Fluidr / Katy on the Tundra's "September 2018" set

Inky Caps

N 19 B 1.3K C 4 E Aug 31, 2018 F Sep 2, 2018

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Coprinus comatus, shaggy mane inky caps, producing spoors in their customary inky stinky way....

Tags: inky caps shaggy manes Coprinus comatus mushrooms

Daddy Long Legs

N 24 B 5.8K C 13 E Sep 2, 2018 F Sep 3, 2018

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On a cold and windy day, insects were hunkered in sheltered places, like this very lethargic daddy long legs, hunkered in a geranium leaf.

Tags: daddy long legs insect macro

Yellow Jacket

N 188 B 13.5K C 12 E Sep 2, 2018 F Sep 4, 2018

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A cold and windy day, insects are very slow and sluggish, and taking refuge clinging to flowers and leaves. Easy to get within photographic reach of this yellow jacket hornet (Dolichovespula arenaria), clinging to white alyssum....

Tags: yellow jacket hornet alyssum insect flower

Rocky Mountain Bee Flower

N 14 B 885 C 8 E Sep 2, 2018 F Sep 4, 2018

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Lovely blooms, a long way from their indigenous homeland in Colorado, but nevertheless blooming beautifully.

They have made a few seed pods, so hopefully the summer season here in interior Alaska is long enough for them to reseed themselves in a natural way.

Tags: Rocky Mountain Bee Flower flowers

Shingled Hedgehog Mushroom

N 19 B 1.3K C 5 E Sep 5, 2018 F Sep 9, 2018

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These mighty shingled hedgehog fungi (Hydnum imbricatum) sometimes grow 12-15 inches (30-40cm) across, their shingled caps curling with maturity, exposing their spore bearing 'teeth'.

Tags: hedgehog mushroom mushroom hedgehog Hydnum Imbricatum Habichtspilz hawk's wing mushroom Sarcodon imbricatus