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North American Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus)Observer
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Kempsville area of Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Common Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)Observer
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Hubba hubba. Pawpaw fruit spotted on some trees in Leesylvania State Park. Won't be long now.
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Polyphemus Moth (Antheraea polyphemus)Observer
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Beautiful brown moth with eye spots spotted near Carter's Pond in Prince William Forest Park
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Periodical Cicadas (Genus Magicicada)Observer
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More Brood II cicada sightings. A bush outside of the Smoketown Station Panera in Woodbridge Virginia had about a half dozen cicadas.
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Pharaoh Cicada (Magicicada septendecim)Observer
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First Brood II cicada sighting. It and its shell were found on an American chestnut hybrid.
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Solomon's Plume (Maianthemum racemosum)Observer
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Possible False Solomon's Seal blooming at Falls Ridge Nature Preserve on May 5th
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Showy Orchis (Galearis spectabilis)Observer
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Possible Showy Orchid blooming at Falls Ridge Nature Preserve on May 5th
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Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)Observer
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Almost blooming on May 5th at Falls Ridge Nature Preserve
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Large White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)Observer
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Blooming on May 5th at Falls Ridge Nature Preserve
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Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)Observer
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Blooming at Falls Ridge Nature Preserver on May 5, 2013
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Red Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)Observer
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Was blooming on May 5th at Falls Ridge Nature Preserve
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Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)Observer
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A sizeable flock of Cedar Waxwings hit up my Mom's bird feeder in Occoquan, Virginia on February 19th
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Common Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)Observer
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Off the Bull Run Occoquan Trail roughly 1/4 - 1/2 mile from the trailhead at Fountainhead Regional Park, there are pawpaw trees along the shore of a small creek. On September 24th, 2011, they were fruiting.
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Common Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)Observer
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Some pawpaws were spotted above the the falls at Falls Ridge Preserve. No fruit was found and the leaves were already yellowing.
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Water Oak (Quercus nigra)Observer
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Water oak leaves off the hiking trail at Maple Park
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Plain-bellied Watersnake (Nerodia erythrogaster)Observer
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Found this redbelly watersnake on the horse trail near the airport and Maple Park
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Ghost Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)Observer
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Boo! Just in time for Halloween, found this Ghost Flower, on a trail in Maple Park.
Ghost flowers don't have any chlorophyll-- they feed off fungus that feed off trees.
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Common Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)Observer
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Plenty of pawpaw fruits could be found on the Supplejack Trail in the Dismal Swamp State Park.
I can also report that they were DELICIOUS!
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American Wisteria (Wisteria frutescens)Observer
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Wisteria was in full fragrant bloom at the Virginia Tech Horticulture Gardens on April 24, 2008
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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Wisteria outside of the Biltmore Estate was stunning to look at, though it was not in bloom on May 26, 2007.
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Chinese Wisteria (Wisteria sinensis)Observer
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Wisteria was in full fragrant bloom in Hertford, North Carolina on April 12, 2009
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Chinese Wisteria (Wisteria sinensis)Observer
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Wisteria was in full fragrant bloom in Hertford, NC on April 12, 2009
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Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)Observer
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A pair of bald eagles were circling above Merchant's Millpond State Park
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Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)Observer
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Saw two Canadian geese nests while canoeing at Merchant's Millpond State Park-- one on top of a Beaver dam and one in an old bald cypress tree.
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American Beaver (Castor canadensis)Observer
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Saw a number of beaver dams, beaver chewed trees and one swimming beaver (sorry about the blurry picture) at Merchant's Millpond State Park
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Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides)Observer
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Lots of Spanish Moss hung on the Baldcypress trees in Merchant's Millpond State Park
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Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum)Observer
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Lots of Bald Cypress Trees.
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Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)Observer
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Virginia Creeper (which appears on the state seal and state flag of Virginia) growing in Wildwood Park in Marshfield, Wisconsin.
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Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)Observer
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Virginia Creeper (which appears on the State Seal and the State Flag of Virginia) growing near the trailhead on VA-652 Trailhead of the Appalachian Trail in Troutville, VA
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Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)Observer
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Virginia Creeper (which makes an appearance in the state seal and state flag of Virginia) growing on the Pedestrian Bridge in Occoquan, Virginia