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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
scorpion_addictionDescription
Weird fungus on blueberry
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earley_birdDescription
Reared from Diplolepis variabilis galls. Date reflects collection date.
https://inaturalist.ca/observations/145405565
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Pacific Hairy Hermit Crab (Pagurus hirsutiusculus)Observer
emlimDescription
Hermit crab in a bubble snail shell
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Iron Bacteria (Family Gallionellaceae)Observer
heather-magpieDescription
Biofilm submerged under still shallow water in section of freshwater stream with possible runoff from an adjacent farm. Possibly iron rich? Forming tube like structures
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Glandular Field Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis ssp. arvensis)Observer
roanan_dDescription
Prominent yellow glands on involucre and peduncles
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Aphid Mummy Wasps (Subfamily Aphidiinae)Observer
marcel_pepinDescription
Duplicate post...
wasp like flyer attacking an aphid. folding the abdomen forward and jabbing at the aphid.
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Dytiscus cordieriObserver
huwalu_ka_usingDescription
L2 Dytiscus larva, another species I haven't seen before, not D. harrisii or D. hatchi, also doesn't appear to be the species of my last Dytiscus larva observation. Caught dip-netting in a blackwater slough.
Also hopefully going to rear this larva to adulthood to see what species they are.
Update: they have ecdysed into third instar.
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Typical Aphid Wasps (Genus Pemphredon)Observer
tportmanDescription
On a wild strawberry leaf. Very small, maybe 5-7 mm long.
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Honeysuckle-Umbellifer Aphids (Genus Hyadaphis)Observer
moemeikleDescription
On twin berry honeysuckle
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Black Cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa)Observer
steveansellDescription
Sprouts by the thousand emerge from the snowdrifts of cottonwood "fluff" at the road edges around the park, before quickly perishing.
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Plants (Kingdom Plantae)Observer
t2raeDescription
These tiny sprouts seemed to be growing on morel mushrooms in a burn zone from 2023 a forest fire. I’m wondering if anyone has seen this before?
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Thaumatomyia glabraObserver
robert_thibaultDescription
Montréal Qc CANADA
Jardin Botanique
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Johnson's Jumping Spider (Phidippus johnsoni)Observer
johndreynoldsDescription
Twofer Tuesday? @loarie. Mount Kobau, Okanagan Valley, BC, Canada
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Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)Observer
salmonskyviewDescription
catching hover fly on lawn daisy
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Cutworm Wasps (Genus Podalonia)Observer
rainheadDescription
I have video of it excavating and filling/hiding the hole, will try to figure out how to link it here.
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Common Candy-striped Spider (Enoplognatha ovata)Observer
gljcrsmithDescription
Very small
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Genus BeauveriaObserver
guerrichacheDescription
The fungus. Separate observation for the tiny arachnid.
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Spotted Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata)Observer
bridgetspencerDescription
Crawling on the wall of our house, put outside.
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Mossy Rose Gall Wasp (Diplolepis rosae)Observer
juan_sphexDescription
Reared from gall: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194312529
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Pachypappa sacculiObserver
thygDescription
@earley_bird dont think I even noticed this structure while photographing the ants
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Mossy Rose Gall Wasp (Diplolepis rosae)Observer
shawnb2Description
Emerged in abundance from https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/186236866
Date represents date of gall collection
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salty_old_joshDescription
Extremely early fruiting compared to years passed
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Genus CribrariaObserver
kyronbDescription
Found this little forest of slime molds partially under a rotten branch.
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Genus SynergusObserver
earley_birdDescription
Reared from Neuroterus anthracinus galls. Date reflects collection date.
https://inaturalist.ca/observations/145406144
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Fall Webworm Moth (Hyphantria cunea)Observer
hannah_anderson3Description
Smaller than a Virginian tiger moth and lacks black and yellow patterning on abdomen
HA269
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Elaeomyxa ceriferaObserver
sarahlloydDescription
Several small groups of sporangia on a large bryophyte-covered log in Melaleuca ericifolia swamp forest.
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Diderma effusumObserver
sarahlloydDescription
Found on dead treefern (Dicksonia antarctica) frond on the ground.
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Icing Sugar Fungus (Beauveria bassiana)Observer
naturestephieDescription
Observation for Vespula germanica: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190677018
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Black-margined Loosestrife Beetle (Galerucella calmariensis)Observer
danielstewartDescription
Larvae are observable in both photos
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Fly Death Fungi (Complex Entomophthora muscae)Observer
aivaDescription
This guy climbed up my tent wall, died, and inflated, becoming the first of many "zombie flies" we saw while in Tuya
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Genus OsbornellusObserver
stjayaaaDescription
On house door .. approx 4-5 mm in length ..
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Genus SynergusObserver
earley_birdDescription
On English Oak leaves. Adults fairly common. Galls present on the single young tree here. 2 adults collected from this site.
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Genus SynergusObserver
earley_birdDescription
Ovipositing into Neuroterus anthracinus gall. Collected wasp
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Thread-waisted Sand Wasps (Genus Ammophila)Observer
lesfreckDescription
The adult
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Oyster Gall Wasp (Neuroterus anthracinus)Observer
earley_birdDescription
Ovipositing wasp in another obs.
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Icing Sugar Fungus (Beauveria bassiana)Observer
doviendeDescription
On a camel cricket in a limestone cave, out of sight of daylight
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Raspberry Crown Borer (Pennisetia marginatum)Observer
etienne_siewDescription
These are the coolest moths I have seen, what an amazing disguise 🥸!!
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Invertebrate Iridescent Virus 31 (Iridovirus armadillidium-i)Observer
spottytowhee
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Poplar Leaf-stem Gall Aphids (Genus Pemphigus)Observer
yonathanuDescription
Found on Sow thistle root, pretty sure it's Pemphigus bursaris
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Short-tailed Weasel (Mustela richardsonii)Observer
steveansellDescription
Appeared to be shuttling very large youngsters across the dyke, as it went back and forth a couple of times. Thought I'd never see it again after the first crossing, as with the high-speed glimpses I get of most weasels, but this one put on a show!
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Woodsorrels (Genus Oxalis)Observer
robidiumDescription
Found on a tillandsia at a nursery. Doesn't appear to be stuck to leaves. Both sides pictured.
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Common Raven (Corvus corax)Observer
larryhalversonDescription
Two Ravens - Second photo showing bill clasping. An article from Science news 'Look at that!' Ravens gesture with their beaks to point out objects to each other also makes some interesting points:
Pointing and holding up objects in order to attract attention has so far only been observed in humans and our closest living relatives, the great apes. Researchers now provide the first evidence that ravens (Corvus corax) also use so called deictic gestures in order to test the interest of a potential partner or to strengthen an already existing bond.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111129112319.htm
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b_harveyDescription
Moniliform macronucleus, longitudinal row of contractile vacuoles, dark parapharyngeal granular masses at posterior end
