Stem-miner sign on the outer skin of Baptisia tinctoria stems. Started high on the plant, and went down to at least ground level.
Host plant obs: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/240302103
Baptisia is not listed as a known host plant for any Marmara in Eiseman et al (2017)
Infectando una Noche Buena (Euphorbia pulcherrima), teñido con azul de metileno, fotografía a 400x
Podosphaera myrtillina var. major based on length and flexibility of appendages. On Vaccinium sp.
on Pyrus calleryana. uncertain if photos 6-8 pertain to same organism; these structures were only present on infected leaves (on the midvein at the base of the leaf blade) and look somewhat like deflated or ruptured chasmothecia.
Found these two on my tomatoes over the weekend. They had both fallen off onto my cement patio, so I thought they might be ready to pupate but wasn't sure, so I brought them inside and put them in a container with some tomato leaves and dirt on the bottom. They continued to eat the leaves, but I noticed that one had gotten significantly larger than the other. By the evening of 9/12, parasitic wasp larvae had emerged from the smaller one. I put it outside to let nature take its course. By this morning, the large one was exhibiting the early stages of pupation--it was just starting to turn a little brown, and was digging around in the soil. Since I thought it possible it might winter over as a pupa this late in the year, I didn't want to keep it indoors and risk it emerging early, so I put it outside in some loose soil in my flowerbed to do its thing.
Babies!!!
Eaten by locals
Flew into the window. Temporarily stunned, but recovered and flew away.
To say I was excited to see this beast is an understatement.
Reared from Rubus flagellaris galls in previous observation; 21 of these wasps emerged (#CSE1118, USNM), and I have lots of other photos if particular views would be helpful.
Found in a remote location. Very curious individual and not scared at all.
Suspect it could be Three Striped Dasyure
Two were seen sitting on goldenrod flowers.
68m
Emerged from a gall in Smilax rotundifolia. I collected a few galls and didn't keep track of which was which, but it was one of the ones collected on july 15, 2022: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2022-07-15&place_id=any&taxon_id=485433&user_id=davidenrique&verifiable=any
Unfortunately, this guy escaped when I was trying to transfer it to a small vial to kill it in the freezer and take more pics. There's other pupae in that (and other) containers though (hence me wanting to transfer this guy), so I'm hoping I'll get more adults to emerge.
I was planning on giving a more detailed update on the difference between fungal vs midge galls (with photos), but honestly there's not much to say/show. The midge galls never really changed in appearance, and the changes that did show up could just be due to the fact that the leaves were cut and placed in what was probably a high-humidity environment. The tissue surrounding the galls got dark, and they often developed fungal fruiting bodies/hyphae (some looked like mold, others like the fungal leaf spots- with little black dots).... as did the rest of the leaf. So I don't think we can draw very solid conclusions from this, and what's probably needed is to follow the development of the galls in a plant outdoors.
Continuing rarity, apparently confirmed as the banded Ohio bird observed a few days ago!
Hooray!!! Certainly didn't expect to find this rarity today!
I absentmindedly ran my hands over some ash leaves and found this in my palm. Pretty interesting find
On bugguide here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/2198916/bgimage
fungus on fly!!
Photo is an actual photo of live insect taken by me at the time listed 2023-10-01 16:43:29 at OAK airport arrival terminal for southwest flight (SWA3845) from Baltimore. It was found alive on a passenger inside the airplane while landing, captured, and euthanized in the airport terminal. All details (ie coordinates, time of photo) are exact. No other individuals were seen but a detailed search of fuselage was not performed by poster.
Polysphincta sp female ovipositing on Tetragnatha sp (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19529926), identified at BugGuide 1000173. – https://bugguide.net/node/view/1000173
A solo visit, nearly my first in 10 years. These records are solely for the boat ramp and observation tower. The weather at 1113 was partly sunny, 75 degrees ("feels like" 75), and breezy. I left here at 1320 and headed home.
A long and skinny blue fish. They swim near the surface and use their long mouthed to catch prey.
tons on an Aesculus
Sicista trizona
The location data reported is not accurate. The species are endangered. I do not disclose accurate occurrence data to protect your privacy.
Magyar szöcskeegér (Sicista trizona) fokozottan védett, IUCN: veszélyeztetett.
A faj védelme érdekében NEM pontos az előfordulási adat.
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/92332716/92332725?fbclid=IwAR2q_b-4nWRyQ93uLEytraK1gA5zUn8sFMLdzqpDtDjpJ55Re0U3y5oXAYo
Found running down middle of road, parents found shortly after with the gosling being reunited successfully.
Under our bird feeder, first time seeing this guy
several in the large pond