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Florida Bluet (Enallagma pollutum)Observer
stevecollinsDescription
Florida Bluet riding a sandwich through the inky void. This is not an altered photo, nor was this my sandwich.
magiccarpetride
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Genus ThuricolaObserver
mnold1Description
Mag. 200x (1,4); 400X (2,3)
- A pond-side water sample (retentate) was taken on 01/06/2024 using a 10µ dip net to enrich for microorganisms. (The shoreline had a layer of ice about 1/4" thick that needed to be breached in order to accommodate the dipnet. The retentate contained a lot of sediment due to the shallow depth and disturbance caused by the net.) Air temp 35F.
Thuricola, a loricate peritrich ciliate. Lorica has a valve flap that must be pushed open to allow the zooids to feed. The lorica is round-bottomed and stalkless. Images in the video, https://youtu.be/om-CaI8zPlk, suggest there may be a vertical indentation at the aperture of the lorica.
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Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)Observer
dylantomtaylorDescription
Growing on what is either a spider or an ant?
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Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)Observer
chiforagerDescription
Saw this little bird taking a bath in a small stream, we watched him for a while from the little wooden bridge over the stream. He seemed aware of us but kept on bathing!
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Torn Fibrecap (Inocybe lacera)Observer
dylantomtaylorDescription
@damontighe same one from a few years back you commented on.
Collected from a small sand dune remnant on the south shore of Lake Superior.
These grow gregariously with the dune grasses from the sand.
No noticeable odor.
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Ophrydium versatileObserver
louiselewisDescription
Portion of large colonial rotifer found floating in a freshwater pond. Rotifers are full of consumed algae.
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Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia)Observer
altspenDescription
Likely one of the caterpillars from the four eggs I found on the same Prunus serotina tree, but no others were found
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Desert Hyacinth (Cistanche tubulosa)Observer
fragmansapirDescription
S Israel, S Arava Valley,Yotvata Fields
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Eastern Emerald Elysia (Elysia chlorotica)Observer
cyricDescription
An Eastern Emerald Elysia on the Ninigret Tidal Flats.
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Steller's Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)Observer
petrahallbauerPlace
Missing Location
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True Slime Molds (Class Myxomycetes)Observer
dylantomtaylorDescription
Maybe Physarum. Growing on sepals of rose
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Webcaps (Genus Cortinarius)Observer
dylantomtaylorDescription
These smelled just like buttered popcorn lol
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Anthophysa vegetansObserver
chiforagerDescription
This seemed like a colony of flagellates or something similar - even though it looked like algae, each protruding part seemed to have a "tail" and organelles. The tails were moving. Video here: https://youtu.be/GYo3etzeWaA
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Genus EucyclopsObserver
jj_mcluckieDescription
Found in pond sample, unfortunately slide cover squished them a bit
1st: 80x magnification
2nd: 200x
3rd: 800x
4th: Line drawing of dorsal view
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White Admiral × Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis arthemis × astyanax)Observer
ornithopsis
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Marasmius capillarisObserver
fungalfanDescription
Tiny buff fluted caps with scalloped edge and central depression, gills attached to a collar encircling the dark, course thread-like stem. Growth habit on decaying oak leaves.
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European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)Observer
kimcwrenDescription
I am not sure of the relationship between these wasps and the galls
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Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)Observer
theresedavisDescription
Female Northern cardinal
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Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)Observer
chiforagerDescription
We saw her in the morning and the skin was peeling at the top of her head. We went for an hour long walk and found the whole skin when we returned! She lives in the rock wall. At one point there was another much younger snake with her - maybe a baby?
