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September 9, 2024
03:53 AM UTC
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02:34 AM UTC
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August 29, 2024
08:03 PM UTC
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August 29, 2024
03:19 AM UTC
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August 29, 2024
03:23 AM UTC
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July 26, 2024
05:21 AM UTC
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July 26, 2024
08:48 PM UTC
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July 26, 2024
09:39 PM UTC
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February 11, 2016
09:03 PM CST
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January 28, 2019
10:56 PM -03
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July 26, 2022
11:44 AM UTC
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July 11, 2024
10:03 PM PDT
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December 20, 2017
04:08 PM PST
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May 31, 2024
12:38 AM UTC
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August 13, 2022
10:32 AM PDT
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June 19, 2024
08:10 PM UTC
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March 7, 2022
10:09 AM IST
Description
That was(p) a congregation! On Artocarpus heterophyllus leaf
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June 15, 2024
12:16 AM UTC
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June 14, 2024
10:10 AM PDT
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June 12, 2024
01:51 AM UTC
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January 26, 2018
06:07 PM SAST
Description
Just for interest, added cycad seeds being sorted . Nobody seems to know who brought them in or where they came from, but many of the seeds have similar holes, similarly empty. None of our cycads have cones now, so thinking this beastie came in with the seeds.
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June 9, 2024
01:07 PM PDT
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November 5, 2022
09:59 AM EDT
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June 3, 2024
03:06 AM UTC
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August 31, 2023
02:38 PM PDT
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February 7, 2024
12:36 PM EST
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May 3, 2022
08:14 PM EDT
Description
Photographed with DNR biologist
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May 20, 2020
02:58 PM EDT
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April 18, 2022
03:04 PM CST
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May 20, 2020
02:58 PM EDT
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May 31, 2024
12:01 AM CEST
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March 17, 2024
10:20 PM PDT
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June 25, 2018
11:02 PM CDT
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May 28, 2024
04:10 PM UTC
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June 13, 2023
12:26 AM PDT
Description
Nesting in soil of garden bed
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April 10, 2024
10:25 AM PDT
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July 1, 2023
11:04 PM PDT
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May 26, 2020
04:56 PM HST
Description
On leaf of Rubus parviflorus.
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August 2, 2023
07:27 AM PDT
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May 27, 2024
07:26 PM PDT
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January 9, 2024
12:44 PM HST
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May 22, 2024
11:55 PM UTC
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May 22, 2024
05:12 PM PDT
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May 11, 2024
08:34 PM UTC
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May 10, 2024
09:24 AM PDT
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May 10, 2024
09:21 AM PDT
Description
Collected on a deciduous stump with evidence of wood boring beetle infestation.
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January 11, 2016
08:32 PM SAST
Description
Kleinmond wasper of wasps
Our yellowwood paper wasp nest was visited by a stranger. She inserted her ovipositor into each cell and then flew off... No sign of our resident wasps while the attack took place. Today they were back on their nest as usual... There is an interaction on its way.
After I eventually collected the nest I was surprised to observe two completely different wasp species appear, I've loaded them here:
- larger species
- smaller species
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January 31, 2021
03:14 PM EST
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January 31, 2021
03:14 PM EST
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July 18, 2023
09:58 PM UTC
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April 5, 2024
07:38 PM UTC
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April 5, 2024
06:58 PM UTC
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June 6, 2022
09:21 AM CDT
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July 1, 2023
04:29 PM CDT
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March 20, 2024
04:30 PM PDT
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March 18, 2024
11:29 AM PDT
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June 7, 2017
08:05 PM EDT
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August 1, 2022
12:14 AM UTC
Description
Blue colored frog on Cow parsnip. I have never seen a blue one before.
