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September 20, 2022
09:51 PM UTC
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March 29, 2024
09:15 PM PDT
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March 27, 2024
05:38 PM EDT
Description
I came upon this nest while photographing lichens. I thought at first that it had been abandoned, but on the way back later I saw the skittish parents.
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February 28, 2024
08:56 AM MST
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February 24, 2024
03:58 PM EST
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February 25, 2024
12:14 PM EST
Description
Found entombed in White Pine sap, a few mm from an entrance into the bark. Large ant, uniform black color. Long erect and appressed golden hairs on the gaster (and a few large natty golden mustache hairs). Unnotched clypeus.
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February 21, 2024
09:36 PM EST
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January 19, 2024
09:23 AM EST
Description
Found floating on the open section of a small stream. Amorous.
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January 9, 2024
11:21 PM EST
Description
Abundant in reservoir outlet stream. I don't know what depth in the reservoir the outlet comes from, but the reservoir level is quite low at this time of year. The water was crystal clear, if slightly yellow - most of the seston in the water column had fallen out when the reservoir froze over. Diagnostic features include: Middle pecten of postabdominal claw long and robust; Concave ventral head margin; Small, symmetric polygonal markings on rostrum; dorsal spines relatively close together. Length of adults, about 2.5 mm. Many of the individuals of this species were heavily colonized by epizoic diatoms, which I'll post separately. That's apparently a seasonal risk.
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December 30, 2023
08:57 PM EST
Description
From trailside moss. 600 microns long.
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December 30, 2023
01:04 PM EST
Description
The crows called me over to see this. The owl did not waste anything. Within a few minutes of finishing off the first chipmunk, it swooped down to catch another groggy chipmunk emerging from the snow. It held it under its claw for a midnight snack and went to sleep.
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July 25, 2023
04:52 AM UTC
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December 29, 2023
10:57 PM EST
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December 9, 2023
04:15 AM UTC
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December 8, 2023
08:38 PM PST
Description
Growing on decaying madrone wood
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December 8, 2023
06:30 PM PST
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December 8, 2023
06:30 PM PST
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December 7, 2023
02:09 PM PST
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December 1, 2023
09:30 PM UTC
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November 29, 2023
03:00 PM EST
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November 29, 2023
11:45 AM PST
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November 28, 2023
10:39 PM UTC
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November 28, 2023
10:40 PM UTC
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November 28, 2023
02:40 PM PST
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November 28, 2023
02:40 PM PST
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November 26, 2023
09:56 AM MST
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November 24, 2023
04:28 PM PST
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November 24, 2023
07:23 PM EST
Description
Some kind of veliger found in the plankton. I think.
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November 23, 2023
03:17 AM UTC
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November 20, 2023
05:23 PM MST
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November 18, 2023
09:24 PM UTC
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November 17, 2023
02:39 PM UTC
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November 15, 2023
07:20 PM EST
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November 15, 2023
07:38 PM EST
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November 15, 2023
07:59 PM EST
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November 8, 2023
01:41 PM PST
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November 8, 2023
01:52 PM PST
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November 8, 2023
09:50 AM EST
Description
on wet rotting log. Seems to be a layer of carbon fungus of some kind. Micro included - asci/paraphyses inseparable. Vouchered. JET231010_01
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November 8, 2023
08:29 AM EST
Description
Subspecies ID based on ID for similar-looking growth in Yukon. Moist tundra slope, granodiprite area, Tina Creek hike, BC, July 2/23
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November 8, 2023
08:29 AM EST
Description
Species ID is a guess. I see several species suggested for this area, but I cannot distinguish between them. It is a hard Genus for me. Moist tundra slope, granodiprite area, Tina Creek hike, BC, July 2/23
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November 6, 2023
05:26 PM PST
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November 6, 2023
05:26 PM PST
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November 2, 2023
12:50 AM EDT
Description
From a surface sample of the inlet water. It's at the 8-celled stage, so I'm not sure of the ID.
