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Oriental Chestnut Gall Wasp (Dryocosmus kuriphilus)Observer
sascha_nDescription
on Castanea sativa, pics show 2 galls
An earwig active at one of those galls: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124239886
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Fish Lice (Genus Argulus)Observer
camogainsDescription
Observation for the fish: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/123832794
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Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax)Observer
ceisemanDescription
A sad fly clinging to a monkshood flower, with the night's frost melted into water droplets that cover its body. Appears to be Eristalis tenax; is there anything else it could be?
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Little Bent-Wing (Leucoptera lotella)Observer
karsten_sDescription
ex. Securigera varia
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Genus SminthurinusObserver
johndreynoldsDescription
Undescribed species discovered by @bee-worldly in this area last year, and the one in this photo was re-found by her again this year. https://inaturalist.ca/observations/92722398. Blue Lake, South Okanagan Grasslands Protected Area, BC, Canada
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Wallflower Cabbage (Coincya monensis ssp. cheiranthos)Observer
thomas_nogatzDescription
Letztes und vorletztes Foto vom 21.06.2022
Merkmale (vgl. Rothmaler Grundband 2021 und Leadley&Heywood 1990):
- Kronblätter gelb
- obere Bl nicht mit herz- o pfeilfg. Spreitengrund sitzend od. geöhrt
- Stg u. Bl mit einfachen, steifen, abstehenden Haaren
- Narbe kopfig
- Fr eine Schote, sich klappig öffnend, nicht perlschnurartig
- KronBl nicht dunkler geadert
- untere Bl einfach fiederteilig bis -schnittig
- Schoten der Traubenspindel nicht anliegend
- Sa (fast) kuglig
- KelchBl aufrecht, röhrig anliegend, zwei der 4 KelchBl an der Basis sackartig erweitert
- Schote mit 15 Sa in 1 Reihe in der Frucht
- Schnabel schwertfg abgeflacht
- Schnabel 1/4 so lg wie die Klappen od. länger (auf den Fotos nur unreife Früchte, außer vorletztes Foto)
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Fruchtklappen mit 3 Nerven
-> C o i n c y a - Blätter fiederschnittig (pinnatisect - Einschnitte gehen bis oder fast bis zur Mittelrippe)
- Blütenstand locker, mit 1-8 gleichzeitig geöffneten Blüten
- Schnabel kürzer als die Fruchtklappen
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Grundblätter und Stängelbasis steifhaarig, nicht kurz flaumhaarig
-> C. m o n e n s i s - Stängel aufrecht
- Stängelbasis und Blätter mäßig dicht steifhaarig
- Grundblätter leierförmig-fiederschnittig bis fiederschnittig (Foto 5), Stängelblätter fiederschnittig, nicht glauk
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Blätter nicht ledrig
-> C. m. subsp. c h e i r a n t h o s, Synonym: C. m. subsp. recurvata, s. WFO: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000614331
Mit Leadley&Heywood 1990 kommt man auf C. m. subsp. recurvata var. recurvata.
Die Subspecies cheiranthos ist die bisher einzige in Deutschland nachgewiesene Subspecies von Coincya monensis.
Nur wenige Exemplare auf ca. 50 qm verteilt am Fundort mit ca. 3% Deckung.
Am Fundort erstmals 2010 nachgewiesen. Bestand seitdem stabil bis leicht rückläufig. Zurzeit randlich G e f ä h r d u n g duch Grabungen im Sand (s. vorvorletztes Foto).
Biotop: SW-Hang einer Binnendüne, saurer, mäßig nährstoffarmer Sandtrockenrasen unter Kiefern mit Corynephorus canescens, Festuca brevipila, Agrostis capillaris, Armeria maritima subsp. elongata, Jasione montana, Pinus sylvestris, Artemisia campestris, Cladonia furcata, Rumex acetosella, Calamagrostis epigejos, Poa compressa, Rubus caesius, Quercus robur, Prunus serotina u. a.
