Observations by schaffermo

Discovered through the use of baited notecards, which utilized tunafish and cookies as bait.

Located through the use of notecards baited with tunafish and cookies.

Found through baiting of notecards with tuna fish and cookies. Two morphospecies were identified, one larger and one smaller.

30m in height and roughly 0.5m in diameter. Located in a suburban neighborhood in a grassy area that is well shaded by other trees, though the Tulip tree was one of the tallest.

15m high and 20cm in diameter located in shady, grassy area in a suburban area on the George Washington University Mount Vernon Campus.

Relatively small in length (~2-3mm in length) Bright orange eyes and iridescence thorax.

Abdomen is yellow with five black stripes. Long, pointed stinger.

Black marking directly behind wing, with a yellow fury thorax. underside of the abdomen is black with a single yellow stripe on top.

Sapling white oak roughly 1 meter in height. Lobed leaves with no teeth or extended center vein.

Large (4-5cm), 5th instar, caterpillar found in two leaflet shelter on kudzu. yellow-green in color with brown head and orange eyespots.

Roughly 1 meter in height with simple waxy leaves and green pods for seeds. Seed pods have ridges, and are filled with hair-like seeds.

Invasive, viny plant covering large area near bank of the Anacostia River. Three leaflets per leaf.

Leaves alternating simple with teeth of two different sizes. Pale blue-gray bark. Five meters in height and 6.5cm in diameter at breast height.