Show us your spots!

[danly]

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:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/254729688

[isopodguy]

Here’s a neat limpet

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/248505850
and a hairy woodpecker.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/246965292

[ljazz]

Conocephalum salbrosum (snakeskin liverwort)

Lilium martagon

Erythronium dens-canis

Pulmonaria stiriaca

Orchis purpurea (although the spots are actually tufts of hairs)

And my friend, the fire salamander:

[swampster]

Northern Red Salamanders (Pseudotriton r. ruber)

Eastern Black Rail (Laterallus j. jamaicensis) | Note: trapping and handling was done by trained individuals with the appropriate federal and local permits for research purposes.

[ljazz]

oh rails are something magical.
Really interesting birds (never seen one though, clumsy botanists are not the most effective birder)

[octobertraveler]

[ItsMeLucy]

Meet White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae) and Globe-marked Lady Beetle (Azya orbigera), both of whom I spotted (badum-bum) in the garden.

[Thunderhead]

Sawfly larva

[wildwestnature]

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

[F.S]

Amanita pantherina

[danly]

Some of my favorite spotted insect observations:

Red Milkweed Beetles:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/171802624

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/162146401

Eight-spotted Forester Moth:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51931687

[tiwane]

Juvenile ensatinas have a nice speckling of bluish/whitish spots that eventually fade.

[Thunderhead]

[jnstuart]

Spotted Boxfish, Hawaii Big Island

[dgwdoesthings]

[rose]

Pachycoris fabricii

Hypoestes phyllostachya
(Aka Polkadot Plant)

[isopodguy]

I love that striped beetle, and the slug.

[jasonhernandez74]

Spots are not always the same organism.

Here is Algal Leaf Spot on Magnolia:

Cladosporum colocasiae on Taro:

And Family Mycosphaerellaceae on Sea-Almond:

[LostInCR]

Paromenia isabellina, a frequent visitor to the insect lights at my house in the Osa region of Costa Rica.

[oksanaetal]

Beech scale :(