Small feline brought in by a trapper. It was accidentally caught in a trap for raccoons. He was wondering if this was in fact a normal cat or a sort of cross breed between lynx or bobcat. I don’t know enough to tell. It has a little stump for a tail and pointy ears.
Not sure at all what this is, probably a rotting fungi of some sort.
Unfortunately I don't have accurate coordinates, but this was observed during field work in this area.
Found under a rock, in a sandy/gravelly opening among jack pine. It sprung onto my hand, leaving its "tail" stuck to my finger, then ran away bald.
Neotamias host. see conversation on https://inaturalist.ca/observations/136635168 - different host individual in the same park
Track and scat up a trail behind my house for about 20 meters then tracks disappeared.
28 May 2017.
Buckingham Springs, Bucks Co, PA.
Eggs on the upper surface of a leaf of Acer rubrum.
ID to genus courtesy of Ross Hill:
bugguide.net/node/view/1379162
All observations of these individuals over time:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?verifiable=any&place_id=any&field:Same%20specimen%20over%20time=6506281.
08 Jun 2017.
Buckingham Springs, Bucks Co, PA.
Found on the upper surface of a leaf of Acer rubrum.
I originally found these eggs on 5/28/17, 11 days previously. When I next looked, on 6/8/17, I found 10 1st instars (the first of 4-5 nymphal stages). At 10 AM, the nymphs were in a huddle next to the eggs, but at 5 PM, they were on top of the egg mass. The same movement was noted the next day. I read that they actually consume the unhatched eggs until they molt to the 2nd instar.
All observations of these individuals over time:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?verifiable=any&place_id=any&field:Same%20specimen%20over%20time=6506281.