Favoritos de merav
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meravDescrição
leaf miner on pelt lichen!
the lichen is posted here - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151245177
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Culex stigmatosomaObservador
kyle_eaton_photographyDescrição
I found this male Mosquito standing on the wall of a container containing a few inches of stagnant, putrid rainwater. The container used to be a pool waterfall feature, but it broke years ago and the pipes at the bottom became clogged.
I caught and killed it.
Photos 1 and 3 had an Auto White Balance applied to it in Photoshop. Photo 3 was also brightened. Photos 4-6 were sharpened and brightened.
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Papa-Moscas (Família Salticidae)Observador
nicklambertDescrição
Don't think the hide out was made by the Salticid though??
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Metresura flavicepsObservador
meravDescrição
this is not a captive creature. all arthropods were wondering around freely.
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Melikaiella floraObservador
yerbasantaDescrição
Collected 9/15/23, refrigerated in a ziploc bag until 9/24 and dissected Quercus agrifolia acorn.
Preserved in 40% ethanol at 40°F.
Collected acorn from same tree, same date/time as the acorn gall observations below (2nd acorn):
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Trupanea californicaObservador
chyropteraDescrição
Stem gall on Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)
All found in same patch of plants:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/184160738
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/184160742
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yerbasantaDescrição
Update of 9/2/23 observation of Artichoke gall-like observation found on Quercus agrifolia.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/181449885
Larvae preserved in 40% ethanol and refrigerated.
Larvae measure ~2.5mm in length.
New gallformers.org code: "q-agrifolia-swollen-bud":
Gallformers page: https://www.gallformers.org/gall/5318
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Tribo CynipiniObservador
leslie_flintDescrição
California Scrub Oak; This gall was found last year by Merav Vonshak except it was purple; I assume it will turn purple with time; this was a cluster of at least 3, maybe 4 galls. Gallformers: q-dumosa-pip-gall
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Trupanea californicaObservador
lumenalDescrição
Stem swelling (gall) on Pearly Everlasting
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Género BrasemaObservador
owickiDescrição
Looks like this is a parasitoid on Coyote Bush Bud Gall Midge, Rhopalomyia californica.
I'm just guessing on the species because Russo says that Platygaster californica is the most common parasitoid on the galls and photos I've seen are roughly the same. But I gather that there are a handful of others, some from different families like Torymidae and Pteromalidae.
The other photos show the twig and the wasp apparently ovipositing or getting ready to do that.
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Chirosia betuletiObservador
randomtruthDescrição
On Athyrium filix-femina. Think this is the right gall ID, but perhaps there's a similar species local to CA?
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Tribo CynipiniObservador
chilipossumDescrição
@graysquirrel @merav @norikonbu @nancyasquith @megachile @garth_harwood
This is a fun one!
On Quercus berberidifolia, California scrub oak
https://www.gallformers.org/gall/3746
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Insetos (Classe Insecta)Observador
dlbowlsDescrição
Gall on a nonnative pine in a park? I am looking at the brown thing on the green cone. I am not sure if this is a gall. I will remove it from the gall project if it is not.
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Feron stellulumObservador
dlbowlsDescrição
White Oaks, probably California Scrub Oak.
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Subgénero MyrmaObservador
nickybayDescrição
Infected by cordyceps fungus with lacewing eggs on the fungus.
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Cobra-d'Água-de-Barriga-Pálida (Nerodia erythrogaster)Observador
ashwinvn2Descrição
Eating a tilapia
