Nature in Orange!


What an ironic name

Had a great day at River Park North today, and found these miniature fungi on a mossy section of trail. I think it is Genus Clavulinopsis, tentatively identified as Clavulinopsis aurantiocinnabarina. I laid down a quarter to show how tiny they are.

Not sure what the first photo is. Other photo is Fan Shaped Jelly Fungus.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/301660948

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/302782279

Gazorycta moth


https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/302950190

Ivory-Marked Borer (Eburia quadrigeminata)! :hugs:

Forbes’s Sea Star

Purplish Copper



A fritillary and a California tortoiseshell

Spanish Slugs! https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/306082905

Thought this little guy was a leaf caught in a spiderweb at first, till it waved!

I didn’t know “Daddy Longlegs” (Opiliones) came in orange:


https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/308064755
This one seems to have lost two legs, perhaps to a spider web that was nearby.

Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/302155589

Orange Pine Tortrix (Lozotaeniodes formosana)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/300266827

I feel like I could list orange organisms forever! But in the interest of time, I’ll just post one.

This orange fungi was really striking! It felt like wet deer velvet.

Black-headed Grosbeak

The orange head on this striked me as unique!

Very eye-catching in a mix of grey.

All over a rotting log.

These are absolutely everywhere in my backyard.

And last but not least, this wasp posed for me on a leaf!

The potter wasp Ancistrocerus tuberculocephalus can be quite orange https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/311407627


Jelly bean Fungus


Scarlet Cordia

Cool pictures! And welcome to the forum! :wink: