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Eurasian Drone Fly (Eristalis arbustorum)Observer
lacorotaDescription
Black head and thorax. Abdomen mostly yellow but mottled with black bands, and black hour-glass shape anterior of abdomen. Wings are transparent / translucent.
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Tribe SynanthedoniniObserver
lacorotaDescription
Black head and thorax with white striations / bands beginning at thorax, continuing across abdomen. Translucent / clear wing panels with "hairy" texture on wings' trailing edges. Antennae length equal to overall body length and relatively significant outside diameter. Unsure if this is a wasp?
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Denseflower Willowherb (Epilobium densiflorum)Observer
lacorotaDescription
Fuzzy green foliage; the top is dense, hairy, leafy multiple flowered inflorescence.
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Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)Observer
lacorotaDescription
Black, hairy, with prominent white spot.
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Pacific Three-banded Lady Beetle (Coccinella trifasciata ssp. subversa)Observer
lacorotaDescription
Red / orange red back with 2 subtle black spots. Black / white head.
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Spotted Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata)Observer
lacorotaDescription
Yellow back, many black spots.
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)Observer
lacorotaDescription
Long, specialized beak. Prehistoric voice. Plumage generally brownish to dark blue.
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Small White (Pieris rapae)Observer
lacorotaDescription
Relatively small. White wings with distinctive dark spots on wings.
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Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus)Observer
lacorotaDescription
Yellow wings with black margins and black strata.
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Lindley's Clarkia (Clarkia amoena ssp. lindleyi)Observer
lacorotaDescription
Leaves alternate. Cup-shaped petals with red spot on each petal. I submitted one for Cooper Mountain Nature Park, and this one is located at Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge. It is the success of a planting two years ago by Ecology Associates.
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Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)Observer
lacorotaDescription
Elliptical leaves opposite on stem. Lilac-colored flowers in distinctive whorls down the stem.
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Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)Observer
lacorotaDescription
Elliptical leaves opposite on stem. Lilac-colored flowers in distinctive whorls down the stem.
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Pacific Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum tenuipes)Observer
lacorotaDescription
green / white flowers bell-shaped. Stamens and pistil sticking out. Leaves were alternate pointed, and hairy in places.
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Pacific Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum tenuipes)Observer
lacorotaDescription
Bell-shaped flowers with the pistil sticking out. Leaves were alternate large and hairy.
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Skunkweed (Navarretia squarrosa)Observer
lacorotaDescription
Light pink flowers on 2" dia. spherical bulb. Small hairs on stem.
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Wild Garlic (Allium vineale)Observer
lacorotaDescription
Inflorescence about 0.437" with numerous bulbils, no flowers.
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Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)Observer
lacorotaDescription
5 pink petals. Twisted stamen. Many flowers, funnel shaped.
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Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)Observer
lacorotaDescription
Entirely black with orange / red patch on each wing.
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White Inside-out Flower (Vancouveria hexandra)Observer
lacorotaDescription
White, upside-down attributes
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Ookow (Dichelostemma congestum)Observer
lacorotaDescription
Round, dense flower cluster. Flowers were light purple.
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Bluehead Gilia (Gilia capitata)Observer
lacorotaDescription
Erect stem, leaves below flower; flowers numerous in tight balls.
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Moth Mullein (Verbascum blattaria)Observer
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5 yellow petals with violet pistil. Just noticed these blooming in recent days.
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Columbia Lily (Lilium columbianum)Observer
lacorotaDescription
Bright orange with distinctive spots on petals. First bloom this year I've seen at this location.
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Crown Brodiaea (Brodiaea coronaria)Observer
lacorotaDescription
6 violet petals. Flat staminodes inward leaning toward stamens.
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Crown Brodiaea (Brodiaea coronaria)Observer
lacorotaDescription
6 petals, violet. Flat staminodes lean inward toward stamens.
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Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense)Observer
lacorotaDescription
Green bulb-like base with pink / purple thistle flower.
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Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena)Observer
lacorotaDescription
Blue head, with bronze plumage above breast.
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Golden Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja levisecta)Observer
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Slender plant with small "globes" at top.
