shan

spawning szn

Early blooms means early rare plant hunting

Phacelia nashiana CA Rare Plant Rank 1B.2
Muilla coronata CA Rare Plant Rank 4.2
Erythranthe rhodopetra Ca Rare Plant Rank 1B.1

REV2SDAY 1/13/25 STREAM IS LIVE!

On Tuesday we play Rev2! Ladder begins at 730PM Pacific, Top 8 starts at 830PM!

twitch.tv/pattheflip

#rev2forev2

thank you! i'm super excited for what the future holds

uhhh a bit of a life update but i am a wildlife biologist now. if you want to unfollow me for working with v*rtebrates i understand 💔

Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw' A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.The killing of 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross last...

A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

seasonal boo-hooing PAUSED it’s tarantula time

Senecio flaccidus douglasii

summer to fall transition beating my ass

I can’t believe I caught this 🦋

Just before noon, I figured I better check again… the hangar bay was opening!

Little out of focus for a few seconds, but I got the focus back- apologies- I was so excited & shooting w/ the sun on my viewer.

A verrrry quiet C. oreganus oreganus

i have this @ for a reason

i will also nap in my car at slashback 2026

i am going to drink 1 beer at resshoumania then take a nap in my car 👍

overpriced coastal farmers market grapes

a weaker person would’ve taken some of the seeds out. real textureheads understand

About 1.5 pounds of Himalayan blackberry

the perks of summer Rubus armeniacus surveys

Mecaphesa sp. It’s been a great year for Holocarpha virgata and these guys are taking full advantage!

arachnid found climbing on my pants (non-derogatory)

A sawfly caterpillar rolled up. The back is black with white spots while the belly side is yellow with black spots. The rear-end which is caramel colored is raised up.

Larva of sawfly or hachigata-habachi (Tenthredo sp., possibly T. matsumurai). It is rolled up in defensive pose with the rear-end raised up. Head is tucked underneath. I love spotted creatures…. Tokikubo, Komoro, Nagano #Invertebrate #Insects
ハチガタハバチの幼虫。長野県小諸市鴇久保 #虫

omg congratulations!!

love her

scarlet monkey flower (Erythranthe cardinalis)

NA racer (Coluber constrictor)

goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia)

guess who has a single bar of service

A bumblebee wearing cleats kicks a ball into a goal. Bees watch from the stands while a goalie bee makes a dive for it.

Dedicated to bumblebees, who've within the past few years been the first insects to demonstrate "play" behavior, including rolling a tiny wood ball into a goal.

Beetle tush

think the girls might like the piece of driftwood i brought home from work

i visited kalispell a few times so near miss!! i hope you weren’t there for the day where it was absolutely pouring

oh shit, whereabouts? i have family all up and down western MT so i do a bit of a crawl whenever i go

thanks for looking. i’ll be driving up by myself next year and will take the time to hike in nevada and idaho

Pterospora andromedea - their stalks are upsettingly rigid, sticky, and hairy.

i am giving the pinedrops their own post because the thing about me is i love mycoheterotrophy

sandhill cranes in flight after waking everyone up at 6am

caddisfly larva

proszynski’s jumping spider

giant red paintbrush

ocean spray

mountain tarweed

arnica of some sort

fireweed

pipsissewa

nodding onion

wild bergamot

montana (1/?)