Just For Fun - iNatters of Tumblr Scavenger Hunt: My List

@kuchipatchis has crafted a little scavenger hunt for members of the iNatters of Tumblr project. Since I now have nothing but time I'm going to give it a shot. This journal post will be where I keep track of my list, updating it as I go along.

The Scavenger Hunt List:

  1. An example of camouflage
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31988113

  2. A plant growing out from the water
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32650568

  3. A mushroom
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32787777

  4. A fish
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32850649

  5. A pupa
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32788260

  6. Something fuzzy
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31993182

  7. Something spiky
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32649725

  8. Something having a meal
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31993182

  9. A symbiotic relationship
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32792759

  10. Something growing on or out of a man-made object
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32792759

  11. An animal with more than 8 legs
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32793783

  12. An animal with no legs
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32650560

  13. Something that lives in a shell
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32850642

  14. Something yellow and black
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31851558

  15. Something brown and white
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31988902

  16. Something purple and green
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32641902

  17. Something really common in your area
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31993183

  18. Something not native to your area
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32650566

  19. A bee native to your area
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31993182

  20. Something classified as a threatened species
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32789546

  21. A feather
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32007111

  22. An animal track
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32649727

  23. Mating behavior
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32850644

  24. A plant gall
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32789550

  25. A leaf mine
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31993184

Did it! Got them all and in less than a month:

Posted on September 1, 2019 04:19 PM by driftlessroots driftlessroots

Observations

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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)

Observer

driftlessroots

Date

August 31, 2019 09:18 AM CDT

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Geometer Moths (Family Geometridae)

Observer

driftlessroots

Description

So well camouflaged I'm afraid I injured it when I brushed it off the table thinking it was a stick.

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Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)

Observer

driftlessroots

Description

Have been seeing this hawk around the yard the last couple of days. It keeps holding up it's left leg which makes me think it's injured.

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Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)

Observer

driftlessroots

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Eastern Harvestman (Leiobunum vittatum)

Observer

driftlessroots

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Liriomyza Leaf-mining Flies (Genus Liriomyza)

Observer

driftlessroots

Description

Leaf mine

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Crows and Ravens (Genus Corvus)

Observer

driftlessroots

Date

September 2, 2019 01:47 PM CDT

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American Asters (Genus Symphyotrichum)

Observer

driftlessroots

Date

September 6, 2019 12:52 PM CDT

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Common Puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum)

Observer

driftlessroots

Date

September 11, 2019 01:28 PM CDT

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White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Observer

driftlessroots

Date

September 11, 2019 01:39 PM CDT

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Common Earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris)

Observer

driftlessroots

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Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)

Observer

driftlessroots

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Schoenoplectus Bulrushes (Genus Schoenoplectus)

Observer

driftlessroots

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Field and Button Mushrooms (Genus Agaricus)

Observer

driftlessroots

Description

Growing under Thuja occidentalis

Insects

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Insects (Class Insecta)

Observer

driftlessroots

Date

September 13, 2019 11:47 AM CDT

Description

Found inside tent under the floor cloth

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Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis)

Observer

driftlessroots

Date

September 13, 2019 02:55 PM CDT

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Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

Observer

driftlessroots

Date

September 13, 2019 02:16 PM CDT

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Hedgehog Gall Wasp (Acraspis erinacei)

Observer

driftlessroots

Date

September 13, 2019 02:17 PM CDT
Fungi

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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)

Observer

driftlessroots

Date

September 15, 2019 01:15 PM CDT

Description

This orange lichen was really different from the ones on the surrounding stones

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Observer

driftlessroots

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What

Common Land Snails and Slugs (Order Stylommatophora)

Observer

driftlessroots

Date

September 16, 2019 01:25 PM CDT

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What

Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)

Observer

driftlessroots

Date

September 16, 2019 12:38 PM CDT

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Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)

Observer

driftlessroots

Date

September 16, 2019 01:29 PM CDT

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