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Winter Sweets (Genus Chimonanthus)Observer
mollyopsisDescription
Planted, ie. not spontaneous.
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Genus ViridiscusObserver
mollyopsisDescription
A bit of cuticle left behind after a molt?
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Genus ViridiscusObserver
mollyopsisDescription
Edited:
Tardigrade found in rehydrated moss sample--Orthotrichum--collected (with permission) on 15 November 2023. Images via light microscopy at 100x and 400x, captured via cellphone camera.
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Genus LeskeaObserver
mollyopsisDescription
Growing on root flair of an old Cornus florida tree.
Provisional identification to genus using Crum's key from Mosses of the Great Lakes Forest.
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Smeared Dagger (Acronicta oblinita)Observer
mollyopsisDescription
I'm following iNat's suggestion here. This caterpillar is not one with whom I'm familiar.
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Bare-bottom Sunburst Lichen (Xanthomendoza weberi)Observer
mollyopsisDescription
On tree bark with other lichens.
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Observer
mollyopsisDescription
On Tradescantia. First of year for me. Apologies for poor resolution.
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Carolina Crane's-Bill (Geranium carolinianum)Observer
mollyopsisDescription
Definitely Geranium. Maybe G. carolinianum?
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Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)Observer
mollyopsisDescription
Adding this observation for phenology. iNat already has several observations of this specimen.
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Groundsel Crown Rust (Puccinia lagenophorae)Observer
mollyopsisDescription
Rust on Senecio vulgaris. Same plant as the S. vulgaris in the foreground in this observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/159135333
@matthew_wills captured good images of the same rust on the same plant on May 6, 2023: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/160133871
