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December 8, 2023
11:43 AM MST
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April 18, 2024
12:24 PM PDT
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June 4, 2021
10:31 PM PDT
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December 13, 2023
03:09 PM PST
Description
Wasn’t able to get a photo but clearly had a Yellow-faced flying around in a scattered pile of oak leaves next to the sidewalk. First one I’ve seen in probably a month and seemed noteworthy
Please try not to be too jealous of my field sketch, it takes years to master
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July 29, 2023
09:48 PM PDT
Description
Collected with permission for a BC Parks research initiative
Front of clypeus with 3 teeth. According to some online keys this seems quite informative. If anyone knows which photos I should upload let me know!
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June 1, 2023
03:25 PM UTC
Description
On Small flowered Penstemon.
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July 3, 2023
06:04 PM PDT
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June 5, 2023
04:36 PM PDT
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July 3, 2023
11:11 AM BST
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May 12, 2018
12:49 AM PDT
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February 3, 2023
01:07 AM MST
Description
This Northern Amber Bumblebee seems to be eating this small unknown bronze beetle. I stand corrected. Apparently, the beetle, likely a beetle is hitching a ride to the bumblebee nest. this behaviour is called phoresis..The best of a series of 4 photos that seem to show that behaviour. Or is the beetle biting the bumblebee? Hidden Valley, Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada. 28 July 2022
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February 3, 2023
01:09 AM MST
Description
This Northern Amber Bumblebee has a small bronze beetle, likely a fungus beetle (Antherophagus species, perhaps ochraceus) traveling on its mouthparts. The best of a series of 4 photos that seem to show that behaviour. Hidden Valley, Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada. 28 July 2022
'A. ochraceus, along with some other members of Cryptophagidae, engage in phoresy. The beetles are transported by attaching to the legs, mouthparts, or antennae of bumblebees. It remains attached by clamping down with its mandibles.[6] It does not release until the bee returns to the nest. A. ochraceus adults lay eggs in bumblebee nests, where the eggs develop into larvae. In the larval stage, the beetles remain in the nest and eat organic matter and detritus. Specifically, they are presumed to consume honey, bee feces, and comb debris.[6][7]'
Link to inaturalist phoresis page:
inaturalist.ca/observation_fields/11626
I have never observed this behavior. I didn't notice the beetle on the photos until now.
Antherophagus as tentative beetle genus
Link to phoresis page https://inaturalist.ca/observation_fields/11626
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April 4, 2023
06:05 AM UTC
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May 3, 2022
09:39 PM PDT
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August 8, 2020
04:41 PM PDT
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March 12, 2023
05:01 PM PDT
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August 21, 2022
09:46 PM EDT
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January 29, 2023
08:34 PM PST
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July 20, 2022
08:34 PM PDT
Description
had what appeared to be a beetle clinging to its underside. no photos unfortunately. Antherophagus ochraceus?
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June 25, 2022
08:27 AM PDT
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January 27, 2019
07:39 PM UTC
Description
New caterpillars for me. Eating leaves of Mountain Ash.
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April 13, 2021
07:34 PM PDT
Description
I believe the shape of the eyes and the scopa distinguish it from the similarly-colored Sphecodes.
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September 15, 2018
03:17 PM EDT
Description
Digger Bee colony being parasitized by Cuckoo Bees beside Viewing platform. Many more Cuckoo bees than Digger bees. Species ID uncertain - possible Triepeolus pectoralis?
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March 19, 2022
07:04 PM PDT
Description
queen - was super big
first one of the year for me
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March 11, 2022
07:36 PM PST
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March 19, 2022
11:41 PM PDT
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November 4, 2021
09:50 AM PDT
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November 5, 2021
09:07 PM UTC
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January 27, 2022
07:09 PM PST
Description
Slime coming off a bigleaf maple stump
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April 5, 2021
08:28 AM UTC
What
Ferns
(Class Polypodiopsida)
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December 13, 2021
09:46 PM CST
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March 28, 2021
08:27 AM UTC
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May 5, 2015
12:38 PM NZST
Description
Leaf spots growing on the surface of pigeonwood leaves.
