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Drama in our garden !
In the late afternoon I have witnessed an amazing event. A young wall lizard got caught in the web of a pair of common house spiders, and hanging by the tail, was unable to get away. After waiting for a couple of hours the female spider made its move, and started to secure its prey.

EDIT: after struggling in the web for nearly 24 hours (and being repeatedly bitten in the tail by the female spider) a beam of direct warm afternoon sunlight gave just enough extra energy to the lizard that it managed to break itself free.

One of the 2 is fake - guess which one.

Solution for all who are still wondering: The plastic rattle snake has been put in the entrance of the camp kitchen as a deterrent against the local troop of Malbrouck Monkeys, which used to raid the stored food, and surprisingly they never ever entered the kitchen since then.

This skink, however, equipped with astounding cognitive abilities, shows off with his balls of steel.

Err, I think it's a female....

A female Giant Ichneumon wasp (Megarhyssa macrurus) oviposits into the side of a tree.

I was honored to have this observation selected as observation of the day for June 11, 2020, and again as observation of the week (week of June 21, 2020). It is covered in this blog post: A Trip to Texas Provides a Long Sought Photographic Opportunity - Observation of the Week, 6/21/20.

This gull tried unsuccessfully to swallow this starfish for several minutes. It was already dead and hardened so the gull couldn't fit it down its throat.

Observation for the starfish and neighboring starfish on same rock: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18647750