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Poppymallows (Genus Callirhoe)Observer
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At the Idaho Botanic Garden
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Mossy Rose Gall Wasp (Diplolepis rosae)Observer
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In the Idaho Botanic Garden.
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Oriental Latrine Fly (Chrysomya megacephala)Observer
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On leaf in back yard. Sunny day 87F, 31C. For TDWG2020 conference.
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Giant Leaf-footed Bug (Acanthocephala declivis)Observer
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My ID best guess. Very active in low grass. About 5 feet off the trail at the Alford Greenway.
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Dense Blazing Star (Liatris spicata)Observer
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Along the mowed trail edge at the Alford Greenway with Solidago and another Aster species.
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Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)Observer
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In a disturbed area surrounded by woods.
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Carolina Metallic Tiger Beetle (Tetracha carolina)Observer
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In a open disturbed area, surrounded by woods.
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Scarlet Rosemallow (Hibiscus coccineus)Observer
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On the FSU campus in a xeriscaped area near the Leach Center, in the shade of a large Live Oak.
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Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)Observer
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In xeriscaped natural habitat on the FSU Campus. Saw about 15 of them visiting these flowers.
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Pineland Hibiscus (Hibiscus aculeatus)Observer
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On the side of the road, south of Lamont, Florida.
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Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)Observer
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This tree is in our backyard. It fell yesterday - a very blustery evening - the day after a large rain. It smelled of cherry when you cut the branches.
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Smooth Earthsnake (Virginia valeriae)Observer
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Snake. About 6 inches long. Under a potted plant. Small (about 1 inch long) slugs found with it - you can see one of them in one of the photos. We left it be - so no underside photo taken.
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Planes (Genus Platanus)Observer
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What appears to be a seed (but maybe not) on the shore of Panama City Beach on a bright sunny warm day with the tide coming in. Can’t tell if “captive” or not as I don’t know what it is. S. Gottschalk suggests it’s a Bryozoan of some sort. It is about the size of a marble.
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Lady Beetles (Family Coccinellidae)Observer
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A friend with aphid expertise thinks this is a mealy bug predator. Plant is in cultivation. I used google search to find insects that predate on mealy bugs. And so it seems this is a C. montrouzieri larva.