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January 10, 2022
08:32 PM PST
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March 8, 2018
11:28 PM EST
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December 31, 2014
02:18 PM PST
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December 14, 2021
02:25 PM EST
Description
Found on a fallen branch that has lichen and shelf fungi on it
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April 23, 2021
09:14 PM EDT
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December 4, 2021
03:55 PM PST
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June 30, 2017
10:05 AM PDT
Description
The pointer is an 8" ziptie with 1cm markings
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June 2, 2019
01:51 PM PDT
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June 20, 2019
10:26 PM NZST
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May 15, 2021
10:57 AM HST
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May 26, 2021
06:13 AM UTC
Description
Bumblebee with red pollen sacs in field of lupins
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April 23, 2017
07:56 AM HST
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May 9, 2021
01:15 PM PDT
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May 9, 2021
08:13 PM UTC
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March 30, 2021
09:15 PM UTC
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April 9, 2021
08:50 PM PDT
Description
In our forest and is jelly like texture but froze for awhile and now soft again?
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September 6, 2020
07:23 PM UTC
Description
Very jelly-like! Quite durable!
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June 29, 2020
08:30 AM UTC
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December 19, 2019
08:13 AM EST
Description
Edited: Thiohalocapsa halophila
(a member of Purple Sulfur Bacteria Order Chromatiales), magenta bacteria, I initially suggested Lamprocystis purpurea, alkali lake, Takhini alkali salt flats, YK, July 7/19. Txs @jozien for visit to this part of the Takhini alkali flats.
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July 7, 2019
12:17 PM CDT
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July 10, 2020
07:59 AM EDT
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May 13, 2019
06:08 PM UTC
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March 7, 2019
12:12 AM -03
Description
I am not sure if it is a living organism or if it is a product of one.
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May 29, 2019
06:23 AM HST
Description
Minute green balls growing on damp mud in shady areas in the banks of the river.
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March 14, 2020
11:55 PM WIB
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October 26, 2018
09:35 AM HST
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October 3, 2018
12:49 AM EDT
Description
No idea whether it's a gall or a fungus or an egg case or what.
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June 11, 2018
02:00 PM PDT
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August 25, 2020
01:02 PM UTC
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November 5, 2018
10:47 AM HST
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April 2, 2019
10:49 AM EDT
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May 24, 2020
07:32 PM EDT
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March 19, 2018
07:19 AM HST
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April 21, 2018
05:40 PM UTC
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April 22, 2018
11:06 AM UTC
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August 4, 2020
08:20 PM EEST
Description
Found on the sandstone in the river (see last photo).
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April 11, 2018
09:29 AM PDT
Description
Appears to be a plant gall, host is Hilaria rigida. Broke apart into papery leaves that scattered on breeze with no discernible insect or pupae. Am unable to find any leads on this one.
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October 24, 2019
08:34 PM EDT
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October 1, 2017
11:20 PM UTC
Description
It looked jelly like, but was very solid. It didn't appear to be alive. It was in the water when we found it.
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June 4, 2016
06:57 PM UTC
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November 16, 2020
12:53 AM +08
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January 24, 2021
05:42 PM EST
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July 15, 2016
12:14 AM NZST
Description
bell like lichen hanging at the bottom of young rimu branch
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November 18, 2020
10:38 PM UTC
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November 18, 2020
08:38 PM UTC
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September 24, 2020
11:00 PM CDT
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June 1, 2020
11:31 AM WIB
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July 17, 2019
11:58 PM EDT
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May 16, 2018
05:37 PM PDT
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April 23, 2017
08:36 PM PDT
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October 5, 2017
08:19 AM PDT
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May 14, 2017
08:38 PM PDT
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December 5, 2017
09:23 PM UTC
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October 14, 2017
09:48 PM PDT
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March 10, 2017
10:27 AM CST
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March 15, 2017
10:17 PM PDT
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November 6, 2017
10:24 AM EST
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October 7, 2017
07:18 PM PDT
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March 11, 2017
12:42 PM PST
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February 3, 2017
07:26 PM PST
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October 27, 2017
04:51 PM MDT
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August 15, 2017
01:34 PM PDT
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April 13, 2017
02:57 PM CEST
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August 3, 2017
05:21 PM EDT
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July 11, 2017
11:51 AM HST
Description
The Little Gull is on the right. Shown with a juvenile Common Tern and a Bonaparte's Gull.
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November 19, 2017
12:29 PM EST
Description
Bayfront Park, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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November 29, 2017
08:39 PM EST