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Large Chestnut Weevil (Curculio caryatrypes)Observer
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On Chinese chestnut (or perhaps a Chinese-American hybrid), http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/135058118
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Zeuxine samoensisObserver
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Under cover by a large creek.
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Anatom Emo Skink (Emoia aneityumensis)Observer
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Missing Location
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Weft Fern (Crepidomanes intricatum)Observer
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Waterfall crevice, York Co.
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Geissois denhamiiObserver
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ID’d in situ by Greg Plunkett, but couldn’t get up close enough for good photo.
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
silversea_starsong
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Zombie-Ant Fungi (Complex Ophiocordyceps unilateralis)Observer
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Three ants biting wounds on American beech trunk
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
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Fruit miner on rose
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Genus DyseriocraniaObserver
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On Carya: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78500182
The larva emerged the day after collection.
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Dog Pelt Lichen (Peltigera canina)Observer
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Growing on rotted wood on the ground.
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Leaf-miner Flies (Family Agromyzidae)Observer
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On Cirsium.
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Subgenus PoemyzaObserver
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On Elymus (http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/89060620 ).
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Slingerland's Plum Leafminer Moth (Stigmella slingerlandella)Observer
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On Prunus, I think?: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/91269076
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Genus BucculatrixObserver
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On Quercus. Got a little lost in the keys on this one. More that may be same species here: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92285832
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Bucculatrix (likely B. improvisa per Eiseman) on basswood. Cocoon spotted 7/31/21 (http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/89357165), then after a good search these mines were found on 8/9/21.
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Very mine-like at least. I don’t quite see frass, but maybe signs of surface emergence and surface feeding nearby as well? Peltigera lichen: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/91745514
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Polycephalomyces parasitizing Hemitrichia floriformis
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Plectocarpon aequatoriale Etayo sobre Sticta sp.
Especie recién descrita en Ecuador, solo conocida para dos localidades, una a 3400m en un paramo y otra 2850m en bosque de niebla. Los caracteres morfológicos y merísticas encajan perfectamente, al igual que su macro ecología, ya que fue encontrado en los relictos de bosque de niebla más "norteños" de Norteamérica, escondidos en las montañas de la Sierra Madre Oriental, en General Zaragoza, Nuevo León. A 2850 m.
Nueva especie de hongo liquenícola para el contienente Norteaméricano, al igual que el registro del género Plectocarpon más al sur en NA, ya que el género está subrepresentado en los trópicos respecto a zonas australes más frías, excepto en algunas áreas subtropicales. También siendo la priemr cita para México de Plectocarpon.
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Tulip Tree Leaf Miner (Phyllocnistis liriodendronella)Observer
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On Tulip poplar
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Sulphur Firedot (Gyalolechia flavovirescens)Observer
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On fossilized rugose coral colony, sandstone.
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Lea's Bog Lichen (Phaeophyscia leana)Observer
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On Acer below flood level.
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Glowing Script (Graphis lucifica)Observer
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On Quercus falcata. UV+ yellow.
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Texas Wart Lichen (Pertusaria texana)Observer
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On Carya ovata. Raised yellow ostioles, thallus UV+ orange (P. paratuberculifera included in photo for color contrast). 8 spores per ascus.
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Spotted Wart Lichen (Pertusaria paratuberculifera)Observer
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On Carya ovata. Thallus UV+ bright yellow, 8 spores per ascus.
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Frazzled Dot (Gomphillus americanus)Observer
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Growing on moss substrate attached to dead log.
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Buck's Whiskers (Gyalideopsis buckii)Observer
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Cercis canadensis substrate. No capitula apparent, stalks thin, hooked, and hairlike.
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Rock Wart Lichen (Pertusaria plittiana)Observer
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Limestone substrate.
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Scouring Rush (Equisetum praealtum)Observer
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Population of E. hyemale affine among the Brandywine Creek in Chester County, PA with rather widespread presence of unidentified pathogenic fungi.
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Found munching on a discarded date in the ruins of Jarash, returned to the date afterwards. A second specimen was found crushed near the Temple of Artemis and buried properly inside.
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Jericho Scorpion (Nebo hierichonticus)Observer
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Found in the Franciscan church atop Mount Nebo in Jordan.
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Northern Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina brevicauda)Observer
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Leucistic short-tailed shrew found rummaging through a field, scurried off into a tree hollow.
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Green Salamander (Aneides aeneus)Observer
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Tentative ID. Safe from photography in his home. Metallic gold specks on black face
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Green-striped Grasshopper (Chortophaga viridifasciata)Observer
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Erythristic!
