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Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)Observer
sruffnerDescription
Large zygodactyl print with vertical stroke of the "K" to the inside of the track.
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Sheep's Sorrel (Rumex acetosella)Observer
harsiparkerDescription
In meadow/field habitat.
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Genus PhysarumObserver
harsiparkerDescription
Growing on the outside of a compost bin. Same slime mold photographed in the previous month:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147589486
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Rhododendron Blight (Seifertia azaleae)Observer
lumenalDescription
Fungal infection on bud of Rhododendron macrophyllum
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Gall Midges (Subfamily Cecidomyiinae)Observer
meravDescription
on Coyote Brush
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Ants, Bees, and Stinging Wasps (Infraorder Aculeata)Observer
kamedaphorDescription
These were on the underside of a wooden sign at the side of the trail.
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Frémont's Silktassel (Garrya fremontii)Observer
nancyasquithDescription
The leaf galls on this plant take several forms that seem to be connected:
- thickened yellow area surrounding part of a vein or the midrib
- long white hairs (FYI: Unlike coast silktassel, this species of Garrya does not have a felty leaf underside)
- extreme leaf curl and a possible rosette
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Hongos (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
chilipossumDescription
On Garrya elliptica, Coast Silk tassel
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Clasping Twig Gall Wasp (Disholcaspis prehensa)Observer
chilipossumDescription
On Quercus durata, Leather oak
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Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)Observer
sea-kangarooDescription
Galls on leather oak.
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Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)Observer
chilipossumDescription
probably Salix exigua but can't be 100% sure
@nancyasquith @megachile @norikonbu
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Mouse-eared Snail (Myosotella myosotis)Observer
michaelvoeltzDescription
A guess
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Ascochyta achlyicolaObserver
brnhnDescription
Fungal leaf spots on vanilla leaf
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Genus AphrophoraObserver
harsiparkerDescription
Nymph on the underside of a Common Hawthorn leaf. There's a very large Douglas-Fir growing above the much smaller hawthorn, but also several large Red Alders growing not too far away, so I would think either A. alni and A. permutata could both be likely candidates.
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Gall and Rust Mites (Family Eriophyidae)Observer
anudibranchmomDescription
Mites on Coast Silk Tassel
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Branched Shanklet (Dendrocollybia racemosa)Observer
punyDescription
big fruiting aggregration, like 40+
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Bacterial Crown Gall (Agrobacterium radiobacter)Observer
brnhnDescription
On invasive blackberry
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Marginal Leaf Fold Gall Midge (Macrodiplosis erubescens)Observer
jasondombroskie
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Genus HysteriumObserver
lumenalDescription
On oak bark, clusters up to 1cm across, individuals lumps each less than 1mm
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Anisogramma anomalaObserver
mswisemanDescription
Eastern filbert blight on filbert.
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Common Starlily (Leucocrinum montanum)Observer
lancewrightDescription
In the historic canals trails area of the BLM lands around Cline Buttes.
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Trialeurodes drewsiObserver
chilipossumDescription
On Quercus agrifolia, Coast Live Oak
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Isopod Iridescent Virus (Invertebrate iridescent virus 31)Observer
chilipossum
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Gall Midges (Subfamily Cecidomyiinae)Observer
naturesarchiveDescription
Presumed gall midge (based on morphology) on Green Rabbitbrush
Plant observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/152945421
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Rabbitbrush Beetle (Trirhabda nitidicollis)Observer
avacalvanoDescription
Many of these little guys on apache plume
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Fimbriate Gall Wasp (Andricus opertus)Observer
giantcicadaDescription
galls on cultivated oak, I think Oregon oak (Quercus garryana)
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Oyster Gall Wasp (Neuroterus anthracinus)Observer
kurtsteinbachDescription
The galls would have fallen from where they grew on the leaf vein, leaving a scar. A spider in the first photo had covered the leaf with web, thereby capturing the gall so it couldn't fall.
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Oyster Gall Wasp (Neuroterus anthracinus)Observer
kurtsteinbachDescription
The host tree is an English Oak raised from an acorn collected in Flanders, Belgium, sprouted, and then planted as an ornamental at this location. The galls are less than 1/8 inch diameter. There are multiple galls per leaf. Blisters along the vein suggest to me that some galls either were arrested in development via predation, or the galls dropped from the tree, leaving a scar. Unfortunately, my gall references have been unhelpful in identifying it beyond it being the probable efforts of a cynipid wasp.
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Genus AulacideaObserver
thrasherbirdDescription
Maybe? Closest I could find https://www.gallformers.org/gall/4143
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Trialeurodes drewsiObserver
anudibranchmomDescription
What a marvelously improbable 2D creature. Looks more like a diatom than an insect.
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Ctenocallis setosusObserver
harsiparkerDescription
On a stem of Scotch Broom (Asteraceae: Cytisus scoparius) in meadow/field habitat. The patterning looks to be slightly different than the one I photographed 6 days prior on the same plant:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/189438832
So, I guess there must be at least two of them present, but I once again spent quite a bit of time searching for others and came up empty.
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Pink Polypore Mould (Hypomyces rosellus)Observer
leah_myceliaDescription
Best guess ID. Appears to be a parasite of the crust fungus (last photo) growing on the spruce bark.
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Common Grey Disco (Mollisia cinerea)Observer
bitDescription
Holliday Fire Burn site
This entry is for the small grey fungi BEHIND the Calocera.
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Amber-marked Birch Leaf-miner Sawfly (Profenusa thomsoni)Observer
kidneymothDescription
On River birch
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Genus FomoriaObserver
giantcicadaDescription
host is st. john's wort, I think
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Branched Shanklet (Dendrocollybia racemosa)Observer
heatherdawsonDescription
Control site
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Brown Birch-Bolete (Leccinum scabrum)Observer
brucenDescription
Under European Birch street tree.
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Brown Birch-Bolete (Leccinum scabrum)Observer
brucenDescription
Under European Birch street tree.
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Western Grape Leafhopper (Erythroneura elegantula)Observer
chilipossumDescription
On Platanus racemosa, Western Sycamore
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Liriomyza Leaf-mining Flies (Genus Liriomyza)Observer
meravDescription
on Sacred Datura
