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Sweetpotato Flea Beetle (Chaetocnema confinis)Observer
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On Ipomoea alba
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Script Lichens and Allies (Family Graphidaceae)Observer
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Just wanted to submit this to get the host Baobab Tree in here lol
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Oaks (Genus Quercus)Observer
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Perhaps another Q. myrtifolia. Twigs reddish-brown (except for new terminal shoots which are yellowish).
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Genus PolystephaObserver
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Closest match on this host I can find is at the link below: https://www.gallformers.org/gall/2994
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Genus PolystephaObserver
jaykellerDescription
Closest match on this host I can find is at the link below: https://www.gallformers.org/gall/2994
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Genus PolystephaObserver
jaykellerDescription
Closest match on this host I can find is at the link below: https://www.gallformers.org/gall/2994
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Observer
jaykellerDescription
Note the black-rimmed spiracles on the venter, which is diagnostic for this species vs any others in the genus.
Found on Quercus myrtifolia. 2-3 individuals observed on same shrub, but did not disturb broadly. This one was briefly captured, photographed, and released.
See below for reference:
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1319&context=insectamundi
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Exema gibberObserver
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Keys to E. gibber in here:
https://archive.org/details/cbarchive_52462_arevisionofthegenusexemaofamer1902/page/n9/mode/2up
Found on Quercus (see 3rd photo) and was resting on the brown spot when found.
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Horse Guard Wasp (Stictia carolina)Observer
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Overexposed photo but including to document my first of the species ;-)
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Observer
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More recently discovered within the Atlantic sand ridge. See:
"Distribution and Status of the Cockroach Arenivaga floridensis Caudell, a Florida Sand Ridge Endemic" Trip Lamb, Teresa C. Justice, Michael Justice
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Aster Yellows Phytoplasma (Phytoplasma asteris)Observer
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On Gumbo Limbo (Bursera). See ref: https://journals.flvc.org/fshs/article/download/87687/84488
Excerpt:
" The product was sequenced directly
using automated equipment at the University of Florida’s Core
Genomics Laboratory. Comparison of the resulting sequence with
the GenBank nucleotide database by blast analysis determined
the sequence to share 100% identity with the aster yellow sub
group phytoplasma subgroup 16S1-B strains rDNA sequences
archived in the database."
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Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)Observer
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Flightless fledgling. Parent nearby. Short video here: https://youtube.com/shorts/nYsK7H4J_ac?feature=shared
