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Apical Rosinweed Gall Wasp (Antistrophus silphii)Observer
benbullardDescription
Host Silphium perfoliatum
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Melikaiella tumificaObserver
matthew_willsDescription
Northern Red Oak/Q. rubra
The caterpillar eating here observed separately: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156511677
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Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)Observer
dianen5Description
Woodpecker holes?
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Warlock's Butter (Exidia nigricans)Observer
maricel-patinoDescription
On beech branch. Park.
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Genus PseudomonasObserver
matthew_willsDescription
Lots of these mini burls/galls on this viburnum. (I think it's Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Shasta'). Notably, another viburnum of the same type about fifteen feet away doesn't have a single one. (Example cut in half was from twig on ground.)
Reminiscent of Pseudomonas savastanoi on Forsythia.
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Beaked Twig Gall Wasp (Burnettweldia plumbella)Observer
jrebmanDescription
Many galls taking over Quercus dumosa
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Genus CallirhytisObserver
zitsermDescription
This oak was covered with these galls
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Eastern Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis ssp. borealis)Observer
matthew_willsDescription
Yesterday, I saw three juveniles simultaneously in this area; today, it was two adults.
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Fairy Pins (Phaeocalicium polyporaeum)Observer
gamelanerDescription
Growing on Violet-toothed Polypore.
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Garden Ghost Spider (Hibana gracilis)Observer
ken_j_allisonDescription
On top of 20 cm of snow in woodland.
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Genus StereumObserver
kimcwrenDescription
On a decaying fallen hardwood branch. Mesic hardwood forest.
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Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus)Observer
yelloweyedjuncoDescription
highly unusual for date + location
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Sunflower Purse Gall Midge (Asphondylia helianthiglobulus)Observer
woolcarderbeeDescription
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145462103
https://bugguide.net/node/view/999101/bgimage
Gall midges emerged over a period of 11 minutes.
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Rufous, Allen's, and Allied Hummingbirds (Genus Selasphorus)Observer
beartrackerDescription
It was stuck in a spider web and I caught it, cleaned off the web, and released it.
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All-pale Perdita (Perdita perpallida)Observer
zportmanDescription
nest entrance
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Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon virescens)Observer
d_w_oDescription
I think there’s enough to go on in the 1st photo.
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Subgenus AgapostemonObserver
d_w_oDescription
Try as I might, I can’t discern the difference between sericeus and splendans females. I was leaning splendans, but it’s probably sericeus.
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pseudomyrmexDescription
A surprise friend in the Industrial Metal Supply parking lot. Abdominal segments under elytra are iridescent blue. It bit me, which is how I know it is a beetle of the highest quality.
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
stevejonesDescription
Unknown e-polycarpa-tubular-gall. Host Euphorbia polycarpa. Gall about 1 cm on average, larva between 1.5 and 2 mm (scale 0.5 mm). Gall open at distal end. White, waxy material in gall. Hundreds of galls in the immediate area.
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Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)Observer
douggoldmanDescription
Tall, rhizomatous weed in a garden bed, not cultivated.
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Chihuahuan Green Toad (Anaxyrus debilis)Observer
tsirtalisDescription
Also entered in HerpMapper.org
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Southern Plains Bumble Bee (Bombus fraternus)Observer
kyleprice1Description
County record I believe
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Purple-and-White Deceiver (Laccaria ochropurpurea)Observer
jenniferf4Description
Spores about 7 µ; globose; ornamented with spines. I didn't photograph.
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Shadowy Goldenrod (Solidago sciaphila)Observer
propullansDescription
Mine glade, Reno Management Unit, Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest
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Genus LasiusObserver
d_w_oDescription
Winged ant in a spider web with Joe Pye seed
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Rusty-patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis)Observer
cesmithDescription
Queen RPBB collecting pollen.
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Thimbleberry Gallmaker (Diastrophus kincaidii)Observer
jonathan_sellmanDescription
Gall on stem of thimbleberry
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Rusty-patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis)Observer
d_w_oDescription
Masquerading as a rusty-patched. Or not!
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis)Observer
d_w_oDescription
I like this photo and was disappointed that I’d ready posted my quota of brown-belteds for the week. But when I zoomed in, I found my excuse! A tiny mite. If anyone knows its identity, please share.
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Black-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus melanopygus)Observer
gamelanerDescription
On the first stop of my first official survey of the year!
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goatprairieDescription
Asclepias syriaca x amplexicaulis? Relatively large population of A. amplexicaulis in this prairie
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Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)Observer
gamelanerDescription
I scared up the bird while exploring this bog.
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Robust Bracket (Fomitiporia robusta)Observer
gamelanerDescription
Growing on a large oak log. This shelf was very hard and dried out. I'm not certain about this ID.
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Robust Bracket (Fomitiporia robusta)Observer
gamelanerDescription
Growing on a large birch tree.
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dpsiminskiDescription
Lower Garden Canyon. Huachuca Mountains. Fort Huachuca.
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Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)Observer
jenniferf4Description
There were about 1000 swallows in the general area. Probably about half tree swallows and half barn swallows (and maybe others?)
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Chiseled Sunken Disk Lichen (Circinaria contorta)Observer
d_w_oDescription
Possibly? On Oneota dolomite that was installed in a public garden in the 1920s. The 2nd and 3rd images are (blurry) crops of areas where the “chiseling” is more apparent.
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Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)Observer
csledgeDescription
A lovely little structure held to an oak leaf with webbing.
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Powdered Loop Lichen (Hypotrachyna revoluta)Observer
blue543Description
Just to showcase apothecia.
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Woolly Oak Gall Wasp (Callirhytis lanata)Observer
goatprairieDescription
On Quercus rubra
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Western Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia ssp. hypugaea)Observer
fm5050Description
Rio Salado, Phoenix, AZ May 11, 2017
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Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)Observer
rawrielDescription
Two owls in the rental car return at PHX. One was just sitting on parked car while the other was up on a ceiling beam.
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Genus CronartiumObserver
kimcwrenDescription
On what i think is a black spruce (corrected to Jack Pine). Woody swellings on branches.
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Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)Observer
ken_j_allisonDescription
Perched in the back yard all day.
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Tacuazín (Didelphis virginiana)Observer
mjpapayDescription
Bartram Trail, Franklin, North Carolina
Whilst walking back to the parking lot, early on I had a choice between a short-cut I'd taken on the way in, and a longer walk on a forest service road that wens its way through the valleys. I opted for the longer walk, with the notion that it would be good if easy exercise, and that something else of interest was waiting for me on this perambulatory route.
The longer walk was a wise choice. The morning was cool but not cold, sunny but not too warm, the air clean and crisp, and I saw some White-tailed in Deer in the woodlands. They saw me, but were not alarmed. Perhaps they have become accustomed to my presence.
And further along, a faint rustling noise beside the trail attracted my attention. A Virginia Opossum was foraging for its mid-morning meal. Quietly I stopped, turned on the camera, quickly took one photo, then gingerly and quietly walked away, never looking back, leaving the Opossum as unobtrusively alone as possible, to enjoy the rest of its morning in the woods.
At home, looking at the photo, I notice the poor fellow has lost the tip of its tail. Well, that probably had the Opossum concerned about my intentions, so I was glad I did not linger and cause more disturbance than my casually passing by.
