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Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)Observer
mossman13Description
Dispersed flock migrating and feeding low down over pine-oak barrens/sand prairie complex at dusk. Beautiful!
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One-sided Wintergreen (Orthilia secunda)Observer
crx2aj3Description
I feel like I should know this one, but it's eluding me
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Boxwood Gall Midge (Monarthropalpus flavus)Observer
nflicker101Description
I was walking through my yard, returning from a good day of photography. I passed the large boxwood shrub in my backyard and was surprised to hear a funny sound emanating from it, much like the snap-crackle-pop of Rice Krispies, or like distant rain falling on a tin roof. I stuck my head in the bush and listened, amazed. I noticed the sweet fragrance of boxwood blossoms, but nothing else. I watched the bush closely for movement, looking for unfolding leaving or opening buds, but, not surprisingly, there was none. So I ran inside to tell my family.
"That's impossible," said my mom when I told her the bush was making noise. "There must be something in it."
"I heard that sound yesterday," said Clare. "Mary thinks it's a rattlesnake."
"It's the plant growing," stated my four-year-old sister, Jane, in a matter-of-fact tone of voice.
"That's creepy," said my Dad. "Some kind of surveillance." But I was determined to find out what caused the noise. So I googled "why is my boxwood making noise" and found out other people have had similar experiences! Turns out this sound is caused by a severe infestation of Boxwood Leafminer, aka Boxwood Gall Midge. I split open a few of the yellowing leaves and discovered many tiny yellow maggots! Mystery solved!
As Jane said, "They munch loud!"
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Cuban Tree Boa (Chilabothrus angulifer)Observer
wayne_fidlerPlace
Missing Location
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Sea Sandwort (Honckenya peploides)Observer
tessewingDescription
This little plant forms perfect circles in the sand. The leaves are in whorls.
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Priocnemis minorataObserver
intrinsicallyknottedDescription
This wasp dragged its spider prey along a good 15 feet of trail and underbrush while I watched.
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mossman13Description
Came to blacklight after dark on warm (72-69F), clear, still night in remnant sand prairie. ID uncertain.
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Pale Thread-Moss (Ptychostomum pallens)Observer
account120Description
One of my favourite observations!
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European Earwig Complex (Complex Forficula auricularia)Observer
susanne-kasimirDescription
I have read that Forficula is a species complex, so it's not auricularia
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Goat's Rue (Tephrosia virginiana)Observer
paul_nanceDescription
Albany Pne Bush Preserve, Trailhead 1, Yellow Trail
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Marsh Calla (Calla palustris)Observer
stubirdnbDescription
In roadside sphagnum-filled pool in wet mixed forest.
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geologic formationObserver
kestrelhavenDescription
Flexure on Rock Cabin Road and the source of the road's name.
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Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)Observer
sarmartinezDescription
split redcedars
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Erythroneura elegansObserver
suegregoireDescription
Erythroneura elegans 10 Oct 2018
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Lobed Oak Gall Wasp (Andricus quercusstrobilanus)Observer
ny_wetlanderDescription
seen on a few saplings in this swamp white oak/pin oak forested wetland (seasonally flooded/saturated with clay soils)
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Fen Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia glauca)Observer
ruthinsovtDescription
Mountain Meadow
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Tufted Thyatirine Moth (Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides)Observer
kestrelhavenDescription
On Raspberry leaf
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Rusty Virbia Moth (Virbia ferruginosa)Observer
suegregoireDescription
8123 – Virbia ferruginosa – Rusty Holomelina Moth 9 Aug 2020
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Serratia marcescensObserver
pete_woodsDescription
This is a tenacious pink biofilm that has colonized my dishwasher.
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Geum × macneilliiObserver
mhoughDescription
Last image shows Geum laciniatum (left), G. x macniellii (middle), and G. urbanum (right).
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Genus CephenemyiaObserver
suegregoireDescription
Eristalis flavipes 7 June 2020
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Ichneumonid and Braconid Wasps (Superfamily Ichneumonoidea)Observer
ichmanPlace
Missing LocationDescription
Ichneumonidae vs Braconidae
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Waterlily Leafcutter Moth (Elophila obliteralis)Observer
alexwalkerrDescription
eating yellow floating heart
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Water Veneer (Acentria ephemerella)Observer
suegregoireDescription
5299.1 – Acentria ephemerella – Water Veneer Moth 29 June 2015
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Banded Dark Fishfly (Nigronia fasciata)Observer
carlcarboneDescription
Pollinating our Washington Hawthorn.
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Thin-winged Owlet (Nigetia formosalis)Observer
suegregoireDescription
8440 – Nigetia formosalis – Thin-winged Owlet Moth 11 July 2019
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Idiodonus kennicottiObserver
suegregoireDescription
Idiodonus kennecotti Leafhopper 4 July 2019
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Polyphemus Moth (Antheraea polyphemus)Observer
suegregoireDescription
7757 – Antheraea polyphemus – Polyphemus Moth male 30 May 2019
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Long-tailed Weasel (Neogale frenata)Observer
charlieDescription
!!!!?! Hunting here without being bothered by us and even kind of paralleled us. Then climbed a tree.
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Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)Observer
suegregoireDescription
Eastern Chipmunk 28 Nov 2018
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)Observer
kpmcfarlandDescription
38 queens in a crack in this large red oak tree. Light drizzle but warm. Some with pollen in them. Some flying off and others arriving,
