Favoritos de chyroptera

Very small fly larvae on the fungus Epichloe typhina (infecting a grass sp. with "choke").

The fungus is a separate observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/165450001

Looks like this is an interesting symbiotic interaction between the fly and fungus, e.g.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1749461309000050

"Choke" fungus affecting grass in the partially shaded forest understory.

Symbiotic Botanophila fly larva on the fungus is a separate observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/165450005

I think I'll have to see these freaky awesome critters half a billion more times before I'll stop going nuts when I see them.
They seemed to be all over the rocks and foliage in and on the bank of the creek.

On the underside of a cut iris leaf that was floating on the surface of the water in a small, freshwater pond. After a few quick photos, the snail was returned to the same portion of the pond where it was found. I always do my best to minimize how much I disturb the critters I wish to photograph -- my aim is to leave them unharmed and in the exact same microhabitat/location where I discovered them. Ruler in the last photo shows millimeter increments for scale.

Galls forming on new growth of a cultivated azalea (Ericaceae: Rhododendron sp.) located in marshy, moist habitat, adjacent to a small freshwater pond.
Photos 1 & 2 are images of gall #1.
Photos 3 - 5 are gall #2.
Both gall #1 and #2 can be seen in Photo 6.
Photo 7 shows gall #3.