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Great Spangled Fritillary (Argynnis cybele)Observer
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on Monarda fistulosa. need to come back to this when I'm not on my phone so I can learn the differences
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Eastern Giant Swallowtail (Heraclides cresphontes)Observer
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on Echinacea purpureus
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Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle (Propylea quatuordecimpunctata)Observer
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Found this beetle on my arm after yanking some purple loosestrife by my pond.
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Grand Arches Moth (Lacanobia grandis)Observer
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By a gas station pump. Not sure if alive.
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American Robin (Turdus migratorius)Observer
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This bird was standing in front of my house with its eyes closed. As I got closer it opened its eyes and watched me (I was no more than 4 feet away when I took this), then when I turned and started to walk away it started hopping away. Odd. Sick?
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Painted Trillium (Trillium undulatum)Observer
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The trilliums that I saw at lower elevations were all spent, but closer to the peak some were still in bloom.
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Hairy Solomon's-Seal (Polygonatum pubescens)Observer
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On the rocky Domed Ledge off of the Bear Mountain trail.
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Rock Harlequin (Capnoides sempervirens)Observer
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Growing on the rocky Domed Ledge off of the Bear Mountain trail.
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Golden Tortoise Beetle (Charidotella sexpunctata)Observer
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mid-takeoff from a grass inflorescence (but near a patch of bindweed)