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Eight-spotted Tumbling Flower Beetle (Hoshihananomia octopunctata)Observer
jstippick
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Harvester (Feniseca tarquinius)Observer
cherz13Description
caterpillar among the wooly aphids under the leaf
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Witches Broom of Hackberry Mite (Aceria celtis)Observer
davidenriqueDescription
On Celtis occidentalis
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Witches Broom of Hackberry Mite (Aceria celtis)Observer
wsimmonsDescription
Witches' broom (1st pic) on branches of a hackberry tree (2nd pic) at Horseshoe Cove. Brooms caused by a powdery mildew fungus (Sphaerotheca phytoptophila) and a minute, wormlike, eriophyid mite (Eriophyes celtis, synonym Aceria snetsingeri) about 200 microns long http://ipm.illinois.edu/diseases/series600/rpd662/
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Phyllosticta concavaObserver
naturalnortheastDescription
Looks like a fungal pathogen.
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Spiny Witch-Hazel Gall Aphid (Hamamelistes spinosus)Observer
srallDescription
on witch hazel
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Virile Crayfish (Faxonius virilis)Observer
bugsnbirdsnplantsDescription
lunch had other ideas!
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Genus MordellistenaObserver
stonebarnsecologyDescription
Inquiline Mordellistena beetle that emerged July 2022 from gall in Artemisia vulgaris (see https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/149356112 for gall type) collected on 13 January 2022. Specimen will be sent out for DNA barcoding in March 2023. Collected from the bowl pasture at Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture.
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maricel-patinoDescription
On the cross section of a rail road bridge member. Powdery to touch. Membranous. Pine Barrens.
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Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)Observer
owlentineDescription
Continuing rare bird first reported in early December by S. Mlodinow. Separate observations created for CANG and CACK.
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
hb2000Description
Between 2 sweetgum leaves glued together.
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Boneset Stem Midge (Neolasioptera perfoliata)Observer
davidenriqueDescription
On Lycopus sp, prev obs x2
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Dusky-backed Filatima Moth (Filatima pseudacaciella)Observer
hb2000Description
Larva between 2 leaflets of black locust glued together.
Addendum:
Pictures 2 and 3 : view of the structure before I separated the 2 leaflets.
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Trichothecium roseumObserver
davidenriqueDescription
This obs is for the white fungus growing on the Apiosporina morbosa galls.
I'm hoping I'll be able to provide take some micrographs soon, but I don't know how useful they'll be given I don't know what I'm doing.
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Trichothecium roseumObserver
davidenriqueDescription
The white mold. On Apiosporina morbosa
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LifeObserver
davidenriqueDescription
The spots. I'm thinking these are insect bites and their associated fungi/viruses?
On Viburnum sp., prev obs (a different individual, but I'm almost positive it's the same species)
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Black Laceweaver (Amaurobius ferox)Observer
cemeterysquatterDescription
Dad found this by the shed outside! Absolutely beautiful forbidden blueberry!
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Mouse Bot Fly (Cuterebra fontinella)Observer
gnatcatcherDescription
Townes style Malaise trap. 16mm
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Scudder's Bush Katydids (Genus Scudderia)Observer
karinaloveslampsDescription
Found on a bluebonnet
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Rockweed Isopod (Pentidotea wosnesenskii)Observer
davidbadkeDescription
Clung to the beak of a Whimbrel that was foraging in the seaweed, the bird could not dislodge it, after a couple of minutes the isopod dropped off. The Whimbrel continued to feed with the isopod on board.
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Black-banded Orange Moth (Epelis truncataria)Observer
delbachertDescription
On edge of Jack Pine Plantation just outside of Grayling, Mi. Could not locate in either Butterflies of Michigan or Swift Gd to Butterflies. Puddling with a group of Blues and Skippers but lone sighting.
