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Is this a bear poo on trees?
In your photograph, it looks like the crown of a small conifer. Unless a bear reached up to swing the top down to assist in the force applied to its behind, it's unlikely that a bear's poop would be ...
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Shrub in open gravel field
Almost certainly Hawthorn (Crataegus) genus. This is a fairly common genus of flowering and fruiting shrubs to small trees that produce white flowers in the spring and small red apple-shaped (pome) ...
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Is this poison ivy?
This appears to be poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans).
Descriptions (Univ of Michigan)
Distinguished by alternate compound leaves composed of three leaflets, the middle leaflet petiolule longer ...
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Is this poison ivy?
Yes, this is very likely to be poison ivy. It has all the right hallmarks (trifoliate leaves, long petiole, ovate leaflets with few teeth, shiny blades, and slightly elongated central petiolule), in ...
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What insect is this? Found in a dying tree
From Gil Wizen's page, it's a wasp.
Giant ichneumon wasps (genus Megarhyssa) are some of the biggest North American wasps thanks to the females’ long (10cm) ovipositor, which is longer than the wasp’...
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What is this unusual butterfly?
It's a moth, specifically a Jersey Tiger Moth - can be seen in parts of the UK, more usually the south west, though it seems to be spreading more within the UK. Info here https://butterfly-...
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Lumpy green balls on tomato leaf
The shape of those looks more like caterpillar droppings (frass) than galls to me, though I've never seen them so green or shiny. Here's an image of tomato hornworm droppings, it looks quite similar ...
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Lumpy green balls on tomato leaf
Galls, the plants reaction to certain insects. Generally no action is warranted because of minimal harm to the host plant.
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species ID: garden bush from Bangalore, India
Those pointed, awl-shaped leaves strike me much more as a member of Cupressaceae than the other conifers mentioned (Pinaceae, Araucariaceae). If I had to guess, I'd say some kind of juniper, Juniperus,...
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Identifying a Texan horned butterfly
This appears to be an American (or common) snout (Libytheana carinenta).
The "snout" of this butterfly is very distinctive as is the squarish tip of the forewings (the part projecting ...
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Please help me identify this plant. Is the fruit edible?
This is a huckleberry or related vaccinium, Vaccinium parvifolium probably.
It looks unripe to me. I'd wait till August or September.
Some are unpalatable/sour but they are nominally edible.
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Volunteer/seedling in Toronto garden
I think that this is one of the beggarticks, in the genus Bidens. There are several possibilities in your area, including B. connata, B. frondosa, and B. vulgata. I think more detail would be needed ...
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