Windsor County, Vermont
These are some of the life forms we can find in Hartland, Vermont and all of Windsor County.
Banded tussock moth
Halysidota tessellaris, the Banded Tussock Moth, Tessellated Halisidota, or Pale Tiger Moth is a moth in the family Arctiidae. Like most species in this family, it has chemical defenses it acquires from its host plants, in this case, alkaloids (Weller et al., 1999, Hristov and Conner 2005), at least in the adult. The brazen behaviour of the larvae also ...more ↓
Sharp-angled Carpet Moth
The Sharp-angled Carpet Moth (Euphyia intermediata) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from coast-to-coast in southern Canada and the northern United States, south in the east to North Carolina, south in the west to California, Utah, and possibly Arizona. It is also found north to the Northwest Territories.
Sweet-fern
Comptonia is a monotypic genus (containing only Comptonia peregrina) in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. It is native to eastern North America, from southern Quebec south to the extreme north of Georgia, and west to Minnesota. The common name is Sweetfern or Sweet-fern, a confusing name as it is not a fern.
White-Speck
The White-Speck (Mythimna unipuncta) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found nearly world-wide, except the east-Palearctic and the Eastern and Australian regions.
Bruce Spanworm
The Bruce Spanworm (Operophtera bruceata) or (in North America) "Winter Moth" is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from coast to coast in southern Canada and the northern parts of the United States.
Carex plantaginea
Carex plantaginea is a perennial herb of the sedge family with the common name seersucker sedge or plaintainleaf sedge, which grows up to 0.9 metres (2 ft 11 in) tall. It grows in meadows and woods from Maine to Georgia.
Salt Marsh Moth
The Salt Marsh Moth or Acrea Moth (Estigmene acrea) is a North American moth in the family Arctiidae.
Red Spruce
Picea rubens (red spruce) is a species of spruce native to eastern North America, ranging from eastern Quebec to Nova Scotia, and from New England south in the Adirondack Mountains and Appalachians to western North Carolina.
long beech fern
Phegopteris connectilis, commonly known as Long Beech Fern, is a species of fern native to forests of the Holarctic Kingdom.
Fan Clubmoss
Diphasiastrum digitatum is known as Groundcedar or Crowsfoot, along with other members of its genus, but the common name Fan Clubmoss can be used to refer to it specifically. It is the most common species of Diphasiastrum in North America. It is a type of plant known as a clubmoss, which is within one of the three main divisions of living vascular ...more ↓
Black-rimmed Prominent Moth
The Black-rimmed Prominent Moth, Fissured Prominent or False-sphinx (Pheosia rimosa) is a species of moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found from coast to coast in North America, although it is less common in the south-eastern United States.
Brown-hooded Owlet
The Brown-hooded Owlet or Brown-bordered Cucullia (Cucullia convexipennis) is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the north-eastern parts of the United States and adjacent parts of Canada.
Eastern Tailed-Blue
The Eastern Tailed-blue or Eastern Tailed Blue (Cupido comyntas), also known as Everes comyntas, is a common butterfly of eastern North America. Males are generally blue on the upperside of their wings while females are lighter blue to brown or charcoal in coloring, but there are also varieties of purple and pink found in both sexes. The underside coloration ranges ...more ↓
Orgyia definita
The Definite Tussock Moth or Definite-marked Tussock Moth (Orgyia definita) is a moth of the Lymantriidae family. It is found from Maine and southern Quebec to South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana and New England.
Evernia
Evernia is a bushy lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Two species, Oakmoss Evernia prunastri, and Treemoss Evernia furfuracea are used as a fixative agent in cologne within the perfume industry. It is green on top and white on bottom, and divides evenly into "forks." Not to be confused with Ramalina, which is green on top and bottom and divides unevenly. ...more ↓
Amur maple
Acer ginnala (Amur Maple) is a plant species with woody stems native to northeastern Asia from easternmost Mongolia east to Korea and Japan, and north to southeastern Siberia in the Amur River valley. It is a small Maple with deciduous leaves that is sometimes grown as a garden subject or boulevard tree.
Green-winged Teal
The Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis) or (Anas crecca carolinensis) is a common and widespread duck that breeds in the northern areas of North America except on the Aleutian Islands. It was considered conspecific with the Common Teal (A. crecca) for some time but the issue is still being reviewed by the American Ornithologists' Union; based on ...more ↓
Phlogophora periculosa
The Brown Angle Shades (Phlogophora periculosa) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from coast to coast in the northern United States and southern Canada, south in the east to Georgia and Mississippi, south in the west to California (it is not present in Florida and the south-central states).
