#species identification

[orion-starbelt]

Toads I think? I found them while doing lawn work. Anyone able to ID them?

Area is Southern Michigan

Enjoy the little amphibians though

#toad #frog #nature #animals #animal identification #species identification

[memoriesofthepark]

Coral slime mold! 》 Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa

Featuring a smooth land slug, genus Deroceras, enjoying a coral slime breakfast.

Found out on the trails while foraging for wild onions! I've seen pictures of this genus on my dash but this was my first time encountering it in person!

Southeast Texas, 12 April, 2024

#not a fungus #not fungi #amatuer mycology #mushroom hunting #mushrooms #mycology #fungi #mushrooms of texas #texas mushrooms #wild fungi #fungi of texas #fungarium #myxomycetes #myxomycota #slime mould #slime mold #coral slime #coral slime mold #species identification #slime mold species #special interest #rot #decay #goblincore #foraging texas #foraging #slug

[charleyharperid]

Flamingo

Bullock's oriole (updated 20 Jul '23)

Victoria Crowned Pigeon

Sunbittern

Little auk? (updated 20 Jul '23)

Red-headed barbet?

Scarlet-rumped Tanager

Green broadbill

Violet-backed starling

Great Hornbill

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Southern Carmine Bee-eater

Atlantic Puffin

Barn Owl

Grey-crowned Crane

Flying Fox (bat)

Epaulet oriole?

Red admiral (butterfly)

Kiwi

Gouldian Finch

Humboldt Penguin

Rufous treepie?

Scarlet Ibis

Woodland kingfisher

Roseate Spoonbill

Green magpie

Buff-bellied hummingbird

Green parrot finch

#charley harper #wings of the world #birds #species identification #suggest corrections in the ask box #questions marks indicate low confidence IDs #this isn't exactly photorealistic y'all

[fictofaggot]

i feel like this video is pretty popular on the internet for being creepy, but i've been looking for days, and i still can't figure out what species of siphonophore it is. does anyone on tumblr have an inkling of what kind it might be???

#deep sea creatures #siphonophore #marine biology #species id #species identification #i thought Bathyphysa conifera but i don't KNOW!!!!!!!!

[eddieintheocean]

Hi does anyone know what eel this is? Found on the South Coast of England:)

#dead animal tw #marine biology #eel #species identification #eddie in the ocean

[meltknuckles]

🐛🔍 hi there!! i'm looking for folks who would be interested in some v low stakes beta testing for a website/tool focused on nature identification i've been working on (especially folks who use iNaturalist).

i'm mostly looking for some more external feedback before i fully put it out into the world! feel free to contact me at [email protected] or message me @meltknuckles on discord if you're interested in helping me out 💚

#inaturalist #nature identification #nature #beta testing #plant identification #bird identification #species identification #mushroom identification #web development

[kiunlo]

sooo i saw two new buggies today!!!! and with the help of the aussie lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) website that @mysticmothworld showed me the last time i was trying to identify a bunch of moths, I think i may have actually identified these bugs correctly! i think!! i hope!!

The first bug is a big ass butterfly called the Papilio Aegus, which I'm like 98% sure is the correct identification because the only other butterfly that looks similar is the Papilio Anactus which is just. like. way too small based on images I saw of people holding the butterfly. and according to wikipedia the Papilio Aegus can have a wingspan of 4.7 inches if male and like 5.5 inches if female, which is a big ass butterfly, and the butterfly i saw was indeed a big ass butterfly, so i think it's correct. also apparently the males and females look different? which most likely makes the above butterfly a female. super awesome!!!

the second bug is one i am less sure of, but i've not found a better identification for it, and it is called a Cephonodes Australis. As I type this the moth is still right outside my window and I was able to get a VERY close up look with just my eyeballs, and having looked through a crap ton of moth photos, both of the Cephonodes Australis and other moths, I think this might be the correct identification. The picture above is a screenshot from a video I took, and looking through the other frames, I believe the wings are clear, which matches the identification of the Cephonodes Australis, as well as the green on the top, the yellow underneath, the white stripes, and the VERY dark red (basically almost black) stripe on the body. I also watched the moth in flight and saw it's weird little lobster tail change from being very wide to very thin, constantly changing the shape and angle of the tail and i thought that was SO cool. probably uses it's tail like a rudder or something! idk how flight works though because i'm a human and don't have wings LMAO. I'm only like 78% sure that this is the right moth, but I really don't have any other options so I think this is probably right. anyways. I like to identify moths and butterflies now! not just birds! but i do still love birds! i just didn't know we had such a big variety of moths and stuff and these silly little guys enamor me so much.

