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April 30, 2024
01:05 PM PDT
Description
using iNat's suggestion. Beautiful fly! Looked amazing like a bumble bee.
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April 20, 2024
06:25 AM UTC
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April 25, 2024
02:34 PM PDT
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April 19, 2024
01:27 PM CDT
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April 18, 2024
03:46 PM PDT
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April 16, 2024
09:40 PM PDT
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April 16, 2024
08:14 AM PDT
Description
Photographed with a DSLR camera trap
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August 7, 2023
05:00 PM PDT
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April 10, 2022
05:38 PM PDT
Description
Amazing wasp mimic! I was fooled myself for a split second. It was pollinating yarrow and let me get very close; maybe because of its mimicry it didn't seem too alarmed!
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July 27, 2022
09:05 AM PDT
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October 2, 2023
02:08 PM EDT
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January 5, 2024
06:53 AM EST
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October 7, 2023
02:26 PM PDT
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April 9, 2024
05:09 AM UTC
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April 5, 2024
06:16 AM UTC
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April 8, 2024
03:04 AM EDT
Description
on rock.
keyed out in Allen & Lendemer's Urban Lichens to Caloplaca feracissima = syn. Xanthocarpia feracissima.
if it is X. feracissima - and i do think it is - the thallus is rather more distinct than is typical. while this species has "thallus almost imperceptible, sometimes producing a dark gray to dull yellow stain", it is normally basically completely immersed.
an alternative interpretation here might be Gyalolechia flavovirescens = syn. Caloplaca flavovirescens. this species has a yellow areolate thallus and a similar apothecia. ultimately i don't think it's G. flavovirescens because that species has a thallus margin that has an abrupt edge (this specimen doesn't) and darker, more brownish-orange apothecia. so i do think it's an X. feracissima with a thallus that's a bit more visible than is typical, which it does sometimes seem to do (see: https://lichenportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxauthid=1&taxon=56255&clid=1048)
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April 8, 2024
03:04 AM EDT
Description
on bark. tentatively L. finkii because the thallus rather thick, with white medulla visible below granulose upper layer
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March 31, 2024
06:50 AM UTC
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April 1, 2024
08:05 PM PDT
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March 26, 2024
07:56 PM UTC
Description
Uncooperative fly... I'm hopeful it can be identified from this angle..
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March 26, 2024
01:55 PM PDT
Description
The insect is on Miner's Lettuce.
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November 7, 2016
06:18 PM EST
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March 25, 2024
05:15 PM UTC
Description
Could not take enough photos of this beautiful Whimbrel!
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March 23, 2024
09:15 PM PDT
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March 20, 2024
10:51 AM PDT
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April 26, 2020
06:20 PM UTC
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March 19, 2024
04:56 PM UTC
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March 16, 2024
04:30 PM PDT
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December 18, 2023
11:20 AM PST
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March 14, 2024
04:45 AM UTC
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March 9, 2024
11:48 PM EST
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March 8, 2024
03:56 PM PST
Description
Compares favorably to previous observations here but it isn't as if there's a lot of knowledge or experience behind this
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March 9, 2024
03:49 PM PST
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February 26, 2024
04:05 PM EST
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December 12, 2023
11:49 PM PST
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December 12, 2023
11:54 PM PST
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February 28, 2024
05:56 PM PST
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February 27, 2024
08:19 PM PST
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February 18, 2024
06:54 PM PST
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February 21, 2024
01:35 PM PST
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February 22, 2024
02:08 PM GMT
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February 20, 2024
09:16 PM UTC
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February 11, 2024
10:21 PM EST
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February 9, 2024
12:05 AM EST
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February 13, 2024
09:01 AM PST
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February 12, 2024
09:04 AM PST
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February 9, 2024
04:15 PM PST
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April 15, 2018
02:20 PM EDT
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February 6, 2024
12:06 AM EST
Description
moss should not be allowed to look this badass
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February 8, 2021
09:23 PM -03
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December 12, 2023
04:42 PM CST
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January 25, 2024
06:03 PM PST
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December 30, 2023
06:07 AM UTC
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January 5, 2024
08:01 PM UTC
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December 29, 2023
02:12 AM EST
Description
found under bark of a big fallen hardwood tree
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December 14, 2023
06:30 AM UTC
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December 25, 2023
11:16 PM UTC
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June 12, 2023
07:02 PM PDT
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July 9, 2023
06:22 PM PDT
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October 6, 2019
08:27 PM PDT
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November 12, 2023
10:22 PM PST
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November 11, 2023
06:13 PM PST
Description
Batch location: Mississippi Bar, large patch of Baccharis and Eriogonum.