Cow Parsley
Anthriscus sylvestris, known as Cow Parsley, Wild Chervil, Wild Beaked Parsley, Keck, or Queen Anne's lace, is a herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant in the family Apiaceae, genus Anthriscus. It is also sometimes called Mother-die (especially in the UK), a name that is also applied to the Common Hawthorn. It ...more ↓
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed, Rose Milkweed, Swamp Silkweed, and White Indian Hemp) is a herbaceous, perennial plant species native to North America. It is found growing in damp to wet soils and also is cultivated as a garden plant for its attractive flowers, which are visited by butterflies and other pollinators due to its copious production ...more ↓
Phallus ravenelii
Phallus ravenelii, commonly known as Ravenel's stinkhorn, is a fungus found in eastern North America. Its mushrooms commonly grow in large clusters and are noted for their foul odor and phallic shape when mature. It is saprobic, and as such it is encountered in a wide variety of habitats rich in wood debris, from forests to mulched gardens or sawdust piles in urban areas. ...more ↓
Clymene Moth
The Clymene Moth (Haploa clymene) is a moth of the Tiger Moth family - Arctiidae, subfamily Arctiinae. It is found in the East of North America.
Nessus Sphinx
The Nessus Sphinx (Amphion floridensis) is a day-flying moth of the Sphingidae family. It lives throughout the eastern United States and Canada and occasionally down into Mexico, and is one of the more commonly-encountered day-flying moths in the region, easily recognized by the two bright yellow bands across the abdomen.
Violet Coral
Clavaria zollingeri, commonly known as the violet coral or the magenta coral, is a widely distributed species of fungus. It produces tubular, purple basidiocarps (fruit bodies) that grow in clusters up to 10 cm (3.9 in) tall and 7 cm (2.8 in) wide. It is a typical member of the clavarioid or club fungi. Clavaria zollingeri is a saprobic species, growing on ...more ↓
Wavy-lined Emerald
The Wavy-lined Emerald Moth or Camouflaged Looper (Synchlora aerata) is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in most of North America.
Unicorn Prominent
The Unicorn Caterpillar Moth, Unicorn Prominent or Variegated Prominent (Schizura unicornis) is a species of moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in all of North America, except the arctic north.
Threeleaf Goldthread
Threeleaf Goldthread (Coptis trifolia, synonym Coptis groenlandica) or Savoyane is a perennial plant in the genus Coptis, a member of the Ranunculaceae family.
Tall Thimbleweed
Anemone virginiana is an upright growing herbaceous plant species in the genus Anemone and family Ranunculaceae. Plants grow 30 to 80 cm (11" to 31.5") tall, flowering early summer but often found flowering till late summer, the flowers are white or greenish-white. After flowering the fruits are produced in a dense rounded thimble shaped spikes 15 to 35 mm (0.6" to 1.4") ...more ↓
small-flowered crowfoot
Ranunculus abortivus is a flowering plant species in the Ranunculus (buttercup) family known by the common name little-leaf buttercup or small-flowered buttercup. It is native to North America, with a distribution that covers much of the northern, eastern and central part of the continent.
Toxomerus geminatus
Toxomerus geminatus, is a species of flower fly found from eastern Canada south to Texas.
White-spotted Sable
Anania funebris is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in Europe, Siberia, the Northern parts of the Far East and North America.
large-flower bellwort
Large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) is a plant in the family Colchicaceae, native to eastern North America. It blooms in May, producing large yellow flowers. The top parts of the plant tend to bend downward due to the weight of the leaves and flowers. The light green stems are round, glabrous, and glaucous and the leaves are perfoliate since the stem appears to come ...more ↓
Cinnabar Polypore
Pycnoporus cinnabarinus, also known as Cinnabar Polypore, is a plant pathogen. Its fruiting body is a bright orange shelf fungus. It is common in many areas and is widely distributed throughout the world.
Meadowsweet
Spiraea alba, commonly known as narrowleaf meadowsweet, pale bridewort, or pipestem, grows on wet soils of the Allegheny Mountains and other portions of eastern North America....
maple callus borer
The Maple Callus Borer (Synanthedon acerni) is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found in Western Canada.
