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1 0 Common Powderhorn Lichen

Common Powderhorn Lichen

by Zlatan CelebicLamoura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Thallus is squamulose, green to grey green, forming large and dense patches on ...

2 1 Yellow-legged Zipper

Yellow-legged Zipper

by Zlatan CelebicÉchenevex, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Tiny spider, really tiny - when moving, no bigger than 6-7 mm, 3-4mm in body ...

1 0 Spotting

Spotting

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

A small drub colored moth, some 2 to 3 cm in length.

0 0 Dronefly

Dronefly

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

Large and stocky hoverfly, red-brown and black patterned.

9 1 Spindle

Spindle

by Zlatan CelebicFerney-Voltaire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

A deciduous shrub, some 3-4m tall. In winter, when most of the forest is naked, ...

1 0 Lumpy Bracket

Lumpy Bracket

by Zlatan CelebicFerney-Voltaire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

The fruitbodies, also called brackets, are white to cream, with brown edge ...

0 0 Shelf fungus

Shelf fungus

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

Possibly Stereum sanguinolentum or bleeding stereum or red rot stereum. It has ...

2 1 Clitocybe sp

Clitocybe sp

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

Large carpophores growing tightly together. Caps irregular in shape, upturned, ...

2 0 Crust fungi

Crust fungi

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

Mainly brown-orange crust fungus, developing as crust like spots on dead ...

2 2 Whinchat

Whinchat

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

This is a common bird from Old World flycatcher family; with grey-black ...

1 1 Garden tiger moth

Garden tiger moth

by Zlatan CelebicGenève, Switzerland

5 to 6 cm long caterpillar, very hairy with very long hairs. There seems to be ...

4 0 Paper Wasp

Paper Wasp

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

Well known black-and-yellow insect, size of the domestic bee or slightly ...

1 0 Serin

Serin

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

Small (a bit smaller than sparrow) european finch, distinctive yellow ...

1 1 Giant funnel

Giant funnel

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

A.k.a Giant leucopax or giant clitocybe, this is a saprobic species of fungus ...

2 0 Tiny Button Lichen

Tiny Button Lichen

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

Forms tiny buttons, dark brown or black, 2 to 5 mm in diameter, on bark of ...

4 5 Witches' Butter

Witches' Butter

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

Black (very black) lumps, some 1 to 4 cm in diameter, growing on the underside ...

2 0 Eurasian red squirrel

Eurasian red squirrel

by Zlatan CelebicGenève, Switzerland

Common European species, reddish with white belly.

1 0 Large Tortoiseshell

Large Tortoiseshell

by Zlatan CelebicGenève, Switzerland

Large very colourful butterfly, some 7 - 8 cm in wingspan. Wings are bright ...

1 0 Fairy Longhorn Moth

Fairy Longhorn Moth

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

Small diurnal moth with unusually long antennas - at least 3 times longer than ...

4 0 Military Orchid

Military Orchid

by Zlatan CelebicDivonne-les-Bains, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

The Military orchid stands between 30 and 40cm tall, and sports a robust stem, ...

0 1 Domestic Bee - Honeycombs

Domestic Bee - Honeycombs

by Zlatan CelebicFerney-Voltaire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

White roundish and vertical combs, some 12-15cm in diameter, about 3-4 cm deep, ...

1 0 Fly honeysuckle

Fly honeysuckle

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

Deciduous shrub, up to some 3m in height. White flowers, later replaced by ...

1 0 Lesser Periwinkle

Lesser Periwinkle

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

This periwinkle (lesser or dwarf) is an evergreen perennial flowering plant ...

0 0 Harvestman

Harvestman

by Zlatan CelebicGenève, Switzerland

A bit short of 1cm in length, the body of this Harvestman is mainly brown, with ...

0 0 Mallard

Mallard

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

This was an interesting spotting, and I don't really know what to think of ...

0 0 Weeping Widow

Weeping Widow

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

Broadly convex, yellow-reddish cap surface radially streaked with yellow and ...

1 0 Velvet Shank

Velvet Shank

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

Growing in dense and tight clusters, this is a stump-rotting fungus, ...

1 0 Red-headed Cardinal Beetle

Red-headed Cardinal Beetle

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

The Red-headed Cardinal Beetle is a beetle of some 20cm in length, with ...

4 0 Bear's Garlic

Bear's Garlic

by Zlatan CelebicGenève, Switzerland

Large leaved perennial, bearing flowers in umbel of 10 to 20 small, white and ...

1 0 Hairy bracket

Hairy bracket

by Zlatan CelebicGenève, Switzerland

A polypore mushroom causing a white rot in forest trees on fallen and dead ...

1 0 Mistle thrush

Mistle thrush

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

Bigger Thrush, over 25 cm in length, typical thrush in shape, with a more ...

1 0 Garlic Mustard

Garlic Mustard

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

This plant, known under many names, is a herbaceous biennial flowering plant, ...

0 0 Mistle Thrush

Mistle Thrush

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

Bigger Thrush, over 25 cm in length, typical thrush in shape, with a more ...

2 1 Funnel mushroom

Funnel mushroom

by Zlatan CelebicPrévessin-Moëns, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

When I first reported this spotting, I described this fungi as "whitish ...

3 0 Pyramidal Orchid

Pyramidal Orchid

by Zlatan CelebicGenève, Switzerland

Terrestrial orchid, a perennial herbaceous flowering plant from Orchidaceae ...

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