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Ash Yellows Phytoplasma (Phytoplasma fraxini)Observer
bluebellprinceDescription
Leaves seem quite toothed for ash but the leaves are opposite...
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Domestic Cattle (Bos taurus)Observer
espitiaacarlosDescription
Weather was slightly humid mid to high 60s,one cow on the side of the road alone
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Beard Lichens (Genus Usnea)Observer
stephanomeriaPlace
Big Basin Redwoods, Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Santa Cruz, California, United States (Google, OSM)
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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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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
maureenclareDescription
Cool mushroom alert @rgraveolens — on the good mushroom log at west ridge
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Genus NeolasiopteraObserver
kcballantyneDescription
Host plant is Joe Pye Weed
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Brush-footed Butterflies (Family Nymphalidae)Observer
maureenclareDescription
Red admiral egg?
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Genus DiaportheObserver
joelmcDescription
Gall on Bitternut hickory. Bud included for host id.
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Placental Mammals (Infraclass Placentalia)Observer
john4733Description
Possibly a bat? Noise in basement.
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Genus TenoderaObserver
sigridmhDescription
Wildflower (Garden) @Gillson on path to left of vintage bench. Female was head-down, busy depositing a mass of eggs into an egg case (upper right in photo).
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Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)Observer
greyson26Description
It was a squirrel at a store wanting to come in because the boss their fed it nuts.
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Oak Gall Wasps (Tribe Cynipini)Observer
matthew_willsDescription
On a few of the Northern Red Oak/Q. rubra saplings, which are up to 3' high, in this shady area.
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Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium)Observer
boutelouaDescription
only time I've seen this plant exhibit vivipary
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Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)Observer
mrostrowskiDescription
On Bidens connata.
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Goldenrod Brussels Sprout Gall Fly (Procecidochares atra)Observer
elfaulknerDescription
Gall on Solidago
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Hedgehog Gall Wasp (Acraspis erinacei)Observer
nrpetersDescription
On White Oak: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/93143914
For the Clustered Midrib Gall Wasp (Andricus dimorphus): https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/93143906
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American Gizzard Shad (Dorosoma cepedianum)Observer
birdturntableDescription
Captured in quick moving murky water moving from the flooded areas back into the river via a small channel.
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Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)Observer
cgbb2004Description
-at right
-see https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16853735 for beaver
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Acorn Plum Gall Wasp (Amphibolips quercusjuglans)Observer
ceisemanDescription
On Quercus rubra. Developing gall on the left, and I think the swelling in the cap at right is where a gall is about to burst out.
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Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans)Observer
maureenclareDescription
The pair came by together tonight
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Genus CrossocerusObserver
ceisemanDescription
Wasp being eaten by an ambush bug on an Amphibolips quercusjuglans gall on scrub oak.
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Evergreen Bagworm Moth (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis)Observer
maureenclareDescription
On landscaping boulder outside a Popeyes. Location approximate.
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Oak Rosette Gall Wasp (Andricus quercusfrondosus)Observer
megachileDescription
On Quercus bicolor
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Woolly Aphids and Gall-making Aphids (Subfamily Eriosomatinae)Observer
megjakoDescription
Like a little dust mote!! Beautiful
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Wool Sower Gall Wasp (Callirhytis seminator)Observer
megachileDescription
On Quercus alba
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Genus ContariniaObserver
megachileDescription
maybe a wasp?
On cultivated Quercus ellipsoidalis
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Spring Beauty Rust (Puccinia mariae-wilsoniae)Observer
chartreuseDescription
very cool, only found on 2 plants in a large patch
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Oak Potato Gall (Neuroterus quercusbatatus)Observer
megachileDescription
On Quercus alba
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Spiny Witch-Hazel Gall Aphid (Hamamelistes spinosus)Observer
anna120Description
On the back sides of river birch leaves. Lots.
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Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)Observer
maureenclareDescription
Arthropod activity? On a witch hazel leaf
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Life (Life)Observer
maureenclareDescription
Gall? Photos of host tree included.
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Oak Leaf Gall Midge (Polystepha pilulae)Observer
kimberlietxDescription
Original observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66309947
Outer shells have started breaking away from the gall like a Transformer. The insides have softened after a rainstorm, and the larvae have started emerging. 2.5-3mm long. Multiple larvae in each gall.
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Jewel Oak Gall Wasp (Acraspis quercushirta)Observer
nsoucDescription
Emerged from gall (with help after it made no progress overnight)
Fairly sure this is actually the adult for the marcrocarpae gall
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Larger Empty Oak Apple Wasp (Amphibolips quercusinanis)Observer
ceisemanDescription
I'm thinking this was a very stunted Amphibolips quercusinanis gall, unless someone has a better idea...
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Osage-Orange (Maclura pomifera)Observer
naturenerd_joelDescription
Fruit being eaten by fox squirrel
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Red Cone Gall Wasp (Feron kingi)Observer
dlbowlsDescription
I am not sure what the insect on it is, but it seems to be depositing something inside the already existing gall.
