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1 0 Epaulet Skimmer

Epaulet Skimmer

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

4 cm blue/grey dragonfly

2 2 Spotting

Spotting

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

laminated brown and white mushroom

0 0 Gastropod

Gastropod

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

Small gastropod with red shell

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

Codium sp?

0 0 Alvéola-Branca

Alvéola-Branca

by Cláudio MarquesCascais e Estoril, Área Metropolitana de Lisboa, Portugal

3 1 Rola-do-Mar

Rola-do-Mar

by Cláudio MarquesCascais, Portugal

1 2 Green stink bug

Green stink bug

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

small little green bug

0 0 mollusk

mollusk

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

mollusk in it's shell "buzio" about 1 cm

3 5 Longhorn beetle

Longhorn beetle

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

1.5 cm bug, longhorn beetle?

0 0 Pepper dulse

Pepper dulse

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

Small red seaweed

3 3 Old World Swallowtail Caterpillar

Old World Swallowtail Caterpillar

by FilipaPortugal

This was found in Sintra (Parque Natural de Sintra-

1 0 Diatom

Diatom

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

Phytoplankton 40x amp microscope

2 0 Dinoflagellate

Dinoflagellate

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

40x amp on microscope. Phytoplankton

1 0 Mussels

Mussels

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

Marina de Cascais, dock

0 0 tracks

tracks

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

what leaves these tracks? coleoptera? reptile?

2 0 Small Copper

Small Copper

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

the upperwings were orange, the butterfly was not very big

2 2 lichen

lichen

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

light green and white crustaceous lichen

1 0 Honeycomb worm

Honeycomb worm

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

tube reefs of Sabellaria alveolata

0 0 Diatom

Diatom

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

Star like diatom. Phytoplankton. 40x amp on microscope

2 0 Micro Algae

Micro Algae

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

40x amp on microscope. Diatoms, dinoflagellates..

1 0 Sea spurge

Sea spurge

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

a small leafy shrub, pale green in colour

2 2 Common toad

Common toad

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

4 cm small toad, brown eyes horizontal pupil. brown body

5 2 Common blue ♀

Common blue ♀

by mendes.madalenaÁrea Metropolitana de Lisboa, Portugal

small butterfly, female the underwings are brownish "Male uppersides are an ...

0 0 Starfish

Starfish

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

About 20 cm from one arm to another Starfish maybe Astropecten aranciacus ?

0 0 starfish

starfish

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

Its size about 15 cm diametre or more

0 0 Speckled Wood

Speckled Wood

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

found one in a sort of greenhouse and the other in fields, at parque natural ...

0 0 Weevil

Weevil

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

4 mm small brown bug. Curculionidae

3 0 Striped Grayling

Striped Grayling

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

Found in the field while volunteering at Natura Observa

0 0 Beadlet anemone

Beadlet anemone

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

Looks like shiny blob of jelly when tide goes out. Red, green, brown or orange ...

1 0 Montagu's stellate barnacle

Montagu's stellate barnacle

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

"Shell wall of six solid plates. Kite-shaped operculum opening."

0 0 Montagu's stellate barnacle

Montagu's stellate barnacle

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

"An intertidal barnacle with six coarsely ridged wall plates, a kite-shaped ...

2 0 Perez's frog

Perez's frog

by FredericoMartinsLisboa, Portugal

This is the most common frog in Iberian peninsula. It is normally greenish with ...

5 6 Painted Lady

Painted Lady

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

big butterfly poised upside down on some branches, beautiful bright colors. the ...

3 5 Common toad

Common toad

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

big chubby toad with brown eyes and horizontal pupile. Dry body with warty ...

1 0 European marram grass

European marram grass

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

coarse, perennial grass with stout culms

0 0 Southern Swallowtail

Southern Swallowtail

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

Zebra like pattern on yellow wings, blue and red on tail

1 0 Old World Swallowtail

Old World Swallowtail

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

yellow wings with black vein markings, pair of protruding tails with a red eye

0 0 Shakelocks anemone

Shakelocks anemone

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

"This large anemone has long flexuous tentacles which are a grey-brown or ...

1 0 Red alga

Red alga

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

"A calcareous crusts algae that grows as whitish-pink erect thalli to 3 cm ...

2 0 Tubular sea cucumber

Tubular sea cucumber

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

Holothuria tubulosa? 15-20cm brown and redish soft body with conical thorn-like ...

5 1 Small-spotted catshark

Small-spotted catshark

by João Pedro SilvaPortugal

overfishing as rendered them rare above 50 meters deep. In this particular ...

1 3 Fire Salamander

Fire Salamander

by PatriciaBarataPortugal

update: Black in all body but with yellow spots. Was a big one, like 22-25 ...

2 4 Common prawn

Common prawn

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

"Camarão-branco" small prawns with red/brownish striped and see-through bodies, ...

0 0 Iridescent Cartilage Weed

Iridescent Cartilage Weed

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

Red alga "Small species, up to 8 cm high. Branched cylindrical axes. ...

0 0 Spiral wrack

Spiral wrack

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

"An intertidal brown seaweed, found on the high shore. It grows up to 40 cm ...

0 0 Black lichen

Black lichen

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

"A dark brown to matt black lichen forming branching tufts up to 1cm tall. It ...

1 0 Thrift

Thrift

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

Armeria welwitschii is endemic to Portugal and only occurs north if the river ...

0 0 Australian Blackwood

Australian Blackwood

by mendes.madalenaPortugal

long leaves in a comma shape with many veins/stripes

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