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February 1, 2019
08:17 PM -05
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March 9, 2024
09:29 PM PST
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March 9, 2024
09:03 PM PST
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February 28, 2022
01:08 PM PST
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July 21, 2023
10:38 AM PDT
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December 8, 2023
10:59 PM PST
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April 16, 2023
06:45 PM PDT
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April 28, 2023
01:49 PM PDT
Description
Leaf miner on pelt lichen
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February 29, 2024
11:39 PM PST
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March 29, 2022
11:22 PM PDT
Description
Host is Claytonia perfoliata
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August 8, 2020
01:26 PM PDT
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May 1, 2023
04:40 AM PDT
Description
I found this male Mosquito standing on the wall of a container containing a few inches of stagnant, putrid rainwater. The container used to be a pool waterfall feature, but it broke years ago and the pipes at the bottom became clogged.
I caught and killed it.
Photos 1 and 3 had an Auto White Balance applied to it in Photoshop. Photo 3 was also brightened. Photos 4-6 were sharpened and brightened.
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February 7, 2024
08:28 PM PST
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February 7, 2024
08:28 PM PST
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February 5, 2024
12:43 AM +08
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February 5, 2024
12:43 AM +08
What
Aphids
(Family Aphididae)
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December 15, 2023
03:50 PM PST
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January 28, 2024
02:32 PM PST
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January 28, 2024
02:48 PM PST
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January 10, 2020
11:36 AM PST
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January 9, 2024
07:31 AM PST
Description
Gall on blue oak (Quercus douglasii)
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June 15, 2022
08:34 PM PDT
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November 4, 2021
09:56 PM PDT
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June 28, 2023
10:29 PM PDT
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March 26, 2020
02:23 PM PDT
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May 23, 2021
10:40 PM PDT
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June 19, 2023
10:35 AM PDT
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November 26, 2023
10:21 PM PST
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March 9, 2023
10:40 AM PST
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September 13, 2018
10:41 PM PDT
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August 4, 2020
10:55 PM PDT
Description
leaf miner on Weeping Willow
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November 28, 2023
10:26 PM PST
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November 30, 2021
10:27 PM PST
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August 9, 2020
09:40 PM AEST
Description
Don't think the hide out was made by the Salticid though??
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August 16, 2023
10:11 PM PDT
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September 22, 2023
11:36 AM PDT
Description
leaf miner on Redberry Buckthorn
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November 18, 2023
10:50 PM PST
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February 11, 2020
12:31 PM PST
Description
this is not a captive creature. all arthropods were wondering around freely.
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March 9, 2023
09:18 AM PST
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November 15, 2021
06:23 PM PST
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June 1, 2023
06:08 PM PDT
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September 1, 2023
12:24 AM EDT
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June 16, 2023
04:33 PM PDT
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October 24, 2023
07:42 PM PDT
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October 27, 2023
06:22 PM PDT
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May 12, 2023
11:03 PM PDT
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October 1, 2023
01:44 PM PDT
Description
On Quercus agrifolia leaf
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February 24, 2020
10:40 PM PST
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February 24, 2020
10:40 PM PST
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February 24, 2020
10:40 PM PST
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September 5, 2023
10:35 PM PDT
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November 1, 2022
10:20 PM PDT
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August 22, 2020
09:07 AM PDT
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October 13, 2023
09:59 PM UTC
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January 16, 2020
10:43 PM PST
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October 18, 2023
06:24 PM PDT
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October 16, 2023
03:36 PM UTC
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December 25, 2022
11:04 AM PST
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April 6, 2019
06:34 PM PDT
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January 3, 2023
05:45 AM PST
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January 3, 2023
04:32 AM PST
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June 19, 2023
10:01 PM MDT
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March 7, 2022
10:14 PM PST
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March 7, 2022
03:49 PM PST
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September 24, 2023
09:43 PM PDT
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September 22, 2023
01:28 PM PDT
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September 20, 2023
12:34 PM PDT
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September 19, 2023
07:51 PM PDT
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September 4, 2023
09:13 PM EDT
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September 9, 2023
05:09 PM PDT
Description
California Scrub Oak; This gall was found last year by Merav Vonshak except it was purple; I assume it will turn purple with time; this was a cluster of at least 3, maybe 4 galls. Gallformers: q-dumosa-pip-gall
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July 27, 2022
11:00 AM PDT
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August 12, 2023
07:52 AM PDT
Description
Stem swelling (gall) on Pearly Everlasting
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September 11, 2023
08:32 PM PDT
Description
Looks like this is a parasitoid on Coyote Bush Bud Gall Midge, Rhopalomyia californica.
I'm just guessing on the species because Russo says that Platygaster californica is the most common parasitoid on the galls and photos I've seen are roughly the same. But I gather that there are a handful of others, some from different families like Torymidae and Pteromalidae.
The other photos show the twig and the wasp apparently ovipositing or getting ready to do that.
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September 9, 2023
08:49 AM PDT
Description
On Athyrium filix-femina. Think this is the right gall ID, but perhaps there's a similar species local to CA?
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September 5, 2023
09:06 PM EDT
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August 30, 2023
03:46 AM UTC
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September 11, 2023
06:46 AM UTC
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September 7, 2023
08:35 PM PDT
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September 7, 2023
03:35 PM PDT
Description
Gall on a nonnative pine in a park? I am looking at the brown thing on the green cone. I am not sure if this is a gall. I will remove it from the gall project if it is not.
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September 5, 2023
08:24 PM PDT
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September 5, 2023
11:03 PM PDT
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June 4, 2023
06:39 PM PDT
Description
Night heron with salamander?? ID please.
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May 30, 2020
11:05 PM PDT
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September 2, 2023
10:42 PM PDT
Description
White Oaks, probably California Scrub Oak.
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October 2, 2022
04:00 AM UTC
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August 24, 2023
01:53 PM UTC
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August 24, 2023
01:53 PM UTC
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August 20, 2023
11:42 PM +08
Description
Infected by cordyceps fungus with lacewing eggs on the fungus.
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August 20, 2023
11:42 PM +08
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July 31, 2023
11:20 PM CDT
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August 2, 2023
01:13 PM MSK
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August 3, 2023
03:25 AM UTC
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August 3, 2023
02:31 PM MST
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August 12, 2023
09:16 PM PDT
Description
on blue blossom ceanothus
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July 16, 2023
11:06 PM PDT
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June 25, 2023
09:54 PM PDT
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March 2, 2022
11:18 PM PST
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July 29, 2023
11:06 PM UTC
Description
Scrub Oaks here are Gall Gold Mines!
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July 7, 2023
03:53 PM PDT
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June 17, 2023
10:52 PM PDT