Anyone have an idea what this is?
ShawnOL
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Some kind of small bug the size of a mosquito, but not. These things are flying around everywhere in large clouds, like gnats.
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Looks like an albino spotted Guatemalan banana wasp.
I believe it’s called a Whitefly. They usually show up and disappear about as quick as mayflys.
Sounds like white fly. Are they about 1/16th of an inch?
If you turn the photo upside down, it looks like it has a corkscrew stinger and huge nuts.
About 1/4" would be close.
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Not whiteflies then.
I think I found it--non-biting midge:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47766038
Thank you, Edward. I've never heard of them. Glad they're non-biting.
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Gross
Got another one for ya. I'm cleaning out an overgrown alley and came across this plant. It's not poison ivy, I don't think it's poison oak, but it looks suspicious. Poisonous?
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BTW, I'm very susceptible to rashes from poison ivy and poison oak. Even wearing gloves and long sleeves I get covered in it. The last time was so severe I had to get steroid shots to cope with it.
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Looks like a suspicious maple seedlings.
I was going to guess a tree.
6CO2+6H2O→C6H12O6+6O2
Does the base of the stem have bark on it?
The leaves are a little different than any maple that’s native to my area. It looks like a Japanese maple called an Acer. Any of those around close?
I remember that from botany classes
Nerds
No trees near it. The reddish tint to the leaves made me suspicious.
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My guess would be Japanese maple sapling, or possibly a Sycamore from the shape of the leaves. Reddish tint could be a characteristic, or the result of soil composition.
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Ok, thanks. Can't be too careful around weeds and brush.
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Around here when a bush starts rattling I run.
...A Bug.