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Cope's Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis)Observer
white_oak_creek_wmaDescription
Was living in a Prunus serotina that was felled by Hurricane Helene.
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Mint-loving Pyrausta Moth (Pyrausta acrionalis)Observer
sarinoleDescription
Black light
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Black-finned Snake Eel (Ophichthus altipennis)Observer
mumuduDescription
Night dive
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Apatococcus lobatusObserver
jlisbyDescription
On a conifer tree in the Botanical Gardens, growing with Amandinea punctata. I have tried keying it out in "The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles (1st ed.)" that I borrowed from my university library and with the cup-shaped chloroplasts I end either here or in Desmococcus, but I cannot for the life of me tell whether there are pyrenoids in the chloroplasts or not. Is that even visible in views like these or would I have to e.g. stain with Lugol's or something?
Single cells (few) 8-10 µm across, pairs of two cells 8-9x10-14 µm.
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Nepita confertaObserver
santosh-vithuraDescription
A mating pair of Nepita conferta. The female moth is killed by an assassin bug.
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Egyptian Goose × Muscovy Duck (Alopochen aegyptiaca × Cairina moschata)Observer
tristo
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Egyptian Goose × Muscovy Duck (Alopochen aegyptiaca × Cairina moschata)Observer
jaykellerDescription
Short video of this rare hybrid can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cpBGNALFHQs
It showed up at our feeding station for a few weeks and mostly associated with Egyptian Geese, but also would follow with Muscovies as well on occasion. He had a real identity crisis!
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Egyptian Goose × Mallard (Alopochen aegyptiaca × Anas platyrhynchos)Observer
silverleopard101Description
It looked like it was guarding one of the big geese in the park
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Egyptian Goose × Common Shelduck (Alopochen aegyptiaca × Tadorna tadorna)Observer
silviuticu_eco
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Parasitic Hyperiid Amphipod (Phronima sedentaria)Observer
an_bollenessorDescription
live specimen collected and will be photographed and ID confirmed by David Fenwick on aphotomarine.com
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Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)Observer
manumea2000Description
Leucistic individual? Domestic light form?🤔
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Clovers (Genus Trifolium)Observer
skyliner67Description
Close to a field of Trifolium pratense; to me, it looks like T. pratense with wrong colour of flowers.
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Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)Observer
sethmillerDescription
Partially leucistic goose
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Emperor and Giant Silk Moths (Family Saturniidae)Observer
imalipusramDescription
Mission SEAG, ZNIEFF Saut Mapaou, Carbet Alizée ALZ
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Graylag × Barnacle Goose (Anser anser × Branta leucopsis)Observer
purmDescription
Some sort of hybrid but I’d be guessing
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European Woolcarder Bee (Anthidium manicatum)Observer
hootinghoopoeDescription
Roosting on the marsh woundwort
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Ant-Decapitating Flies (Genus Pseudacteon)Observer
feroxaraDescription
Targeting a Solenopsis invicta gyne before her departure from her host nest. She scored a direct hit on the ant’s pronotum.
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Ant-Decapitating Flies (Genus Pseudacteon)Observer
aperturesciencebydanDescription
Tiny thing, going pretty hard at a trio of Camponotus socius. Collected two of them.
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Lobed Oak Gall Wasp (Andricus quercusstrobilanus)Observer
sedgeDescription
On Quercus bicolor.
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Genus DiboliaObserver
uxbridgebirderDescription
Huge stab in the dark here but from Google associations there’s a photo of type of tiny black jumping beetle that looks very very similar to me to these photos. But of a guess here. I don’t know what category this would come in within Beetles either? I think it’s a jumping bug? 🤷♂️
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Wood Dock (Rumex sanguineus)Observer
henrymillerplantsDescription
One prominent tubercle
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Common Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)Observer
bzungu4Description
Spotted in from of the Tearoom at Rondevlei
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Cactus Mouse (Peromyscus eremicus)Observer
ahardisonDescription
No fur on heels. Captured a mother and two of her daughters with some no kill traps to relocate them. Marking as juvenile even though the mother is also present.
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sgreenland_33Place
The Defence Training Estate : Merrivale Range Firing Range, Okehampton, England, GB (Google, OSM)
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Margined Click Beetle (Dalopius marginatus)Observer
major_bombyliusDescription
6mm in length
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Rugged Oil Beetle (Meloe rugosus)Observer
nutzl0sDescription
As evidenced by groove on thorax.
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Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)Observer
azure27014Description
水溫30
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European Eel (Anguilla anguilla)Observer
grinninDescription
First photo close-cropped, then cropped; this eel was fast, hardly ever visible
For the Fool's Watercress (Apium nodiflorum), cf. inaturalist.org/observations/219643999
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Williston's Wasp Fly (Sphiximorpha willistoni)Observer
kim_flemingDescription
~1.1 cm, on beech. Sphiximorpha willistoni, syrphid fly pupa.
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Drone Flies and Allies (Subfamily Eristalinae)Observer
lumensageDescription
No idea what this is, animal, vegetable or mineral! Was stuck among some cobwebs on the outside of a worm composter
