Plantago argyrea on the southeast side of Steer Mesa above Taylor Creek, 33.4009 -108.0044, Catron County, New Mexico, 21 Jul 2013.
Jalca de Coipin, the type locality for this very rare endemic of high elevations in the the Andes Mountains of north-central Peru.
Ovipositing on fireweed buds visitedby a galling midge. https://www.gallformers.org/gall/5066
Empty pupal casing on Ericameria nauseosa leaf. Very weird, it had the exact same surface texture and color, waxy white coating, and liquidy secretions as Aciurina trixa galls do on the same plant.
Harbouria trachypleura, west of Mills and east of Mesteñito Valley, 36.0906 -104.2932, Harding County, New Mexico, 25 May 2021.
Small microcrustacean, there are two in this photo, one at the top and one at the bottom.
Astragalus wittmannii, west-southwest of Mills and east-southeast of Mesteñito Valley, 36.0814 -104.2708, Harding County, New Mexico, 25 May 2021.
Blue Hole Cienega Nature Preserve
Benino cemetery
Abundant stem galls on Dieteria(?) - see previous observation for host:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/205599973
Found on Ericameria nauseosa
Observed and photographed by Fabian Gonzalez. This appears to be an un-described species. Hairs on petals do not match those of Viola atropurpurea, which very rarely has yellow flowers. The plant seems more similar in the shape of the rosettes and hairs on petals to Viola skottsbergiana, a plant with white petals and similar markings on the lower petals.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144898411
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182534758
Seems to match this observation found a short distance to the south on Nevado de Longaví.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/77911856
In 10th photo, Nevado de Longaví, can be seen in the distance.
Growing at an altitude of 2980 m.
The population consists of thousands of plants that are all consistently yellow or yellow-orange colored.
Other yellow flowered species in the Section Sempervivum include V. auricolor, which has smaller, more loosely arranged rosettes, and larger flowers compared to the size of the rosettes. It grows far to the south of this location.
Viola coronifera has yellow flowers that are arranged at a different angle on the rosettes.
Observación y fotos por Fabian Gonzalez.
Parece que es una especie desconocida. Los pelos de los pétalos son diferentes de los de Viola atropurpurea. Es mas parecido en la forma de las rosetas y en los pelos de los pétalos a Viola skottsbergiana, que tiene pétalos blancos con manchas parecidas.
Vea:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144898411
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182534758
Parece bastante parecido a esa observación del Nevado de Longaví, que está unos 30 kilometros al sur:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/77911856
Crece a una altura de 2980 msnm.
Otras violas de la sección Sempervivum con flores amarillas incluye Viola auricolor, que tiene rosetas mas pequeñas, con hojas no tan apretadas, y flores mas grandes en comparación al tamaño de las rosetas. Esa especie ocurre muy al sur.
Viola coronifera, que ocurre mas cerca al sur, tiene flores amarillas que salen en angulo diferente en las rosetas en comparación a esa especie.
Ok it looks like this species but it was on a Salix
Green Anaconda - Güio de agua - Anaconda vert.
5 meters + !
Chrysactinia mexicana
@megachile Are there any fuzzy galls that occur on the upper surface of the leaf?
penstemon
Hedeoma pulcherrima in La Luz Canyon about 1.5 miles east of Apache Spring, Sacramento Mountains, 33.003 -105.748, Otero County, New Mexico, 12 Jul 2014.
Downy woodpecker was going from gall to gall on various wild rose bushes, pecking at them, and presumably eating the wasp larvae.
Malaxis porphyrea, south side of the Pinos Altos Range, above Little Cherry Creek near the Continental Divide Trail, 32.901 -108.173, Grant County, New Mexico, 19 Aug 2017.
Largest tree fern I've ever seen here. 80 feet tall, probably. Incredible diameter of buttressed trunk.
growing on leaky water line
Cibola NF Tajique Campground
Thomas Mountain area, Riverside County, California
Not sure if this species or Nine-banded Armadillo
Peso 210 gr. Macho adulto
X. truncata consumindo uma flor de Iris x-germanica
records of the seed germination
Straddling small rivulet. Only population seen on hike, unfortunately no time to explore and photograph further.
Maybe more photos on my SLR.
Accurate GPS position.
Clematis ligusticifolia host. Collected 9/16/23. Emerged 10/4/23. One of these: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182587467. Preserved. Location is collection site.