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North American Luna Moth (Actias luna)Observer
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Female in the midst of laying eggs on the side of the Centreville armory. In this location more than 24 hours.
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Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)Observer
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Rocky well drained marble slope
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Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)Observer
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Found dead on the sidewalk in a small marshy river town in the north eastern portion of marylands coastal plain.
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Margined Leatherwing Beetle (Chauliognathus marginatus)Observer
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Third floor porch about half a mile from a brackish marshland. Striped abdomen (yellow and black) no visible stinger. Not aggressive.
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Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)Observer
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Next to freshwater stream. Blockston Branch. There was a group of 4 with this coloration. At the forests edge I saw 2 with blue iridescent color. I
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Fowler's Toad (Anaxyrus fowleri)Observer
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Sandy beach. Mesohaline. Marsh and wood border beach. Hunting amphipods.
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Hemp Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum)Observer
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Dune habitat. Brackish Chesapeake bay beach. Mesohaline.
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Atlantic Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus)Observer
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Full moon. High tide.
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American Water Frogs (Genus Lithobates)Observer
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Blockston branch near the bridge
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Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)Observer
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The tallest tree in the canopy and symbol of Adkins arboretum is in bloom.
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Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)Observer
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Upland of Blockston branch stream. Just before the bridge. A spring ephemeral this will soon be on its way out.
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Joint-toothed Mosses (Class Bryopsida)Observer
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On higher ground on trail leading from Blockston branch to meadow.
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Bracket Fungi (Family Polyporaceae)Observer
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Found on a decomposing log fallen in the floodplain of Blockston branch stream.
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Bracket Fungi (Family Polyporaceae)Observer
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Wet day in rain on upright tree
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Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth (Malacosoma americana)Observer
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Found in a marshy area tidal brackish marsh.
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Bracket Fungi (Family Polyporaceae)Observer
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Decomposing an snag. In a beech oak maple hardwood forest. Upland in a wet woods.
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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Deciduous forest well drained rocky soil above loch raven schist oak tulip poplar and red maple also present
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Eupolypods Ii (Suborder Aspleniinae)Observer
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Fertile fronds
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Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)Observer
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Rock well drained soil stop loch raven schist
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Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)Observer
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Chesapeake college campus
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Locust Borer (Megacyllene robiniae)Observer
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Found on brackish water steam edge feeding on goldenrod
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Beechdrops (Epifagus virginiana)Observer
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Beech drops live off the sugars in the roots of beech trees and do not photosynthesize.
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Guppy (Poecilia reticulata)Observer
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Caught in hardened run in Berkeley springs state park. Approx. 5.5 cm long.
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Eastern Dobsonfly (Corydalus cornutus)Observer
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Seen at dusk near a structure. About 4 inches long. Not moving toward light source megaloptera? Elateridae?
