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Stone Centipedes (Order Lithobiomorpha)Observer
bkelly94Description
Found it in my apricot case! It had 2 antennas at the front, with 13 legs on both sides. Apricots came from Martin Family Orchards in WA.
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Tribe AnisosceliniObserver
bkelly94Description
Looks like an ant and spider! Was flying around park on hot day.
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Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)Observer
bkelly94Description
fast paced "chek chek cek". Ugly sounding, harsh "earkkkkk"
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Cascade Oregon-Grape (Berberis nervosa)Observer
bkelly94Description
Shiny/waxy on top leaf. Dry and brittle underneath. Yellow budding flowers. Serrated leaves. Hard leaves. About 1 feet height.
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Pacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus)Observer
bkelly94Description
Full brown color. Legs are long for its body size. Tail sticking upwards and is kind of short. I don't remember the call unfortunately.
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Armenian Blackberry (Rubus armeniacus)Observer
bkelly94Description
5 petal white. Leaves are toothed, pointed at end. Soft leaves. Fuzzy stems.
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Grand Fir (Abies grandis)Observer
bkelly94Description
This was a baby tree located near a creek. Needles about 1'' long, green on top surface of needles (no white bloom on upper surface)-white bands underneath. Sets of needles flattened or "V" shaped. Needles are two distinct sizes, with alternating long and short needles.
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Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta)Observer
bkelly94Description
Two needles per bunch.
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Atlas Cedar (Cedrus atlantica)Observer
bkelly94Description
Needles are about 2-3 inches long. It looks like pine, but I think it's some type of evergreen fir? The amount of needles per bud is more than 7 or 10 from what I counted. It was standing on its own in an open area.
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Subgenus PyrobombusObserver
bkelly94Description
I counted 6 legs, 4 on top and 2 large ones on the bottom half. It had 2 large wings, and I faintly detected two small wings (I could be wrong). It had 2 antennae. Its body was black with 2 main yellow stripes on each segment. One at the tip of the head, one on what I like to call its butt. Oddly enough, I didn't see a stinger when I was observing it
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Flies (Order Diptera)Observer
bkelly94Description
(Top half of picture) It was orange, about 7-8mm long, and had a large hump on a side view. It was walking around on a leaf and flying away then back. I don't know if the hump is for babies or if it's just a characteristic of it.
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Dragonflies and Damselflies (Order Odonata)Observer
bkelly94Description
It was about 2-3cm long (it was really small!!) It had three segments: the head, the abdomen, then the tail. The "tail" was a striped brown and red color similar and was a rounded tip at the end (which leads me to believe it's a baby dragonfly, as I haven't seen any flies look like this). The abdomen is a dark brown color with a white light circular spot (I drew on the picture). It too had 6 legs and wings that hid its tail.
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Pacific Banana Slug (Ariolimax columbianus)Observer
bkelly94Description
t had small little dots on the entire body. The underside was whitish/yellow and had gray lines running vertically. It's called the "skirt". Running along the slug's body, it starts from being wide to being narrow once you hit the tail end. The tail end is a rounded point.
It was super squishy!
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Genus PlatismatiaObserver
bkelly94Description
It's a pale green with white on top, elongated narrow lobes with marginal isidia (shiny). Top surface is white/green/gray and bottom surface is white with brown spots. It's somewhat erect but drooping off substrate. The lobes aren't far apart. This area was dry, as the smaller twigs were more dry and brittle than the other lichen I found up above. This lichen felt dry and brittle, so I think it got sundried
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Tube Lichens (Genus Hypogymnia)Observer
bkelly94Description
he lichen is hollow and tubular, with a white lobe at the tip and the inner color being a dark green/gray color. It's semi upright and medium sized with narrow lobes abour 2 mm wide. It was growing on a fallen branch of a Red alder
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Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)Observer
bkelly94Description
Its stems are absent and is saprobic (grow shelf-like clusters on dead logs). The cap is fan-shaped to kidney shaped. Margins are wavy and inrolled. The gills run down to the stem and are super close as a white/yellow color. The stem is absent (from what I observed). The flesh is thick and white, with an odor that is pungent but not bad.
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Vine Maple (Acer circinatum)Observer
bkelly94Description
The leaves are droopy and there are yet to be any flowers underneath the leaves. Most are 9 lobed and have an opposite branching pattern. The wood is very flexible.
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Turkey-Tail (Trametes versicolor)Observer
bkelly94Description
Flexible but also tough and leathery. I can see actual pores in the mushroom that are very tiny and abundant. When I touched it, it wasn't smooth, but had a slightly fuzzy texture. There is no odor coming from this.
The cap is circular and semicircle, kidney shaped, brown and red colored (for some).
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Genus StereumObserver
bkelly94Description
It was somewhat flexible and moved. Underside is white and smooth, with no noticeable pores. This is a false turkey tail.
Living on dead hardwood and grows gregariously. There are gaps between the mushrooms so it's not fused together. It is fan shaped, kidney-shaped, smooth yet rough, semicircle, and has no stem. The colors are concentric zones with green and gray shades. Underneath is smooth and white/cream colored. The flesh is pretty tough.
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Red-banded Conks (Complex Fomitopsis pinicola)Observer
bkelly94Description
It is a thick and woody, tough to the touch. The surface top is red and orange colored, with occasional dark spots. The pore underneath is cream colored. The cap is pretty wide across and deep. It's semicircular, convex and smooth. The pore surface is very small, but there are lots on the underside of mushroom. There looks to be no stem and feels leathery and hard. It has a strong musky smell that is unpleasant for me.
