We took a nighttime walk with a UV flashlight searching for organisms that exhibit fluorescence. All of the stems on the wood nettle plants (Laportea canadensis) strongly glowed bright blue.
Hybrids and backcrosses between S. terebinthinaceum and S. laciniatum.
more than 10 individuals flying and roosting in area. One image shows an individual with a frog. Other images show individuals flying with vegetation in their talons. Also an image of at least 7 individuals roosting in a sycamore.
these were in about same location as last observation. this time there were three groups of them
video of them moving here - https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7MRyyPxEGz
Disturbed soil around base of Quercus rubra. Saw no hoof tracks.
Adult flushed when approached within ~1.5m
gall on Ribes, either R. missouriense (probably) or R. cynosbati. Possibly Rhopalomyia grossulariae
requesting ID for the insect on the sawfly
I have an ongoing battle against these invasive hibiscus sawflies, they nearly kill my bushes each year. do I have an ally in this fight? could it have been laying eggs(?) on the sawfly larva? the sawfly would twitch from time to time, clearly agitated
then again, it kind of just looks like a adult sawfly itself. Google isn't helping much
eggs on Acanthocephala termanalis. on Multiflora Rose. pond pasture (exclusion). fm
Eastern red-cedar (Juniperus virginiana—family Cupressaceae) overgrowing its own skeleton in dry upland deciduous dolomite forest.
Nest with one brown-headed cowbird nestling
really fun, want to revisit this on a clear evening.
This milkweed plant has been observed for many years. It has an umbel arrangement like purpurascens, but droops like syriaca. The flowers show characteristics of both. The fruits are arranged like syriaca, but reatively smooth like purpurascens. Dr. Richard Rintz determined this plant is definitely a hybrid between the two species.
Associated w/ Anthophora abrupta nesting aggregation
in cavity in Platanus occidentalis. I thought it was Sciurus carolinensis, but CV and L. Hetrick-Volenberg suggested flying squirrel
This population is protected and special permission is required to access the cave that this species inhabits. Specimen was safely released after photographing
right place at the right time, watching a small flock of snow geese and several thousand descended upon us. 30 minutes of constant streaming into the field, we just sat there watched, and ate lunch. noisy and overall incredible.
Lechea minor Thyme Leaved Pinweed (left) HYPERICACEAE Hypericum gentianoides Orange Grass or Pineweed (right)
I think it is Porella platyphylloidea (https://bryophyteportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxauthid=1&taxon=160475&clid=97#), but that's not in iNaturalist taxonomy. Growing on limestone rocks on mesic slope along boardwalk down into Devil's Icebox. Left hand side of trail on way down.
??? Do they overwinter in caves? many of them. little horn cave
probably Burlington - maybe Schizoblastus
Maybe? - has been the only suggestion received. Uncommon - wholly unique as far as I have ever found. Third picture shows what appears to be spines (suggesting brachiopod?). The fossil is exposed on both sides of the slab. Sixth picture shows the opposite side of the first five pictures. Last photo shows the slab viewed on edge. Mississippian - Osagean - Pierson or Reeds Spring
a very worn and eroded cast. fossil orthoconic cephalopod. Mississippian - Osagean Series. Upper Pierson formation or Lower Reeds Spring. hb bluff. creek th
Found some apparent leaf miners @ceiseman @mmmmbugs @jmgconsult @carrieseltzer
But looks like it's still a little late? No larvae to be found
See discussion here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/57239763
And complementary observation here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/128237841
Based on large size, lack of apertural teeth (although they may be worn off, I suppose), and large umbillicus. Found in soil deposit on limestone cliff. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/118072521
dead in snow
@lfelliott, I did notice all but one of the clumps on this log had molted insect skeletons in them. you can kind of see some here in the lower left. I didn't notice these anywhere else on the log (of course they wouldn't as likely get stuck anywhere else). dry rotted oak log. woodshed. fm
growing on moist earth of open oak - hickory woodland. I'm thinking Atrichum undulatum
This is a series of photos that we took of two Caronlina Wrens feeding invisible young under the base of a tree in Carondelet Park. They fed them numerous types of bugs. Wonderful to observe.
fossil crinoid. columnal collection. Mississippian - Osagean - Burlington
fossil crinoid. columnal collection. Missippian - Osagean- Burlington
rock relatively unfossiliferous. fossil crinoid. columnal collection. Mississippian - Osagean - Burlington
columnal collection. fossil crinoid. Mississippian - Osagean - Burlington Formation.
in hash of little brokens. fossil crinoid. columnal collection. Mississippian - Osagean - Burlington
This lobelia just showed up in my garden between the lobelia cardinalis and siphilica
From moss or lichen on an ash log
L-R: Andropogon ternarius, Schizachyrium scoparium, A. gyrans, A. gerardii, A. virginicus