המועדפים של forest-stream-and-sea

Observed on an Acer rubrum twig

Very strange yellow maggot looking parasite on this spider. I’ve never seen this before!

Something broke into this ootheca and consumed much of the contents. Can't be known if some of the eggs in the remaining portion survived or not, but have marked this "dead".

I occasionally see mapes leaves with this kind of cream and pink patches, but I have no idea what causes the colouration. INaturalist's CV seems not to know either ...

Blanton Forest SNP.

bluish green on magnolia cone. chromelosporium?

post-burn, perennial buds or woody growth?

A herd of jelly babies, growing in a 2 foot arc. Not dark enough to be chicken lips 😹