Great Ash Sphinx
The Great Ash Sphinx or Northern Ash Sphinx (Sphinx chersis) is a moth that belongs to the family Sphingidae.
purple crown-vetch
Securigera varia, commonly known as Crown Vetch or Purple Crown Vetch, is a low-growing legume vine. It is native to Africa, Asia and Europe and is commonly used throughout the United States and Canada for erosion control, roadside planting and soil rehabilitation. It has become an invasive species in many states of the US.
common asparagus beetle
The common asparagus beetle (Crioceris asparagi) is an important pest of asparagus crops both in Europe and in North America. Asparagus is its only food plant. The beetle is about half a centimeter long, metallic blue-black in color with cream or yellow spots on its red-bordered elytra. The larvae are fat gray grubs with dark heads.
Virgin Tiger Moth
The Virgin Tiger Moth (Grammia virgo) is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found from Newfoundland south to Florida west to Alberta.
American Idia
The American Idia or American Snout (Idia americalis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from southern Canada to Florida and Texas.
Common Idia
The Common Idia, Powdered Snout or Waved Tabby (Idia aemula) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Canada south to Florida and Texas and in most of Eurasia.
Common Carpet
The Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout the Palearctic region and the Near East.
Tri-colored Bumble Bee
Bombus ternarius, commonly known as the Orange-belted Bumblebee or Tricoloured Bumble Bee, is a yellow, orange and black bumblebee that is commonly found throughout the eastern United States and parts of Canada.
Dark-spotted Palthis
The Dark-spotted Palthis (Palthis angulalis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Newfoundland west to coastal British Columbia, south to Florida and Texas.
Ilia Underwing
The Ilia Underwing, Beloved Underwing or Wife Underwing (Catocala ilia) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. The species can be found in the Eastern part of the United States as well as southern Canada. Subspecies Catocala ilia zoe can be found in California and Arizona.
Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth
Lycomorpha pholus, the Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth, is a moth in the Arctiidae family. It is found from Nova Scotia to North Carolina, west to South Dakota and Texas. The habitat consists of short-grass prairie.
Clover Hayworm
The gold triangle or clover hay moth (Hypsopygia costalis) is a species of moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in Europe. The wingspan is 16–23 mm. The adult moths fly from May to July, depending on the location. The supposed species H. aurotaenialis is included here pending further study.
Green Pug
The Green Pug (Chloroclystis rectangulata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is sometimes placed in the genus Pasiphila. It is common throughout the Palearctic region and the Near East.
Two-striped Grasshopper
The Two-striped Grasshopper (Melanoplus bivittatus) is a species of grasshopper belonging to the genus Melanoplus. It is considered a pest species to the United States and Canada.
sharp-lobed hepatica
Anemone acutiloba (Sharp-lobed hepatica) was placed in the genus Hepatica but has been moved to Anemone. This is an attractive flowering, clump forming herbaceous plant species in the family Ranunculaceae. Plants grow 5 to 19 cm tall, flowering early to mid spring. The flowers are greenish-white, white, purple or pinkish in color, with a rounded shape. After ...more ↓
Showy Tick-Trefoil
Desmodium canadense (Showy Tick-trefoil or Canadian Tick-trefoil) is a native North American forb of the Fabaceae family.
purplestem angelica
Angelica atropurpurea is a species of plant that can be found in moist and swampy woodlands, mostly by riverbanks. The plant grows to 6 feet (180 cm) tall with an erect branching stem that is purple. The stem is smooth, hollow, and sturdy. The leaves are divided into three parts, each with its own petiole. Each part of the leaf is subdivided into three to five segments. The ...more ↓
Oak Beauty
Phaeoura quernaria, the Oak Beauty, is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in eastern North America, occurring as far west as east-central Alberta. The habitat consists of aspen-cherry shrubland.
Anemone cylindrica
Anemone cylindrica is an upright growing, clump forming herbaceous plant species in the genus Anemone and family Ranunculaceae. Plants grow 30 to 100 cm tall, flowering early summer but often found flowering till late summer, the flowers are greenish-white. After flowering, the fruits are produced in a dense rounded columned spikes 20 to 35 mm long. When the fruits, ...more ↓
Confused Haploa Moth
H. confusa is a species of Arctiidae that occurs in North America. The caterpillars feed on a Hound's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).
