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…

[image] elpatitojuan2: Where did you see this? I saw both at the The Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan. I updated my post to include the link to both observations.

Curious, and curiouser! For me, brief, very incomplete but unique observations are a hauntingly strong motivation source. What was that? Will I ever see it again? What are the possibilities? Sometimes, it could be years later, you assemble enough new clues to these cold cases that might emerge and…

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I found very interesting little rove beetle this week I’m unsure about the ID that I added, but it’s definitely a new kind for me. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/266309616 https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-is-your-favorite-lifer-from-this-week/24219/2500?u=isopodguy Oddly enough I f…

I found a bunch of lichen lifers. I don’t know what they are, but I know that I haven’t seen them before. :D [Lichen 1] ↑ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/266474445 [Lichen 2] ↑ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/266474430 [Lichen 3] ↑ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/…

Wow I’m not a bug guy but that thing is dope. Makes me think back to my one trip to the tropics (Colombia as a little kid) and the feeling when I saw a blue morpho. [image] ItsMeLucy: [image] Marie-B: (I can now erase all the pictures I took as I stepped closer) … made me laugh because s…

[large-1] This Pulmonaria dacica; the Dacian/Danube lungwort (or, as POWO calls it P. mollis mollissima, but that’s debatable). Not only is a very nice shade of deep purplish blue that is very difficult to capture on camera, it also belongs to one of the more gnarly plant families, most member…

[IMG_0495] https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/266611542 [IMG_0497] https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/266611546 1 new lifer found yesterday, and my favorite duck species! :)

[image] isopodguy: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-is-your-favorite-lifer-from-this-week/24219/2500?u=isopodguy Oddly enough I found a second scale insect today, although I think this one was dead. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/266422711 and two more this afternoon! How come…

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nick_nv04 March 23, 2025, 4:28pm 2524

I found these juvenile purseweb spiders preparing to take their first step (flight?) into the big world yesterday. I forgot we even had pursewebs in my area! One of my goals this summer is now to find an adult in their lair.

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