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Common Snakeflies (Genus Agulla)Observer
liv_0r_dieDescription
i’m not sure what this is but it moved the back of its body like a grub and it had the head of an ant or something
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Life (Life)Observer
chaoticrystalDescription
Fungal infection or insect damage on a rose, white fuzzy spots on stems, thorns, and galls.
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Snowberry Powdery Mildew (Erysiphe symphoricarpi)Observer
bstarzomskiDescription
on Snowberry
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
chaoticrystalDescription
Green stain on oak leaf, visible under UV 365nm light.
On the currently unidentified oak.
Host obs: https://www.inaturalist.ca/observations/238542282
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Feron albicomusObserver
chaoticrystalDescription
Very bright cherry red, perfectly sperical fuzzy ball.
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Genus PlatycotisObserver
chaoticrystalDescription
Unhorned variant.
Excuse the red on my hands. It isn't blood, we were just harvesting thimbleberries lmao
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Feron albicomusObserver
chaoticrystalDescription
On the currently unidentified oak.
Host obs: https://www.inaturalist.ca/observations/99736291
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Pacific Foldingdoor Spider (Antrodiaetus pacificus)Observer
ian_cooperDescription
This is a male Folding-door spider, Antrodiaetus pacificus, spotted wandering on an embankment by the Galloping Goose Trail near the 9 km marker. Normally these ambush predators remain at their burrow entrance waiting to grab passing prey, but during mating season the males go wandering in search of females. This may be the earliest time of year I've seen one of them out like this. This individual was a great subject, as it stayed put as I took several photos of it. It was on the move when I first noticed it, but basically froze in place soon after my flashlight lit it up.
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
garryfletcherDescription
That last picture is the peach that it is growing on . This is in a greenhouse . It attacks peaches still on the tree as well as on the ground.
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Spittlebugs and Froghoppers (Superfamily Cercopoidea)Observer
averylshifflettDescription
On a garlic mustard plant
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Sars-Cov-2 (Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2)Observer
liamraganDescription
Fuck
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Emplectonema virideObserver
kelpadelpianDescription
Cluster of Emplectonema viride ribbon worms under a rock. Last photo shows a couple of them beside Purple Ribbon Worms
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Juniper Shield Bug (Cyphostethus tristriatus)Observer
shawnb2Description
On a plant which I believe is Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera' (Threadleaf falsecypress), but I could be wrong. I’ve collected the shield bug, and have donated it to the RBCM so there is a specimen record of this species’s introduction to Victoria
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Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
roanan_dDescription
Based on the thickness i think it's either Allotropa virgata or Pterospora andromedea. Seems too thick to be a coral root.
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Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)Observer
sala_mandur_luvrDescription
5/6
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
simoneleDescription
The red thing. No idea where to even begin with this one.
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Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)Observer
smilodonichthysDescription
Date of observation is correct.
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Verdigris Agaric (Stropharia aeruginosa)Observer
chaoticrystalDescription
ID'd for a friend.
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Order TrichialesObserver
bstarzomskiDescription
@liamragan I was in Fernwood this morning and couldn't resist tracking this one down. Good eyes!
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usufructDescription
ID based on overlap of A. uva ursi and A. columbiana as pictured in last image, intermediate height and form
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Genus ArcyriaObserver
kyronbDescription
Wild guess for the ID! Found on some old wood. The slime molds in the two images were right next to one another. I assume they are the same species...
Edit: Added a new shot of the larger group with better lighting, taken the following morning. There was frost overnight, and some of it is still visible in the photo.
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Comatricha nigraObserver
kyronbDescription
A guess based on some previous finds, though I know very little about slime molds! Found on rotting wood.
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Wart Lichens, Water Lichens, and Allies (Order Pertusariales)Observer
larissaissabron
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American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)Observer
aivaDescription
7' up an arbutus (I couldn't reach)
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Mahonia Rust (Cumminsiella mirabilissima)Observer
thomasbarbinDescription
Fungus? Fluorescing green w 365nm light
