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Small Tortoise Beetle (Cassida piperata)Observer
wapogipo88Description
Found resting on vegetation in the gardens by the river.
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Barbary Dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea var. risoria)Observer
nycnatureobserverDescription
Released/Escapee?
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Pinkweed (Persicaria pensylvanica)Observer
stevewalternatureDescription
On a brackish mud flat (East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge).
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Pandorus Sphinx (Eumorpha pandorus)Observer
wapogipo88Description
Made my day
Made my life
Made my year
I have no words....speechless.
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Pale Sap Beetle (Pallodes pallidus)Observer
jfmantisDescription
In mushroom -> https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/241334874
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Yellow-horned Flower Longhorn Beetle (Strangalia luteicornis)Observer
jfmantisDescription
Looked wacky in flight.
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Ferruginous Carpenter Ant (Camponotus chromaiodes)Observer
jfmantisDescription
Didn't make it through the winter :(
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Small Egrets and Herons (Genus Egretta)Observer
zahnerphotoDescription
possibly LBHE x SNEG
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Dogbane Leaf Beetle (Chrysochus auratus)Observer
matthew_willsDescription
Female coating eggs with grass. See also: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/227993556
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Variegated Ground Spider (Sergiolus capulatus)Observer
jfmantisDescription
Common here but not easily photographed.
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Himmelman's and Busck's Plume Moths (Complex Geina tenuidactylus)Observer
alanek
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American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis)Observer
novapatchDescription
trails full of tall grass
each blade straddled by a tick
arms outstretched
swaying in the breeze
patiently waiting for you
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Bronze Jumping Spider (Eris militaris)Observer
yoatzinDescription
Stacked from 5 images. Method=B (R=8,S=4)
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Tribe ElampiniObserver
bkmertzDescription
Seen on milkweed, not sure what it wanted with the oleander aphids
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Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari)Observer
didymops77Description
There appears to be a parasitic mite on T4 of this Chymomyza, but I was unaware of it at the time so additional views are not available. Speculation is welcome.
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Dacne pictaObserver
zihaowangDescription
First iNat observation of this species in NA, although it has been known to be established here since 2018, according to Bugguide.
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Three-lobed Violet (Viola palmata)Observer
bella_novae_caesareaDescription
Or possibly hybrid with V sagittata?
Found in plant bed, not intentionally planted. Possibly hitchhiked on a nursery plant.
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Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)Observer
nvergallaDescription
Grackle was chattering it's head off - any suggestions on what the bird it was screaming at was? Flew off before I could get a good view.
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Tiny Many-spored Buttons (Amandinea polyspora)Observer
sus_scrofaDescription
on bark of a small, thin fallen branch of hardwood
tentative ID. i guess it could also be one of the bark-dwelling Lecidella, among other things, but the thallus is a better match for Amandinea.
if it is Amandinea (thin, poorly developed, gray-green crustose thallus, black-disced apothecia with black margins that seem to disappear for the larger mature apothecia), it should be Amandinea punctata or Amandinea polyspora, and the substrate suggests (but isn't definitive for) A. polyspora
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Goose Egg Moss (Aulacomnium heterostichum)Observer
zihaowangDescription
In Manhattan!
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Pore Lichens (Genus Pertusaria)Observer
zihaowangDescription
The 4th tree, counting from the northern end.
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Odorous House Ant (Tapinoma sessile)Observer
jfmantisDescription
Underside of a rock.
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Alternating Dog Lichen (Peltigera didactyla)Observer
zihaowangDescription
Sorediate. In sandy soil in Brooklyn.
In packet
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Sarchgyne Lichen (Sarcogyne clavus)Observer
sus_scrofaDescription
on sunny granitic outcrop.
ID based on treatment in Allen & Lendemer with some help from The Brodo. thallus entirely endolithic; apothecia non-pruinose, large, margin distinct, wavy, thick, smooth; on siliceous rock
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Hooded Sunburst Lichen (Xanthomendoza fallax)Observer
sus_scrofaDescription
on hardwood branch. keyed out in Allen & Lendemer's Urban Lichens. orange thallus, with short, raised lobes; soralia crescent-shaped on lobe tips, with greenish yellow powdery soredia that distinctly develop within a split between the upper and lower cortices, forming a rounded hood
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Eastern Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)Observer
sandrabirdloverDescription
With durian fruit.
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Variable Brown Dotlets (Lecidea varians)Observer
sus_scrofaDescription
tentative ID. on bark of a fallen hardwood branch.
ID based on Allen & Lendemer's treatment of Pyrrhospora varians (= syn. Lecidea varians) in Urban Lichens: "no other lichens in urban areas have tiny, clustered, reddish-brown, variably pruinose apothecia". shiny, gray-green, crustose thallus
found during a NY Myco Society walk
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Gray-rimmed Firedot Lichen (Caloplaca cerina)Observer
zihaowangDescription
On a young, wild Populous grandidentata which was unfortunately cut down. Definitive evidence of the naturalization of this species in the area.
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Tuberculated Crab Spider (Tmarus angulatus)Observer
zitsermDescription
Camouflaged against the White ash leaf scar
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Genus PenthaleusObserver
mollyopsisDescription
OK, I'm trying out Penthaleus because that's what iNat is suggesting. Definitely a mite!
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Genus ChlorociboriaObserver
zitsermDescription
Beautiful swirly patterns in a well decayed oak log (probably Quercus velutina judging by the tiny amount of bark that I could see). The green staining is caused by a fungus in the genus Chlorociboria.
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Lesser Smoothcap (Atrichum angustatum)Observer
zitsermDescription
Leaves about 1 mm wide or less. I don't think I'd ever seen so much red in this moss. Very beautiful.
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jfmantisDescription
Incredibly lucky to have stumbled upon this pincer wasp in the act of parasitizing a leafhopper nymph.
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Button Lichens (Genus Buellia)Observer
matthew_willsDescription
On bark of a young Common Persimmon. Like most of this arboretum's new trees, this was sourced elsewhere and planted here, so the tree probably came in with this lichen already on it. Several patches on the tree, but the photographed patches had the most developed/visible black dots.
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American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)Observer
angela_panettaDescription
Third time seen in week at sunset. This time, it’s small size was evident as about 30 feet away there was gray squirrels. Red coloring in coat stood out. Squirrel came down from tree quickly, grabbed a pine cone and went up the tree. Was eating pine cone while perched about halfway up. Always solitary.
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Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)Observer
joseph1318Description
Red-tailed hawk vs. squirrel face-off!
