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Subgenus EnoplempisObserver
arboniusDescription
We came across this mating pair hovering in a "sun-speck" along the creek-adjacent, woodland trail/road though Mitchell Canyon. To the naked eye it wasn't entirely clear what it was, though I thought I could make out a foamy "nuptial gift" (suggesting a balloon-bearing empidid).
However, I didn't realize it was a mating pair until zooming-in on a photo on the camera display. We observed the two in (roughly) "stationary hover" for over two minutes...don't know how long they were hovering before we noticed them.
After posting this, I noticed @kueda made a very similar observation very nearby about 9 years earlier (with nice accompanying info, and a wonderfully sharp image!)...as did @abmdjoe about 3 weeks earlier here. Seems there's a stable population in the area :-).
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Pandora batallataObserver
macroblaster2000Description
Globular springtail infected by neozygites or pandora species fungus?
67 photos focus stacked
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Large Flying Duck Orchid (Caleana major)Observer
mitchsmithDescription
Caleana Major and Lophyrotoma zonalis
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Genus DolerusObserver
thomasbarbinDescription
Dolerus sp.
A Common Sawfly awkwardly sitting on a blade of grass.
Highlands, BC.
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Cimbex carinulatusObserver
aquacieloDescription
корректировка по времени +3 часа
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Gorgone Checkerspot (Chlosyne gorgone)Observer
rollingplainstDescription
While taking a picture of this Eastern Hognose Snake, observation at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79960222, this butterfly landed. Friends?
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Red-footed Cannibal Fly (Promachus rufipes)Observer
adairDescription
Robber Fly that caught a dark morph Eastern tiger swallowtail
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Mallophora fautrixObserver
thomasabensonDescription
Mallophora fautrix
26 Jul 2018
CA, SBE Co., CSUSB
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Observer
jb2602Description
This is Pergagrapta gravenhorstii, id from ANIC collection by Kim Pullen. This is a valid name on ALA but iNaturaliat does not allow it.
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vanremsenDescription
specimen for ANSP 23:17
Distance between threads = 0.6 mm
First record for site, 2nd iNat record for Louisiana; only 16 total for iNat
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Genus CordycepsObserver
ceisemanDescription
Growing on a sawfly larva (Arge quidia).
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Common Citronella Ant (Lasius claviger)Observer
eraskinDescription
Some kind of winged ants or termites hatching in the yard - area ~1 square meter totally covered.
Pointed out by Valerie B.
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Pseudoperga gueriniiObserver
jimboboDescription
After I had just been researching Pergidae adults and lamenting how I rarely observe any. I come across 2 the very next day!
Found on Black Wattle.
Female also observed along same trail- https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/200808974
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Mushroom Gall Wasp (Heteroecus sanctaeclarae)Observer
wildmacroDescription
Gall with exit hole on huckleberry oak (Quercus vacciniifolia).
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luisrobe59Place
Jardim Botânico de São Paulo - Av. Miguel Estefano, 3031 - Vila Água Funda, São Paulo - SP, 04301-905, Brasil (Google, OSM)
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Queensland Fruit Fly (Bactrocera tryoni)Observer
aceradDescription
A Queensland Fruit Fly resting on the stalk of a banana in a kitchen
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Aneugmenus flavipesObserver
martinlucasDescription
A mating pair, I suppose -- though my first impression was predation. Perched on a Rubus leaf in the marshy bottoms of Bogus Run. With yellow legs, black antennae, dark wings, and additional body markings one would think these would be identifiable at least to genus. But I didn't find a photo that looked to be a good match, nor any reference to this curious behavior. Medium-sized sawflies.
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Frit Flies (Family Chloropidae)Observer
annkatrinroseDescription
Tiny hover fly in a Venus' looking glass flower at Yonahlossee Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway. This is the only picture I have of this fly so it may be impossible to identify to species.
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Tasmanian Wingless Soldier Fly (Boreoides tasmaniensis)Observer
simongroveDescription
Flightless soldierfly Boreoides tasmaniensis female, Hartz Mountains, Tasmania, October 2017
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Genus DolerusObserver
karsten_sDescription
collected on grass, ID tentative
10.05. pics 1+2 with length ~5 mm
12.05. pics 3-7 with length ~8 mm
13.05. pic 8
17.05. pics 9-11, length 11-12 mm
21.05. pics 12-14 length 20 mm
25.05. pics 15-16 length 24 mm
28.05. pics 17-20 prepupa, last measured length the day before 25 mm
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Large Alder Sawfly (Cimbex connatus)Observer
insectamoDescription
Cimbex connatus (Schrank 1776)
Larva on Alnus
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Genus MacrophyaObserver
yvonne-blochDescription
1 Larvae. 13mm. Found on Sambucus nigra.
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Pergid Sawflies (Family Pergidae)Observer
ateleginskiDescription
Estrada da faxina
