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Tulipa regelii only grows in dry, rocky areas of select mountain ranges & typically flowers in April (this one was photographed on April 2nd). 📷 alexanderdubynin on iNaturalist 📍 Kazakhstan 🔗: inaturalist.org/observations/2… #ObservationOfTheDay

This rove beetle (Lomechusoides strumosus) was found inside a blood-red ant nest in Denmark — and in great numbers, according to the iNaturalist community member who photographed it! ⬇️ 📷 hjallevad on iNaturalist 📍 Denmark 🔗: inaturalist.org/observations/2… #ObservationOfTheDay

As of now, there are a little over 130 observations of this orchid species, the Hong Kong Ania (Ania hongkongensis) on iNaturalist. 📷 agnestrekker on iNaturalist 📍 Hong Kong 🔗: inaturalist.org/observations/2… #ObservationOfTheDay

In case their bright colors don't deter predators, this sea slug — Janolus flavoanulatus — can roll into a ball & secrete acids from their cerata (the pointy things serving as their gills). 📷 johan98800 on iNat 📍 New Caledonia 🔗: inaturalist.org/observations/2… #ObservationOfTheDay

There are only a handful of observations of this bee, Anthophora ursina — and this was the first from 2025! 📷 pippin7512 on iNaturalist 📍 United States 🔗: inaturalist.org/observations/2… #ObservationOfTheDay

"You never know what you might find," exemplified: as of a few weeks ago, the iNat community thinks this passionflower observation (shared back in 2019) might be an undescribed species! 📷 osvaldosandoval on iNaturalist 📍 Mexico 🔗: inaturalist.org/observations/2… #ObservationOfTheDay