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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
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I know it's hard to see but there are little bugs on the sprout coming out of the tree. I would love to know what they are. They are round and a light brown.
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Magnolias (Genus Magnolia)Observer
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This is the first time I have really noticed this bloom and I don't know what it could be.
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Painted Trillium (Trillium undulatum)Observer
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This was a very pretty flower but I'm not sure what it is. The Ping ring around the center is very unique.
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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I have never noticed anything like this little plant before. I would love to know what it is.
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
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This is some type of tree fungus I found but I'm not sure of the scientific name.
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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This is a new sprout I noticed coming up at my site. It was growing on a tall stem and the bloom is tall and green. It Looks wrapped up.
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Hay-scented Fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobula)Observer
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I noticed this green plant sprouting up. It was growing alone and I almost missed it with all of the leaves. It is fuzzy and swirls at the top.
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Galax (Galax urceolata)Observer
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I kept seeing this leaves all over my site and I'm not sure what they are.
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Eastern Black Carpenter Ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus)Observer
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This is a large ant stuck in a spider web in the leave. The ant ended up getting out but I got to capture this picture before it escaped.
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Black Flies (Family Simuliidae)Observer
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This is a little bug I found on my arm and I was hiking around at my site visit.
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Halberd-leaved Violet (Viola hastata)Observer
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This looks to me like a blooming buttercup but I'm not positive of my identification.
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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I'm not sure what this bloom is.
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Spiders (Order Araneae)Observer
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This is a spider, but I'm not sure the exact name.
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Short-winged Blister Beetle (Meloe angusticollis)Observer
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I'm not sure what this insect is but it looks like a blue flying ant.
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Family LithobiidaeObserver
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I found this under a rock at my observation site.
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Forkmosses (Genus Dicranum)Observer
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A thick patch of miss on a rock at my observation site.