In the spirit of similar topics such as
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-are-some-blue-organsims-you-have-photographed/59163/1 please show us organisms with spots!
This lovely Northern Flicker has been frequenting my suet feeder recently:
Here’s a neat limpet
And my friend, the fire salamander:
oh rails are something magical.
Really interesting birds (never seen one though, clumsy botanists are not the most effective birder)
Northern leopard frog: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/98413991
Black swallowtail: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/177545129
six-spotted cucumber beetle: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/96136154
Spotted Pink lady beetle: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/87996395
Regal Fritillary: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124032164
Great Spangled Fritillary: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129449411
Some of my favorite spotted insect observations:
Red Milkweed Beetles:
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle:
Eight-spotted Forester Moth:
Juvenile ensatinas have a nice speckling of bluish/whitish spots that eventually fade.
I love that striped beetle, and the slug.
Spots are not always the same organism.
Here is Algal Leaf Spot on Magnolia:
Cladosporum colocasiae on Taro:
And Family Mycosphaerellaceae on Sea-Almond:
Paromenia isabellina, a frequent visitor to the insect lights at my house in the Osa region of Costa Rica.
