ansel_oommen's Identifications

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Eastern Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)

Observer

giemmiti

Date

September 15, 2024 08:06 AM EDT

Place

Van Cortlandt Park, New York, NY, US (Google, OSM)

3 IDs

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Eastern Poison Ivy - Photo (c) floricole, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by floricole

ansel_oommen's ID: Eastern Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)

Added on September 21, 2024

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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

Observer

dbresette

Date

August 22, 2017 07:43 PM CDT

Place

78602, Bastrop, TX, US (Google, OSM)

2 IDs

Needs ID

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Carolina Snailseed - Photo (c) Kimberlie Sasan, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), uploaded by Kimberlie Sasan

ansel_oommen's ID: Carolina Snailseed (Nephroia carolina)

Added on August 13, 2024

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Added as part of a taxon swap

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Sculptured Resin Bee (Megachile sculpturalis)

Observer

jo1010

Date

July 9, 2024 12:26 PM EDT

Place

BOWLING GREEN, NY 10004, USA (Google, OSM)

Description

On lavender

4 IDs

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Sculptured Resin Bee - Photo (c) Steve Kerr, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Steve Kerr

ansel_oommen's ID: Sculptured Resin Bee (Megachile sculpturalis)

Added on July 9, 2024

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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)

Observer

zummigummi

Date

July 4, 2024 04:01 PM EDT

Place

New York, NY 10026, USA (Google, OSM)

1 ID

Needs ID

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Fungi Including Lichens - Photo (c) chofungi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

ansel_oommen's ID: Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)

Added on July 7, 2024

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3 photos

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Beech Leaf Disease (Litylenchus crenatae)

Observer

cbarron

Date

July 7, 2024 10:48 AM EDT

Place

High Rock Park, New York, NY, US (Google, OSM)

3 IDs

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Beech Leaf Disease - Photo (c) Medina County Park District, all rights reserved, uploaded by Medina County Park District

ansel_oommen's ID: Beech Leaf Disease (Litylenchus crenatae)

Added on July 7, 2024

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4 photos

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Orchard Orbweaver (Leucauge venusta)

Observer

filipina90

Date

June 20, 2024 04:49 PM EDT

Place

Queens (Google, OSM)

3 IDs

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Orchard Orbweaver - Photo (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Katja Schulz

ansel_oommen's ID: Orchard Orbweaver (Leucauge venusta)

Added on June 21, 2024

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Cockroaches and Termites (Order Blattodea)

Observer

mike_reyes

Date

June 17, 2024 06:04 AM EDT

Place

Manhattan, New York, NY, US (Google, OSM)

3 IDs

Needs ID

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German Cockroach - Photo (c) Bogdan V. Kryzhatyuk, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Bogdan V. Kryzhatyuk

ansel_oommen's ID: German Cockroach (Blattella germanica)

Added on June 18, 2024

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Click Beetles (Family Elateridae)

Observer

sus_scrofa

Date

June 2024

Place

New York, US (Google, OSM)

3 IDs

Needs ID

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Click Beetles - Photo (c) Denis Doucet, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Denis Doucet

ansel_oommen's ID: Click Beetles (Family Elateridae)

Added on June 18, 2024

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Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)

Observer

treegrow

Date

May 3, 2008 07:08 PM MST

Place

Pima County, AZ, USA (Google, OSM)

4 IDs

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Pipevine Swallowtail - Photo (c) Edward Perry IV, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Edward Perry IV

ansel_oommen's ID: Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)

Added on June 17, 2024

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Orchard Orbweaver (Leucauge venusta)

Observer

beniiiii

Date

June 12, 2024 01:29 PM EDT

Place

Bronx, NY, USA (Google, OSM)

2 IDs

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ansel_oommen's ID: Orchard Orbweaver (Leucauge venusta)

Added on June 14, 2024

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3 photos

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Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)

Observer

kathryn_bowden

Date

July 30, 2021 07:39 PM EDT

Place

Montclair (Google, OSM)

Description

Eating dill in the garden

3 IDs

Research Grade

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Black Swallowtail - Photo (c) Juan Carlos Garcia Morales, all rights reserved, uploaded by Juan Carlos Garcia Morales

ansel_oommen's ID: Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)

Added on June 10, 2024

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

Observer

gecko1

Date

October 18, 2019 11:44 AM MDT

Place

Keppel St, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7HT, UK (Google, OSM)

Description

This organism is Streptococcus pneumoniae. Microscopy shows elongated gram-positive diplococci (pairs of purple ovals stuck together). Petri dish shows alpha haemolysis (green discoloration) and sensitivity to the antibiotic Optochin.

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Streptococcus pneumoniae - Photo (c) Nina Lester Finley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Nina Lester Finley

ansel_oommen's ID: Streptococcus pneumoniae, a member of Streptococci (Genus Streptococcus)

Added on June 7, 2024

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Nessus Sphinx (Amphion floridensis)

Observer

elevine

Date

May 26, 2024 04:55 PM EDT

Place

Stuyvesant Square Park, New York City, New York (Google, OSM)

3 IDs

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Nessus Sphinx - Photo (c) Kent Miller, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), uploaded by Kent Miller

ansel_oommen's ID: Nessus Sphinx (Amphion floridensis)

Added on May 27, 2024

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Tubercle Bacterium (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)

Observer

tloh2

Date

January 2024

Place

Greater Vancouver, CA-BC, CA (Google, OSM)

Description

Colonies of M. tuberculosis (10×) isolated (on Middlebrook/7H11 agar) from a sputum sample of a TB positive patient. Note the characteristic cording/coiling morphology of the colonies.
The sample was confirmed positive by PCR (GeneXpert) and acid fast staining (auramine O).
Location and patient demographic s obscured for confidentiality reasons.