Near another Green Heron. All white plumage visible before it took cover in these reeds. Leucistic bird maybe?
I believe this is the same individual:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/235275994
Pallid-winged grasshopper nymph from Santa Barbara County, California
Visiting a Cylindropuntia flower.
1 tiny parasitoid (less than 2mm) emerged from one of these galls on canyon live oak:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/226589064
Collected: 06-30-2024
Emerged: 07-06-2024
Very cool to see this weevil boring into a sawfly gall (Euura) on an Arroyo Willow (Salix lasiolepis). Not sure if it was just feeding or also preparing to lay eggs per information here
1 female emerged from this gall on canyon live oak:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/226587102
Collected: 06-30-2024
Emerged: 07-01-2024
Video clip here: https://imgur.com/eahJhIQ
It's hanging out with house sparrows and brown headed cowbirds. It has red eyes, a pink beak, and pink legs in person. I believe it is a true albino.
*Photos taken by my relative Gregory Myers and posted with permission.
Its exact location is obscured to keep it safe from anyone trying to go catch it or something because you never know what some people might do, unfortunately. It is in Arnold, Missouri though.
Figueroa Mountain, Los Padres National Forest, Santa Barbara County, California
This observation is intended for the smaller, less colorful fish, with the lateral stripe on its side
This observation is intended for the larger, more colorful of the two fish
Found it eating a potato bug(at least that’s what I know them as.
Gall on Valley Oak. I see one with an exit hole (bottom right) and one with an emerging wasp (top left).
Very slender club. Corrected to show host is a blue oak
Host: valley oak
Collected: 01-27-2024
Dissected: 03-27-2024
1 larva preserved in EtOH
Field observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197825095
one of two leucistic individuals in the same tree
1 female emerged from a hidden stem gall on a valley oak twig fallen under the trees
Collected: 01-14-2024
Emerged: 02-05-2024
1 female emerged from a hidden stem gall on a valley oak twig fallen under the trees
Collected: 01-14-2024
Emerged: 02-04-2024
1 inquiline (less than 2mm) emerged from one of these galls on interior live oak:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196731204
Collected: 01-14-2024
Emerged: 02-02-2024
1 female emerged from one of these galls on tanoak:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195401835
Collected: 12-27-2023
Emerged: 01-23-2024
(Last 4 photos were taken on Dec 30 when the gall was still fresh)
Hahaha found a land Sea Hare for sure! :-)
Same observation as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192694867 by @seaslugin
On tanoak
Collected: 10-21-2023
Dissected: 10-24-2023
2 pupae preserved in 99.8% EtOH and stored in the freezer
I think this is a hybrid oak. Epling’s.
Collected: 09-23-2023
Dissected: 10-01-2023
Field observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/184627867
Preserved in EtOH for Cynipini Larval Sequencing Project
1 male emerged from an Andricus atrimentus sexgen gall on blue oak
Collection date: 04-16-2023
Emergence date: 04-21-2023
1 male emerged from these galls on canyon live oak:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/169671185
Collected: 06-25-2023
Emerged: 06-29-2023
1 female emerged from one of these galls on canyon live oak:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/169663938
Collected: 06-25-2023
Emerged: 07-16-2023
(Last 4 photos were taken on June 25 when the gall was still fresh)
Very cool plumage. First time photographing this species
I have never seen one standing before!
This is a Bufflehead x Common Goldeneye. Here’s a link to a video of it. https://youtu.be/MukgASk4hGc
Not sure what’s going on here, but it was beautiful and strange!