On a moss-covered fallen log in cool, shady hemlock-maple swamp.
WDV 284
100s of plants in mossy, organic site in shady hemlock-maple swamp.
First Norfolk County record.
It was pretty amazing to see this fly-by in Toronto. A lifer for me.
With @blakemross
Mangrove Kingfisher. Photographed at Fish Eagle Point, Tanga, Tanzania on 10 November 2021. Subspecies ranivorus.
A shrimper pulled up the first Goblin shark observed in the Gulf of Mexico since 2010. The length was estimated to be about 15 feet. Location approximate from news reports.
Strangalia luteicornis (Yellow-horned Flower Longhorn Beetle). Photographed near St. Williams, Norfolk County, Ontario on 17 July 2020.
Plochionus timidus (Ground Beetles). Photographed at Yarmouth Gardens, Toronto, Ontario on 27 June 2020.
Pyrgotella chagnoni (Scarab Pursuing Flies). Photographed at High Park, Toronto, Ontario on 9 June 2020.
Pseudanostirus hamatus (Click Beetles). Photographed at Portage Lake, Parry Sound District, Ontario on 20 June 2020. I think - the pattern is not as bold as on most examples I've looked at online, but seems to be similar...
Xylopinus saperdoides (Darkling Beetles). Photographed at High Park, Toronto, Ontario on 23 July 2020.
Female Rhyssella humida (Ichneumonid Wasps). Photographed at High Park, Toronto, Ontario on 23 July 2020.
Penthe obliquata (Polypore Fungus Beetles). Photographed at Portage Lake, Parry Sound District, Ontario on 20 June 2020.
Ogcodes (Small-headed Flies). Photographed at High Park, Toronto, Ontario on 2 July 2020. Wonderfully strange...
Male Coenagrion resolutum (Taiga Bluet). Photographed at High Park, Toronto, Ontario on 14 June 2020.
NOTE: Dead on a sidewalk in our neighborhood. Gnarly but awesome.
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Janson Jones,
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With Habronattus decorus prey
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60888319
Found in a sand pit in residential area
Managed to escape before I got a clear photo, but proepimeron is clearly yellow
Visiting Alisma in wooded stream
Syngrapha alias (Hooked Silver Y). Photographed at High Park (West of Grenadier Pond), Toronto, Ontario on 8 August 2020.
Xestia mixta. Photographed along Road 634 a few km. south of Fraserdale, Cochrane District, Ontario on 26 July 2020. One of our better finds up here... Observed with Michael King.