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Spiked Pea Gall Wasp (Diplolepis nervosa)Observer
rebeccareaderleeDescription
Collected
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Hairy Threadwort (Blepharostoma trichophyllum)Observer
chrisfluitDescription
perhaps?
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Semudobia skuhravaeObserver
pilmarDescription
On the spindle of cacktin of Betula pendula
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Molar Lichen (Ochrolechia subplicans)Observer
rambryumDescription
??????? Very charismatic colonial pig snouts on granite. areoles discrete, no lobate thallus, rounded edges. sampled
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Densetuft Hairsedge (Bulbostylis capillaris)Observer
bradenjudsonDescription
Was expecting this to be in a vernal pool, but it was in a seasonal seep/flush. Small.
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shawnb2Description
Swept in abundance from Ambrosia chamissonis. @spencerpote Here's additional evidence of this species in this region of BC. I've collected a specimen for the Royal BC Museum
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Sheep Ked (Melophagus ovinus)Observer
liamsteeleDescription
12 found in sheep’s wool. Have been dead for at least 6 months.
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Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
zeckloDescription
@stewartwechsler Lacking confidence.
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Comfrey Rust (Pucciniastrum symphyti)Observer
cgbcDescription
On Symphytum officinale
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rsealyDescription
A few adults and stalked yellow eggs on Shepherdia canadensis.
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Pacific Fescue (Festuca microstachys var. pauciflora)Observer
bradenjudsonDescription
Bright red color in oak meadow
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Taphrina faullianaObserver
bradenjudsonDescription
Yes!!! First iNat record in Canada. Ever since @fmcghee showed me this in the galls of western NA book I have been scouring ferns for this (~2 years). Finally noticed it today on relatively young fronds of P. munitum.
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bradenjudsonDescription
Identified by Trevor Goward and Curtis Bjork, February 2024.
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Hairy Bugseed (Corispermum villosum)Observer
alexiscarterDescription
In gravel pit. See https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/132410184 for same individual earlier in the season.
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Black-bordered Shingle Lichen (Parmeliella thriptophylla)Observer
rambryumDescription
i thnk. on saturated conifer bark
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Beringia Moss Dot Lichen (Mycobilimbia berengeriana)Observer
bradenjudsonDescription
Smothering bryophytes in shaded rock crevices.
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Minute Pocket Moss (Fissidens pauperculus)Observer
cwardropDescription
Known population. Not much and mostly spread out, but with sporophytes.
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Canary Whiskers (Chaenotheca chrysocephala)Observer
jessilynnallen73Description
Bark crevice on large, old Douglas fir
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Straight-jawed Pedunculate Ground Beetle (Promecognathus crassus)Observer
jgattenDescription
Best guess
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Lizonia emperigoniaObserver
rambryumDescription
I think this is it in the perigonial region of Polytrichum commune.
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California Gall Wasp (Andricus quercuscalifornicus)Observer
earley_birdDescription
Young galls on the same tree as last year. I will be checking in on their development through the season. Since I collected what I presume to be all of the galls at this site last year I suspect that these ones spent last summer still in diapause and have just popped now. I’ll be collecting these galls in late June for further rearing.
The saga continues @bstarzomski
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Dalton's Moss (Daltonia splachnoides)Observer
dbltuckerDescription
on salmonberry in hyperoceanic drippy splash zone of water fall.
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California Datemussel (Adula californiensis)Observer
rharboDescription
Yakan Point, north Graham Island, BC Haida Gwaii Adula californiensis April 28, 1998
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cratzlaffDescription
This may be the first reported record of this (locally) rare fly in BC/Canada since the 90s! (see Cannings 2006). This is one of around ten that was seen at this location. It was flying around, landing, and seemed to be feeling the sand with the end of it's abdomen.
The 3rd picture is of the habitat for reference.
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liamraganDescription
Unsure about this one, possibly just a weird form of window feeding
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Long-toed Grasshopper (Melanoplus digitifer)Observer
jimmylegsDescription
Photo from just above northernmost point on map here:
http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1110459
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cwardropDescription
Gravelly path margins. Update on: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/149288423
New season of sporophytes, undifferentiated capsules in early October.
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Neuroterus evolutusObserver
bradenjudsonDescription
Many individuals ovipositing on Quercus garryana buds.
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Black Crystalwort (Riccia nigrella)Observer
jbindernagelDescription
Seems like a really good candidate for R. nigrella, will have to update later.
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Genus ObtusicaudaObserver
megan_blackmoreDescription
Insect eggs of some sort?
I know I see these show up every year but never really took the time to actually find out what they were before. Seems like a lot more than usual this year all throughout the TNRD area from what I've seen. On tips of Big sagebrush branches.
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Burke's Lupine (Lupinus burkei)Observer
dougbrownDescription
stem piece broken off to show hollow base
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Rhododendron Blight (Seifertia azaleae)Observer
bradenjudsonDescription
On Rhododendron groenlandicum.
cc @fmcghee @bstarzomski - looks like this grows on native stuff too! I bet you guys can expand the range of this hugely this summer.
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Sanicle Leafminer (Phytomyza saniculae)Observer
liamraganDescription
Very intrigued to find this on Purple Sanicle, which is not a common species in our parts
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Basil Downy Mildew (Peronospora belbahrii)Observer
angelique_kDescription
On basil from the store Photo 2: x200, Photo 3 x 200 underside of a 'tape' of the mold. Photo 4 x100 x 20 ocular in Lactic acid, Photo 5 (Lower left of photo looks like an oospore of Peronosporales, with spikes coming off the antheridium - see pg 23 The 5th kingdom) and 6 - looks like brown fuzzy sporangiophore of Peronospora belbahri, maybe? Photo 7 better close up on the fuzz. Much better microscope images than mine (clearer)https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/178909988
