turbera explotada sector lago vargas
Bank of roadside ditch, former savanna. This is exactly the same patch as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/183161675 which was identified microscopically, but here I show it glowing red under UV light (365nm).
Growing on a saturated vertical rock face on a large boulder outcrop. Collected a chunk.
Slimy green algae found in a small pond in the center of a bog. Has stems going towards the bottom of the pond. Growing around other aquatic plants.
Perhaps P. lamprosana or P. limitata. Or perhaps an Archips species. It was still alive after "the extraction" at my local emergency room at 2AM.
This specimen entered during nighttime observations at my lights. I could not for the life of me get it to fly out. (Hey, it happens.) So my gratitude goes to Dr. Kelvey Wilson and the staff at Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin, Vermont.
(While this moth was in my ear, my speculation on its identity was Microcrambus elegans.)
Boreal acidic cliffs at Smuggler's Notch (coordinates not specific for each observation)
Attempt at drawing a photograph-based liverwort life cycle. Missing spore germination into protonema and development of gametophyte. Cluttered. Spore images (from different species) taken from Wikipedia (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porella_platyphylla_%28d,_144628-474752%29_8662.JPG by Hermann Schachner). On alder.
Observed and photographed by Fabian Gonzalez. This appears to be an un-described species. Hairs on petals do not match those of Viola atropurpurea, which very rarely has yellow flowers. The plant seems more similar in the shape of the rosettes and hairs on petals to Viola skottsbergiana, a plant with white petals and similar markings on the lower petals.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144898411
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182534758
Seems to match this observation found a short distance to the south on Nevado de Longaví.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/77911856
In 10th photo, Nevado de Longaví, can be seen in the distance.
Growing at an altitude of 2980 m.
The population consists of thousands of plants that are all consistently yellow or yellow-orange colored.
Other yellow flowered species in the Section Sempervivum include V. auricolor, which has smaller, more loosely arranged rosettes, and larger flowers compared to the size of the rosettes. It grows far to the south of this location.
Viola coronifera has yellow flowers that are arranged at a different angle on the rosettes.
Observación y fotos por Fabian Gonzalez.
Parece que es una especie desconocida. Los pelos de los pétalos son diferentes de los de Viola atropurpurea. Es mas parecido en la forma de las rosetas y en los pelos de los pétalos a Viola skottsbergiana, que tiene pétalos blancos con manchas parecidas.
Vea:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144898411
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182534758
Parece bastante parecido a esa observación del Nevado de Longaví, que está unos 30 kilometros al sur:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/77911856
Crece a una altura de 2980 msnm.
Otras violas de la sección Sempervivum con flores amarillas incluye Viola auricolor, que tiene rosetas mas pequeñas, con hojas no tan apretadas, y flores mas grandes en comparación al tamaño de las rosetas. Esa especie ocurre muy al sur.
Viola coronifera, que ocurre mas cerca al sur, tiene flores amarillas que salen en angulo diferente en las rosetas en comparación a esa especie.
Air temperature: 2.8 C. Snow temperature near observation: -0.5 to -2.5 (IR thermometer, Fluke 74 Max). Windy but this snow drift was a little protected.
When conditions allow for an entry/exit from shore, this is a magical place with abundant cunner. I could have stayed here all day.
≈15m depth
Can you find the rock gunnel??
I'm pretty sure these are red hake though I might be incorrect. It's hard to see where the mouth terminates relative to eye, but the pelvic fin ray seems to terminate a little after anterior start of anal fin. Mottled brownish (with dive lights). These were schooling by the thousands at the Patriot shipwreck ≈30m depth. A couple sculpin in the mix too.
urchin barren
Stunning scenery on top of the plateau of "BFW" dive site. I haven't observed Isodictya in the area since Doris pseudoargus got established. Prior to that, this was a common sight on offshore ledges in northern MA.
Frequently flying through open windows on warm, low wind night.
Cool winter color. The purple one. Really nice fen with rare bryos so I obscured the observation
Edge of a bog with no dung in sight (but clumps emerging from a sort of empty spot where a pile of scat likely once sat and humified). With regular, multicellular leaves (differentiating this species from S. pennsylvanicum)
Probably Opodiphthera saccopoea
Seems to be a hybrid between post oak and something else. Plenty of stellate hairs on the underside of the leaf. The acorn cap scales are too bumpy to be pure Post oak and, of course, the leaves are not the right shape for Post oak. This was a clonal but upright 12 ft tall shrub or small tree with bark similar to White oak. With @kaomand
Unique small populations living isolated in subterranean lava caves. The focus on my MSc thesis.
Zoom in for full comparison with Neckera douglasii. On maple.
Named him Gerald
Peacham Bog area, surveyed by Vermont Wetlands Program to gather information for possible Class 1 determination
About 25 mm long. Matthew, I have emailed you re these.
Brasixenos mesoamericanus Quintos-Andrade & Valenzuela-González, 2023
Parasite of Polybia plebeja
Growing with both progenitors along the base of a boreal cliff
Prints were 5" tall and 4" wide.
Сеточное картирование флоры НП "Мещёра"
Identified using the direct key in Pinto J.D., Selander R.B. 1970. The Bionomics of Blister Beetles of the Genus Meloe and a Classification of the New World Species. Ill. Biol. Monogr. 42:1-222.
Many species are not known to occur in eastern Canada, the first couplet for which both choices lead to species found in our region is couplet 6:
6 Head and pronotum finely, sparsely punctate (Figs. 57-64, 90-97) .... 7 [see my images 1 & 2]
6’ Head and pronotum varying from finely and moderately densely punctate to coarsely and densely punctate (Figs. 41-56, 72-89) ... 12
The next couplet in which both choices lead to species known from ths region is couplet 11:
11 female eighth abdominal sternum distinctly notched (Fig. 161) [see my images 3 & 4]; sides of pronotum straight, evenly convergent behind (Figs. 94, 95) [see my image 2] ..... M. impressus
11’ female eighth abdominal sternum feebly emarginate (Fig. 162); sides of pronotum sinuate (Figs. 96, 97); sides of pronotum sinuate (Figs. 96, 97) .... M. americanus
Also, Figure 1 of Pinto & Selander (1970) indicates that M. campanicolus and M. impressus are common in fall whereas most species are not. Meloe americanus is most common in spring but is seen less frequently in fall.
Beautiful tree!