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Genus GasteruptionObserver
jdshideDescription
Dear Evolution,
What's with all the freaky-looking bugs?
Sincerely, me
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Eastern Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus)Observer
mmmmbugsDescription
The face looked a little different from Eastern red-backed..
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Neurigona carboniferObserver
treegrowDescription
This observation is for the prey
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Oak Leaf Gall Midge (Polystepha pilulae)Observer
kimberlietxDescription
Midge #2
Emerged from galls collected here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66309947. Preserved in vial 92
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Thomas's Trig (Anaxipha thomasi)Observer
cstragarDescription
Picture of individual recorded singing.
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Subfamily NematinaeObserver
treegrowDescription
Some very unlucky sawfly larvae. On Carpinus caroliniana.
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Pteromalus cassotisObserver
jkrauskaDescription
Found on Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata). The wasp wasn't active, it didn't move/forage at all unlike other parasitoid wasps I've worked with, which makes me think the wasp found its host and was waiting for the monarch to transition into a chrysalis.
Thank you to the podcast "When parasitoids attack!" by Brains On Podcast and the interview with Carl Stenoien from the University of Minnesota.
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whateverwatcherDescription
ID tentative; improvement welcomed.
On White Snakeroot, being eaten by a jumping spider (134688751)
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Small Carpenter Bees (Genus Ceratina)Observer
scoutingforplantsDescription
Multiple individuals flying near to and in/out of R. triloba stems (nest, I assume).
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Pandorus Sphinx (Eumorpha pandorus)Observer
treegrowDescription
On Ampelopsis glandulosa
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Hemp Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum)Observer
wilpersmDescription
I hadn't remembered the golden color of this species so beautifully adorning the meadow.
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Genus ElasmusObserver
treegrowDescription
I've seen a similar one in Europe: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/95081650
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Parydra aquilaObserver
treegrowDescription
Face convex, scutellum with tubercules, orbital setae short, distance between apical scutellar tubercules greater than their length -> only one species in the East. Clausen & Cook 1971
