Hard to choose a favorite since there have been many amazing lifers recently, but last weekend I visited a meadow in a nature reserve closeby where several species of moonworts grow, and found a bunch of Botrychium lanceolatum. A plant that I’ve been wanting to find for a long time.
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I found these lilies a few weeks ago and now I’m noticing them everywhere! I’m pretty proud of the photo too.
It still needs an ID though.
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Not pretty.
Not rare.
But what’s not to like about “Dog vomit slime mold”?
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/228705212
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Two weeks old at this point but this beetle seems to be the only one of its genus spotted in my province!: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/227374506 (thank you to borisb!)
From this week? Probably this: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/229922556 a Cedar Waxwing I accidentally scared off (got distracted looking at the Plathemis lydia below me) and who promptly came back so I could take a photo of it.
This Scouler’s Monkeyflower https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/229920747 with only 44 observations on iNat. Had to whip out the binoculars because there was no way for me to get down there.
Or this Triticale https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/229924160 with only 59 observations on iNat! Been a neat lil week for me!
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Yesterday was snorkelling-friday! :-) There might be other lifers, but nothing can top Felimida binza, a new sea slug!
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/230392791
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Again, a few weeks old, but this fly has only one other observation in the state!
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Ha, from this angle I thought it was impaled on that long, thin leaf.
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From today: Parnassia palustris
Parnassia is one of my favorite genera and even though this is one of the more common species I found it in a part of it’s range where it is uncommon and without many records. Just as I was about to turn back from the cliff seep I was precariously traversing, I saw one, then I saw all the others I missed :)
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Rainy and windy weather and work combined to make a slow iNat week for me. This clematis rust was interesting and new: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/229777427
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The end of the school year always slows down my observations due to the hectic times. And then, today on the first relaxed summer holiday Sunday, I walk downstairs to do my morning walk and come across The Snout!
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My favourite new lifers were seen this past Saturday, where I saw Cape Gannets way out to sea while I was standing on the shoreline.
(Please excuse the bad quality - this was among the best shots I could get with a bridge camera for the birds which were 500m-2km out from the shore)
Likewise (on the other side of the peninsula), I was standing by the side of the road and saw the famous orca pair Port and Starboard, which have become famous for killing and eating sharks (including great whites).
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I’m uncertain if my lifer Feather-legged Scoliid Wasp was showing me its namesake or giving me the finger.
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After a year and a half of searching, I finally found a pair of Australian Shelducks!! They’re one of my favorite species of Australian waterfowl just because of how pretty they are. I’m super glad I finally found some!!
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That’s a beautiful animal!
I’m also intrigued by those transparent things in the foreground. Do you know what they are? :D
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I like this species of fly I found last Saturday. As of yet, I have no clue as to what it may be (propably Tachinidae), but I have never seen one like it before…
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/230507305
Also, this was technically not this week (but 9 days ago), but I found this cuckoo wasp which I have IDed as “Pseudomalus sp.”. I may be totally off with that ID, but at least CV agrees with me.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/229214665
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Thanks. The transparent things are “light bulb sea squirts” (nice name!) Clavelina lepadiformis, which are actually my first and only Tunicata. By the way, those still need confirmation.
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Oh wow. I’d never have guessed they would be tunicates. I didn’t know they could be transparent. Very cool, thank you for the reply! :D
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Coming back with my 3rd Euglesa species in this thread:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/227366353
This valve is of Euglesa equilateralis, and it’s my first confirmed iNat first!!
It’s called the “round peaclam” for being nearly circular in outline. This is especially noticeable when compared to a species like E. compressa, which is tall and pointy in shape:
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I always forget about this thread so here are some old ones:
Week of June 9 - 15
Favorite: Catalpa Tree
Most interesting: Neotropical Deer Ked (not my fav because it creeps me out)
unfortunately I didn’t have any sort of container with me to take it home to photograph under my microscope
Week of June 16 - 22
This ant-mimic jumping spider I found in my house Sarinda henzi?
Week of June 23 - 29
Long-jawed Orbweaver egg case Does this count as a lifer even though I’ve seen adults before?
Week of June 30 - July 6
Icing Sugar Fungus Not the coolest entomopathogenic fungi I’ve found, but nice to add a new one
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