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Flatcoils (Genus Polygyra)Observer
kyle_eaton_photographyDescription
One of maybe 100 of these snails in a small area where water drains. Coyote feeding ground, so perhaps they scavenge?
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Insects (Class Insecta)Observer
anudibranchmomDescription
This Observation is for the WHITE THING :-)
@merav check out this odd white thing next to the black maybe-lacewing-larvae-ish thing! :-)
On underside of Blue Oak leaf, Montebello Road, between Page Mill and Black Mountain summit.
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Genus TorymusObserver
anudibranchmomDescription
Found on Striped Volcano Gall Wasp gall (Andricus atrimentus) on Blue Oak by @merav - ID suggested by iNat AI
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Cellophane Bees (Genus Colletes)Observer
anudibranchmomDescription
Found on Wild Buckwheat.
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Tidepool Snailfish (Liparis florae)Observer
abbytDescription
About 1.5". I liked the eye.
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Genus AmblyosyllisObserver
abbytDescription
Low intertidal, on the underside of a rock. @leslieh, is it possible to tell the species?
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Pacific Angelshark (Squatina californica)Observer
klleaDescription
Anyone know what this is??
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Western Phantom Crane Fly (Bittacomorpha occidentalis)Observer
anudibranchmomDescription
Looked like a big, weird cottonwood/dandelion seed in flight. Finally flew to a car in the parking lot. :-)
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Cherry Ant (Crematogaster cerasi)Observer
anudibranchmomDescription
@merav now that the camera and I are friends (and I can see what I'm looking at!), I will post more ants!
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Columbian Black-tailed Deer (Odocoileus hemionus ssp. columbianus)Observer
truthseqrDescription
Female hid her fawn in the grass and then ran in the opposite direction to distract humans from her baby.
(Coyote Creek Trail)
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Oak Gall Wasps (Tribe Cynipini)Observer
kdffDescription
On Blue oak (Quercus douglasii). Since these have no common name that I could find, in order to discuss them with other naturalists, I decided to call them Rockstar Galls (Rock for the location plus star for the shape).
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California Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus)Observer
u_phantasticus
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Mushroom Gall Wasp (Heteroecus sanctaeclarae)Observer
wildmacroDescription
Gall with exit hole on huckleberry oak (Quercus vacciniifolia).
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Pacific Newts (Genus Taricha)Observer
newtpatrolDescription
This part of Alma Bridge was recently repaved. This newt was adhered to the road, and the line-painter seems to have gone right over them. After peeling the newt from the road, their shadow remains, a long-term reminder.
This observation is part of an ongoing study of the Pacific Newt roadkills on Alma Bridge Road, Lexington Reservoir.
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Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)Observer
sea-kangarooDescription
uh oh
(the young deer haltingly came up to look, occasionally dipping their heads slightly to sniff and changing their minds, and the skunk just eventually got tired of this nonsense and scuttered off)
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anudibranchmomDescription
Eye level on white oak leaf. Next to a conical-shaped gall, could be a coincidence; didn't seem interested in it. Spent some time grooming, then flew off. About 10-15 mm.
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Oak Gall Wasps (Tribe Cynipini)Observer
leslie_flintDescription
Gall type #5 (Joyce Gross)
Weld (1957) Figure 96.
Russo (2012) Plant Galls Addendum page 29.
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Pacific Lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus)Observer
brynlee11Description
Lampreys spawning up the fish ladder
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Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)Observer
edwardrooksDescription
eating ants. No photo of it eating, but it ate 3 ants.
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Smoked Oysterling (Resupinatus applicatus)Observer
wildmacroDescription
On blue oak.
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Single-stalk Aeolis (Babakina festiva)Observer
anudibranchmomDescription
2 of 3, all about the same size
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Necydalis cavipennisObserver
owickiDescription
BL 14mm. That's one weird looking cerambycid.
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Pseudoscorpions (Order Pseudoscorpiones)Observer
kschneiDescription
One of two found under a log, 3 mm, collected. Also posted to BG here:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1845790
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Acanthepeira venustaObserver
cholmesphotoDescription
A female Orb Weaver Spider (Acanthepeira venusta) protects an egg sac attached to a marsh grass stem.
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Assassin Bugs (Family Reduviidae)Observer
tuliDescription
this strange looking structure was attached to the trunk of a leadwood tree
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Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus)Observer
greglasleyDescription
Polar Bear
Ursus maritimus
one year old cub
Churchill, Manitoba
Canada
2 November 2003
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North Californian Indian Pink (Silene laciniata ssp. californica)Observer
catchang
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Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus ssp. oreganus)Observer
virusmanbob
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Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway)Observer
greglasleyDescription
flying past
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California Pore Lichen (Pertusaria californica)Observer
metsaDescription
on rock
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Grey Whale (Eschrichtius robustus)Observer
metsaDescription
seen from shore. 200mm telephoto lens
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Porter's Chromodorid (Felimare porterae)Observer
craigahooverDescription
Felimare porterae was located on reef at a depth of 80 feet. Note the egg ribbon. Size was not measured. Water temperature was 56 degrees F.
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Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum)Observer
kbakkegardDescription
Found together under log.
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
sea-kangarooDescription
Near dead wood under an oak.
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Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)Observer
oysterheadDescription
This is a leatherback hatchling found in the surf after the nest had emerged that morning. Had a few motor disorders but improving rapidly. Found by me, Crescent Beach Turtle Patrol member
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Twig Ants (Genus Pseudomyrmex)Observer
crazybirdyDescription
Id for the small ant that is captured please
