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Nannyberry (Viburnum lentago)

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angelica_adams

Date

February 24, 2024 11:33 AM CST

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pimsgarden

Date

December 13, 2023 11:26 AM EST

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Collared Calostoma (Calostoma lutescens)

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molly681

Date

February 11, 2024 09:57 AM EST

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Red-toothed Shrews (Subfamily Soricinae)

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paulroots

Date

February 14, 2024 03:29 PM CST

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Mockernut (Carya tomentosa)

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grantfessler

Date

February 3, 2024 02:01 PM CST

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matt227

Date

October 1, 2023 09:34 AM CDT

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Butternut (Juglans cinerea)

Date

January 11, 2024 12:35 PM CST

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mrostrowski

Date

June 22, 2023 10:06 AM CDT

Description

On Rosa carolina

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What

Common European Greenbottle Fly (Lucilia sericata)

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gokey

Date

October 15, 2023 04:45 PM CDT

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danielpohl

Date

December 29, 2023 09:57 AM CST

Description

Not sure at all about this

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Fairy Sparklers (Xylaria tentaculata)

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teresamycelia

Date

August 4, 2023 09:50 AM EDT

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Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

Observer

dylantomtaylor

Date

December 2023

Description

Growing on what is either a spider or an ant?

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Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari)

Observer

matthias55

Date

July 4, 2023 01:05 PM EDT

Description

for the mites on the beetle

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Greenbottle Flies (Genus Lucilia)

Observer

chdphoto

Date

June 21, 2023 08:47 AM CDT

Description

Wyalusing State Park

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Illustrious Greenbottle Fly (Lucilia illustris)

Observer

seismicshrimp

Date

July 26, 2023 12:34 PM EDT

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Waterpepper (Persicaria hydropiper)

Date

August 27, 2023 03:03 PM EDT

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kbmacroart

Date

September 13, 2023 09:56 AM CDT

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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)

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moths4ever

Date

August 1, 2020 12:43 PM EDT

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What

Dotted Knotweed (Persicaria punctata)

Observer

jlpena87

Date

November 30, 2021 09:02 AM -05

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What

Arrow-leaved Tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata)

Observer

josephmentlik

Date

October 23, 2022 02:22 PM EDT

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What

Common European Greenbottle Fly (Lucilia sericata)

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jingyilu

Date

September 14, 2023 05:45 PM CDT

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Goosander (Mergus merganser)

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randyshonkwiler

Date

November 29, 2023 12:36 PM CST

Description

With Red-breasted Merganser in front.

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Black Maple (Acer nigrum)

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elfaulkner

Date

August 29, 2023 02:54 PM CDT

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abelkinser

Date

August 2023

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Pink Smartweed (Persicaria bicornis)

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abelkinser

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Rocky Mountain Locust (Melanoplus spretus)

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guidingguida

Date

August 2021

Description

Glacier has retreated about 99% Very few specimens could be found

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What

Elongate Stilt Spider (Tetragnatha elongata)

Observer

dirkm

Date

September 2, 2013 02:54 PM CDT

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What

Common European Greenbottle Fly (Lucilia sericata)

Observer

treehopper1

Date

August 10, 2023 06:57 AM CDT

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mrostrowski

Date

May 2023

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mrostrowski

Date

April 7, 2023 03:19 PM EDT

Description

Growing out of a decaying log.

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mrostrowski

Date

August 2023

Description

Growing on Trametes cinnabarina

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What

Brachyceran Flies (Suborder Brachycera)

Observer

ekooyenga

Date

September 30, 2023 03:22 PM CDT

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Coral Fungi (Genus Ramaria)

Observer

bob375

Date

October 2023

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eric-schmitty

Date

September 25, 2023 05:01 PM CDT

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robirdman

Date

July 31, 2023 01:01 PM CDT

Description

9081036 ? LARVA 4

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dylantomtaylor

Date

September 17, 2023 02:48 PM CDT

Description

Entomopathogen on an ant. Such an amazing find in an urban park.

This ant was found inside of a woody gall on a bud oak stem, produced by the wasp Disholcaspis quercusmamma. The ant must have climbed into the empty gall and then succumbed to the fungus.

I’m wondering if this fungus is also somehow involved in the gall/wasp relationship?

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NMC

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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

Observer

rynxs

Description

Eggs on Picea

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Longroot Smartweed (Persicaria amphibia var. emersa)

Observer

rynxs

Date

August 2023

Description

Very odd-looking, growing on the side of a railroad in an area that doesn't appear to be particularly wet with Reynoutria.