#ash's personal tag #moths #moth id #entemology #species identification #bugblr #uhhh i hope you dont mind me tagging you in this post LMAO but you help last time was like really really great #and i figure if i'm wrong in my ID of these buggies you will let me know <3 #ash's bug adventures

[leaderlamby]

Daily Sermon #89

To my followers:

I don't know how everyone here identifies, I don't know how many of you are out or not, and I don't know if you know for sure who you are yet.

But in any case, you're still amazing, wonderful, beautiful, all that!

Even if it was "just a phase", that phase helped you learn more about yourself!

Even if no one else understands you, at least you understand yourself, and I always will too!

Life's too short. Be yourself.

#cotl #cult of the lamb #cotl lamb #cult leader #sermon #wholesome #pride #identity #gender identity #sexuality #neurodivergent #species identification #uwu owo bully my peeps and i break ur toes #<3

[endcant]

hal got an ad for a shitty plant ID app that IN THE AD says you should kill virginia creeper and keep european nettle because virginia creeper is a "weed" and european nettle is an "herb" and its like HELLO for the love of all life on this fucking planet . virginia creeper is native to the region theyre advertising this to (in the case of me and hal and others in north america at least) and european nettle is invasive. for fucking fuck's sake

anyway if you want a good plant animal AND fungi identification app, inaturalist has an AI that makes pretty good suggestions and also a massive and eager community of obsessive naturalists who will tell you if the AI got it wrong, like, within a few days. so please just get inaturalist

#identification app #species identification #plant id #picturethis #inat #mine

[ladylolalilly]

Hi, sorry if this is a weird question, but I’ve been wondering about something for years, and I figure here’s as good a place to ask as any.

So, this was years and years ago, like mid-2010s probably. I was living in southern Ontario at the time, like an hour away from Toronto? And I saw this butterfly during recess at my school, while I was at the park.

Its wings were this gorgeous really dark brown, like roughly the same colour as Minecraft bats if you’ve played that game? And I remember its body was really brightly coloured, like bright red and cyan, possibly with a black head. I don’t remember any markings on the wings, but I was like 12 and it was dark brown so I might have just missed them. I don’t really remember the shape either, so it was probably a relatively generic butterfly wing shape? It was also probably around 3 to 6 cm, but don’t quote me on that, I’m just guessing since I recall it being pretty average size for a butterfly and that seems to be the usual range for Ontario butterflies.

Obviously it could’ve easily been a moth, but I’ve never found any butterflies or moths that fit the description I remember. I’m not even sure butterflies/moths with brightly-coloured bodies like that EXIST, honestly. Also not sure it was native to my area: I’ve never seen anything that looked like that before or since.

(If it helps, it was a suburban area, but one with a lot of wooded areas nearby? There was also this tiny reservoir lake not too far from the area. It was sometime between 10 AM and 1 PM when I saw it, probably around noon.)

Anyways, anybody have any idea what I might’ve seen? Because it’s kind of been haunting me for years.

#lepidoptera #lepidopterology #butterflies #moths #entomology #species identification

[cthulhu-with-a-fez]

hello, entomology tumblr! i encountered this very shiny gentleman today, i'd love to know what species he is if anyone knows!

#entomology #species identification #species info #spider identification #spider species #i managed to nudge him off the steering wheel and onto a stick and from there onto the ground #found him in southern maryland if that helps at all #posts by cwaf

[memoriesofthepark]

Turkey tails 》 Trametes versicolor

Some beautiful turkey tails from the trails this week. 🧡

Southeast Texas, 6 Dec. 2023

#amatuer mycology #mushroom hunting #mushrooms #mycology #wild fungi #fungi #mushrooms of texas #texas mushrooms #fungi of texas #fungarium #foraging #turkey tail #trametes versicolor #shelf fungi #bracket fungi #pores #species identification #special interest #autumn mushrooms

[moss-deity]

i keep finding these small, round, slug-like creatures on my plants and in spiderwebs around my house

anyone willing to try identifying them?

#very curious about these little guys #slugs? #species identification #bugs #nature #gardening #moss talks

[kradljivac-kostiju]

does anyone have an idea as to who this might have belonged to? it's about 3 cm from the tallest point to the bottom

#species identification #tooth #pls tumblr come thru #bones rattle

[eddieintheocean]

Does anyone remember if the "did he peed" creatures identity was established

I have a burning desire to know

#did he peed #eddie in the ocean #species identification #i guess?

[flannelfoxen]

Does anyone know what kind of antelope this is? Nobody at the estate sale knew. The horns are throwing me off.

#taxidermy #vulture culture #species identification #mp