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I can add ventral shots if needed for identification.

A note to anyone editing data quality or annotations: This specimen was alive when collected, and the data given reflect the time and place when the insect was observed alive.

Please adhere to iNat’s guidelines and do not mark this observation as “captive” or “dead”, as this causes problems for researchers attempting to find species records.

iNat's definition of a "wild" observation explicitly includes "museum/herbarium specimens that are appropriately marked with date and location of original collection". The data given are the date and location of original capture, and as such, this observation should not be marked as captive. See #5 of the observation FAQ on the forum: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/help#captive

The "dead" annotation should only be used if the organism was dead at the time of the observation. The question of insect specimen annotations has been had on the forums, and specimens which are dead in the photo but were alive at the time of capture should be annotated as "alive", not "dead". See here for discussion:
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/annotate-dead-or-alive/17537

Thanks!

This is an egg that was enclosed and Protected by SLBE plover crew. The parents accepted the nest within 1 minute of enclosure completion. It took 6 and a half minutes to place the enclosure.
The purpose of the enclosure is to protect eggs and nesting birds from predators such as deer, raccoons, coyotes, and many more.

I watched a group of 4+ American red squirrels chasing each other around for an extended period of time. It seems likely this may have been a group of males trying to mate with a female, given that they are solitary for much of the rest of the year. (Saunders Woods Preserve)

Found on the roots of Atlantic white cedar. MF#09601 It is currently housed at the Raymond M Fatto Eugene H Varney Herbarium of the NJMA in the Chrysler Herbarium, Rutgers University, New Brunswick #3213. It was previously named Calliderma indigofera

Swampy area in Pine Barrens; with Atlantic white cedar.. First it is of an intense indigo blue that fades from margin towards center of cap. It is a robust mushroom. Spores 7.4 x 10-14.8 um. Basidia 37 x 12.3 um. Cystidia on edge of gills has one papilla or sometimes one off center tip 7.9 x 33.6 um.

Swampy area in Pine Barrens; with Atlantic white cedar. . First it is of an intense indigo blue that fades from margin towards center of cap. It is a robust mushroom. Spores 7.4 x 10-14.8 um. Basidia 37 x 12.3 um. Cystidia on edge of gills has one papilla or sometimes one off center tip 7.9 x 33.6 um.