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What

Cattail Toothpick Grasshopper (Leptysma marginicollis)

Observer

mrostrowski

Date

April 2023

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What

Carnival Candy Slime Mold (Arcyria denudata)

Observer

teresamycelia

Date

June 30, 2023

Place

Virginia (Google, OSM)

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amoorehouse

Date

August 29, 2023 08:17 PM CDT

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Two-horned Treehopper (Stictocephala diceros)

Observer

kbmacroart

Date

August 21, 2023 12:01 PM CDT

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Pinkweed (Persicaria pensylvanica)

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psweet

Date

September 7, 2006 10:10 AM CDT

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Pinkweed (Persicaria pensylvanica)

Observer

joelmc

Date

September 25, 2022 01:34 PM CDT

Description

Slightly nodding densely-packed racemes with blunt tip. Individual flowers have five tepals. Brown ribbed ochrea lack conspicuous bristles at top. Pubescent peduncles.

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Red-headed Ash Borer (Neoclytus acuminatus)

Observer

beewilliams

Date

August 6, 2023 10:44 AM CDT

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Common Green Lacewings (Genus Chrysoperla)

Observer

threelark

Date

July 2023

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What

Red Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus)

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possiblewalrus

Date

July 17, 2023 04:34 PM CDT

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Myxobacteria (Order Myxococcales)

Observer

graysquirrel

Date

March 23, 2023 10:04 AM PDT

Description

Plasmodial myxomycete (the yellow goo) engulfing myxobacteria (orange) on a piece of rotting wood.

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smeckert

Date

June 27, 2023 10:53 PM CDT

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What

Hermit Crabs (Superfamily Paguroidea)

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mrostrowski

Date

February 10, 2023 06:43 PM EST

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What

Common Snakeflies (Genus Agulla)

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vi_k

Date

June 2, 2023

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grinnin

Date

May 1, 2023 12:58 PM EDT

Description

Cropped / full size; for the Candlesnuff Fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon), inaturalist.org/observations/163149025

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mrostrowski

Date

June 2, 2023 07:10 PM CDT

Description

On Zizia aurea

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What

Blue-fruited Dogwood (Cornus obliqua)

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mattireland

Date

March 28, 2023 08:31 PM EDT

Description

Third photo shows a comparison between the stems of Blue-Fruited Dogwood (on the left) and Red Osier Dogwood (on the right)

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vi_k

Date

June 2, 2023

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tshahan

Date

May 2020

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Showy Orchis (Galearis spectabilis)

Date

May 20, 2023 11:59 AM CDT

Description

Growing in rich basswood-elm-maple forest.

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Pirate Wolf Spiders (Genus Pirata)

Observer

mrostrowski

Date

April 16, 2022 02:56 PM CDT

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What

Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)

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elloturnip

Date

May 2023

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nfurlan

Date

May 17, 2023 04:53 PM CDT

Description

Q. rubra

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Twoleaf Miterwort (Mitella diphylla)

Observer

taco2000

Date

May 22, 2020 11:42 AM CDT

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What

Twoleaf Miterwort (Mitella diphylla)

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jackassgardener

Date

May 10, 2023 12:16 PM CDT

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What

Tule Billbug (Sphenophorus australis)

Observer

vi_k

Date

May 7, 2023

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mrostrowski

Date

March 31, 2023 02:48 PM CDT

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Wood Wakerobin (Trillium viride)

Observer

mrostrowski

Date

April 2023

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What

Swamp Darner (Epiaeschna heros)

Observer

ejgejg

Date

April 15, 2023 10:53 AM CDT

Description

Automated ID

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St. John's Worts (Genus Hypericum)

Observer

mrostrowski

Date

August 2022

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What

Ross's Gull (Rhodostethia rosea)

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nolankeyes

Date

March 11, 2023 12:26 PM CST

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mrostrowski

Date

February 11, 2023 01:52 PM EST

Description

On Bidens alba.

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exonie

Date

June 30, 2018 03:38 PM EEST

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What

Nocturnal Velvet Ants (Tribe Sphaeropthalmini)

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psweet

Date

May 28, 2022 08:32 PM MST

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lc345

Date

September 20, 2019 02:48 PM CDT

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rynxs

Date

May 2022

Description

Leaf mine? On Echinacea? Unsure.

