Fruit that appears galled on Cylindropuntia imbricata. Collected for rearing.
Adult emerged 05/13/2023: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/161936469
Rust fungi on the flower stalk of what appears to be a hawthorn.
There seem to be some red, swolen galls on the catkins of what appears to be willow oak.
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Gastropoda
Phylum: Mollusca
On box elder
Note different larval morphology and gall shape cf https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153268689
It looks like he died while the gall was opened up.
galled Ribes aureum flower bud 8 days later. (I was hoping the insanely small larvae would grow)
Man root on right, man on left. Found excavated by construction activity, took home to nurture, fed tea, then planted in native garden.
*2021 Update: the transplant didn't take and this sweet soul was lost to the world, buried dead as it had been buried alive.
On Iva microcephala
Video of a cottonmouth from the day out in the field: https://youtube.com/shorts/La57uOIt7Ik?feature=share
Seen while completing plant monitoring with Steve W in the Hole-in-the-Donut, Restoration Area 1998 in Everglades National Park. We walked through res. area 1997 to reach 98. Location is accurate.
More info about this amazing area here: https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/nature/hidprogram.htm
Project that includes most of the restoration areas: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/everglades-national-park-hole-in-the-donut-restoration
All my observations from the HID today: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2023-03-05&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&user_id=joemdo
Unknown host. I think a sedge due to overlap of the flower like peices making up the gall, solid stem and location. Found on small moss hill in sunny crack of rhyolite cliff that water trickles down right next to Baptism river falls (2 feet) Need help with ID.
Tentative ID. Interesting holes in underside of Douglas fir needles. Last two photos are the top sides of the needles.
These galls occurred on the same plant as these: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148860473. Update: Dissection of one here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148947845
Probably incorrect, but perhaps a place to start to determine what this is on Baccharis halimifolia.
Probably incorrect, but perhaps a place to start to determine what this is on Baccharis halimifolia.
• Putting this on here in hopes of some kind of more specific answer, hopefully down to a species; this flower-gall occurs on (Spermacoce verticillata) & looking up gall-forming species for this plant have come up short. I have come across other gall photos online that look similar to what I've observed, but they never have a named species for what made the gall.
Many midges emerging from galls in flowers of an Amaranthus sp.! I photographed them with my microscope.
I collected four Amaranthus sp. plants from the same area to try to key them out using the Weakley key (and failed) but was really happy to find lots of cool critters using the plants.
My other related observations from today:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2023-01-10&place_id=any&user_id=joemdo
Gall on Rhynchospora microcarpa. Not uncommon in this area
Seen while completing plant monitoring with Steve W in the Hole-in-the-Donut, Restoration Area 2013 in Everglades National Park. Location is accurate.
More info about this amazing area here: https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/nature/hidprogram.htm
Project that includes most of the restoration areas: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/everglades-national-park-hole-in-the-donut-restoration
All my observations from the HID today: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=25.59471699636507&nelng=-79.87456997164617&on=2023-01-02&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&subview=map&swlat=25.253636995897704&swlng=-81.32613857516179&user_id=joemdo
https://bugguide.net/node/view/725818/bgimage (Rhopalomyia inquisitor-maybe)