I’m glad I went down that rabbit hole; now I know that seahares are slugs!
Never would have guessed…
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I got 15 bird lifers over the weekend, as well as numerous other organisms. It’s hard to choose one, so I think my favorite lifers of would be:
Yellow-breasted Chat
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/286419266
Lark Sparrow
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/286421734
Lewis’s Woodpecker
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/286449835
White-headed Woodpecker
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/286450831
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It looks flat and at the same time, richly textured.
It also looks very well camouflaged!
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The ‘Spatchcock’ bug, right? It looks like it was run over with the rolling pin.
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I saw that a few weeks ago, but didn’t have a camera with me! 
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I won’t go as far as the front step without a camera!
Except winter.
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https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/287059040, A cool Ambush Bug and a lifer!
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Those front legs look deadly.
Week of April 27th –
Thelypteris palustris | Marsh Fern · 처녀고사리 | Observation
… I tried stopping by the large local hospital on June 1st only to find that they were closed for Labor Day. Not wanting the trip – and 10,000 Won taxi ride – to go to waste, I walked around the forested trail behind the hospital and encountered these ferns growing beside some exercise equipment.
Week of May 4th –
Dryocosmus kuriphilus | Oriental Chestnut Gall Wasp · 밤나무혹벌 | Observation
… I spotted these galls on a chestnut tree while walking along a path on the outskirts of town behind a newly constructed apartment complex. The same walk also gave me this weevil lifer.
Week of May 11th –
Epiblema sugii | 반원무늬애기잎말이나방 | Observation
… Another record from the same walking path where I encountered the chestnut galls, though this moth was found in an area that had been cleared of trees, allowing a small meadow to develop. I was also surprised to find a lifer iris near an area where apartment residents (?) park their commercial vehicles.
Week of May 18th –
Genus Sylvicola | Observation
… Caught this gnat in my apartment and decided to photograph it on a napkin. Think it might be S. japonicus but I have no idea if there are similar-looking species present in Korea. Other lifers from the week are this midge that did a good job of blending in with the tunnel wall and this Ant-loving Beetle that I only noticed while getting a photo of a caddisfly with my cellphone.
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That midge is wild looking!
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Definitely one of those times when I wish I had my camera and macro lens with me! The coloration has me hopeful that it can be identified to a lower taxonomic rank but I guess we’ll see.
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Large-tailed Nightjar near Darwin NT Australia. Made me squeal a little.
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My first ripple bugs https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/288108439
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This Thrip
and, last month I took my first big trip since learning of the existence of iNat, so even though they’re not from this week, here are my big trip favorites:
in Iceland:
Fratercula arctica (Atlantic Puffin)
Pinguicula vulgaris (Common Butterwort)
in Ireland:
Pinguicula grandiflora grandiflora
Chrysis terminata (maybe, tbd)
in Northern Ireland:
Palaemon (Glass Shrimps)
Leucozona lucorum (Blotch-winged Hoverfly)
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Once again, it’s a cuckoo wasp (Omalus biaccinctus). Cuckoo wasps, as the name suggests, are nest parasites, usually of other hymenopterans, as far as I know. Apart from being stunning appearance-wise (like all other cuckoo-wasps), this one is especially interesting because of the way it infiltrates the nest of its hosts (crabronid wasps). It lays its eggs inside aphids, which are then carried to the nest by an unsuspecting crabronid.
I actually managed to capture it laying eggs in such a way:
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That is gorgeous!
The aphids look 
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Haha. Oh no. Now I’ll never be able to unsee that aphid posteriors look like surprised-faces
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Maevia inclemens
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/288048506
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