On a fallen leaf from a Bigleaf Maple (Sapindaceae: Acer macrophyllum).
Parasitizing miner still in mine (Phyllocnistis populiella) observed separately: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54323504
Host is Conocephalum salebrosum.
Been waiting to see this mushroom for a few years after gawking at it on the cover of MOTRC every day.
Thank you for the inspiration @leptonia @noah_siegel
Growth in primarily conifer second and old growth forest with interspersed hardwoods. Plenty of Russula nigricans around but not at the site of this fruiting.
Small sclerotia present upon further examination at home.
In a web on the underside of a large chunk of fallen Red Alder bark.
[NOTE: It is possible that the last photo in the series is a different spider under the same piece of bark.]
Scoured fallen aspen leaves and was able to find two leaves with the galls. When the galls were opened only frass remainded.
Peculiar behaviour. Got a few quick photos before they (presumably) woke up and flew off.
Very mine-like at least. I don’t quite see frass, but maybe signs of surface emergence and surface feeding nearby as well? Peltigera lichen: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/91745514
Growing on Engleman spruce. Stem/bud is enlarged with pink coloring. When slice open, small brown worm is inside.
Look almost like aphids??
Fruit miner on rose
feeding on Puccinia on Persicaria amphibia
At a seep just above (or maybe in) the upper intertidal. See second photo for habitat.
Larger aphid is 7 mm nose to wing tips. It is giving birth to a live clone. Found sitting on a black vehicle in our driveway.
On Fringed Willowherb. Undescribed species not shown in Russo's field guides to western galls.
Some type of gall thing. Usually containing 1 worm. No clue but on multiple lupine pods
Caught in a flowerhead of Tanacetum vulgare, body length 1.3 mm
this 15 minute documentary provides additional information:
Moss-bug Hemiodoecellus fidelis, Mount Wellington, Tasmania, Australia, December 2018
Bowerbird.org.au record being moved to iNaturalist because the former website is shutting down.
Just for interest, added cycad seeds being sorted . Nobody seems to know who brought them in or where they came from, but many of the seeds have similar holes, similarly empty. None of our cycads have cones now, so thinking this beastie came in with the seeds.
Found two blephs fluttering around the bridge over Cliff Falls in Kanaka Creek during a light rain. Only my second or third time catching adult Blephariceridae, I think! The wing venation seems to key out to Dioptopsis in the manual of Nearctic Diptera, but the body seems a little too big. I’ll have to see what taxa the local museums have in their material. Specimens in collection.
mostly spherical globular galls on the midrib of dandelion. Most galls visible on the top and bottom of the leaf.
The cocoon(?) was being carried through the air from flower to flower by the insect.
Erineum pockets and rolled galls are typical for this mite. These leave exhibit both forms.
Possible leaf mines on red huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium).
Under stone on rocky hillside. Lots of males and females were present hovering near the ground around Euphorbia plants, though none were observed visiting Euphorbia flowers.
I found this pseudoscorpion by picking up a piece of fallen lichen (Genus Platismatia, I think), then gently tapping it against the edge of a small plastic container. After taking this series of photos, I returned the pseudoscorpion back to the lichen where I found it. I always do my best to minimize how much I disturb the critters I wish to photograph -- my aim is to leave them unharmed and in the exact same microhabitat/location where I discovered them.
I was stunned to see a complete demon like face on this bug..!!
To me this face is complete with the beautiful crown formed by the limbs... :-)
size: 1cm approx
Blackberry stem gall I’ve never seen. Neolasioptera nodulosa isn’t known from the area but it’s a good visual match
Swept from Quercus.
Body length about 6mm.
fly pupa emerged from spider abdomen.
The adult:
https://inaturalist.ca/observations/103403671
spider while alive (Anyphaena sp.):
https://inaturalist.ca/observations/102977015
https://inaturalist.ca/observations/88418142
https://inaturalist.ca/observations/87502530
At UV light at night, collected, wing length is 6.5 mm, possibly T. columbiana based on Pratt 2003? Also posted to BG here:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2071914
Hundreds found on dock pillars along the Willamette River.