She was so cute I just had to photograph her :)
In photo 2, compare the epigynum to that of figure 22 in Brady (1964). Oxyopes salticus (see figure 93) would have an epigynum with a peculiar median projection, and O. scalaris wouldn't have the facial stripes that the other Ohio species have. O. scalaris (based on figure 98) would have a median projection similar to O. salticus, except broader. O. aglossus clearly doesn't have any median projection.
Found in grapes in Native Store
Likely from California
@kljinsitka check this out!
@clauden what do you think? Unfortunately I only got one view.
These amphipods were literally crawling over this pacific lion's mane jelly. I was super excited to get to see this for the first time.
Found in some spruce logs.
At first I thought it was an ant but upon closer inspection I realized that it wasn't. I've never seen one of these before.
I've never seen one giving birth before!
Light iridescent green color on the shell.
I was so excited to see this. It's the first time I've ever seen a male Nordmann's Orbweaver and the only time I've seen a mating ritual in a spider of any kind.
The male tried to impress the female but she was very unimpressed and went back inside her crack after a while of watching and the male sat at the entrance for over an hour waiting.
Found under the bark of a dead tree. There were about a dozen in the area and I'm guessing even more under the bark I didn't check.
On margined snail-eating beetle.
There were one or two more similar juvenile fish in the area.
Their were about three or four altogether.
Found in a pool of saltwater/freshwater mix.
At first I thought it was a dead leech but when I picked it up and put it in a sour cream tub it wriggled and I saw the gill pores and realized what it was.
I found a second lamprey not far from this one. It was dried up laying on the ground and was only slightly alive.
This squid was washed up to the high tide line in Port Althorp (off Cross Sound) and was being scavenged by several ravens, crows and a bald eagle
Maybe two inches in length, larger than most rockweed isopods I've found.
Looks like he/she is in shed
Attempting to sneak up on salmon juveniles
The parasitoid on the abdomen
He had been hiding inside a snail shell and poked his head out to see what was going on.
Very bizarre fish.
Location is of where the fish was found, not where I took the picture.
TL:266mm
Weight:255g
Yolk diameter:About 80mm
It was extracted from a fished adult.
I found it in our yard at least 1/2 mile from water like lakes, rivers and ponds.
Parasitoid pupa that was in a butterfly (Mourning Cloak?) catterpillar.
Saw large shark swimming slowly at surface. Approximately 3 to 5 m. Swam in circles but in a direction (corkscrew pattern). Observed for ~15 min. Water depth at place of observation was ~100 ft.
Pod of 3 orca including baby/adolescent passed by point previous evening then this guy was seen morning at next low tide, being eaten by bald eagle. Very fresh.
prey to wandering garter snake
Nectaring on bird vetch
I think something was wrong with it or it was dying.
It was moving very sluggishly and didn't respond hardly at all when I picked it up.
It was very large. I'm guessing just under a centimeter and a half.
In the alder trees around my yard I find leaves that are curled over (see last picture).
When I peel them open I find tiny aphid like insects crawling around inside.
So excited!!! First time finding one of these!
from Hungry Point, exposed during an extreme minus tide, fresh dead but eroded. Aaron Baldwin had first suggested this is the low flat ecomorph of Lottia pelta from SE Alaska, based in part on some riblets that are still evident despite the dorsal erosion. Shell is about 37mm.
After side profile shots were added, the consensus is it is L. scutum.
the jelly, not the arthropod. Arthropod observation at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/228303476
2 large noticeably white forms can be easily seen. The bottom example appears upside down with a cauliflower shape extending further. The other one is appears not to be feeding but both are good examples gained from the harbor field trip.
Alien tentacled leach monster in freshwater pond, clearly anchored to rock, very capable in it's stretching abilities. 2-3 inches when fully stretched back down to marble size discreet rock blob
On birch hybrid (shrub form)