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Four-lined Snake (Elaphe quatuorlineata)Observer
anton_sokolovDescription
Found while sleeping at night
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Banded-legged Golden Orb-web Spider (Trichonephila senegalensis ssp. annulata)Observer
wynand_uysDescription
First one I've seen at home base.
In an open patch in the forest. Mostly seen in more open woodland.
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Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)Observer
matthieu_gauvainDescription
Nymphe
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Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)Observer
matthieu_gauvainDescription
Larve
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Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)Observer
treegrowDescription
Getting ready to pupate.
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True Slime Molds (Class Myxomycetes)Observer
treegrowDescription
Red raspberry slime?
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Ocellate Gall Midge (Acericecis ocellaris)Observer
treegrowDescription
On red maple
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African Social Spider (Stegodyphus dumicola)Observer
wynand_uysDescription
A scrappy expanse of silky refuges and capture webs littered with body parts of previous victims. When preferred prey is entangled, the female spiders emerge from their 'nests' and overpower it by grabbing its extremities. In this case, a wasp https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9319446.
Presumably they inject venom because after a minute or so the prey stops struggling. Then they snip it out of the web and carry it into one of several 'nests' or refuges.
Unwanted prey, often beetles (see https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9319435 ) are also killed but sometimes left in the web, uneaten. Ants, in this case, Maranoplus ( https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9319390 )scavenge around the periphery of the webs, feasting on unwanted beetles or other left-overs.
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Orange-patched Smoky Moth (Pyromorpha dimidiata)Observer
treegrowDescription
Pyromorpha dimidiata. Idylwild Wildlife Management Area, Federalsburg, Delmarva Peninsula, Caroline County, Maryland, USA.
