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Ring-tailed Vontsira (Galidia elegans)Observer
pfaucherDescription
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Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus)Observer
caiawathaDescription
Freshly dead. Fell and drowned maybe? Or possibly shot and lost by a hunter but we did not see anyone else in the area.
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Coyote (Canis latrans)Observer
thegeckoguy907Description
This is crazy! Done this drive probably hundreds of times and never seen any coyotes before.
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Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)Observer
winter_with_a_yDescription
Beautiful Fall Chum caught in 7.5 drift gillnet. 671mm
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Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)Observer
oebarkerDescription
Spawning chum salmon, sampled for age, sex, length and genetics and released alive.
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Genus PteromalusObserver
jeongyooDescription
Ovipositing into a thistle flower bud.
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Genus StigmusObserver
awenningerDescription
Fluorescent yellow pan trap 12-14 JULY
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Cnidarians (Phylum Cnidaria)Observer
abigail83321Description
Hundreds small washed up overnight
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Osmia proximaObserver
awenningerDescription
Female. ~8mm long. On Fragaria. Dark hairs on clypeus and terga
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Giant Wrymouth (Cryptacanthodes giganteus)Observer
peggottyDescription
caught at about 600 ft by Justin Moody
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Arctic Aerial Yellowjacket (Dolichovespula albida)Observer
aksusanDescription
a month earlier than observed last year and it's on lowbush blueberry on a cold rainy day
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Blow Flies (Family Calliphoridae)Observer
paul_norwoodDescription
Eating a salmon. These writhing larvae are, according to Bob Armstrong, food for birds
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Red Sea Urchin (Mesocentrotus franciscanus)Observer
kljinsitkaDescription
Bald urchin disease
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Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)Observer
machiDescription
Found in some aquatic plants in a lake.
Video link in the fields.
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King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)Observer
jdonne92Description
King Cobra predation of a clouded monitor lizard in 2022. Took the King Cobra 3 attempts to finally swallow the monitor lizard
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Turtle Leeches (Genus Placobdella)Observer
caiawathaDescription
Large leech with young
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Chalcidoid Wasps (Superfamily Chalcidoidea)Observer
teparyDescription
Parasitic wasp on Dasineura gall
Gall host plant: Chamaenerion angustifolium
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Sitka Black-tailed Deer (Odocoileus hemionus ssp. sitkensis)Observer
ctdecelle
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Insect Destroyers (Order Entomophthorales)Observer
smellyturkeyDescription
On a rock submerged in the slough
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Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasps (Subfamily Diplazontinae)Observer
teparyDescription
Emerged from pupa of flower fly: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/172628453
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Podalonia robustaObserver
awenningerDescription
Male, 13 antennal segs. On fireweed
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Dandelion Gall Wasp (Phanacis taraxaci)Observer
teparyDescription
Host: Taraxacum sp.
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Ragfish (Icosteus aenigmaticus)Observer
julia1688Description
I did not find personally, but no one knows what it is
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Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari)Observer
martin_907Description
image frame is slightly larger than 2mm
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Sturgeon Poacher (Podothecus accipenserinus)Observer
au_brittanyDescription
Around 6” long, had yellow beard, bottom type feeder
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Genus DasineuraObserver
teparyDescription
Host: Fireweed
Russo 2021 Fireweed Flower-Gall Midge
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Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas)Observer
johnwmylesDescription
~150+ hunting capelin in the strait between Plover Point and Doctor Island. Many calves accompanied by adults. Some only 15 or so feet from shore.
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French Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)Observer
sialialascensisDescription
Would love to know what this is. It was growing in long squiggly lines in the gravel, but I'm not sure if that was a growth pattern, or if someone just sprinkled seed in those patterns.
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Opulent Tiger Moth (Arctia opulenta)Observer
kdilliplaineDescription
Seems to have recently hatched and is inflating wings. Can provide more pictures later if it sticks around for a bit.
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Genus RhysodromusObserver
sialialascensisDescription
ID for the large spider on the left.
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Animals (Kingdom Animalia)Observer
rolandwirthDescription
marine - found in mud
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Human (Homo sapiens)Observer
finaticDescription
Orange County, California, US
There should be a subspecies dumba$$ae, but I suppose we would all fall into it that category at some point in time. I really hate to see balloons released, especially this close to the ocean.
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Human (Homo sapiens)Observer
finaticDescription
Clark County, Nevada, US
Petroglyphs left behind by Native Americans in times gone by.
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Human (Homo sapiens)Observer
finaticDescription
San Diego County, California, US
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Tundra Bean Goose (Anser serrirostris)Observer
dan564Description
Could be the first report in Anchorage ever. Reported by many on 6/19/23. Consensus is currently on Tundra over Taiga due to bill proportions, size relative to nearby Canada/cackling geese, amount of coloring on the bill, and a clearly visible “grin patch” in photos with a bit better resolution than what I was able to get.
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Nearctic Bumble Bee (Bombus vancouverensis ssp. nearcticus)Observer
troydeclan
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Sturgeon Poacher (Podothecus accipenserinus)Observer
hfbDescription
Brought up in a net from about 20 ft
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
paul_norwoodDescription
Are these parasitic fungi, or a different type of apothecia?
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Rhododendron Blight (Seifertia azaleae)Observer
paul_norwoodDescription
On Labrador tea
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Genus PsoromaObserver
csyampaeDescription
Tiny but abundant apothecia. Growing on polytrichum moss buried under litter of heaths.
