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Brazilian Pepper (Schinus terebinthifolia)Observer
havenosullivanDescription
Classified using U.S. National Arboretum Plant Finder and Interactive Map.
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Plateau Darter (Etheostoma spectabile ssp. squamosum)Observer
dustin_lynchPlace
Healing Springs (below confluence of branches), Healing Springs Natural Area, Benton County, Arkansas (Google, OSM)Description
ANHC/AGFC/TNC survey - with Brian Wagner, Allison Monroe, Mike Slay, and Dante Fenolio.
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Shield Lichens, Sunburst Lichens, Rosette Lichens, and Allies (Subclass Lecanoromycetidae)Observer
cowturtleDescription
Fluorescent lichen on a cactus spine.
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Eastern Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)Observer
lindzartzy22Description
Sleepy boi
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American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)Observer
mshulerDescription
Confirmed with ~8 others including Tim Hardin.
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American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)Observer
ncanino_1932Description
Hurricane Idalia blew in an absolute gem of a bird today. Possibly first ever sighting of an American Flamingo in Alachua County.
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Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)Observer
zara_nature_nerdDescription
There was a pair of dolphins (looked like an adult & a nearly full grown one) swimming around in the very full canal. High water levels thanks to the King Tide & Hurricane Idalia.
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Eastern Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)Observer
anipwritesDescription
Squirrel with short tail?
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Gulf Fritillary (Dione vanillae)Observer
bio-joy-janeDescription
Ft. Brown anole trying to sleep
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Gulf Fritillary (Dione vanillae)Observer
pallantebpDescription
Two instar4, about 30mm in length, found sharing the same leaf (passiflora incarnata, Maypop).
They are fearsome looking and use aposematism as their only defense against predators. In my experience they are quite vulnerable to wasps and lizards (brown anole) attacks and only 10% or less makes it to crysalis.
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Apple-of-Peru (Nicandra physalodes)Observer
m_whitsonDescription
I grew Nicandra one year, both to use the fruit in dry "flower" arrangements and to see how it compared to my favorite genus, Physalis.
While the expanded calyx around the fruit is similar to that of Physalis, notice the hook-like projections around the base of the calyx. Physalis calyxes don't have that.
Also, the lobes of a Nicandra calyx touch each other, but are free for most of their lengths. (You can see a gap between the calyx lobes in the first photo.) A Physalis calyx is almost entirely fused together into a balloon-like structure, and only has a tiny opening at the tip.
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Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Order Neuroptera)Observer
ufokingdomDescription
Being eaten by spider
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Cuban Tree Frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis)Observer
ufokingdomDescription
Eating a small anole
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Eastern Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)Observer
marymangiapiaDescription
Unusual coloring on this Eastern Gray Squirrel.
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Yellow Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia flava)Observer
seigmondDescription
Yellow Pitcher Plant Sarracenia flava at the Joesph Pines Preserve, Sussex County, Virginia
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Plants (Kingdom Plantae)Observer
vprinceDescription
Last pic is underside. Feels like a petal but looks like a leaf
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Pines (Genus Pinus)Observer
tarte_a_010Description
I found this object while walking my dog behind my apartment building. It caught me off guard at first but realized that this was a male pine cone. It had an acorn-like top, pink and white color distributed through the scales, and with a rounded end.
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Genus PhengodesObserver
cpgibsonDescription
Male was observed flying awkwardly just before dusk, was caught for photos, then released unharmed. Temps were in upper 70s near 80 for last 2 days.
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Southern Stargazer (Astroscopus y-graecum)Observer
squidpastryDescription
Lifer! A species i've been waiting to see for the first time for a long, long time.
It's a shame that the first time I see this species are under... these circumstances.
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Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum)Observer
bdthomasDescription
Found under a log covered with Phlebia tremellosa with lots of fuzzy mycelium.
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Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)Observer
billprantyDescription
With Valeri Ponzo; a successful visit to see "Sunny," the celebrated xanthochroic male Northern Cardinal.
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Coenogonium linkiiObserver
joemdoDescription
ID is a guess.. really cool looking organism!
In an LPK hammock
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Eastern/Gray Ratsnake Complex (Complex Pantherophis alleghaniensis)Observer
kevinagrace
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Carolina Basswood (Tilia americana var. caroliniana)Observer
simonsr35Description
Carolina basswood measured several times for champion tree lists. It is over 100 feet tall and about 3 1/2 feet in trunk diameter.
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Resplendent Cochran Frog (Cochranella resplendens)Observer
ross_maynardDescription
Timburi Cocha Biological Station, Orellana, Ecuador
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
greenmthort
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Wild Yam (Dioscorea villosa)Observer
annkatrinroseDescription
I think this is wild yam foliage.
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Chicita's Sea Storm Lichen (Cetrelia chicitae)Observer
annkatrinroseDescription
Seastorm lichen on a boulder along the Flat Rock Trail.
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White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)Observer
m_whitsonDescription
I have more deer in my yard than I'd really like, but this one was special. These photos record the second and last time I saw this albino deer. I pulled in to my driveway after work, it was dusk, and I glanced out and saw the white deer out beyond the pond. I hustled upstairs to grab my little camera, hoping the nervous herd of deer would still be out when I returned. I managed to get a few blurry shots (distance, lack of light, low res camera, twitchy deer) before the deer trotted off over the hill. So cool. I never saw it again and heard later that a hunter got it.
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Peyote (Lophophora williamsii)Observer
joeysantoreDescription
Peyote Sanctuary. Many of these the product of relocation (by the dozer operator himself) after land clearance, which is still unfortunately happening at a high rate in the area.
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Terlingua Creek Cat's-Eye (Oreocarya crassipes)Observer
joeysantoreDescription
With Phacelia robusta, Xylorhiza wrightii, Eriogonum havardii
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