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Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)Observer
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A female great-tailed grackle picking at her disheveled plumage as she prepares for the October molt. It's hard to see with the lighting, but she is female, as noted from the mustard brown underbelly and more "steamlined" tail plumage.
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Giant Leaf-footed Bug (Acanthocephala declivis)Observer
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No idea what this is. I've never seen it before. It's body was approx. 1.5 inches long with antennae just as long. The antennae faded from black to dried-blood red at the ends. The legs gave the impression of an arboreal creature, possibly capable of flight? Its thorax had that line going down it like an elytra, but I didn't see it move them or take off in flight, so I'm not sure.
Edit: Possibly the leaf-footed bug?
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Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)Observer
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The squirrel in the area: gray dorsal fur with a mix of black and white hairs, with a creamy tan underbelly like the inner bark of a tree.
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Ballmoss (Tillandsia recurvata)Observer
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That common bushy growth on trees.
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Agarita (Berberis trifoliolata)Observer
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A species of holly with very thin leaves.
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Kern's Flower Scarab (Euphoria kernii)Observer
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This flower was being eaten by white speckled beetles. They almost seemed trapped inside.
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White Prickly Poppy (Argemone albiflora)Observer
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A giant fat flower that, incidentally, was full of beetles and bees.
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Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella)Observer
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A red and yellowed sunflower-like species.
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Asters and Allies (Tribe Astereae)Observer
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A daisy all on its own.
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Dakota Mock Vervain (Glandularia bipinnatifida)Observer
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A lilac, I believe
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Engelmann Daisy (Engelmannia peristenia)Observer
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A yellow flowering plant. A bit disheveled from being stepped and chewed on.
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Four-lined Skink (Plestiodon tetragrammus)Observer
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A brown to black skink with yellow stripes along its side. Shiny, as if it just came from the creek a few steps behind me.
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Heavenly Bamboo (Nandina domestica)Observer
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Some type of rusted reddish purple plant. I saw a few of these in the park.
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Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)Observer
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The bottom, middle, and top of a tree sapling.
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Fall Webworm Moth (Hyphantria cunea)Observer
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A furry green caterpillar with black spots.
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American Giant Millipede Complex (Complex Narceus americanus)Observer
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The biggest millipede I have ever seen. Smooth and brown.
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North American Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus)Observer
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A rather striking orange and black beetle with an odd shaped body. Almost looked like a spider, if not for the six legs.
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Roughleaf Dogwood (Cornus drummondii)Observer
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A bush or small tree.
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Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia)Observer
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This yellow butterfly attempted to eat my friend's neon yellow shoes. It has two false spots on its wings, a brown one and dull yellow one, that seemed to resemble rotting spots on leaves where a herbivore ate through. About an inch long.
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Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)Observer
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A very fast butterfly. Mostly orange, with symmetrical brown spots on the upper pair of wings. The bottom pair of wings are brown with a white edge and that teardrop-like shape that swallowtails have. Had a wingspan of about two inches--sadly it moves so fast I could not get an accurate measurement.
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Little Wood Satyr (Megisto cymela)Observer
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A species of buckeye butterfly. Completely brown and almost invisible among the dirt. Luckily I got good pictures of it. Two yellow-rimmed spots on the top wings, and two on the bottom wings. No coloration other than brown, black, and yellow.
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Cedar Elm (Ulmus crassifolia)Observer
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A seedling, possibly a tree. There were hundreds of these all in the same area of underbrush.
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Subfamily PooideaeObserver
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A relative of wheat, possibly. Around a foot tall with palm-length growths--seeds?
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Bedstraws (Genus Galium)Observer
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Some type of terrestrial vine-like plant with a fuzzy, almost fungal-like growth. No clue what this is.
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Roughleaf Dogwood (Cornus drummondii)Observer
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A species of dogwood tree, flowering. Each leaf was about the size of my palm. Many were already eaten by the tent caterpillars, so I had to search for some non-eaten leaves.
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Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)Observer
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Ladybug, or lady beetle. The sunshine makes it look orange, but it was more of a red hue. I counted 9 spots on each elytra in a mostly symmetrical pattern.
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Entelegyne Spiders (Infraorder Entelegynae)Observer
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Sadly my camera did not want to focus on this specimen. It was orange with white striped legs.
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Asian Tramp Snail (Bradybaena similaris)Observer
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The stereotypical land snail--not sure which species.
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Prairie Rabdotus (Rabdotus mooreanus)Observer
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No clue what snail this was. It has a slight blue tinge to the milky gray that my camera did not pick up. There were many of these hanging onto leaves. Sadly I did not get a picture of the actual snail inside.
