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Unequal Cellophane Bee (Colletes inaequalis)Observer
matthew_willsDescription
Nice look at side-entry of Japanese Andromeda/P. japonica flowers, "robbing" nectar. The pollen on thorax hairs is presumably from another flower species since I don't think Colletes buzz pollinate and this is an Ericaceae.
See also another example from same plant: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202921471
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elantrybuchDescription
Spores: 10µm, smooth rosey
Sporocarp: 125µm
Sporotheca: 45µm
Stalk: Tapering from 10µm - 2.4µm
Collumella: ellipsodial & tan
Capillitum: none
Substrate: Picea (spruces)
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White M Hairstreak (Parrhasius m-album)Observer
matthew_willsDescription
Not the first butterfly species I expected to see this year. I've only seen one of these once before. This will be the 22nd observation of the species in NYC on inNat. Beautiful blue flashes of the wings in flight.
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Eastern Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)Observer
zitsermDescription
Looks like someone is studying the skunk cabbage
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Powdered Ruffle Lichen (Parmotrema hypotropum)Observer
novapatchDescription
2.5 × 2 cm thallus on wooden park bench
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American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)Observer
jgazisDescription
Large bullfrog outside PPZ admin bldg, not far from duck pond (30'-40'?) where I've seen bullfrogs before.
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee (Bombus fervidus)Observer
brooklynnatureclubDescription
Feeding on Monarda fistulosa
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee (Bombus fervidus)Observer
gfernandez646Description
There is also a surplus fly in the photo
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Buffalo Treehoppers (Tribe Ceresini)Observer
sus_scrofaDescription
I think? visually resembles some of the ones posted on this site... maybe immature?
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)Observer
steve_weinikDescription
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher feeding Lanternfly nymph to babies.
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Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)Observer
brianbostonDescription
Munching my parsley
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xrisDescription
Ancistrocerus adiabatus on Solidago, The High Line, Manhattan, NYC, September 2021
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Genus MordellistenaObserver
djringerDescription
I opened one of the common mugwort stem galls that @susanhewitt and I found yesterday on Governors Island. The larva inside was 4-5 mm long and looks consistent with those being identified as Mordellistena sp. in the ongoing study of this gall. The stem swelling was a fairly large one, perhaps 1 cm in diameter, but the larva seemed to be occupying only a small part of it. I'll attempt to rear out the others over the winter.
Location is where found; date/time are when I opened it to examine it.
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Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)Observer
cathyweinerDescription
In Buttermilk Channel off Governors Island
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Clapper Rail (Rallus crepitans)Observer
elaphrornisDescription
Marine Park Salt Marsh, Brooklyn. Heard from trail, photographed from edge of marsh. Call recorded on cellphone, posted on Twitter: https://twitter.com/elaphrornis/status/1388692244471889932?s=20
[Also in vicinity was a Killdeer, possibly at nest in marsh, last 3 images. Clapper Rail may have had a nest too, not sure.]
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Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)Observer
dvdcrnDescription
About four of them at our striped sunflower seed feeder. They are calling to each other with a single high pitched short chirp.
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American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)Observer
dvdcrnDescription
Creative Little Garden, 530 E 6th St
