prehistoric invertebrate is known only from the Mason Creek formation in Illinois. Figures of this species have only been made by specialty companies and personal artists, but my guess is it will not be long before Safari or CollectA makes one :).

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Wow, I didn't knew this species! Looks like a cross between an Opabinia and a lamprey, haha

Wow, that giant amoeba
And the way you discovered him

And then this incredible ( truely! ) Tully monster !!!
I never heard of it before, but found this nice, little VIDEO about it

Thanks for sharing these amazing models

A species for me, the black hornet Vespula flaviceps (Smith, 1870). This was an 'accessory' figure (for lack of a better term) for the hornets collection by Break Co. LTD.

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Phantastic

The red-banded snapping shrimp, Alpheus randalli Banner et Banner, 1980. Red-banded snapping shrimp have a symbiotic relationship with various gobies. The two species share a burrow together. The shrimp maintains the burrow and in turn gets to feed on food scraps from the fish. The shrimp is nearly blind and is very sensitive to movements of the fish, often keeping an antennae in constant contact with the fish. If the fish retreated into the burrow to avoid danger, this shrimp follows!

Left: with the orange-striped shrimp goby, Stogonobiops yasha Yoshino et Shimada, 2010, by For Corporation.
Right: with the yellownose prawn goby, Stonogobiops xanthorhinica Randall, 1982, by Colorata

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Thank you for the information. I have both too but only knows Colorata

Revisiting the emperor scorpion, Pandinus imperator (Koch, 1842), with the 2019 model by Kaiyodo - Revogeo!

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I have many figures of this species (and several are packed away for the moment), but here it is with similarly-sized and familiar Safari LTD Smithsonian Insects figure:

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Revisiting the Mexican red-kneed tarantula, Brachypelma smithi (P-Cambridge, 1897) by Mojo Fun, new for 2019.

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This also means five of the six major western (non-Japanese) manufacturers have made Brachypelma smithi. This species has been made by Safari LTD (at least 4 times), Bullyland (at least twice), CollectA, Schleich, and now Mojo Fun. A few examples, with at least one from each company:

1. Safari LTD (Smithsonian Insects)
2. Safari LTD (Hidden Kingdom Insects)
3. CollectA
4. Mojo Fun
5. Schleich
6. Bullyland

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what a fantastic arthropods collection you have ! it's amazing!.. I specialy love coleopters, they are so beautiful!..

Clearly having red knees makes you popular. I think it's interesting that so many companies have done this one species

It's the most popular species of tarantula in terrarium hobby, so it's logic that it also becomes the most popular one in toy form :)

Tiermann wrote:

Clearly having red knees makes you popular.

If one reads this a certain way, this is really really funny in a naughty way ;-)

;D

What do you think which brand created the best Red-knee Tarantula?

Megaptera wrote:

What do you think which brand created the best Red-knee Tarantula?

That is hard to say. For my Synoptic Display collection I am showing the Kaiyodo Capsule Q figure (but I have a bias towards Kaiyodo). Of the ones above, the Safari Smithsonian, Bullyland, or Mojo.

Ok, thanks. Unfortunately, it is hard to find Kaiyodos in Germany. Otherwise, my collection would be much larger

Interesting spider

I'm not an expert in Arthropods, but I think that the one from Schleich is also a good one.

Megaptera wrote:

I'm not an expert in Arthropods, but I think that the one from Schleich is also a good one.

The form is good but the eye arrangement is not correct for a member of the family Theraphosidae.

A new species for me, the Tasmanian giant freshwater crayfish, Astacopsis gouldi Clark, 1936, by Yowie USA, Wild Water Series, new for 2019!!! This is the first arthropod by Yowie USA. Not surprising, since they have focused on endangered species, and most arthropods do not get the IUCN treatment.

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The species marks the fifth species of crayfish (Decapoda: Astacidae, Parastacidae, Cambaridae) in toy figure form, at least that I am aware of (there is a potential sixth species, if you have decided to put a species name on the Safari LTD Cave Dwellers TOOB figure).

Representative crayfish figures:
1. red swamp crayfish, Procambrus clarkii (both red and green forms here by Yujin)*
2. Japanese crayfish, Cambaroides japonicus (both brown and blue forms here by Kaiyodo)*
3. Mexican dwarf crayfish, Cambarellus patzcuarensis (Banjihan ACE)
4. yabby, Cherax destructor (Cadbury - Yowies)
5. Tasmanian giant freshwater crayfish, Astacopsis gouldi (Yowie USA)

*there are multiple color forms of these species by different companies.

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unbelieveble collection!!