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Operculate Ascomycetes (Class Pezizomycetes)Observer
elsemikkelsenDescription
Young Douglas fir bark, sunny hilltop
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Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)Observer
elsemikkelsenDescription
51 pulled at this spot
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Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)Observer
elsemikkelsenDescription
Removed 8 plants at this spot
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Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)Observer
elsemikkelsenDescription
58 plants pulled at this spot
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European Blackberry (Rubus vestitus)Observer
elsemikkelsenDescription
Hairy primocanes. Vestitus all along the power lines starting here to the rose and beyond
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European Blackberry (Rubus vestitus)Observer
elsemikkelsenDescription
Hairy primocane. Stipitate glands in inflorescence
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Tube Lichens (Genus Hypogymnia)Observer
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Fallen from Douglas fir
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Salal (Gaultheria shallon)Observer
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Salal thickets extend right to the edge of the seaside bluffs here
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Bitter Cherry (Prunus emarginata)Observer
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The trunk collapsed, but is still alive so far
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Genus AedesObserver
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Grabbed a quick picture before stopping it, but it already had gotten me.
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Tidepool Sculpin (Oligocottus maculosus)Observer
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Found dried up on the beach
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Shiner Surfperch (Cymatogaster aggregata)Observer
elsemikkelsenDescription
Found dead on the beach
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Square-legged Camel Cricket (Tropidischia xanthostoma)Observer
elsemikkelsenDescription
There were multiple of these crammed into a narrow crack of this shallow damp cave that is on the beach.
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Narrow-collared Snail-eating Beetle (Scaphinotus angusticollis)Observer
elsemikkelsenDescription
Sorry for the horrible photo quality - it was dark in this little cave on the beach and I couldn't really see what I was doing (and had a very hard time getting my built-in flash to illuminate into the crack while also having them in my lens' view). Posting anyways to document this strange behaviour, with many of these beetles crammed side-by-side into this narrow crack of this damp cave.
Species ID may be dubious from the photo, but Scaphinotus angusticollis are the most abundant big beetle on Keats Island and their shiny maroon elytra (more noticeable in person than this photo) are rather distinctive.
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Mountain Sweet Cicely (Osmorhiza berteroi)Observer
elsemikkelsenDescription
Seeds
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Western Tent Caterpillar Moth (Malacosoma californica)Observer
elsemikkelsenDescription
There are also Malacosoma disstria on Keats Island, but I believe the darker colour of this one with the extent of white on the forewing transverse lines makes this M. californicum.
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Morrison's Pero Moth (Pero morrisonaria)Observer
elsemikkelsenDescription
Ruling out P. honestaria:
-black spot near outer margin of forewing
-jagged tooth-like indent in forewing median band
-faint white ST line on mottled postmedian area of forewing
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Catchweed Bedstraw (Galium aparine)Observer
elsemikkelsenDescription
Leaves with fine teeth pointing backwards and bristle-like points. Forming a sprawling mat.
