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Bloody Comma Lichen (Arthonia cinnabarina)Observer
sararuthDescription
Ai is suggesting Bloody Comma. I don’t know. Many of these mixed in with various scriptas and other crustose lichens on Yaupon Holly and in deep shade woodland setting.
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Candleflame Lichen (Candelaria concolor)Observer
sararuthDescription
Extremely small specimen tucked away partially under another (removed for photo) foliose lichen species. Growing on Oak sp. (I think) Large branch is windfall - Many other species of lichens and even tiny mosses growing alongside it.
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Bloody Comma Lichen (Arthonia cinnabarina)Observer
sararuthDescription
Submission is for upper “left” lichen not lower right script lichen. I will re-photograph and submit … as it was raining and specimen was wet. I think this may well be the correct id though.
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North American Racer (Coluber constrictor)Observer
isaact06Description
Butter milk and yellow belly racer intergrade.
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Ichneumonid Wasps (Family Ichneumonidae)Observer
pttrsnDescription
Tiny wasp-like insect. Actively feeling around the leaf with its antennae. On American Hornbeam
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Broad-banded Watersnake (Nerodia fasciata ssp. confluens)Observer
kristinaprapuolenis
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White Firewheel (Gaillardia aestivalis var. winkleri)Observer
oceanicwildernessDescription
Lots of variation in this population
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Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)Observer
neilandsharonDescription
I've never seen or heard of a nearly all black kingfisher. Is it juvenile? A known variant? A different species?
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Fodder Vetch (Vicia villosa)Observer
truthseqrDescription
This was an interesting one. It had both white and purple flowers on the same stem.
(Brush Trail)
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bitDescription
RLC726 Photo 2 by Bitty Roy, the rest by Bryn Dentinger; used with permission. This fungus-killed wasp is biting the edge of a leaf and was basically at eye level on a leaf on the trail to the Los Cedros river, right after going out the gate from HQ.
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Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)Observer
sambiologyDescription
Goodness it's hot.
Same squirrels, probably -- this is their new hangout spot.
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
lauraseaDescription
Pond cypress I think
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
rich451Description
does this turn into the cypress twig gall I am familiar with or is this something else entirely?
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Speckled Barklouse (Metylophorus novaescotiae)Observer
sararuthDescription
Glasslike creature - completely transparent or so it seemed. Fantastic!
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Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)Observer
mmmillerDescription
Jackalope!
This is a favored spot for the bunny to sit in and there's a twig sticking up behind it that creates this cartoonish impression.
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Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus)Observer
jhartg44Description
Found by Jeff & Carol Newell.
Photos by Jeff Newell.
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Lingonberry Gall (Exobasidium vaccinii)Observer
flowntheloopDescription
On Vaccinium sp.
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Habrobracon hebetorObserver
colinpurringtonDescription
Inside dried date from Turkey. Caterpillar and frass also present.
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Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)Observer
anhingasDescription
EDIT: This is one of two individuals I know for a fact live in my truck.
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Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)Observer
jkcookDescription
There were jewelwings all along the creek, but they seemed to especially like this particular log. There was a group of at least 30 of them in the immediate area.
Video: https://youtu.be/mc73rdLo8vk
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Sedge Sacsmut (Testicularia cyperi)Observer
stevecollinsDescription
Growing from the beaksedge (Rhynchospora) seedhead
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Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad (Gastrophryne carolinensis)Observer
corydorasfan69Description
Not 100% sure this is allowed, but this from The Walking Dead s4e8 "Too Far Gone". You can hear it between "that" and "but".
Edit for clarification: the toad is in the actual show audio! This is possibly the most famous eastern narrowmouth toad of all time.
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Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)Observer
sararuthDescription
Caught red-handed near the chicken coop only seconds away from killing my smallest Roo. After being given a good telling-off, the bird was taken to a nearby park and released safely.
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Little Brown Jugs (Asarum arifolium)Observer
lauramorganclarkDescription
This was planted at Watson Preserve by Geraldine Watson, so it will just be a Casual observation, but I wanted to document the discussion that I heard between Joe Liggio, who was leading an orchid walk, and Pauline Singleton, about this plant. Apparently, Geraldine said that she found it growing in the wild on a western bluff of the Neches River north of Spurger, but before you get to the Canyonlands Unit of the Big Thicket. If that is the case, it may very well be native here and might be found in that area again.
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Waterspider Bog Orchid (Habenaria repens)Observer
kimbrintDescription
In wet waste area between warehouses
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kallamperoPlace
Piste 5, Vohimana Forest, Andasibe Commune, Moramanga District, Alaotra-Mangora Region, Madagascar (Google, OSM)Description
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Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies (Order Lamiales)Observer
brecconservation
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Ichneumonid Wasps (Family Ichneumonidae)Observer
wanda_etxDescription
This wasp (actually there were two the day before but no photos then) caught my attention because of its ability to hover like a damselfly. Then I noticed the interesting body shape. When it tired of me stalking it, it unhurriedly drifted straight upward until I lost sight of it (both of the wasps the day before did the same thing). Like little helicopters. It took some perseverance to get these photos because the wasp landed only once.
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Sparkling Jewelwing (Calopteryx dimidiata)Observer
tdavenportDescription
Indian Creek near Curtis, Jasper County Texas
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Genus MeunieriellaObserver
sararuthDescription
With 365 nm blacklight - on Smilax sp.
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Genus SynergusObserver
kzoebelDescription
Emerged from an Amphibolips quercusfulingosa gall on 10/1/22.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136213401
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136178058
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/134371985
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American Water Frogs (Genus Lithobates)Observer
kzoebelDescription
Even caught a tongue splat!
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Indian Lily Moth (Polytela gloriosae)Observer
harshithjvDescription
Same individual photographed on mobile on afternoon: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/69250517
This was shot on DSLR on late evening.
