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Género AedesObservador
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Grabbed a quick picture before stopping it, but it already had gotten me.
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Vieja-Madrepérola (Cymatogaster aggregata)Observador
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Found dead on the beach
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There were multiple of these crammed into a narrow crack of this shallow damp cave that is on the beach.
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Sorry for the horrible photo quality - it was dark in this little cave on the beach and I couldn't really see what I was doing (and had a very hard time getting my built-in flash to illuminate into the crack while also having them in my lens' view). Posting anyways to document this strange behaviour, with many of these beetles crammed side-by-side into this narrow crack of this damp cave.
Species ID may be dubious from the photo, but Scaphinotus angusticollis are the most abundant big beetle on Keats Island and their shiny maroon elytra (more noticeable in person than this photo) are rather distinctive.
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There are also Malacosoma disstria on Keats Island, but I believe the darker colour of this one with the extent of white on the forewing transverse lines makes this M. californicum.
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Pero morrisonariaObservador
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Ruling out P. honestaria:
-black spot near outer margin of forewing
-jagged tooth-like indent in forewing median band
-faint white ST line on mottled postmedian area of forewing
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Amor-de-Hortelão (Galium aparine)Observador
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Leaves with fine teeth pointing backwards and bristle-like points. Forming a sprawling mat.
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Chimaphila menziesiiObservador
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Same spot (if not same individual) as this observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/83017887
Somewhat uncommon on Keats Island, a couple plants have been at the same exact spot for years.
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Abelha-Do-Mel (Apis mellifera)Observador
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Feeding on Rubus vestitus
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Paonias excaecataObservador
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Hanging from a dogwood tree on a blustery day
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There are also Malacosoma disstria on Keats Island, but I believe the darker colour of this one with the extent of white on the forewing transverse lines makes this M. californicum.
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Amora-Salmão (Rubus spectabilis)Observador
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Dec 21 observation. Flowering on the winter solstice!
An Anna’s Hummingbird was checking the flowers.
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Erva-Férrea (Prunella vulgaris)Observador
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Flowering on Jan 1
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Rubus vestitusObservador
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Placeholder- I need to download my closeup photos. I’ve seen this plant in spring, when it has pink flowers and abundant stipitate glands. I wanted to see whether these diagnostic glands were still identifiable on the dead floricanes in winter. Some better preserved strands had stipitate glands visible, but for the most part they were worn off or otherwise not upright and reliably visible. ID here is still possible by leaf shape but absence if stipitate glands seems to not be a reliable ID feature on dead winter branches here since they can be really hard to find on dead Rubus vestitus (at least without a microscope).
I had no difficulty seeing the stipitate glands on this plant in the summer, but now I can barely see them, and I'm not sure I would have recognized the little stubs as stipitate glands if I hadn't known they should be there on this individual plant.
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Heras (Género Hedera)Observador
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Always a few new strands in this spot, I’ve been removing any that reach into the park
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Avencão (Asplenium trichomanes)Observador
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Annual documentation of this patch, going strong for years in this particular crack in the rock.
