This is going to be an epic post. I was at the Buckland native gardens and found a small Eucalypt (The tag, sort of near the base was E. barberi) covered with the most Apiomorpha galls I have ever seen. I've only ever seen one on a tree at a time. This tree had literal masses of male and female galls. I took a lot of photos and brought one female gall home (I have no idea why I didn't think to bring a male). My aim was to try and see some of the crawlers again. Anyway I didn't house the gall well, and it got a bit mouldy. I rehoused it, and everything dried out nicely but I assumes that the female would have died. No crawlers. The female was alive and well, so I took photos today, placed her back in her disected home, and have hoped that a rubber band around the gall will keep her happy!. Very interesting beasts.
This looks like Apiomorpha munita, that I have found before but I have no real clue.
The photos have further annotations here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/zosterops/51077449602/
Captured using benthic trawl during flood stage (40ft). Trawled gravel shoreline that is exposed during base flow. Approx 6 individuals from this side class were collected
Jackalope!
This is a favored spot for the bunny to sit in and there's a twig sticking up behind it that creates this cartoonish impression.
I finally found one of MNs native lizards. I’ve been looking for these for so long. Thank you to @jeff_leclere and the wood lake nature center staff for their amazing advice for finding these.
Gaboon Caecilian
found along cloquet line -- (only held for pictures, then released and hands were washed!)
Photographed with DNR biologist
Fotos feitas durante trabalho de registro da expedição BIOTRIPS AMAZÔNIA, realizada pelo parceiro Thiago Silva-Soares.
Found in Fawn Lake, Cross Lake, MN, in early September. Only within the top layer of water.