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Dark Fishing Spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
On the surface of the boardwalk trail in an ash swamp.
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Genus BassanianaObserver
gwmccormickDescription
On the surface of the boardwalk trail through an ash swamp.
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Genus BassanianaObserver
gwmccormickDescription
On the surface of a boardwalk trail though an ash swamp.
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Scarce Infant Moth (Leucobrephos brephoides)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
Found on a lightly used gravel road puddling. A. infans also were present. In an area of mixed hardwood forest and alder swamps.
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Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
A Cecropia moth cocoon. It was on a shrub about 1 meter above ground level. The vegetation is mixed aspen forests with a few maple trees and alder swamps grading into cattail swamps.
The cocoon was collected for rearing, and, hopefully the moth will be photographed and submitted in June.
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Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
Found about 3 meters high on a speckled alder shrub. Site is an alder swamp adjacent to aspen-maple-balsam fir forest.
These are very hard to find this year; they are small in number.
The cocoon was collected to attempt rearing, followed by release.
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Bark and Ambrosia Beetles (Subfamily Scolytinae)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
The 5 mm long beetle was a result of a rearing experiment using a segment of a larch trunk. The larch sample, about 1/2 meter long, was collected on December 1, 2023, placed in a plastic storage container, and several beetles emerged on December 21.
The project was prompted by the observation that many of the larch trees had peeling and unhealthy looking bark. Also, many woodpeckers were observed in the area.
The final photo shows the 36 beetles reared and collected from a section of the larch section 50 cm long and 10 cm in diameter. Each beetle is 4 to 5 mm long.
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Tribe DendryphantiniObserver
gwmccormickDescription
Pelegrina proterva, Reckless Jumper
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Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
This deer mouse apparently was killed and cached by a northern shrike. It was discovered on December 8, 2023. It was about 5 feet above ground level in an area of highly mixed forest.
On December 19 it was still present and intact. That would seem to imply that shrikes have good hunting success in the area!
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Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
Found on a maple shrub about 6 feet above ground level. The cocoon seems small, and especially slender at 8 x 3 x 2 cm.
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Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
Gray Comma, Polygonia progne
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
Perched on the bark of a larch tree. It is in a larch, black ash, and alder swamp.
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Inverness Twitcher (Choreutis diana)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
Idia americalis, American Idia
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Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
On a speckled alder shrub about 8 feet high. The cocoon was collected for rearing.
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Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
On a shrub of speckled alder about 8 feet high. The cocoon was collected for rearing.
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Marbled Orbweaver (Araneus marmoreus)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
Araneus marmoreus, Marbled Orbweaver near the Orr Bog Boardwalk.
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Ichneumonid Wasps (Family Ichneumonidae)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
In an area of mixed forest.
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Genus ItoplectisObserver
gwmccormickDescription
In a vacant lot of grasses and common tansy, in a small city.
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Racket-tailed Emerald (Dorocordulia libera)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
Dorocordulia libers, Racket-tailed Emerald
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Blackclock Ground Beetles (Genus Pterostichus)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
On surface of the boardwalk. During an unseasonably warm October afternoon. In a black ash swamp.
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White-margined Burrower Bug (Sehirus cinctus)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
On a scar on the trunk of a black ash. On an unseasonably warm October day it may have been warming-up.
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Fifteen-spotted Lady Beetle (Anatis labiculata)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
On the rail of the boardwalk. It seemed to be sunning on a warm (62 degree) partly cloudy day.
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Fire-colored Beetles (Family Pyrochroidae)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
Found under loose bark of a half-rotted black ash, in an ash swamp.
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Marbled Orbweaver (Araneus marmoreus)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
Along the Bog Boardwalk, Orr, Minnesota.
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Eastern Calligrapher (Toxomerus geminatus)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
On a late-blooming Aster sp. This was a particularly warm day with a record high of about 82 degrees.
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Augochlorine Sweat Bees (Tribe Augochlorini)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
On a late-blooming sow-thistle. The day had a record high temperature of about 85 degrees.
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Common Flowerbug (Anthocoris nemorum)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
Found within a leafy gall of willow. Site was along the boardwalk adjacent to Pelican Lake.
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Dark Fishing Spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
On the edge of the boardwalk, about 100 meters from Pelican Lake.
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)Observer
gwmccormickDescription
On a cool cloudy day, following a rainy period, this bee seemed incapacitated by the cold.
