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Giant Golden Orbweaver (Nephila pilipes)Observer
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Big spider with a huge web outside the gates of Angkor Wat near a food stale
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Hummingbird Hawkmoths (Genus Macroglossum)Observer
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Found inside expired on the windowsill when I checked into my hotel in Phnom Penh. The window probably gets about three hours of direct sunlight a day.
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Pantropical Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda venatoria)Observer
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This beauty was already at the end of its life cycle when I checked in to my hotel. Final resting place was on the window ledge that probably gets about three hours of direct sun a day, so I’m guessing it expired a while ago yet it’s still a little moist.
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Common Apple Snails (Genus Pomacea)Observer
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Egg sacs of something. Very exposed, less than a meter from the rivers edge not far from the city. Beautiful.
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Apple Snails (Family Ampullariidae)Observer
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Probably frog or toad eggs. Right about 1 m from the rivers edge about 2 km down stream from downtown battambong.
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Butterflies (Superfamily Papilionoidea)Observer
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Somehow ended up in my hotel room in the center of town in siem reap. Still very much alive but I’m guessing lethargic because it has come close to finishing its reproductive cycle. Still, I’m going to put her on the window ledge outside and let him finish out whatever he needs to do no idea how (s)he got inside.
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Buckeyes and Horse-Chestnuts (Genus Aesculus)Observer
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These tree flowers are about to open. Which tree is this? It had a sticky liquid at the base of the flower.
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Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)Observer
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Two of these are growing next to my porch. I don’t think I planted them. Any ideas?
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Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis)Observer
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This is starting to grow in my backyard which I’m trying to make as native as possible for Southeast Michigan. It’s growing pretty quickly. I don’t recall if it’s something I purposefully planted. Any ideas?
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Broad-leaved Dock (Rumex obtusifolius)Observer
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It looks like a leafy green vegetable. Somethings been nibbling on it. I see a lot of them in abandon fields in inner-city Detroit.
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Long-leaved Groundcherry (Physalis longifolia)Observer
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These seed pods look like peppers but they’re very thin. Detroit Michigan.
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
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My friend’s toddler touched this orange fungus. I don’t think it’s chicken of the woods. Located in Michigan’s upper Peninsula near Ironwood. Any idea what it is?
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Plums, Cherries, and Allies (Genus Prunus)Observer
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What is this beautiful non-Green leafy gem that is the only one of its kind in my decently maintained native weed garden? I don’t want to pull it because it’s so unique and pretty but I also don’t want to interfere with the long-term goal. Any ideas?
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Hemp Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum)Observer
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It’s a tree that has thousands of these pods that contain flying
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