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April 9, 2018
10:09 PM PDT
Description
Folsom, Sacramento County, California
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November 6, 2023
07:25 AM PST
Description
Batch location: Mississippi Bar, large patch of Baccharis and Eriogonum.
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November 2, 2023
09:51 PM PDT
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October 31, 2023
09:47 AM PDT
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September 10, 2023
05:55 PM PDT
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July 26, 2023
08:20 PM UTC
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July 24, 2023
02:56 PM PDT
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August 13, 2022
11:00 PM UTC
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July 11, 2023
10:06 AM CDT
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May 22, 2023
10:26 AM PDT
Description
Batch location: Mississippi Bar.
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May 16, 2023
08:23 AM CDT
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November 15, 2021
07:45 PM EST
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May 12, 2023
04:03 AM UTC
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April 15, 2018
02:42 PM EDT
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May 9, 2023
09:22 AM CDT
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May 2, 2023
02:43 PM PDT
Description
Black fly with posterior yellow on abdomen. Not like any Narcissus Bulb fly ever seen. But what? Will come back to this as a thunderstorm is forecast for the afternoon
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March 16, 2023
02:41 PM UTC
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January 26, 2023
06:06 PM PST
Description
See comments below.
Maidu Park.
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November 10, 2022
05:55 AM PST
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October 4, 2022
11:24 PM UTC
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September 24, 2022
10:44 AM PDT
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September 29, 2022
09:27 AM PDT
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September 27, 2022
11:24 AM PDT
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September 14, 2022
04:26 PM PDT
Description
Carmichael Community Garden.
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September 13, 2022
10:05 PM EDT
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September 5, 2022
10:38 AM PDT
Description
hunting near catclaw acacia
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August 30, 2022
06:01 PM CEST
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August 28, 2022
09:37 AM PDT
Description
Yellow-shouldered or Black-footed?
Snipes-Pershing Ravine.
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June 29, 2022
08:15 PM UTC
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August 25, 2022
07:32 AM PDT
Description
Appears to be the first county observation of this species on iNat.
Ancil Hoffman Park.
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August 23, 2022
08:24 PM UTC
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August 21, 2022
09:22 PM UTC
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July 21, 2022
03:25 AM MST
Description
For some reason I recently came across the original description for this species of Taracticus, realized it was local and probably poorly sampled and that I was at perfect phenology, so I figured I’d give it a try. I hiked down the Palisades trail down near Mud Spring (the type locality, on July 16-20 1916!) and got lucky! Never really saw them perching on leaves, but I started to notice something spiral flitting around the shrubs at about shoulder/head height and did a reflex swing of the net to check it out. Imagine my surprise when I saw what I’d bagged! Got two that way. Saw probably a few more (especially up higher out of reach?), but it was sunset and I had a bruising 3 mi speed hike to get out of there (I still ended up walking by flashlight!) Between this site and my earlier (but mostly this) my phone ended up crediting me with 9.4 miles and 92 floors of climbing!
There were also Ommatius out here in this life zone.
Note that the male is much darker than the female, which isn’t really mentioned in the keys. Leg in ethanol.
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September 30, 2017
06:37 PM PDT
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August 6, 2022
11:29 PM UTC
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August 4, 2022
02:42 PM PDT
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June 18, 2022
09:56 PM PDT
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July 18, 2022
09:36 AM PDT