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Found on male Sturnus vulgaris collected at Portland international airport between January and February 2024

Someone was magnet-fishing on the Willamette river and pulled up a couple bikes that were covered in this weird growth. No clue what it was but it was present all over the bikes.

Found in a clump of Antitrichia curtipendula that fell down from tree canopy

Didn't get images of the body, but I assume this was an aquatic fly larva.

On the floor of a predominantly coniferous forest. Elevation approximately 600-700ft

Observation #8000!

Growing on Artemisia tridentata
orange lichen

P. cinereum?

Tiny! Perched on a rosehip (Rosa sp., maybe R. nutkana) There were several on one rosebush; each perched on their own rosehip.
ID tentative, suggested by iNat. Individual 2.

Attracted to 250W MV lamp. Temperature about 70F. After-hours photography with permission from the St. Louis County Parks and Recreation Department.

ID tentative

put its energy into making one stem with one ridiculous giant leaf

Nymph

On deer poop

TTDI Kiara Hills

The eyelash cups were growing alongside Holwaya mucida. The little springtails, Dicyrtomina minuta ornata, were exploring this magical landscape.