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Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees (Genus Megachile)Observer
roaming_ecologistDescription
Screenshots from video so apologies for the poor quality.
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White-crusted Aeolid (Trinchesia albocrusta)Observer
chloe_and_trevorDescription
Found by @u_phantasticus!
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Sea Sapphires (Genus Sapphirina)Observer
anudibranchmomDescription
Male, "blinking" on and off by changing the angle of its body. Thank you @leslieh for the ID, it certainly had us stumped.
Site: San Miguel
Dave Rabanes, Salaya Beach Houses
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Shaw's Agave (Agave shawii)Observer
anudibranchmomDescription
Thanks for pointing these out @u_phantasticus. Amazing effort people are putting in to hand pollinate them in the absence of bats.
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Opalescent Nudibranch (Hermissenda opalescens)Observer
thetidepoolerDescription
cutie found by @u_phantasticus
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Genus LepidocyrtusObserver
kschneiDescription
Extracted from wet Quercus leaf litter using a Tullgren funnel and collected, 825 microns in length, tentative genus ID, also posted to BG. Specimen photos taken at the California Academy of Sciences.
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Matted Wild Buckwheat (Eriogonum caespitosum)Observer
cujahPlace
Missing Location
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Woven-spored Microlichen (Texosporium sancti-jacobi)Observer
madilyDescription
On rabbit poop on Selaginella cinerascens.
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Hairy-necked Tiger Beetle (Cicindela hirticollis)Observer
madilyPlace
Missing LocationDescription
Lovely field notes by @u_phantasticus were carefully inspected and approved by the subject matter.
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Northern Snowy Plover (Anarhynchus nivosus ssp. nivosus)Observer
madilyPlace
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Banded
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Genus TorymusObserver
anewmarkDescription
Making an assumption. Sitting on Disholcaspis sp. (potato stem gall)
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Pines (Genus Pinus)Observer
kschneiDescription
5-mm gall or needle mine (?) at tip of needle cluster of a two-needled pine tree, maybe Pinus monophylla. Also posted to BG here:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1943677
I collected this structure and hope something emerges...
The host plant is here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/70234190
Note: likely a persistent bud scale per comments from others below.
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North American Mountain Lion (Puma concolor ssp. couguar)Observer
natureinlaDescription
Observation and photo by Robert Martinez, sent to nature@nhm.org
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Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)Observer
grolarbearDescription
Female/immature male
