Observations by jsteffen

These small wasps emerge from flower pot in the house each spring after having been outside the summer before.

empty leaf mine with exit hole on each end of mine. Conocephalum salebrosum growing on the ground in a ravine among Thuja, Tilia, and Fraxinus.

Growing on a branch.

Growing on a branch.

Growing on Tilia americana. looks very much like Xanthoria parietina but appears out of the range for my location.

Growing on limestone.

Phaeophyscia sciastra - Manitowoc 3-10-2024 on limestone.

Look like Cladonia sezizformis might be a possibility. Growing in full sun in dry sand.

Found growing on a sand ridge within a wet sand prairie.

Found on a sand ridge within a wet sand prairie.

Found on a sand ridge within a wet sand prairie.

Found on a sapling willow in a marshy area near a sand prairie.

Growing in mineral sand of a wet prairie or Panne.

Found in a wet sand prairie/Panne after a controlled burn. 2.6 cm long.

Came to a black light in an oak woodland.