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Nearctic Bumble Bee (Bombus vancouverensis ssp. nearcticus)Observer
garth_harwoodDescription
On an aster bloom.
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Typical Potter Wasps (Genus Eumenes)Observer
zitsermDescription
A round retreat made of mud, with a circular entrance, attached to a dried out Wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) plant.
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Oak Leaf Gall Midge (Polystepha pilulae)Observer
mmmillerDescription
gall on Oak
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Oak Rosette Gall Wasp (Andricus quercusfrondosus)Observer
mmmillerDescription
on Bur Oak
I'm not sure if this is a gall or not. If so, maybe Oak Rosette Gall Wasp?
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Hackberry Nipplegall Psyllid (Pachypsylla celtidismamma)Observer
ashley_bradford
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guidingguidaDescription
On northern red oak leaf bottom, slightly doughnut shaped. Tentative ID
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Andricus prescottiObserver
stevejonesDescription
Integral acorn cap gall; integral rather than detachable and with irregular openings suggesting against Andricus costatus (see https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/134065862); absence of smooth-walled ellipsoid features suggests against Andricus prescotti, though possibly last summer's remnants after the chambers having dropped?
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Craspedolepta lapsusObserver
stevejonesDescription
Remnant galls from spring growth
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kimcwrenDescription
Large soft-feeling galls on Solidago gigantea.
Elliptical in shape. Not sure that this isn’t Goldenrod Gall Fly however.
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All-pale Perdita (Perdita perpallida)Observer
morcuttDescription
This should be my last “dirty white bees” photo set of the year.
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Hackberry Star Gall Psyllid (Pachypsylla celtidisasterisca)Observer
ashley_bradford
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Yellow-banded Bumble Bee (Bombus terricola)Observer
grantcathDescription
On hairy wood mint. Never ID’ed one of these before. I welcome verification or correction! It’s last segment seemed to be yellow but I didn’t get a good photo of it.
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Tribe TanytarsiniObserver
mmmillerDescription
covering the undersides of the lower leaves of an elm tree
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Grape Tube Gallmaker (Ampelomyia viticola)Observer
csledgeDescription
Vitis riparia
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis)Observer
morcuttDescription
worker, cute on the job
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Northern Small Yellow Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin)Observer
danders4
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Large Yellow Lady's-Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens)Observer
gamelanerDescription
The orchid.
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Phylloxeras (Genus Phylloxera)Observer
matthew_willsDescription
On Shagbark Hickory/C. ovata.
P. caryaecaulis or P. subelliptica?
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White Pine Blister Rust (Cronartium ribicola)Observer
guidingguidaDescription
On white pine
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Hackberry Blister Gall Psyllid (Pachypsylla celtidisvesicula)Observer
zitsermDescription
On Common hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
guidingguidaDescription
For host plant. Galls were collected except for the large moth like gall at the tip which was dropped and lost
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Trichothecium roseumObserver
eknuthDescription
White fungus growing on black knot.
Black knot already confirmed, in different observation.
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Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)Observer
guidingguidaDescription
Photo taken by @cpavlisich
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Rusty-patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis)Observer
gamelanerDescription
When I first saw this bee, I was sure it was B. affinis. But the distinctive pattern on the thorax is missing, and the "patch" is very faint. I'd like to know what others think.
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Bacterial Crown Gall (Agrobacterium radiobacter)Observer
zitsermDescription
A gall, about 2 inches in diameter, on Lindera benzoin
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zitsermDescription
Ethan did the microscopy to identify this fungus:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148491646
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
zitsermDescription
A beautiful yellowish brown polypore growing in an effused manner on a decorticated hardwood. Pores irregular. Thick dissepiments.
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Cutworm Moths and Allies (Family Noctuidae)Observer
jenniferf4Description
this spruce had old adelgid galls on shoot tips and many and pine needle scales on the spruce needles. Maybe whatever was in these egg cases is a predator of adelgids or scales or maybe just incidental.
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Flanged Smartweed (Persicaria amphibia var. stipulacea)Observer
gpappasDescription
Floating along margins of pond. Southwestern Laramie County, WY.
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Couch's Spadefoot (Scaphiopus couchii)Observer
danbeckmanDescription
Poor little guy seemed pretty far from any surface water
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)Observer
xrisDescription
Eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) visiting flowers of NOID Symphyotrichum in my garden, Flatbush, Brooklyn, NYC, September 2023
The black band across the thorax, rather than a central dot or patch, doesn't look right for impatiens. Maybe citrinus?
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Life (Life)Observer
matthew_willsDescription
Growth on twig of Pignut Hickory/Carya glabra.
Is this just an unformed fruit? Five parts, lack of petiole/stem, and time of year suggest not.
Nothing similar on Gallformers.
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Hackberry Pear-shaped Gall Midge (Celticecis pyriformis)Observer
csledgeDescription
Celtis occidentalis
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Synergus lignicolaObserver
guidingguidaDescription
On a northern red oak. Originally a Callirhytis quercusgemmaria gall but size, large shape, persistence and woodiness is due to being parasitized
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Coyote (Canis latrans)Observer
kimcwrenDescription
Seemed to be two sets of padded-foot tracks mostly single-file paces following the edge of the cornfield. Photos 3 and 5 show the tracks curving as animals entered the cornfield. It looked as if one set of tracks showed tail dragging, and the other did not (hope you can see that in a couple of the photos). The paces seemed measured and even. I don't believe either were domestic dogs. The tracks seemed to overlap those of smaller mammals leaving the woods and entering the cornfield.
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Amphibolips globusObserver
mhinczDescription
Probably on pin oak (Quercus palustris) in marshy forest area
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Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor)Observer
douggoldmanDescription
A young tree with some acorn cap scales that show signs of introgression with Quercus macrocarpa, but otherwise is a nice example of Q. bicolor due to the long fruit peduncle, leaf shape, peeling bark, and swampy habitat.
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Acorn Plum Gall Wasp (Amphibolips quercusjuglans)Observer
csledgeDescription
Quercus rubra/ellipsoidalis
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Woolly Catkin Gall Wasp (Callirhytis quercusoperator)Observer
matthew_willsDescription
I think these are the remains of this gall. On Scarlet Oak/Q. coccinea,
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Hickory Supine Squash Gall Midge (Caryomyia supina)Observer
ashley_bradfordDescription
This is for the two skinny green ones, which I thought at first glance might have been leafhoppers.
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Dust Mites (Family Pyroglyphidae)Observer
ashley_bradfordDescription
I think it's a dust mite? I was working on the computer one night, and noticed that a speck of dust was slowly but steadily making its way across my computer monitor. I had just acquired a used MP-E65mm lens, and thought Hey! Perfect opportunity to try that out! I took a whole bunch of photos, as it was moving, and managed to get this one in fairly sharp focus.
The colors around it are pixels on my screen.
For the second image: I immediately after photographed a ruler at the same magnification. The pale lines here are the same width as the lines on the ruler, and spaced accordingly as well. That space is a millimeter. You can see that nearly four and a half of these critters fit across 1mm. I'm not good at math, so you get this image.
