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Orca (Orcinus orca)Observer
gringocurtDescription
Offshore Orcas (Killer Whales)
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
astrobirderDescription
on Fallugia paradoxa. Appears to be unrecorded!
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Druon alexandriObserver
aforbes10Description
1720-180-2; on Sonoran Scrub oak. Sofia Sheikh collector.
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
mjplagensDescription
Unique gall on Ambrosia deltoidea.
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Rileya pierceiObserver
egordon88Description
Black wasp collected. Body length 4.25 mm.
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Gall and Forest Midges (Family Cecidomyiidae)Observer
teparyDescription
Host: Pinus edulis
Small stunted needles with enlarged sheaths.
Host was used as a holiday tree and stored indoors at temperatures greater than 60*F. Phenology data about this gall should not be used. GPS location was from where the tree was harvested on 12/04/2022. The observation date is when I noticed the galls on the tree.
I will be rearing them.
One emergence on 1/11/23 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146440894
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Gall and Forest Midges (Family Cecidomyiidae)Observer
cicciocostaricaDescription
Observed on a leaf of Miconia trinervia
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Oak Gall Wasps (Tribe Cynipini)Observer
u_phantasticusDescription
On Sonoran scrub oak
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Genus EuuraObserver
joshuacdeDescription
Small, mostly red gall with yellow "sunspot" on the backside. On Salix exigua. Growing from the leaf midrib.
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Gall Midges (Subfamily Cecidomyiinae)Observer
teparyDescription
Host: Pinus edulis
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Prickly Blue Poppy (Meconopsis horridula)Observer
suresh_ghimireDescription
Meconopsis horridula subsp. drukyulensis Grey-Wilson (3950 m)
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Gall and Forest Midges (Family Cecidomyiidae)Observer
pete_woodsDescription
A number of galls were growing in a patch of Verbesina virginica along a road. This gall looks very very much like Asphondylia rudbeckiaeconspicua, but that gall is supposed to be restricted to Rudbeckia.
Known hosts of A. rudbeckiaeconspicua are R. laciniata and R. triloba, neither of which grow in this region, so this appears to not be a case of the fly casually ovipositing on the wrong plant (unless R. hirta is also used as a host).
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Fourwing Saltbush Woolly Gall Midge (Asphondylia neomexicana)Observer
lonnyholmes
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Carbonifera Goldenrod Gall Midge (Asteromyia carbonifera)Observer
astrobirderDescription
on Solidago capulinensis(!!)
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Gall and Rust Mites (Family Eriophyidae)Observer
astrobirderDescription
on rhus
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Strecker's Giant-Skipper (Megathymus streckeri)Observer
tdavenportDescription
Bear Canyon Trail, Guadalupe Mountains, Culberson County Texas
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Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii)Observer
mjwcarrDescription
Found along Santa Fe BLM Roads
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Gall and Forest Midges (Family Cecidomyiidae)Observer
mossman13Description
Very deformed stem in Borodinia canadensis at edge of small prairie remnant and oak forest. ID uncertain.
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Oak Gall Wasps (Tribe Cynipini)Observer
anudibranchmomDescription
Coloration and dark stripes reminiscent of nomad bee. Trying to warm up on Gambel Oak (Quercus gambelii) after the first light snow of the season.
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)Observer
alyssal26Description
Yellow-billed Cuckoo observed predating on multiple spotted lanternflies, successfully capturing and eating them
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Allegheny Woodrat (Neotoma magister)Observer
colinpurringtonDescription
Inside Mammoth Cave.
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King-of-the-Salmon (Trachipterus altivelis)Observer
wsteinriedeDescription
Strong currents brought in a couple dozen juveniles over several days. Occurence was documented with Dr. Milton Love
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Garden Webworm Moth (Achyra rantalis)Observer
ellen5Description
Am I not stunning?
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Small Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus scriptura)Observer
mjandersenDescription
Lifer! One individual among 3-4 Burnsius complex sp. at this mud puddle.
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Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus)Observer
davidemartinDescription
This woodpecker drilled a hole in one of two large Pachypappa sacculi galls built from Aspen leaves and then pulled out something to eat. For more on this gall see: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86920325
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
possiblybuddhaDescription
On Ludwigia sp.
Probably Ludwigia hexapetala
Possibly Ludwigia peploides
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Gall Midges (Subfamily Cecidomyiinae)Observer
norikonbuDescription
On beaked hazelnut
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Xenos peckiiObserver
jcabbottDescription
Paper Wasp (Polistes metricus) stylopized with Twisted-winged Insect (Xenos pecki) male pupa
United States: Alabama: Tuscaloosa Co.
Tulip Tree Springs off Echola Rd.; Elrod
17-Sep-2017
J.C. Abbott #2989
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Hickory Beret Gall Midge (Caryomyia biretta)Observer
cambray_bergmannDescription
On hickory. Focusing on cheese-wheel-looking species
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chyropteraDescription
A third leafy gall found on Grindelia sp.! I split this one carefully open with my fingernail to find a perfect little chamber in the center of the leafy gall filled with ~10 small translucent larva! When I was done photographing, I smushed the two halves back together because the sap is so sticky and left the gall on the plant.
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Aciurina semilucidaObserver
firelilysackettDescription
Host plant Rubber Rabbitbrush.
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Ladybirds (Family Coccinellidae)Observer
ponerinecatDescription
In manzanita leaf galls.
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Octopuses (Order Octopoda)Observer
su55Description
A juvenile Mimic Octopus was observed during the night dive Anilao Batangas. It emerged from the depth of Anilao bay as it attracted by dive torch lights hanging in mid water.
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)Observer
owl1031Description
heat run of 2017
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
alice_abelaDescription
Hurkey Creek area, Riverside County, California
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Clearwing Borer Moth (Eichlinia snowii)Observer
egordon88Description
Host plant: buffalo gourd
