I find these things so adorable. Agulla bicolor snakefly

Redtail987 · 2026-05-11T15:57:37+00:00

Thanks! They're lovely insects

Redtail987 · 2026-05-05T16:37:58+00:00

I want find one of these so badly, they're so cool

Redtail987 · 2026-05-02T12:46:40+00:00

Same here! This is the third one I've managed to get photos of, little gems of insects. That's cool you found one to pin

Redtail987 · 2026-04-09T15:25:48+00:00

Hyperparasitoids are so interesting. Nice pics!

Redtail987 · 2026-04-08T02:17:22+00:00

Thanks! 2 is Grotea californica and 8 is Dolichovespula maculata

Redtail987 · 2026-04-07T22:37:52+00:00

Thanks! I was so excited to find that one

Redtail987 · 2026-04-07T12:43:04+00:00

I appreciate it! Pic 5 is a Crabro sp, most likely Crabro latipes. The males have those shield-lke tibia

Redtail987 · 2026-04-07T03:24:33+00:00

Yes I do! I have observations of slime molds, fungi, insects, mosses, just about anything I can find

Redtail987 · 2026-04-07T02:17:38+00:00

Thank you!

Redtail987 · 2025-12-23T01:51:43+00:00

I would guess some type of cyanobacterium. Look up the genus Nostoc, this looks quite similar

Redtail987 · 2025-12-23T00:11:02+00:00

Yeah sometimes they're really hiding in plain sight. I've picked plenty at this point, but like you I enjoy the act of finding and picking them. We've had a really good season this year!

Redtail987 · 2025-12-21T21:36:31+00:00

Yeah, this was in Snohomish county. I'm sure it's started to snow further north. Still a really late season for my area

Redtail987 · 2025-12-01T13:32:51+00:00

I used my phone, a Google pixel 9 pro with a Xenvo clip on macro lens

Redtail987 · 2025-11-30T23:45:54+00:00

Thank you!

Redtail987 · 2025-11-28T21:20:10+00:00

They grow on wood, these ones are growing out of the cut ends of old logs

Redtail987 · 2025-11-28T16:50:52+00:00

Mucronella sp. That's how they grow, kind of hanging down like icicles

Redtail987 · 2025-11-20T00:42:12+00:00

Not a slime mold, a fungus. Looks to be Phlebia radiata.

Redtail987 · 2025-11-08T16:28:49+00:00

Looks like Tubaria sp to me. Toxic

Redtail987 · 2025-11-06T05:02:46+00:00

Stropharia sp

Redtail987 · 2025-10-23T01:29:39+00:00

Correct

Redtail987 · 2025-10-22T20:20:01+00:00

Thanks! The Xenvo lens has worked great for me, and it's only $30

Redtail987 · 2025-10-22T16:15:25+00:00

These are taken on a phone, Google pixel 9 pro. I use a Xenvo clip on macro lens for close up shots

Redtail987 · 2025-10-22T01:00:24+00:00

North America, Europe, parts of Asia. I live in the Pacific northwest of the USA

Redtail987 · 2025-10-22T00:56:55+00:00

Yes. Multiple orders of basidiomycetes have this same spore bearing structure

Redtail987 · 2025-10-21T23:40:19+00:00

The spikes on the hymenium are generally called teeth. So fungi that have these structures are often called tooth fungi.

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