Photos

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What

Common Angle Macaria aemulataria

Observer

dgovoni

Date

Jun 12, 2013 11:19 PM EDT

Place

Brentsville, Virginia, United States (Google, OSM)

Description

Common Angle, Macaria aemulataria Walker, 1861. Near Brentsville, Virginia, USA. Photo by David L. Govoni ©2013

BaMoNA: www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Macaria-aemulataria
Bugguide.net: bugguide.net/node/view/11558
NAMPG: mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=6326
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaria_aemulataria

Photos

What

Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:58 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Description

No photo

Photos

What

Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 12:24 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Description

Landed a couple trees away above heads. Both surprised. No time for photo.

Photos

P1300009 3 photos

What

Order Testudines

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 02:24 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290998 3 photos

What

Osprey Pandion haliaetus

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 02:20 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Description

With young. Remarkable to see two osprey nests (in one shot, you can see them both) in natural settings (i.e. not manmade platform roosts).

Photos

P1290984 2 photos

What

Zebra Swallowtail Eurytides marcellus

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 02:16 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290961

What

Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 02:05 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290967

What

Striped Mud Turtle (Kinosternon baurii)

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 02:06 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290968 3 photos

What

Eastern Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 02:06 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290975

What

Slaty Skimmer Libellula incesta

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 02:10 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290956

What

Skimmers Family Libellulidae

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:58 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290958

What

Duskywings Genus Erynnis

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:58 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1150697 2 photos

What

Order Lepidoptera

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 02:00 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Description

Very active, large caterpillar.

Photos

P1290946 2 photos

What

Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele)

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:52 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290950 2 photos

What

Calico Pennant Celithemis elisa

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:52 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290936

What

Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans)

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:38 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290931 5 photos

What

Eastern Tailed-Blue Cupido comyntas

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:36 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290927

What

Eastern Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:34 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290926

What

Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:34 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290924

What

Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:33 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290917

What

Needham's Skimmer Libellula needhami

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:31 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290916

What

Fragile Forktail (Ischnura posita)

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:30 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290912

What

Great Blue Skimmer Libellula vibrans

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:29 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290910 2 photos

What

Damselflies Suborder Zygoptera

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:29 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Description

Ischnura?

Photos

P1290908

What

Unicorn Clubtail Arigomphus villosipes

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:28 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290903

What

Common Whitetail Plathemis lydia

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:22 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Description

Female whitetail trying to find its way to the visitor's center.

Photos

P1290901 2 photos

What

Seven-spotted Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:20 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290897 2 photos

What

Big Bluet Enallagma durum

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:16 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Description

female

Photos

P1290896

What

Canada Geese

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:16 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

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What

Choristoneura parallela

Observer

dgovoni

Date

Jun 14, 2013 11:28 PM EDT

Place

Brentsville, Virginia, United States (Google, OSM)

Description

Spotted Fireworm Moth, Choristoneura parallela (Robinson, 1869). Near Brentsville, Virginia, USA. Photo by David L. Govoni ©2013

BaMoNA: www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Choristoneura-parallela
Bugguide.net: bugguide.net/node/view/72465
Discover Life: www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Choristoneura+parallela
EOL: eol.org/pages/366661/overview

Photos

P1290895

What

Northern Pearly Eye (Enodia anthedon)

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:01 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290893

What

Big Bluet Enallagma durum

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:01 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290892

What

Ladybird Beetles Family Coccinellidae

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:01 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290889

What

Genus Colias

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:01 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290886

What

spider

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:01 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Description

small, on a leaf of grass

Photos

P1290881 3 photos

What

Big Bluet Enallagma durum

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:01 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290866

What

Eastern Pondhawk Erythemis simplicicollis

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 01:00 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290863

What

Genus Lucilia

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 12:59 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290861

What

Eastern Amberwing Perithemis tenera

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 12:57 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290857

What

Needham's Skimmer Libellula needhami

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 12:56 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290853

What

Skimmers Family Libellulidae

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 12:55 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290840 5 photos

What

Unicorn Clubtail (Arigomphus villosipes)

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 12:51 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290831 2 photos

What

Robber Flies Family Asilidae

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 12:48 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290828 2 photos

What

Thyris maculata

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 12:47 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Description

Tiny, interesting looking moth.

Photos

P1290820

What

Unicorn Clubtail (Arigomphus villosipes)

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 12:43 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290816 2 photos

What

Great Blue Skimmer Libellula vibrans

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 12:41 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290812

What

Widow Skimmer Libellula luctuosa

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 12:40 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290796

What

Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans)

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 12:33 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290791

What

Slaty Skimmer Libellula incesta

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 12:31 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)

Photos

P1290789 2 photos

What

Needham's Skimmer Libellula needhami

Observer

muir

Date

Jun 14, 2013 12:31 PM EDT

Place

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Google, OSM)