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Zebra Jumping Spider (Salticus scenicus)Observer
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3 mm nose to body rear. Found crawling on our wooden patio railing.
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Genus HyalellaObserver
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3.8 mm nose to body rear. Found in water dipped from Soldiers Brook.
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Pond Snails, Bladder Snails, and Allies (Superfamily Lymnaeoidea)Observer
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Shell diameter approx 3 mm. Found in water dipped from Soldiers Brook.
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Small Mayflies (Family Baetidae)Observer
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Exuvia found in water from Soldiers Brook. 4.7 mm nose to body rear.
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Sac Spiders (Family Clubionidae)Observer
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4.0 mm nose to body rear. Found on a rotting log. Spun a thread when it was trying to escape being photographed.
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Genus EntomobryaObserver
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1.9 mm nose to body rear. Found under some bark on a dead tree b
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Bronze Ground Beetle (Carabus nemoralis)Observer
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22 mm body length. Found crawling through the grass in our yard.
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Cluster Flies (Genus Pollenia)Observer
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8 mm nose to body rear. Found crawling on a counter inside a house.
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False Widow Spiders (Genus Steatoda)Observer
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5mm nose to body rear. Found on the vinyl siding of a house.
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Zebra Jumping Spider (Salticus scenicus)Observer
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6 mm nose to body rear. Found crawling on our wooden patio railing. 17°C air temperature.
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Water Mites (Infraorder Hydrachnidia)Observer
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1.5 mm nose to body rear. Found in water dipped from a small brook with a sweep jar. Swimming underwater while phtographed.
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Genus HyalellaObserver
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3.5 mm nose to body rear. Found in water dipped from a small brook with a sweep jar. Swimming underwater while phtographed.
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Genus LimnephilusObserver
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4.1 mm nose to body rear. Found in water dipped from a small brook with a sweep jar. It was underwater while phtographed. I manually removed it freom its cocoon for some of the photos.
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Genus LeptophlebiaObserver
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4.3 mm nose to body rear. Found in water dipped from a small brook with a sweep jar. Swimming underwater while phtographed.
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Genus JacobaeaObserver
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Growing in a residential yard with normal grass surrounding it.
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Genus ChydorusObserver
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0.3 mm nose to rear. Found in water dipped from a still pool in a small brook.
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Cyclopoid Copepods (Order Cyclopoida)Observer
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Found in water dipped from the still area of a small brook. 1.0 mm from eye to rear of metasome.
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Genus CorynoneuraObserver
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2.7mm nose to body rear. Found in water dipped from a pool in a small brook.
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Prong-gilled Mayflies (Family Leptophlebiidae)Observer
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2.5 mm nose to body rear. Found in water dipped from a still pool in a small brook.
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Fusca-group Field Ants (Complex Formica fusca)Observer
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Ant was 6.2 mm nose to body rear. It was dragging the dead fly along a red concrete sidewalk.
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Wood, Mound, and Field Ants (Genus Formica)Observer
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The iNat AI identifier suggested Pimpla pedalis so I listed that but I’m suspicious that it might actually be a flying ant. Can anyone help with an accurate ID? 11 mm nose to body rear. Found crawling on a concrete driveway.
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Minute Black Scavenger Flies (Family Scatopsidae)Observer
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2.2 mm nose to wing tips. There were hundreds of these tiny files moving around on the inside of our garage window.
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Deer Flies (Genus Chrysops)Observer
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9 mm nose to body rear. This fly was on the inside of a vehicle, on the window glass. I took the photo from the outside. When I opened the vehicle door to get a dorsal photo, the fly flew away and I didn't get the photo.
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Genus PhilaenusObserver
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6.1 mm nose to body rear. Found using a sweep net on a flowering weed.
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Springtails (Subclass Collembola)Observer
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1.3 mm nose to body rear. Found by beating the leaves of an ornamental shrub above a plastic jar. This fell into the jar.
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Harris' Green Lacewing (Chrysoperla harrisii)Observer
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2.8 mm nose to body rear. Found by beating the leaves of an ornamental shrub above a plastic jar. This fell into the jar.
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Spiders (Order Araneae)Observer
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0.9 mm nose to body rear. Found by beating the leaves of an ornamental shrub above a plastic jar. This fell into the jar.
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Gastropods (Class Gastropoda)Observer
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3 cm when stretched straight. Found crawling on a wet concrete sidewalk.
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Genus EmpicorisObserver
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6.2 mm nose to wing tips. Found by beating the leaves of an ornamental shrub above a plastic jar. This fell into the jar.