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What

Beetles (Order Coleoptera)

Observer

rynxs

Date

May 2022

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What

Ruddy Nomad Bee (Nomada rubicunda)

Observer

mrostrowski

Date

June 6, 2021 10:32 AM EDT

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What

Pallidefulva-group Field Ants (Complex Formica pallidefulva)

Observer

stoat77

Date

July 28, 2022 07:48 AM CDT

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mrostrowski

Date

September 4, 2021 09:35 AM CDT

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nfurlan

Date

December 2022

Description

https://www.gallformers.org/gall/4807

Finally got a chance to revisit the site of https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143630146 and sampled another three galls. Figuring they'd all be empty already, I sectioned one in the field and lucked out on a live adult female! Large, intact specimen with tons of golden setae, beautiful. Leaning Q. macrocarpa on the host for all three, probably the original find as well.

Been digging around on Gallformers trying to find something similar and the closest I've gotten is Cynips heldae (https://www.gallformers.org/gall/1368) - but the host/range/gall location don't match. Very similar structure, though.

@adeans @calconey @jeffdc @megachile

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Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

Observer

benzerante

Date

December 7, 2022 03:05 PM CST

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What

Zebra Hermit Crab (Clibanarius zebra)

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mrostrowski

Date

August 12, 2021 01:50 PM CDT

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What

Cotton Springtail (Entomobrya unostrigata)

Observer

dylantomtaylor

Date

November 27, 2022 03:04 PM CST

Description

Fuzzy and green!

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What

Golden Northern Bumble Bee (Bombus fervidus)

Observer

mrostrowski

Date

July 20, 2021 03:55 PM CDT

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What

Cannonball Fungus (Sphaerobolus stellatus)

Observer

dhaea

Date

October 27, 2022 01:52 PM CDT

Place

Chicago (Google, OSM)

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Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)

Observer

illinois_joy

Date

October 22, 2022 01:42 PM CDT

Description

I'm used to seeing this plant bloom in the spring - not in October!

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What

Flies (Order Diptera)

Observer

mrostrowski

Date

November 8, 2021 11:51 AM CST

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stos24

Date

October 6, 2022 10:34 AM CDT

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What

Purple Jellydisc (Ascocoryne sarcoides)

Observer

esaperstein

Date

October 13, 2022 02:48 PM CDT
Fungi

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What

Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)

Observer

mrostrowski

Date

August 15, 2022 02:31 PM CDT

Description

On a samara of an Acer sp.

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What

Northern Crab Spider (Mecaphesa asperata)

Observer

gokey

Date

October 6, 2022 05:34 PM CDT

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What

Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

Observer

benzerante

Date

September 28, 2022 05:39 PM CDT

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rothkopf

Date

September 14, 2022 02:47 PM CDT

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What

Drummond's Aster (Symphyotrichum drummondii)

Observer

joelmc

Date

September 11, 2022 06:09 PM CDT

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What

Spreading Yellow Tooth (Hydnophlebia chrysorhiza)

Observer

dylantomtaylor

Date

September 5, 2022 05:24 PM CDT

Description

What is this?!

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sarahlloyd

Date

August 28, 2022 04:35 PM AEST

Description

The dark base of the peridium seems to be a feature that separates this species from Lamproderma 'mossy', a similar but smaller species that occurs on the same bryophyte-covered logs and stumps.
Photo 2 rounded columella and the 2&3 membranous expansions on the capillitium.
4 tips of capillitium attached to peridium.
5 17 micron diameter echinulate spores.

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Broad-headed Sharpshooter (Oncometopia orbona)

Observer

jkubiak

Date

August 28, 2022 04:17 PM CDT

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What

Oblong-winged Katydid (Amblycorypha oblongifolia)

Observer

paulroots

Date

August 23, 2022 09:16 AM CDT

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What

American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

Date

December 29, 2021

Description

Eating long dead Burmese python

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What

Green Lacewings (Family Chrysopidae)

Observer

beetle_enjoyer

Date

August 20, 2022 03:22 PM CDT

Description

The cicada has just emerged from its shell. There is a strange black mark that a small larvae exits and crawls down its leg.

Edit: I say the larvae emerged because the larvae seemed to appear right next to a hole with black fluid, then start making its way down the cicada's leg to the tree. It is possible that the larvae just crawled onto the cicada and started eating it, but I thought that was less likely than the larvae exiting the cicada and leaving a hole. The latter might be more likely.

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House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Observer

curtbost

Date

July 16, 2022 05:12 PM CDT

Description

Think it’s a house sparrow

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What

Tall Blue Lettuce (Lactuca biennis)

Observer

sanguinaria33

Date

August 14, 2022 11:17 AM CDT

Description

This plant threw me off a bit but with 20-30 ray flowers and the pinnatifid-runcinate leaves, this must be the white-flowered form of L. biennis. Actually there is a faint bluish tinge to the ligules.