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…

Wood Stork in Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge. My photo is subpar at best, taken through my binoculars on my too-old iPhone. Luckily, another inatter logged what I believe to be the same pair, the same day, visible if you look at the map for the location. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3…

found my first pseudoscorpions ever, two of them with eggs, very exciting!! on the farm, France https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/387958325 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/387959128 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/387960583 [1000107213] [1000107214] [1000107215]

Of course. I dont have a huge number of red snake https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/383532643 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/320995890 Dont know about this one, maybe its more burgundy? https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/257780840

Huh, never thought about that, but makes sense. When i think of two-tailed spiders, usually I think of “two-tailed spiders” https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47784-Hersiliidae

Corybas are awesome. If you make it to my neck of the woods, one of the local tracks has at least 8 species of them. Though depending on the time of year only a couple might be in flower. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=-42.101704133&nelng=171.376967627&subview=map&swlat=-42.12123045&…

That just means that the ones you do see are extra special! :)

Bolivia week three. To take a step away from my usual arachnid focus. This Elegant Rice Rat (Which seems to only have 2 obs so far). [image] https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/383532678 and whilst this isnt my first condylostylus, its certainly a different species from my other. [image…

[image] susanne-kasimir: big beautiful caterpillar that still lacks a name Poor guy. Everyone needs a name. I think I’d name him … QR, since that’s what its pattern looks like to me. :grin: Yes, I actually tried it. No, it didn’t work.

Observed and identified last week: two (maybe more) Neotibicenes robinsoniani *, quite different from the Neotibicen spp. I’ve heard previously. From Moth Week and identified to species last week: a planthopper and a cockroach . Tībīcen is classically declined gen. tībīcinis, pl. tībīcines, but tax…

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Nature Talk

AdamWargon August 10, 2026, 11:55pm 3606

Freshwater fishes have a big observation gap, so I’m glad to see that within a day, you got 6 confirming ID’s on this observation of a freshwater fish in Southern Ontario!

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