question: do we have to post a photo we took? I’m new to this site
(1st day cant post any more replies)thanks for the clarification @jnstuart.
I think that’s the idea … your photos only.
Amanita muscaria, a classic. Amanita mushrooms start off in an egg phase, where the developing mushroom body is protected by an outer membrane called the universal veil, before popping through it and growing upwards. In many species (but not all) some universal veil gets stuck on the cap when it pops through. As the cap expands, this universal veil remnant breaks apart, leaving the ‘scales’ or ‘warts’ you see on many of these mushrooms.
I like bleeding tooth fungus better. The fungus has a sinister apearance and the name fits.
Wow! These are the same species?! The variant I showed is the only variant here, so I never knew there was any other colors.
Red-juice Tooth: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/250608302
Banded Alder Borer: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/234151466
Puffballs? https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/246731217
Willow Apple Gall Sawfly: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/237562882
Dock? https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/237562881
Lipstick Powderhorn: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143324703
I’ve always wanted to see one of those!
I have a very fashionable caterpillar:
And for those of you who cannot get enough of spots, quite a few observations of lady beetles.
How do you get images to display in a collage like that? When I post many images they all just appear in a single column
These lady beetles can serve as optic palate cleansers for those seeing spots from too many spots.
Perhaps stripy ones might be able to get your vision back in line more quickly.
It looks like molasses-and-cream to me.
I have no idea 
I just uploaded 5 and then 5 more and then they showed up like this.
Good question.
When I started the topic, I didn’t specify to use your own photos, but that’s what I was intending.
Part of the idea is to think about your observations in a new way - think about what an organism looks like, not just what it is. An obvious place to look, for me, was at my insect and bird observations, but others have found less obvious, more subtle spots - on flower petals, mushrooms, even diseased leaves!
It’s always fun to see the amazing diversity of organisms that other people are seeing, that you might never see yourself.
Another fun topic - thanks for posting it! It’s amazing how many different things have spots, when it seems like such a unique feature.
An Anaxyrus americanus (American Toad)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92980535
This Phoca vitulina ssp. richardii (Pacific Harbor Seal)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207003182
This moth Embola ionis
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120034144
This syrphid fly Somula decora (Spotted Wood Fly)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120800169
This lichen Porpidia albocaerulescens (Smokey-eyed Boulder Lichen)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153892612
This baby snake Heterodon platirhinos (Eastern Hognose Snake)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/218244997
This springtail (upper right…hopefully next year I get some better pictures of these tiny guys!) Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/221656809
Honestly, this has been one of my favorite aspects of this thread.
Also thank you for this topic, which is superb.