What rare animal/plant have you gone looking for? What was it? Did you find it? What rare encounter have you had with a plant/animals by accident? and what was it? Mine would probably be this one - Banded Dotteral There are only around 2500 left in the wild and this one is not quite so rare at a…

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53812026 Found while not even looking for wildlife, of course… haha! 68 observations currently, mine was 52nd and 1st in Connecticut. Wish I could learn more about my rare find, but sadly there isn’t a lot of information about it (of course :frowning: )

I will also add a recent confirmation for https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/331462846 , which while not rare on a global or even state scale, is often only considered native ~25 miles north and 1000 feet up. I was also proud of this find since the invasive P. abies is a constant source of con…

The rarest thing I’ve seen, in iNat, is a beetle I photographed on a bluebonnet during a mostly bluebonnet-free drive through my favorite bluebonnet peeping location in 2023. My photo of it became the default photo of the species probably because, of the 4 observations in iNat, mine was the only pho…

If rarest, then I guess mine would be an “extremely rare”, the Hairy-nosed Otter (Lutra sumatrana) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/334179371 with two sightings in less than a year. Researchers have described it as the rarest otter in Asia, with only a few scattered populations across its ra…

Wonderful! And you got so many nice, clear photos, from different angles, too!

Very rarely seen here in the winter [Designer]

a Canvasback x Redhead hybrid drake is probably the rarest critter I have ever observed and photographed. It was a perfect hybrid, as each of its features looked to be exactly between that of a Can and that of a Redhead. Even the irises of its eyes were partially red like a Can’s and partially yel…

I’m not sure what it is, I have seen quite a few priority listed plants and endangered fauna species though.

Probably something not really rare at all, but if the ID is correct, only the second inat observation of it. I was making coffee yesterday morning, but noticed some white powder all over the top of my coffee bean bag. Then I noticed that the powder was coming out of the wood clip I use to keep the b…

[image] elias105: Now of course I spent the next half hour splitting the clip with a knife until the beetle fell out and then I took 100ds of pictures (99% just completely blurry) of the little guy running around until he had enough and flew away Putting flighty subjects in the fridge for a w…

What is the RAREST animal/plant you have ever seen

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Very rarely seen here in the winter

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What is the RAREST animal/plant you have ever seen

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