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Planthopper Parasite Moth (Fulgoraecia exigua)Observer
creepthecreekDescription
Observation is for the eggs… adult captured to get some ventral images, eggs laid in container.
Approx 0.5mm, maybe slightly under
Adult female here - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/132992259
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Flat Wasps (Family Bethylidae)Observer
creepthecreekDescription
Wasp-looking ant or ant-looking wasp?
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Common Black × Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus × Buteo lineatus)Observer
graysquirrelDescription
The famous Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus) × Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) hybrid! Offspring of the pair mentioned in this study: https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-raptor-research/volume-54/issue-1/0892-1016-54.1.74/Intergeneric-Hybridization-of-a-Vagrant-Common-Black-Hawk-and-a/10.3356/0892-1016-54.1.74.full
It has found a red-shouldered hawk mate, though so far they seem to have not produced any offspring.
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Grass Lynx Spiders (Genus Oxyopes)Observer
creepthecreekDescription
Several of these all spread out, but none very far from light sources (apartment exterior stairwell lights- ground level)
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Blunt-tailed Snake Millipede (Cylindroiulus punctatus)Observer
creepthecreekDescription
Approx 1/2 inch long (13mm)
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Insects (Class Insecta)Observer
creepthecreekDescription
Parasite (maybe) on a cricket… movement visible under surface, faint white spots on organism inside.
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Observer
creepthecreekDescription
Ruler shows 8ths of a inch - comes to about 10-12mm
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Black-legged Bog Fly (Parhelophilus flavifacies)Observer
creepthecreekDescription
Updated w/ better photos of specimen
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Pharaoh Cicada (Magicicada septendecim)Observer
creepthecreekDescription
Blue- eyed male
