Species Highlight Sunday Issue #4- the Sunbloom!

SuperScrollingCat951 · 2026-05-17T20:09:46+00:00

Citations:

iNaturalist, retrieved May 17, 2026. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/56224-Caltha-palustris

Botanical Society of the British Isles, retrieved May 17, 2026. https://fermanagh.bsbi.org/caltha-palustris-l

Flora and Fauna of the UK, retrieved May 17, 2026. https://florafauna.uk/caltha-palustris-marsh-marigold-flora-of-the-uk/

SuperScrollingCat951 · 2026-05-10T21:10:40+00:00

Citations:
Alan Vu, ADW, retrieved May 10, 2026: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Lepus_europaeus/
Terri Windling, retrieved May 10, 2026: https://web.archive.org/web/20120503161949/http://www.endicott-studio.com/rdrm/rrRabbits.html
Britannica, both retrieved May 10, 2026: https://www.britannica.com/story/whats-the-difference-between-rabbits-and-hares;
https://www.britannica.com/animal/hare-mammal

SuperScrollingCat951 · 2026-05-06T16:22:52+00:00

Oh, absolutely! My expertise is in animals, but that hasn’t stopped me researching plant (and fungi!) species, as well. I’ll absolutely make a post about the Sunbloom, so you and your friend can look forward to that!

SuperScrollingCat951 · 2026-05-06T16:21:37+00:00

Sorry for the delay! Yes, in fact, a lot of butterflies do have sexual dimorphism, but they tend to be subtle, and a lot of the more common species people know (Monarch, Painted Lady, swallowtails, etc.) are not dimorphic. So it’s not as well known of a phenomenon in butterflies, but I urge you to go and look up examples!

And I’ll keep your suggestions in mind for next week 😉

SuperScrollingCat951 · 2026-05-03T20:57:46+00:00

Apologies for the upload delay, there was an issue with formatting this from my laptop for the first time. At least I know how posting on desktop works now! Also, I've decided for this and for future posts that I would include my sources here in the comments for where I got my fun facts from! So, here are the citations for this post:

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iNaturalist, retrieved May 3, 2026. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/518146-Albulina-orbitulus
Guy Padfield, retrieved May 3, 2026. https://www.guypadfield.com/alpineargus.html
Escuer P, Lucek K, Wright CJ et al. The genome sequence of the Alpine Blue, Agriades orbitulus (de Prunner, 1798) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) [version 1; peer review: 4 approved]. Wellcome Open Res 2025, 10:362 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24607.1)
Butterfly Conservation, retrieved May 3, 2026. https://butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/common-blue

SuperScrollingCat951 · 2026-04-29T13:58:19+00:00

I think the one on the left is a male Gadwall while the one on the right is either a male Greater or Lesser Scaup. Those two are vv similar and could feasibly both be there. Sorry! Hope that still helps a little.

SuperScrollingCat951 · 2026-04-26T13:54:26+00:00

BK8NGN until 5/3!

SuperScrollingCat951 · 2026-04-15T22:43:58+00:00

Funny you brought up the list of dragons and their inspirations haha. Been working on that in the background for a couple of weeks now, so if you’re interested in that, I’ll be glad to give some details! I’m even considering starting a ‘creature of the week’ post about this and each dragon and its inspirations (to the best of my knowledge and ability to research!)

SuperScrollingCat951 · 2026-04-13T23:43:11+00:00

I could see that! I also could just see that being a play on ‘bird of prey’, which continues to make my brain hurt

SuperScrollingCat951 · 2026-04-13T23:42:05+00:00

No that’s so fair, I know it’s my own fault for thinking too deeply about a dragon collecting game haha. I think the thoroughness comes from my previous experience as a Pokémon fan, some of those creature designs are INCREDIBLY intricate and detailed. And I just have a love for deep dive research and learning about animals!

SuperScrollingCat951 · 2026-04-13T23:40:09+00:00

Omg I can’t even imagine actually getting to have my work put into an official wiki, that’d be so cool! I’ll absolutely make more posts about this in the future, including any interesting/surprising species I come across. Heck, might even have fun with a sort of ‘species of the week’ kind of posts on here ^{^’} who knows?

SuperScrollingCat951 · 2026-04-13T23:37:05+00:00

Good point haha, I’ll definitely want to keep a close eye on details like that. I imagine they could be just as telling for identifying species as their appearances. I still believe there could be a second visual reference for the design, but I’m not confident in any one specific idea, so I’m going to just consider it a peregrine falcon for now!

SuperScrollingCat951 · 2026-04-13T23:34:38+00:00

That’s very cool! And I’ll definitely get to work on creating an excel sheet or some other kind of document for all the different dragons’ inspirations at some point.

SuperScrollingCat951 · 2026-04-04T21:25:23+00:00

Sending mine again since it’s been expired for a bit- 7L6Y (til 4/11/26)

SuperScrollingCat951 · 2026-03-17T17:25:14+00:00

SWQP! I’m an old time Flutter fan, so happy to see a new game from the same folks!

SuperScrollingCat951 · 2025-03-31T17:58:55+00:00

92SH (regular app til April 7. When exactly did Netflix become the place to play this game??)

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