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This is a Amanita Muscaria mushroom. Amanita Muscaria, commonly known as the Fly Agaric, or Fly Amanita. Amanita Muscaria, is the typical, red-white spotted variety. It is classified as poisonous.
This is a - Puss Caterpillar. It is the caterpillar, of the Southern Flannel Moth. The Puss Caterpillar, is the most venomous caterpillar, in the United States.
Ballooning ( Spider ), is a behavior in which spiders and some other invertebrates, use air-borne dispersal to move between locations. A spider ( usually limited to individuals of a small species ), or spiderling after hatching, will climb as high as it can, stand on raised legs with its abdomen pointed upwards ( tiptoeing ), and then release several silk threads from its spinnerets, into the air. These automatically form a triangular shaped parachute, which carries the spider away on updrafts of winds, where even the slightest of breezes , will disperse the arachnid. The Earth's static electric field, may also provide lift in windless conditions.
This looks like the caterpillar of a Tiger Moth.
This might be the pupa of a fly?
A diamondback rattlesnake?
The holes that are on this shell, do not look like they are thousands, or millions of years old.
Fossils - Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, and other organisms, from the remote past. The definition of a fossil, is the preserved remains, of a prehistoric organism. An example of a fossil, is the preserved remains from a prehistoric organism, that have been preserved inside rock. A remnant, impression, or trace of an animal or plant of a past geologic age, that has been preserved in the eartn's crust, is called a fossil.
The damage that was done on top of this green leaf, was caused by leaf miners.
All species of oak trees, produce acorns. Acorns contain one seed, on rare occasion two seeds, encased in a shell. The acorn, or oak nut, is the nut of the oaks, and there close relatives ( genera Quercus and Lithocarpus, in the family Fagaceae ). It usually contains a single seed ( occasionally two seeds ), enclosed in a tough, leathery shell, and borne in a cup-shaped cupule.
