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…

For July 2022: This lovely greater green [large] This quite rare snake [large2] This wackyness of a spider [large3] This highlight of a hawkmoth ( Ambulyx sericeipennis ) [large4] This pretty juvenile red necked keelback [large5] This stunner of a jumping spider ( Chrysilla …

And finally, Aug 2022 with photo quality upgrades: This full of attitude Chinese Cobra [large] This stunner of a transparent moth ( Deroca sp. ) [large2] This very cooperative bee fly [large3] This beauty of a jumper ( Nungia epigynalis ) [large (1)] This moving nonstop velvet ant …

Andean Guan Mountain Velvetbreast my photos are usually pretty lame so I’ll spare you all the horror of seeing a bunch of high ISO garbage:]

11 weeks in July? That spider is super cool.

[image] egordon88: 11 weeks in July? its a well known fact.

As it’s gonna be a raining week (or more) I don’t expect to go outside much and see anything else, so my lifer for this week is this fungus living on Tussilago farfara. [DSC_2911-2]

I went to the Outer Banks of North Carolina for the first time last week. The weirdest thing I saw was this toothy fish being eaten by ghost crabs : Also of note were: This new-to-me weevil My first plume moth A cute spider I have yet to put all the new plants and mushrooms into the system yet, b…

I went gall hunting for Gall Week 2022 project. This crystalline gall wasp was my favorite lifer: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/134670856 [image]

[image] elias105: Turned out to be something called Rosalia alpina. May I request you to post the inat links, so that I can favourite this one - I have fallen in love with Rosalia’s despite discovering that the one we have Rosalia lateritia is a major Oak pest.

What is your Favorite Lifer from this week?

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Thunderhead September 13, 2022, 4:49pm 642

Certainly seemed so some summers while knee deep in young children!

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