One of my favorite things about inatting is finding something new! So here I ask what is your favorite species you’ve seen that was new to you this week? Personally mine has to be either the Phantom Orchids I found, or the aphids I found on them! I want this to be a fun thread of everyone’s exciting…

Only due to the (nearly instant!) ID of @rafaelmatias and @kevinwilliams do I know that this is a lifer! :-) [9B7156E2-3B02-4FD2-ABE8-B6483B99A63F_1_105_c] https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/170335038 seen yesterday

It was a tough call this week, but after a wade through muck and a short swim, I got to the islands in the lake at Wildwood Park. On a rotting birch log were these delightful orange dots: [image] Image desrpition: Numerous, small, orange fungal discs growing on rotting heartwood of a log. A whit…

Lots of lifers this week, but if I had to choose one? This Harvestman Cellar Spider (Pholcus opilionoides) was spotted in my favourite outdoor spider locale, an outdoor pedestrian tunnel beneath a road in a nearby park. I used a full white screen on my phone for lighting the scene for my DSLR. […

I don’t have the photos up because I’m so behind on editing (seriously, I’m still posting observations from the 15th) …but I picked up three lifers this week, and I can’t decide on a favorite: Red Saddlebags (Tramea onusta), American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana), and an Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx…

For this week I am going to have to go with Lysimachia quadrifolia (Whorled Loosestrife) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/170148744

Spotted Pink Lady Beetle . I have surprisingly few lady beetles on my life list. [image]

I have 2 lifers of recent time. One Memorial Weekend in Valdez, Alaska, a Hoary Marmot which again in Valdez for the 4th me 2nd siting. And more recent a dragonfly, American Emerald. [IMG_9972] [IMG_0736]

That’s got to be the cutest jumping spider I ever caught on camera, I mean look at that glossy butt. [IMG_6835] Meet Habronattus decorus

That’s a brilliant photo right there

What is your Favorite Lifer from this week?

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doodoodoodoo July 2, 2023, 6:12pm 1230

A bumblebee! I don’t see them a lot, even though I otherwise see lots of various bees and wasps.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/170672380

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