White Slant-line
The White Slant-line or White Slaut (Tetracis cachexiata) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from Nova Scotia to central British Columbia, south to northern Florida and west to Montana and northern Colorado.
Yellow Dung Fly
Scathophaga stercoraria, known as the common yellow dung fly or sometimes called the golden dung fly. It is one of the most familiar and abundant of flies in many parts of the northern hemisphere. As its common name suggests, it is often found on mammal faeces, most notably those of horses and cows.
Ultronia Underwing
The Dark Red Underwing or Ultronia Underwing (Catocala ultronia) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in most of eastern North America, south to Florida and Texas. It ranges west across the southern parts of Canada to extreme southeast British Columbia.
Double-banded Grass-veneer
The Double-banded Grass-veneer Moth (Crambus agitatellus) is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in the eastern two-thirds of the United States and south-eastern Canada.
Zanclognatha laevigata
The Variable Zanclognatha (Zanclognatha laevigata) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Manitoba to Nova Scotia, south to Florida and Missouri.
Calyptra canadensis
The Canadian Owlet (Calyptra canadensis) is a moth of the Noctuoidea family. It is found from Nova Scotia to North Carolina in mountains, west to Texas, north to Saskatchewan. Occasionally straying to Alberta.
Harnessed Moth
The Harnessed Moth (Apantesis phalerata) is a species of moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found from Ontario, Quebec and Maine to Florida, west to Texas, north to South Dakota.
Henry's Marsh Moth
The Cattail Caterpillar (when referring to the larva) or Henry's Marsh Moth (when referring to the adult) (Simyra insularis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from coast to coast throughout the United States and southern Canada (Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba).
European corn borer
The European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis), also known as the European high-flyer, is a pest of grain, particularly maize. The insect is native to Europe, originally infesting varieties of millet, including broom corn. The European corn borer was first reported in North America in 1917 in Massachusetts, but was probably introduced from Europe several years earlier. Since its ...more ↓
Common Looper Moth
The Common Looper Moth (Autographa precationis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in eastern and central North America.
twin-spotted sphinx
The Twin-spotted Sphinx (Smerinthus jamaicensis) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is widely distributed across North America and is found everywhere except in the southern half of western California. It has been taken as far north as the Yukon.
Mint-loving Pyrausta Moth
The Mint-loving Pyrausta Moth (Pyrausta acrionalis) is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in eastern North America, including Alabama, Georgia, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New York, Ontario, Tennessee, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Bold-feathered Grass Moth
The Bold-feathered Grass Moth (Herpetogramma pertextalis) is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in North America.
small engrailed
The Engrailed and Small Engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia) are moths of the family Geometridae. They are distributed across most of Europe. There is an ongoing debate as to whether they make up one species, or whether E. crepuscularia actually refers only to the Small Engrailed, with the Engrailed proper being separable as E. bistortata.
Grayish Fan-foot
The Grayish Zanclognatha (Zanclognatha pedipilalis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in eastern North America, from Nova Scotia south to Florida and Mississippi, west to Alberta and Kansas.
Beggar
The Beggar (Eubaphe mendica) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in eastern North America.
Confused Eusarca
The Confused eusarca (Eusarca confusaria) is a member of the Geometridae family that occurs in North America. It is the only member of the Eusarca genus that inhabits the northern portion of the United States and Canada.
Delicate Cycnia Moth
Cycnia tenera, the dogbane tiger moth or delicate cycnia, is a moth in the family Arctiidae. It occurs throughout North America, from southern British Columbia to Nova Scotia southwards to Arizona and Florida.
Soft-lined Wave
The Soft-lined Wave (Scopula inductata) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in North America, east of the Rocky Mountains, from Newfoundland to the coast of British Columbia, north to the Northwest Territories, south to Alabama and at least Utah.
Ruby Tiger Moth
The Ruby Tiger (Phragmatobia fuliginosa) is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Europe. There are a number of recognized subspecies, such as P. f. melitensis in Malta and P. f. borealis in Scotland.
Flame-shouldered Dart
Ochropleura implecta is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Newfoundland to South Carolina, west to Arizona, north to British Columbia.
Gray-edged Snout
The Gray-edged Hypena or Gray-eyed Bomolocha (Hypena madefactalis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from extreme southern Canada (Quebec) to Georgia and Texas.