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January 13, 2024
07:52 AM PST
Description
On an outside wall at night
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September 17, 2023
01:34 PM PDT
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February 13, 2024
11:38 PM PST
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May 10, 2021
03:04 PM EDT
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June 22, 2023
04:02 AM -04
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October 20, 2023
02:27 PM NZDT
Description
Found on driveway, appears to be injured (bird?). Found and photographed by Thom Charles
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September 28, 2022
10:35 AM EDT
Description
About 11 mm long, active on Asclepias syriaca leaves.
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August 27, 2023
12:22 PM PDT
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February 25, 2024
12:04 AM UTC
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February 25, 2024
12:02 AM UTC
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September 7, 2014
08:25 PM NZST
Description
Mycetophilidae: Mycetophila marginepunctata ?
Tonnoir 1927 indicates a row of dark spots along the wing margins and dark markings on the femurs and tibiae, as this fly seems to have.
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January 14, 2022
08:55 PM UTC
Description
Most people have a strong dislike for flies but many, like this one, are quite colourful and completely harmless. Flat-footed Flies, named for their enlarged and flattened hind feet, are quite small (this one is only 4 or 5 mm long). They can often be found on foliage along forest trails where their larvae feed on nearby fungi. This is one of my favourites and the entomologists who first described it must also have had a fondness for it---Callomyia is Greek for beautiful fly and venusta is from the Latin for charming.
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July 26, 2016
07:16 PM EDT
Description
Lindneromyia flavicornis male. Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, USA.
Keys to Platypeza flavicornis in Johnson 1923. The current valid name for this species is Lindneromyia flavicornis according to diptera.org.
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October 18, 2023
03:29 PM PDT
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April 27, 2019
06:43 AM HST
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January 31, 2023
11:57 PM HST
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April 30, 2017
06:46 PM CDT
Description
Zonotrichia hatrick! Harris's Sparrow at left in photo.
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August 23, 2017
11:54 PM PDT
Description
Melanistic Song Sparrow. Singing male, ID'ed as Song Sparrow by song, and similar face pattern (visible in photo though muted due to melanism). The bird was also associating with a standard-issue SOSP, possibly a mate.
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November 3, 2021
05:58 PM ADT
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May 20, 2021
09:36 PM CEST
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January 27, 2022
02:29 AM UTC
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September 14, 2022
09:36 PM PDT
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June 9, 2021
10:07 AM PDT
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July 22, 2018
10:27 AM EDT
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February 18, 2024
10:21 PM UTC
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June 17, 2019
07:16 PM EDT
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September 25, 2023
11:51 AM PDT
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August 17, 2022
08:43 PM PDT
Description
Hopping around on brown algae
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July 27, 2018
07:36 PM UTC
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February 6, 2024
02:33 PM EST
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May 7, 2022
08:19 PM PDT
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January 25, 2024
11:07 PM MST
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January 11, 2024
02:58 PM PST
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January 21, 2024
05:56 PM PST
Description
Caught in a yellow sticky trap set out to gather data (arthropods) to further add to the documented diversity in the Hansen Park Heritage Garden.
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August 25, 2021
05:12 PM EDT
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November 17, 2023
03:39 PM PST
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December 7, 2023
09:07 PM UTC
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October 20, 2019
08:20 PM EDT
Description
Continuing bird. Watched it eat several snakes again today.
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December 31, 2017
12:06 PM SAST
Description
A scrappy expanse of silky refuges and capture webs littered with body parts of previous victims. When preferred prey is entangled, the female spiders emerge from their 'nests' and overpower it by grabbing its extremities. In this case, a wasp https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9319446.
Presumably they inject venom because after a minute or so the prey stops struggling. Then they snip it out of the web and carry it into one of several 'nests' or refuges.
Unwanted prey, often beetles (see https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9319435 ) are also killed but sometimes left in the web, uneaten. Ants, in this case, Maranoplus ( https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9319390 )scavenge around the periphery of the webs, feasting on unwanted beetles or other left-overs.
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November 25, 2023
10:13 PM UTC
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October 8, 2023
04:01 AM UTC