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Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)Observer
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Appears to be a Blue Dasher.
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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)Observer
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Drake and hen feeding in this local pond.
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Brown Centipede (Lithobius forficatus)Observer
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Found in soil from a sifter box. some centipedes come from eggs others are born alive.
They go through a simple metamorphsis.
I have a very good video but no photo, it was too fast.
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Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)Observer
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Taken off my back gate.
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Common Green Darner (Anax junius)Observer
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Caught in my yard
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Ground Beetles (Family Carabidae)Observer
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Caught in pitfall trap
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Galápagos Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii ssp. excisa)Observer
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Sitting on rocks.
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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)Observer
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Swimming in local pond
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Maritime Bluestem (Andropogon tenuispatheus)Observer
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Growing next to a local pond
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Eastern Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima)Observer
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Grown in my yard.
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Ground-Finches and Cactus-Finches (Genus Geospiza)Observer
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Taken in Galapagos islands
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Clasping Coneflower (Rudbeckia amplexicaulis)Observer
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Grown in my yard.
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Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis)Observer
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Seen in my yard on a leaf beater sheet.
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Common Land Snails and Slugs (Order Stylommatophora)Observer
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Found in soil of my yard using a sifter box. Photograph at 10X with my iPhone through the eye piece of a field microscope.
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Common Land Snails and Slugs (Order Stylommatophora)Observer
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Very young ground snail taken from my yard with a sifter box. This photo was taken at 10X from a field mircoscope and I used my iPhone camera to take the picture as well as videos.
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Western Horsenettle (Solanum dimidiatum)Observer
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Found in field near my house
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Woodlouse Spider (Dysdera crocata)Observer
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Sowbug Killer spider found in a pitfall trap that had many sowbugs in it. This spider has an egg sac attached.
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Great Egret (Ardea alba)Observer
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Egret wading in local pond looking for breakfast.
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Great Egret (Ardea alba)Observer
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Egret wading in local pond looking for breakfast.
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Silverleaf Nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium)Observer
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These plants can be a shrub, tree, herbs, or vines. They are found in fields, prairies or roadsides.
The flower can have 4 or 5 petals that are fused. The leaves alternate. Some species have fruit and it is sometimes prickly.
Many drugs come from these plants like atropine, scoplamine and hyoscyamine.
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Skimmers (Family Libellulidae)Observer
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This larvae was found in an outside aquarium clinging to the side.
It was photographed under 10X of a field microscope using an iPhone camera.
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Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)Observer
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Non-biting Midge fly larvae taken from local pond using Dendy larvae collectors.
Part of a two year experiment to measure aquatic pollution by monitoring larvae mal-formed mouth parts.
I have very good videos of this species but, the site only takes photos, so I have added a photo of the species from a book.
