ionam's Favourites
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Eastern Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)Observer
dbreeDescription
white morph
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Human (Homo sapiens)Observer
hyacinthusDescription
Inscription on bottles left here, most probably between 1942-1947:
"NO DEPOSIT NO RETURN"
"NOT TO BE RETURNED"
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Greenbottle Flies (Genus Lucilia)Observer
paulf84Description
Unsure of the species ID
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Streakless Greenbottle Fly (Lucilia ampullacea)Observer
ophrysDescription
Rather pale blue tone can be a pointer in the field that a specimen is worth taking to prove the species is present and the lack of a coxopleural streak proves the ID.
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Greenbottle Flies (Genus Lucilia)Observer
mverDescription
Stacked from 58 images. Method=C (S=4)
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Viruses (Kingdom Viruses)Observer
terolinjamaDescription
"Virus?" on A. podagraria
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Toad Greenbottle Fly (Lucilia bufonivora)Observer
gonodactylusDescription
Reared from maggots infecting American Toad
Paper used to support ID: https://academic.oup.com/jme/article/58/1/88/5874415
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Sheep-strike Greenbottle Fly (Lucilia sericata)Observer
sbushesDescription
Still struggling to understand which is the anterodorsal bristle...but guessing this is L.sericata?
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Common Lichens (Class Lecanoromycetes)Observer
ennifDescription
Pink lichen rings on Jubilee Buttress of Table Mountain. In a few locations.
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Bluetongue virusObserver
dewald2Description
Eastern Free State Clay Grassland. Visible symptoms include painful hindlegs (due to muscle degeneration), diarrhoea, edema, torticollis, nasal erosion, bleeding of the eyes, septic groins, and emaciation.
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Regal Blowfly (Chrysomya marginalis)Observer
clamannaDescription
One species or two? They interacted with each other
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Watermelon Ringspot (Watermelon mosaic virus)Observer
douchDescription
In Woolworths supermarket
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Sheep-strike Greenbottle Fly (Lucilia sericata)Observer
steve_kerrDescription
ID based on Holloway 1991
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Blow Flies (Family Calliphoridae)Observer
vivriv02Description
Dead fly on side of road
Fully intact
On road to El Progresso
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Greenbottle Flies (Genus Lucilia)Observer
benzeitlerDescription
Found in highlands
Emerald green color
On deceased owl
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Bot Flies, Blow Flies, and Allies (Superfamily Oestroidea)Observer
louis_aureglia
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Life (Life)Observer
sean943Description
Red orange colored bloom alongside filaments green algae
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Brown Felt Blight (Herpotrichia juniperi)Observer
cgbcDescription
Heather Trail, Manning Park
Host: Engelmann Spruce Picea engelmannii
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Family SerolidaeObserver
msrDescription
Someone found what we're pretty sure is a small Antarctic Isopod body on the beach
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Hornets, Paper Wasps, Potter Wasps, and Allies (Family Vespidae)Observer
taryafedorova
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Ancala fasciataObserver
galat-luong_anhDescription
Insecte, Centrafrique
Copyright Gerard Galat
1972 OK 1/1 to fit request
https://www.animalscoop.fr/
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Ancala fasciataObserver
galat-luong_anhDescription
Insecte, Berbérati, Centrafrique
Copyright Gerard Galat
1972 OK 1/1 to fit request
https://www.animalscoop.fr/
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Bats (Order Chiroptera)Observer
saileanDescription
Single bat recording at 62.7 .. ? Soprano pipistrelle? Not quite dark
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americanisopodologistDescription
I highly recommend taking a look at this fascinating article on the remarkable rediscovery of Scyphacella arenicola by Dr. Pallieter De Smedt, featured on the Smithsonian's Website!
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/invertebrate-zoology/news-and-highlights/isopod-rediscovery
This is the second beach, out of four, with the species.
