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Virginia Creeper Sphinx (Darapsa myron)Observer
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Attracted to the building light
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Typical Cicadas (Family Cicadidae)Observer
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Found it coming out around 10pm and came back to check around 12am.
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Gray Treefrog Species Complex (Complex Hyla versicolor)Observer
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There were a couple of these guys along with some brown/gray ones
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Hagen's Sphinx (Ceratomia hageni)Observer
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Attracted to the building light. There were a couple more of these guys.
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Common Green June Beetle (Cotinis nitida)Observer
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On a Siberian Elm with hackberry butterflies?
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Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)Observer
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Highly territorial. Before capture, chased another Blue Dasher male from his pond.
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Plains Coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria)Observer
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Growing in a pond on WSU's Ninnescah field station. Large patch
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Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)Observer
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Captured as a voucher
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Emerald Moths (Subfamily Geometrinae)Observer
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This is a decorated caterpillar. Decorated with Liatris spp
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Blazing-Stars (Genus Liatris)Observer
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Large patch at Chisholm Creek park. Generally about 3-4 feet high
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Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)Observer
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Landing on Liatris. Found at Chisholm Creek Park
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Chinese Bushclover (Lespedeza cuneata)Observer
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A liatris growing up through the middle. It looked almost like a Christmas tree with a blazing star on top! About two feet high.
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Orangethroat Darter (Etheostoma spectabile)Observer
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Found in the Smoots River
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Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis)Observer
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Found in the Smoots River
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Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina)Observer
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Beautiful vibrant red pterostigmata. Captured near pond at WSU's Gerber reserve
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Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)Observer
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Found near small pond/river at WSU's Gerber reserve
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Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris blanchardi)Observer
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Found near small pool/river at WSU's Gerber reserve
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Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)Observer
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Perching in the vegetation next to a sidewalk at the Great Plains Nature Center.
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)Observer
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Standing and preening in an open area of a pond at the Great Plains Nature Center
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Fragrant Sumac (Rhus aromatica)Observer
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Taller than me! Found at Great Plains Nature Center
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Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)Observer
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Probably 3 feet tall. Found at WSU's Gerber reserve
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Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)Observer
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The only patch within a great distance. Found at WSU's Gerber reserve
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Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)Observer
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Found with eyes closed (sleeping, perhaps?) on an eye-level branch off path in Sedgwick County Park. As I got closer, it opened its eyes and posed for a pretty picture through my binoculars. I was able to get within 6-7 feet of it. A beautiful experience.
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Six-lined Racerunner (Aspidoscelis sexlineatus)Observer
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Caught in a drift array/pitfall trap
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Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)Observer
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Two juvenile barn swallows. Parents were out of the nest
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Jagged Ambush Bug (Phymata americana)Observer
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Found at a pond at WSU's Ninnescah field station
