One of TWO (!) leucistic individuals seen by many. This is the whiter of the two. Probably in the same family group; normally colored individuals in the group as well.
Maybe Scymnus pacificus?
I've uploaded several videos of this individual and will upload one of this observation ASAP. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5twfPs0DJyg
Near bottom of moist cliff along dry creek, most nymphs at this stage. Cliff semi-shaded but seepage is quite strong coming from above so cliff was very wet.
I'm not sure if this is the type locality or not..
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On granite. ID confirmation pending by sequencing at PRM.
A. brodoana is separated from Polysporina simplex and other similar species (e.g. A. leavittii) by the black hypothecium.
Auckland CBD.
On leaves of a shaded karaka tree (planted), on the city campus of the University of Auckland (Princes St, by the Clock Tower building).
Female possibly showing remnants of a sphragis.
Multiple heard, one seen.
On Los Coyotes tribal land - $10 fee to hike. I heard a few individuals about 3.5mi up the trail, above 6000ft in elevation, in at least two different spots. There were 3 calling where I photographed this individual. I believe I also heard one further down the trail, a little above the intersection between Sukat and Hot Springs Mountain Rd, still above 6000ft. All seemed to be calling from the pine needle/leaf litter on the ground.
Mixed coniferous forest with incense-cedar and Coulter's, Jeffrey's, and Sugar Pine based on nearby iNat observations.
Sunny, high 40s/low 50s, windy.
Wet mossy vertical cliffs in spray zone of river (Ghunsa Khola). Tens of thousands in bloom. Scale is in cm with mm divisions. KATH Herbarium collection 143010. E. Byers # 2032.
Host: Toyon
Approximate location
Juniper Canyon Trail
Tiny 1-2 mm beetle beat from conifer and collected, 1.4 mm, tentative family ID. Specimen photos taken at the California Academy of Sciences.
Observed on topside of Quercus agrifolia leaf. Just under 2mm in length.
This photo was taken at the Los Angeles County Arboretum. This lady beetle was found on flower pedals. While it did not fly while I observed it, it did crawl around on the pedal. The weather was warm.
Exhibition Drive, Titirangi, Auckland.
One scale on a small nikau, trackside.
On Cupressus macrocarpa
second photo: underside
@juliabohemian
the plants behind the sparrow
Taphrina cornu-cervi Giesenh. in Kirk, P. (2020). Species Fungorum for CoL+. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, D. Remsen, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, M. Keping, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, R. Adlard, E. M. Adriaenssens, C. Aedo, E. Aescht, N. Akkari, S. Alexander, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (Feb 2020). https://doi.org/10.48580/dfp3-4hj
I’ve never seen one like this. The wings were entirely black. Larger than Pallid Bandwing.
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@michelotto
@pedro_reck
help with identification
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Male, "blinking" on and off by changing the angle of its body. Thank you @leslieh for the ID, it certainly had us stumped.
Site: San Miguel
Dave Rabanes, Salaya Beach Houses
Size: less than two cm
@kevinfaccenda
Plantago princeps Cham. & Schltdl. var. anomala Rock
Perennial herb. Green stems and leaves emerging from soil.
Elev. c 5,000’
Now apparently within albifrons
no idea if this is what they actually are
On Cordia subcordata leaf. Photos under daylight and 365 nanometer UV light. Microscopic photos at 100x and 490x
Oblong ascostroma with rounded to acute ends, centrally swollen; cross section 1.3 mm wide, 0.5 mm tall, with multiple parallel locules.
Ascospores 57-64 x 23-26 µm, hyaline to dark brown, starting in layer of mucous; oblong elliptical with acute ends, flattened on one side, and with longitudinal depression; distinctly the shape of a date seed. Ascospores and ascogenous tissue KOH+ green.
Plant collected by California State Parks (Colorado Desert District) botany staff.
I've really been struggling with these annual Juncus species, but it appears to narrow down to J. luciensis based upon the generally 1 flower per stem (sometimes 2), 2 bractlets (separating it from J. uncialis), light green fruit and plant body, dark perianth and leaf tips, and what appear to be striate immature seeds (separating it from J. bryoides). It also does not look to be J. kelloggii, J. triformis, or J. tiehmii. Co-occurred with J. bufonius.
Any advice would be much appreciated.