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False Dayflower (Tinantia anomala)Observer
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Feel welcome to DM me for the original, its a 12MB jpeg file, 4632x5790 so could be printed quite large.
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Cheese Skipper (Piophila casei)Observer
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on a decomposing roadkill boar carcass
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Macronema amazonenseObserver
spyingnaturalistDescription
Macronema sp., this represents my 5,000th species uploaded to iNaturalist!
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Genus LamprosemaObserver
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a cryptic genus in the Valley, please don't default to Victorian Lamplighter without figuring out how to rule out the other similar species
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Drymoea hesperoidesObserver
rainforestDescription
Watch the Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQsc9VWpLOY
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Sand-dollar Cactus (Astrophytum asterias)Observer
dosvenadasDescription
Starr County, Texas. Star Cactus. Astrophytum asterias. Dos Venadas Ranch. Sometimes called sanddollar cactus.
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Dark Cycadian (Theorema dysmenia)Observer
spyingnaturalistDescription
http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/theorema_dysmenia.htm
2nd photo shows the bamboo habitat it was in.
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Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)Observer
newarkbirdsDescription
window collisions. this observation is for the two ovenbirds in the righthand column
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Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Order Psocodea)Observer
eestrada_wildlifephoto
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Chernetid Pseudoscorpions (Family Chernetidae)Observer
spyingnaturalistDescription
something crazy hitchhiking on a Bryolymnia viridata
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Banded Tussock Moth (Halysidota tessellaris)Observer
treichardDescription
Caterpillar on the right.
(The leaf is part of an American Sycamore tree. The Banded Tussock caterpillar was moved from an oak leaf for this photo, then returned.)
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Crocus Geometer Moths (Genus Xanthotype)Observer
leannewallisDescription
tentative based on patterning, no genetic testing done
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Genus AmpulexObserver
colin25Description
For the blue wasp, which was "walking" the cockroach, not dragging it along. The legs of the cockroach moving normally, but stopped dead when the wasp released the antenna to scout ahead. Went down a steep rock face and up an equally steep rock, before both disappeared into a hole between rocks.
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Southern Ugly-nest Caterpillar Moth (Archips rileyana)Observer
spyingnaturalist
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Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum)Observer
johnepplerDescription
Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum) in Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Amarillo, Texas
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Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis)Observer
rebeccagelernterDescription
Edit - Bat Falcon Bat Falcon!!
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King Ranch Bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum)Observer
spyingnaturalistDescription
Andropogon/bluestem?
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Crocus Geometer Moths (Genus Xanthotype)Observer
jeffcramerDescription
The subject is the one on the left (lighter coloration)
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Crocus Geometer Moths (Genus Xanthotype)Observer
jeffcramerDescription
The subject is the one on the right (darker yellow)
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Tiputinia (Tiputinia foetida)Observer
pbertnerDescription
Presumably a parasitic plant since no leaves were observed and no plants nearby.
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New Zealand Paddle Worm (Eulalia microphylla)Observer
dave_hollandDescription
attacking a flatworm! right there in front of my camera! the light green stuff exploded out and grabbed the flatworm then would shrink back into the poly if the flatworm wriggled out! very very weird.
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Bright Pink Chilean Butterfly Flower (Schizanthus grahamii)Observer
mildred_ehrenfeld
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Observer
spyingnaturalistDescription
Ovipositing on planted Solanum ciciliforum brought up from a lower elevation.
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Genus BibioObserver
spyingnaturalistDescription
on Azure Bluets, Houstonia caerulea
