Size: see scale bars
Site of sample collection: A stream full of algae near the South Pond, Katsurashima Ryokuchi (a freshwater habitat), Sendai, Japan
Date of sample collection: August 27th, 2022
Weather: Cloudy
Water temp.: 25.4°C
pH 7.0
Date of observation: August 28th, 2022 (the collected sample in a plastic container was left near a window out of direct sunlight at room temperature until observation)
Bright-field observation using a Wraymer microscope (model BX-3500TL, Osaka, Japan) equipped with a Floyd-2 HDMI ethernet digital camera (Wraymer, Osaka, Japan). The accuracy of the scale bar was confirmed by using a stage micrometer glass slide (1 div. = 10 µm; Wraymer, Osaka, Japan) at each magnification.
Was observed for at least 15 minutes, and was found with 5 confirmed others of its kind in the same bush. No eggs, cocoons, or adult butterflies were seen nearby.
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-approximately 2 inches long
-bright lime-colored base
-black and yellow spots with striped head
-white/baby blue underside
-was observed eating the flowers of a fennel bush
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Papilio polyxenes, the (eastern) black swallowtail, American swallowtail or parsnip swallowtail, is a butterfly found throughout much of North America. It is the state butterfly of Oklahoma and New Jersey.
This bird was on the Texas/New Mexico line, just a few hundred yards from where TX, OK, and NM intersect
I've been threatening to do this for years: I'm uploading this image of tumbleweeds to document them in three states simultaneously. Note the survey marker in the 2nd image. Tumbleweeds in the foreground are in Texas; those in the right background are in OK, those in the left background are in NM.
I've been threatening to do this for years: I'm uploading this image of tumbleweeds to document them in three states simultaneously. Note the survey marker in the 2nd image. Tumbleweeds in the foreground are in Texas; those in the right background are in OK, those in the left background are in NM.
Growing on fallen hardwood twig. Smell not distinctive. Not tasted.
Growing gregariously from well decomposing beech
Wine colored spores