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Western Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton americanus)Observer
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
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Tall (as my hand) and white with dark distress freckles along the stem and head. It was very cone shaped almost like a very slanted roof of a house. Was easily picked and slightly heavier that I thought.
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Giant Western Crane Fly (Holorusia hespera)Observer
cmmaylorDescription
Not my favorite fly in the world but I did manage to observe it flying from tree leaf to tree leaf for a little while.
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Insects (Class Insecta)Observer
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A swarm of gnats was spotted while leaving. In the evening. In the high 50s. Did not and could not get close enough to observe more than the general swarm.
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Honey Bees (Genus Apis)Observer
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Black and yellow. Hello. Found near the last flowers on my way to my spot.
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Common Earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris)Observer
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Darker skin color. Longer than my middle finger. Slimy and damp. In the damp leaves
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Spiders (Order Araneae)Observer
cmmaylorDescription
Daddy long leg. Or pholcide or cellar spider. Long skinny legs with joints and a very small oval body (darker)
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Spiders (Order Araneae)Observer
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Cross spider. Light brown and kind of stripy. Small hairs on legs. Faced down in web.
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Flat-backed Millipedes (Order Polydesmida)Observer
cmmaylorDescription
Dark dark brown. Not longer than the first two knuckles of my pointer finger. Slid into the damp leaves before I could sketch and dug into the ground a little bit.
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
cmmaylorDescription
A white a beige type moth fluttering around early fall. About the size of my two thumbnails combined.
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Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids (Order Orthoptera)Observer
cmmaylorDescription
I'm not sure if it was exactly a grasshopper. But it was a darker more beige color than the true green. It was on the tree log over the creek and moved when I approached.
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Flies (Order Diptera)Observer
cmmaylorDescription
This fly was flying around the area and it was easily identified as a fly because it is easily familiar to me because I see them around all the time. Dark grey or black.
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Stoneflies (Order Plecoptera)Observer
cmmaylorDescription
This little guy was found in the stream and was extremely difficult to photograph. It was moving quickly but I was able to identify 2 tails at the end of its body.
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Ants (Family Formicidae)Observer
cmmaylorDescription
Black ants found on the western red cedar. And along the trail. This was when it was still dry. Since it has gotten wetter I have seen them more infrequently.
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Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina)Observer
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On the far far side of my spot. Set off away from the creek and a medium sized growing fern.
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Deer Fern (Struthiopteris spicant)Observer
cmmaylorDescription
Strangely growing very near to a sword fern which is why it took so long for me to notice!
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Douglas-fir Beetle (Dendroctonus pseudotsugae)Observer
cmmaylorDescription
This id may be a little inaccurate. But I found a beetle crawling along the tree log across the creek in my spot but it scurried away into the creek before I could get a good look at it. It was around the size of the Doug fir beetle
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Woodlice, Pillbugs, and Rock Slaters (Suborder Oniscidea)Observer
cmmaylorDescription
I was not able to get a picture in my site of one because I found it as I was leaving and these were such a childhood fine it didn't register to take a pic. It was found in the dry leaves of October.
