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Arañas (Orden Araneae)Observ.
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Spider on the bathroom mirror. I wasnt able to get a good picture of it because of how small it was.
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Geco Casero del Mediterráneo (Hemidactylus turcicus)Observ.
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Small gecko, around 2 inch long, pink in color and somewhat translucent. Appeared to have white-ish stripes on its tail.
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Venado de Cola Blanca (Odocoileus virginianus)Observ.
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Skull of a deer found in my neighbors front hard. Very obviously that of a male deer. Head around 8 cm long, 4 cm wide. Large antlers, about twice as long as the head, I would say. Probably found in the wild or hunted, not sure which.
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Burrita Roja (Dermatophyllum secundiflorum)Observ.
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Plant growing as a weed in someone's front yard in my neighborhood. Reached around .5 ft off the ground, had many leaves which were dark green in color, oblong shaped, with a waxy texture. Not flowering, although it could have flowers at other times of the year or at other periods in its life.
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Magnolias, Margaritas Y Parientes (Dicotiledóneas) (Clase Magnoliopsida)Observ.
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Plant growing as a weed in someone's front yard iny neighborhood. Tall, green-brownish stem, around 1 ft in entirety. Light green, round leaves, permeating the entirety of the stem, averaging around 1 cm in length and at most .5 cm in width. Waxy in texture, for the most part.
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Small plant observed growing as a weed in someone's yard in my neighborhood. Star like pattern of leaves, ranging from 1 cm to 4 cm in length. Mild greenish coloration with some red coloring around the edges, which are cerrated in shape. Does not reach far off the ground, smooth to the touch.
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Almeces, Palos Blancos Y Parientes (Género Celtis)Observ.
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Tree observed In a forest near my house. Around 8 ft tall. Trunk around 4 cm in diameter. Light brown, rough textured trunk. Small, light green colored leaves, smooth and waxy in texture, around 2 cm in length on average, teardrop shaped. Many branches radiating outward from the trunk with many leaves of varying sizes.
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Hierba del Golpe (Parthenium hysterophorus)Observ.
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Flowering plant, around 3 ft tall on average. Green stems, light bluish green, elongated, roughly textured leaves around 2 cm in length. Small, white flowers around .2 cm in diameter, somewhat too small to observe accurately. Grew in a rather bush-like way; very dense with many leaves. Observed in front of someone's house in my neighborhood.
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Plantas (Reino Plantae)Observ.
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Green, grass like plant bright green in color, thick and waxy in texture, seemingly growing as a weed in someone's front yard in my neighborhood. Reached about 5 cm in height. Individual blades were about .5 cm wide on average.
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Girasoles (Género Helianthus)Observ.
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Flowering plant growing as a weed in someone's front yard in my neighborhood. Around 4 feet all, with a greenish brown stem and several long branches. Small, dark green leaves around 1 cm in length. Brown spiny fruit around 2 cm in diameter. Flower with a brown center and bright yellow petals, around 3 cm in diameter. Visible root hairs on stem.
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Salvias o Mirtos (Género Salvia)Observ.
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Plant growing as a a weed near someone's from yard. Light green in color, rough textured leaves around 2 cm in length and 1 cm in width on average. Leaves did not reach very far off of the ground, and stems were not visible. Seemingly cerrated shape around the edges of the leaves. No flowers.
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Light greenish blue colored lichen growing in a flowering shape on a small stick near my house. Rather sharp in texture, but not painful. Also rather crumply and bumpy. Around half the size of my fist, maybe smaller.
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Género DirinariaObserv.
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Lichen growing on a tree which was light bluish green in color, as many tree lighens seem to be. Rough in texture, but not as rough as some other lichens that I've touched. Not very large or very protruding, and was growing on a live oak tree. Max 9 cm from top to bottom. Observed on a tree in someone's front yard in my neighborhood.
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Encino (Quercus virginiana)Observ.
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Large tree observed in a forest near my neighborhood. Brown colored rough bark. Trunk about 10 cm in diameter, seemed to be around 20 feet tall. Long, branching appendages. Small green leaves around 3 cm in length, smooth in texture. Very common tree that grows in central Texas, which I see just about everywhere.
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Cebolleta (Nothoscordum bivalve)Observ.
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Plant around 5 cm tall on average. Thick-ish green stems, with several bundles of small white flowers that have yet to bloom. Found growing as a weed on someone's front yard in my neighborhood.
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Mariposa Monarca (Danaus plexippus)Observ.
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Large butterfly. Around 2 cm from wingtip to wingtip, around 1 cm from top to bottom of body. Orange in color with black stripes and white spots near the tips of it's wings. Highly resembled a monarch butterfly but I am not sure that's what it was. Observed in my neighborhood.
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Termita Subterránea (Reticulitermes flavipes)Observ.
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Small, whitish, tear dropped shaped bugs rapidly swarming around a pile of leaves. There were quite a few of them, they were about .5 cm in length. They somewhat resembled leaves. Observed in someone's front yard in my neighborhood.
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Small beetle around 1 cm in length and .5 cm in width. Seen crossing the road in my neighborhood. Completely black and somewhat shiny, larger lower body part than upper body part. Was very fast but when I approached it to photograph it, it stood still.
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Cotinis nitidaObserv.
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Small beetle, around 1 cm in length and .5 cm in width. Found dead, belly up on Riverside Campus. Distinguishing features included very beautiful shiny green and brown coloring across it's body.
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Gorrión Doméstico (Passer domesticus)Observ.
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Small bird, around 5 cm tall. Feathers ranging from light brown to dark brown to white. Seemed to travel in groups, there were several of them together at a time. Jumpy around humans.
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Diatomeas (Clase Bacillariophyceae)Observ.
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40x. Completely clear, very simple in structure. Just an elongated, thin shape with sharp edges and dark lines defining it's body. Slightly motile. Probably a diatom of some kind, not sure what exactly.
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40x. Clear in color, with brown streaks. Elongated in shape. Was hard to get in focus, so I could not get a good picture of it. Mostly non-motile.
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Observ.
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40x. Dark green colored, long and thin in shape, with many small, narrow segments. Non-motile. Rather resembled a caterpillar of of some sort.
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Cianobacterias (Filo Cyanobacteria)Observ.
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40x. Tiny organism that is cylindrical in shape, clear for the most part with several green-colored streaks across it. Seemingly immotile. Was very small, which made it difficult to take a good picture of.
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Filo AmoebozoaObserv.
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40x. Clear organism, very small, with a light green tinge to it. Many small objects inside, probably organelles or other organisms being digested but this one, light to dark green in color. Amorphous shape.
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Subfilo LobosaObserv.
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40x. Ambiguously shaped microorganism, which is clear for the most part but with many light to dark green spots inside of it's body. Resembles an amoeba, but I'm not sure if that is what it is.
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Diatomeas (Clase Bacillariophyceae)Observ.
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40x. Long, thin organism. Clear throughout it's body, with yellowish green substance inside and a clear spot in the middle. Somewhat motile. Very small so difficult to see clearly.
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Género NaviculaObserv.
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40x. Microorganism with the shape of an inverted cylinder. Clear with streaks of light yellow-green and red across the length of it, and a clear circle in it's center.
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Orden PloimaObserv.
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10x. Microorganism with a bulbous shape and one part that is elongated, with no defined color. Mostly see through, there appear to small organelles inside that are brownish in color. Slightly motile.
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40x. Organism with a symmetrical shape; appears to resemble a cell in the midst of division. Light green in color with what appear to be dark green, elongated organelles inside of it. Non-motile.