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Starting in mid August, I’ve watched my Tithonia go from normal looking to mostly smaller, lighter, and having a deformed centers. Curiosity got the best of me and I got a lab test done. Aster yellows was confirmed by PCR. No eriophyid mites. Second picture shows normal flower compared to symptomatic.
Third picture is the flower used for PCR.
Since I have an affinity for microbes, I'm just going to watch the symptoms for a while. I don't see any leafhoppers on it anymore and growing seasons almost over here.

I came around a curve, and there was a bobcat! I got a good close look, but it quickly went into the vegetation after it saw me. Large cat with spots and a short tail. The third picture is where it saw me and went into the vegetation.

I haven't seen the species in this county in about two years! This one is in my yard!!!! First time I've seen it in my yard!!! This is the 11th (maybe 12th) species of bumble I photographed in my average suburban yard.

This might be cultivated. I’ve asked other people and they think it’s an olive tree and some think it might be some kind of oak tree. I’m just wanting to be certain about what it is.

Oct 1, 2022 update: this observation is in memory of this that tree went down in hurricane Ian.