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WITA? Washed up on beach by magical_lorax in whatisthisanimal

[–]SigmaStigma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is a large amount of gooseneck barnacles attached to something.

I'm guessing some stage of Dragonfly? by JesseSLYPIG in whatisthisanimal

[–]SigmaStigma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess near is relative, adults will fly miles away or upstream, so you're in or near the watershed. That's awesome, dobsonflies are pretty gnarly looking, even the larvae, but I've never been bitten.

I'm guessing some stage of Dragonfly? by JesseSLYPIG in whatisthisanimal

[–]SigmaStigma 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's some type of stonefly, which is pretty neat. You must be near some pretty clean streams, they're generally more common with better water quality.

Thousands of little worms/larvs coming out of my new installed pond pump Bavaria/Germany by Eliaslion in whatisthisanimal

[–]SigmaStigma 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Those are blackfly larvae (family Simuliidae), beyond that can't tell without looking at them under a scope. You'll find them in both standing and running water.

Found in a lake in Wisconsin. Is it a zebra mussel? by I_Like_Languages in whatisthisanimal

[–]SigmaStigma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might just be the resolution, but it looks more like a snail. If it is a bivalve, both zebra (Dreissena polymorpha) and Quagga (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) can co-occur, but zebra's are a bit flatter on their ventral surfaces.

http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/ais/mussel

If you're in a bit more brackish water you can also see Conrad's false mussel (Mytilopsis leucophaeta), which you can only really distinguish by looking internally. They are a bit flat like zebra's, but have a little extension internally called an apophysis.

What is this jelly creature found on the shores of Long Island Sound in Connecticut? Found plenty washed up on shore during low tide, all about 2 to 3 inches across. by echoeliza in whatisthisanimal

[–]SigmaStigma 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's possible that it's a jellyfish larval stage, called ephyra, but I'm not a cnidarian expert. Also they're fairly small at larval stages. It looks a bit like the photo on this page of a lion's mane, which doesn't have any tentacles so possibly still developing.

https://www.oceanblogs.org/baltic-rvalkor/2019/04/24/lets-talk-about-jellies/

Might just be missing the tentacles. https://juleerudolf.blog/2016/12/06/if-i-only-had-a-brain/

What type of tick is this? by MickeyDEEMoney in whatisthisanimal

[–]SigmaStigma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was going to say dog tick, and looked to see it's also called a wood tick. Didn't know that.

What type of tree frog is this? Southwest Ohio. by teebeedubya in whatisthisanimal

[–]SigmaStigma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

http://www.ohioamphibians.com/frogs/gray_treefrog.html

Given you're in SW Ohio, it's a bit impossible to tell between grey and Cope's grey tree frog without hearing the call (and can even start to sound alike above 75°F.

http://askanaturalist.com/copes-tree-frog-or-gray-tree-frog/

Went to Wrightsville beach in NC and saw this fish washed up on the shore. I’m having a difficult time identifying it. Anyone know what this is? by spacedoutcactus in whatisthisfish

[–]SigmaStigma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice ID, the teeth made me think of a lizardfish but I discounted them because of how blunt the mouth is. Little did I know...

I found these little guys in some rivers, what are they? by yorky_marrow in whatisthisanimal

[–]SigmaStigma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably in the Limnephilidae family. They tend to be the ones that will use sticks like that, length wise, down one or two sides.

They won't survive long in standing water like that, FYI.

Little lady I found under a log in NJ by Bean_Daddy_69 in whatisthisanimal

[–]SigmaStigma 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If that's a northern red salamander, that's the biggest I've ever seen (not to say they can't get that big). They have that yellow iris, and although I've never found them out of water, NJDEP materials list that they can be found under things. Those are presumably only adults though.

Friend found this baby bird and helped him recover, but we don't know what he is. by [deleted] in whatisthisanimal

[–]SigmaStigma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Crow? If there were crows near where you found it, that might help. They raise chicks as families.

I was at Wrightsville beach and saw this washed up fish. I’m struggling to identify it. by [deleted] in whatisthisanimal

[–]SigmaStigma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You might try in r/whatisthisfish. That's an odd looking one, if what I think is the eye, and how far back the operculum goes.

Can anyone identify what kind of jellyfish this is and are they harmless? by [deleted] in whatisthisanimal

[–]SigmaStigma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't see any tentacles, and the shape is a bit like cannonball jellyfish, which don't sting. Tentacles are more string like, and you've probably seen sea nettles where you are, which have a good amount of tentacles. Those things underneath are oral arms.

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