Leadley & Heywood (1990): The biology and systematics of the Genus Coincya Porta & Rigo ex Rouy (Cruciferae). - Bot. Journ. Linn. Soc. 102: 313-398
http://www.blumeninschwaben.de/Zweikeimblaettrige/Kreuzbluetler/schnabelsenf.htm
Hipkin & Facey 2009: Biological Flora of the British Isles: Coincya monensis ssp. monensis and ssp. cheiranthos (PDF-download):
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01532.x
https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/coincya-monensis-subsp-cheiranthos
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Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus)Observer
stefanie_de_winDescription
This mother and baby were part of a whole troop jumping in the river to cross the Menangol tributary.
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Genus HamataliwaObserver
that_bee_guyPlace
Missing LocationDescription
Sitting on her egg sac
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Cross Orbweaver (Araneus diadematus)Observer
sascha_nDescription
Web from fence to Robinia pseudoacacia.
This bunch of spiderlings made me jump: Approaching I thought what I saw there was a clutch of eggs and as I made a first pic it suddenly exploded into a crawling mess,
The spiderlings that had left the web returned into it soon after the 'explosion'.
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Marsh Springtail (Isotomurus palustris)Observer
juhatuomolaDescription
Super abundant on a seashore, damp environment.
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Alpine Newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris)Observer
frederic_griesbaumDescription
Caught and handled with permission.
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Globular Springtails (Order Symphypleona)Observer
arman_Description
A few dozen on some rocks. I've been looking for these for a while now, and they definitely did not disappoint.
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Genus AndrenaObserver
zdankoDescription
@edanko @vkord @malisaspring check it out!
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Issus muscaeformisObserver
sascha_nDescription
It's by far the most strongly pigmented Issus nymph I've seen (regarding the legs, too), which is typical for I. muscaeformis and the frons (pics 4-7) also looks like muscaeformis to me. Source: http://www.wbrc.org.uk/WORCRECD/issue_29/Issus.html Opinions welcome. :)
There was sth. black on that leaf that could have been its exuviae, perhaps I. coleptratus look that way after moulting?
The damage to the leaf was not caused by it.
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Mottled Sedge (Glyphotaelius pellucidus)Observer
sascha_nDescription
On Symphoricarpos albus, about 3m from the lake. Pic1, the last pic I could make before she flew away, shows an egg she laid. Didn't notice it on site, but it explains, why she endured me taking pictures for so long.
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Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)Observer
sascha_nDescription
At least 9 clutches of eggs (+1 in the making) and 3 imagines on one birch trunk; all I did see were facing north or northeast.
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Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)Observer
sascha_nDescription
Several cases on Carpinus betulus: 2 leaves 'glued' together (light force did not separate them), a smaller not fully unfolded/developed leaf to the surface of a normal leaf. Many holes in the big leaf, no or few holes in the small covering leaf. Pic5 shows an animal that looks like an aphid, but I am not familar with aphids doing sth like that.
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Genus MyopaObserver
sascha_nDescription
Right next to a large Andrena colony: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112206703
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Mallards, Pintails, and Allies (Genus Anas)Observer
jvnnaDescription
FLEW THROUGH AND SHATTERED MY WINDOW AND CAME INTO MY HOUSE (duck is fine)
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Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)Observer
kimberlylrandalDescription
This is a green sea turtle that saw its reflection in my camera's dome port. Out of curiosity it almost swam into me! I took this before I had to move from out behind my camera and look to see if it was going to hit me. In retrospect, I wish I had kept shooting. But, just observing these guys is amazing in its own right. Nowhere in the world have I seen as many turtles on every dive as we did in Palau. Repeatedly, we'd see at least 3 or 4 turtles on most dives and I remember one dive where we saw at least 10.
Palau was the first country to declare their waters a sanctuary for sharks and as a result of their efforts the fish and turtle populations seem equally healthy. Absolutely fantastic to see that their efforts are paying off with healthy reefs, healthy fish populations, healthy shark populations, and lots of turtles!
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Northern Pike (Esox lucius)Observer
steven2802Description
This is the observation for the pike
for the heron please check:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110477179
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Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)Observer
steven2802Description
This is for the heron.
For the pike please go to:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110656572
