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Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)Observer
jhoekstraDescription
Saw the bird at the nest, at least one young hatched and presumably flesged, guessing this is an unhatched egg? In pole beans.
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Thiers' Lepidella (Saproamanita thiersii)Observer
jhoekstraDescription
In a small cluster.
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Genus NeureclipsisObserver
jhoekstraDescription
Not sure if in the family Psychomyiidae or Polycentropodidae. Beautiful billowing trumpet-shaped net.
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Japanese Knotweed (Reynoutria japonica)Observer
jhoekstraDescription
First time I have noticed this notorious invasive!
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Boneset Flower Gall Midge (Schizomyia eupatoriflorae)Observer
jhoekstraDescription
Gall is the intended species.
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Twice-stabbed Stink Bug (Cosmopepla lintneriana)Observer
jhoekstraDescription
On late figwort.
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Spotted Horse Mint (Monarda punctata)Observer
jhoekstraDescription
Edge of parking area in dry woods.
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Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata)Observer
jhoekstraDescription
Edge of parking area in dry woods.
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Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies (Family Crabronidae)Observer
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Gulf Coast Tick (Amblyomma maculatum)Observer
jhoekstraDescription
Picked up on a walk, probably in the prairie area
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Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus)Observer
jhoekstraDescription
In community garden. There are many amaranths (host plant) in the garden including varieties grown as an edible green by African gardeners, so I suppose this lovely creature qualifies as a pest.
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Walking Fern (Asplenium rhizophyllum)Observer
jhoekstraDescription
On rock outcrop overhang
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Four-lined Plant Bug (Poecilocapsus lineatus)Observer
jhoekstraDescription
On a wild quinine plant.
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Red Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus)Observer
jhoekstraDescription
Under a common milkweed, but perched on a violet leaf.
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White-lined Sphinx (Hyles lineata)Observer
jhoekstraDescription
On garden pea.
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Buffalo Treehoppers (Tribe Ceresini)Observer
jhoekstraDescription
On strawberries.
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Immaculate Antlion (Myrmeleon immaculatus)Observer
jhoekstraDescription
Released from bird netting on strawberry bed. Freshly emerged.
