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0 0 Spotted Water Hemlock

Spotted Water Hemlock

by BennJaminShreveport, Louisiana, USA

0 1 Hemlock Looper

Hemlock Looper

by doreen.chambers.14Vermont, USA

Spotted on the shed door during the day.

1 1 Yellow-spotted Salamander

Yellow-spotted Salamander

by ToMasDeerfield, New Hampshire, USA

Hemlock-Hardwood-Pine Forests

0 0 Poison hemlock (Κώνειο το στικτόν)

Poison hemlock (Κώνειο το στικτόν)

by DespinaTsafetopoulouΑποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Θεσσαλίας - Στερεάς Ελλάδας, Greece

was spotted in Pelion mountain, Greece.

0 0 Spotted Water Hemlock

Spotted Water Hemlock

by gabe.somarribaWeston, Florida, USA

Apparently a very poisonous plant

1 2 Large Tolype

Large Tolype

by Ingrid3Stamford, Connecticut, USA

on wall of house in a hemlock, oak forest, ...

2 4 Amanita Muscaria, Formosa

Amanita Muscaria, Formosa

by irisdagmarMaine, USA

Amanita Muscaria, Formosa

2 0 Fly Agaric

Fly Agaric

by Alexandra OgdenMaine, USA

Tall, yellow with white spot's.

2 2 Hemlock Looper

Hemlock Looper

by MachiMaine, USA

I saw this species in two different spots ...

1 0 Hemlock Looper Moth

Hemlock Looper Moth

by cjmich3New Brunswick, Canada

Spotted resting on the side of our ...

0 0 Cow Parsley?

Cow Parsley?

by LipaseHigh Peak, England, United Kingdom

odd, aromatic smell to the leaves. Poison

1 2 Cow parlsey

Cow parlsey

by HayleyBoBaileyPortland, Oregon, USA

Hemlock-ish, but not. Red pigments more in ...

0 1 Spotted Cowbane

Spotted Cowbane

by ForestDragonIslip, New York, USA

Very tall plant (over five feet). Lance shaped, serrated leaflets. Round, ...

0 0 Wavy-Leaved Cotton Moss?

Wavy-Leaved Cotton Moss?

by AngelChandlerWashington, USA

Spotted growing on a rotting tree stump in ...

6 2 Yellow Spotted Salamander

Yellow Spotted Salamander

by JenniferLaHacheMichaudUnity, Maine, USA

Found in a hemlock dominated cover beneath ...

2 5 Dead Man's Fingers

Dead Man's Fingers

by JeanSawatzkyChilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

Yellow fungus.

2 0 Gemmed Satyr

Gemmed Satyr

by LisaPowersTennessee, USA

Approximately 35 mm brown butterfly with 4 reflect

0 0 Wild Geranium

Wild Geranium

by MachiMaine, USA

Large, purple flowers with hairy buds

0 0 Turkey tail

Turkey tail

by Brian38Tacoma, Washington, USA

A common polypore fungus with several different colors.

0 0 Spotted Water Hemlock

Spotted Water Hemlock

by AarongunnarWisconsin, USA

All parts of water hemlock are toxic, but ...

5 10 Spotted Tussock Moth

Spotted Tussock Moth

by shebebusynowOregon, USA

This banded wooly bear had long white hairs coming out of front and rear black ...

0 2 Spotted water hemlock

Spotted water hemlock

by ChantellFlorida, USA

, including spotted water

0 0 Hollow-Spotted Angle

Hollow-Spotted Angle

by JakeFrancisWest Virginia, USA

I think this is a hollow-spotted angle, but ...

2 1 Western Spotted Coralroot

Western Spotted Coralroot

by JeanSawatzkyAbbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

spots along the lip.

0 0 Poison hemlock (sick?)

Poison hemlock (sick?)

by HayleyBoBaileyPortland, Oregon, USA

These plants appear to have dying (or at least chlorophyll-deprived) limbs. In ...

0 0 Poison hemlock

Poison hemlock

by dane.a.hep

, hollow stem, usually spotted or streaked ...

2 2 Hemlock Varnish Shelf (Reishi)

Hemlock Varnish Shelf (Reishi)

by Christine Y.Connecticut, USA

Large, fan-shaped shelf fungus with a shiny, varnished surface that looks like ...

1 1 Eph stage salamander

Eph stage salamander

by sevasouleyogaNew York, USA

About 2 inches long and moving for cover, fast! We saw about 4 ephs and 4-5 ...

0 0 Wavy-lined Heterocampa

Wavy-lined Heterocampa

by JakeFrancisWest Virginia, USA

I believe this is the Wavy-lined heterocampa. It was

0 3 False Hemlock Looper

False Hemlock Looper

by CarolSnowMilnePennsylvania, USA

with two spots and a straight across mouth.

0 0 Grand Globe

Grand Globe

by QWMomGeorgia, USA

Mesodon normalis (Pilsbry, 1900) - a large (to ~35 mm), ubiquitous species at ...

0 7 Oyster

Oyster

by chesterbperryTennessee, USA

My initial reaction when first spotting ...

0 1 Spined Micrathena (female)

Spined Micrathena (female)

by Ingrid3Stamford, Connecticut, USA

spiky abdominal edges, red ventral spot

7 5 Anise Swallowtail Butterfly

Anise Swallowtail Butterfly

by misako.hillAlameda, California, USA

My first 2012 spotting of an Anise ...

3 2 Dolichopodid Fly

Dolichopodid Fly

by Ingrid3Stamford, Connecticut, USA

tiny copper irridescent fly

0 0 Euryuridae Millipede

Euryuridae Millipede

by jesloweryOhio, USA

A very colorful millipede found in rotting wood - usually hardwoods. Red and ...

0 0 Four-Toothed Mason Wasp

Four-Toothed Mason Wasp

by MichaelWhitmanSouth Charleston, West Virginia, USA

Female

4 5 butterfly

butterfly

by EllenBakerWashington, USA

Small - abt 2" - orange, brown, black with white

2 3 Trapeliopsis Flexuosa

Trapeliopsis Flexuosa

by Christine Y.Connecticut, USA

Tiny, green lichen on rotting wood.

This is the first

4 2 Plitt's Pore Lichen

Plitt's Pore Lichen

by Christine Y.Connecticut, USA

Gray, warty lichen that resembled bird feces.

This is the first

1 0 Chicken of the Woods

Chicken of the Woods

by LivanEscuderoAlaska, USA

Probably Laetiporus conifericola due to range and tree type.

1 0 Viscid Violet Cort

Viscid Violet Cort

by MachiCape Elizabeth, Maine, United States

and darker spots. The gills were light ...

1 2 Western Coralroot

Western Coralroot

by AngelChandlerWashington, USA

Pink saprophyte sprouts not yet blooming. Inflorescence resulted in orchid ...

1 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch

Red-breasted Nuthatch

by JellisHayward, California, USA

Black crown, back and wings. Black stripe from bill to side of it's short white ...

2 1 Six-spotted Fishing Spider

Six-spotted Fishing Spider

by Ingrid3Stamford, Connecticut, USA

the leaf it is perching on is about 1.5cm in diameter, paired white dots on the ...

1 2 Western tiger swallowtail?

Western tiger swallowtail?

by EllenBakerWashington, USA

I've lived here - same spot - since 1973 ...

4 3 Mapledust Lichen

Mapledust Lichen

by Christine Y.Connecticut, USA

the first spotting of this species on ...

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