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October 23, 2023
05:28 PM UTC
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October 19, 2023
04:10 PM EDT
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October 19, 2023
07:59 PM EDT
Description
Yes! I've wanted to see this snake for years. Quick-thinking photo by Averill Smith, before it completely disappeared.
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October 16, 2023
10:45 PM UTC
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October 11, 2023
09:34 PM EDT
Description
From a surface water sample from a drainage canal in the peatland, First seen free-swimming, but soon attached and extended itself. You can see it capture a euglenid (I think). The bigger, golden vacuole just below the euglenid is a dinoflagellate, Glenodinium (maybe).
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October 10, 2023
12:07 PM PDT
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October 10, 2023
03:07 PM EDT
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October 9, 2023
09:34 PM EDT
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June 6, 2018
09:32 PM EDT
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October 2, 2023
12:10 AM UTC
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September 26, 2023
12:05 PM EDT
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September 26, 2023
02:44 PM EDT
Description
Ten segments to the first antenna. No hairs on inner margin of caudal ramus. Macro photo is bad, but better than what a photo under the cover slip would have been.
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September 8, 2023
04:44 PM EDT
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September 8, 2023
09:38 PM PDT
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September 9, 2023
04:35 AM UTC
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July 2, 2023
12:49 AM UTC
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August 12, 2023
02:15 AM UTC
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September 5, 2023
05:06 PM UTC
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September 4, 2023
01:09 PM EDT
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September 4, 2023
09:05 AM PDT
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August 31, 2023
02:15 PM EDT
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August 27, 2023
06:53 PM EDT
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August 26, 2023
02:02 PM EDT
Description
Saint-Zénon
rue Alfred-Robillard
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August 24, 2023
12:22 PM EDT
Description
On Trichaptum biforme, the Violet-toothed Polypore. Spores 1 septate, 8-14 x 3-3.5 µm.
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August 17, 2023
01:12 PM EDT
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October 16, 2021
01:44 AM UTC
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August 7, 2022
05:49 PM UTC
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August 16, 2023
09:40 PM UTC
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August 16, 2023
09:42 PM UTC
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August 16, 2023
02:19 PM EDT
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August 16, 2023
02:45 PM ADT
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August 14, 2023
12:58 PM EDT
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August 2, 2023
11:38 AM EDT
Description
Dozens of them running around the cliff face
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July 31, 2023
04:05 PM UTC
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July 31, 2023
01:17 PM EDT
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July 31, 2023
02:44 AM UTC
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July 31, 2023
02:40 AM UTC
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July 28, 2023
12:24 AM EDT
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July 26, 2023
06:38 AM MDT
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July 23, 2023
07:15 PM MDT
Description
Male and female along the river. FIrst time I have encountered this species here since 1982.
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July 19, 2023
10:02 PM PDT
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July 20, 2023
04:03 AM UTC
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July 19, 2023
11:40 PM CDT
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July 10, 2023
01:09 PM EDT
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July 3, 2023
12:38 AM UTC
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June 24, 2023
05:00 PM EDT
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June 17, 2023
04:00 AM UTC
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June 22, 2020
05:15 AM MDT
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June 4, 2023
05:53 AM HST
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May 27, 2023
05:51 PM EDT
Description
Doing calisthenics under a maple branch. Males show this behaviour during mating leks (Zalom 1976) though I didn't notice other males or females around. Flexing, upside-down, in the shade, in a sun-dappled forest glade.
Zalom, F.G. 1979. Notes on Male Assemblages of Helius flavipes (Macq.) with Reference to Mating Habits (Diptera: Tipulidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 52(3): 553-555.
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May 23, 2023
09:31 PM EDT
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May 22, 2023
10:37 PM UTC
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May 19, 2023
03:20 PM MDT
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May 17, 2023
08:47 PM PDT
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May 17, 2023
08:38 PM PDT
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May 17, 2023
12:03 PM EDT
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May 13, 2023
09:57 PM UTC