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Order PhysaralesObserver
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Was found in many places along a moist mulch flower bed
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American Robin (Turdus migratorius)Observer
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I found these eggs in a bout lift cover. They are now bluish green I think and they were in an openish nest.
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Animals (Kingdom Animalia)Observer
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I saw this under a dissecting microscope from a creek sample.
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Micrasterias furcataObserver
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It is a spiky, light green phytoplankton discovered under a dissecting microscope.
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Gray Treefrog Species Complex (Complex Hyla versicolor)Observer
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Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)Observer
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This dragonfly was on the side of the house while I was cutting the grass.
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Eastern Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)Observer
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This copperhead was in my shed. It had to be exterminated for the betterment of my property but it was still a beautiful creature. My mother has an intense hatred for anything that slithers so this animal did not survive. This is officially the second fairly large copperhead my mother has killed on the property. It was about 2 1/2 to 3 feet in length.
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Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth (Malacosoma americana)Observer
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I found this moth on one of my baseball bats that was being hung in my garage. It was brownish in color with a stripe on its wings.
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North American Luna Moth (Actias luna)Observer
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I was walking across my lawn and spotted this moth of the wheel of our car. It was big for its size.
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Fan Clubmoss (Diphasiastrum digitatum)Observer
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This plant grew almost as a vine. It looked like a a cedar branch, but it was smaller and on the ground. It grew in patches.
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
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I found this mushroom in the woods at my high school. It had a reddish brown cap.
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
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This mushroom was on the side of a tree. It had a flat roundish top that was moist. It was found in the woods of my high school.
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Genus CosmariumObserver
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This protist was found in some pond water samples from the pond at our high school. This photo was taken through a microscope. It is green with pointed edges.
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Chydorus sphaericusObserver
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This protist was found in pond water at my high school. The picture was taken through a microscope. Photos taken by Catherine Thomas.
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Family DaphniidaeObserver
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This was found in a sample of pond water at my school. This picture is taken through a microscope by Catherine Thomas. It looks like a small water flea. It is a female because of the dots inside which are eggs.
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Genus SimocephalusObserver
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It was found in a sample of water in my high school pond. This picture was taken under a microscope. It looks almost like a small translucent flea. Photos taken by Emma Kaiser
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Genus MicrasteriasObserver
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I found this organism in the water of a pond at my high school. It had pointed spikes coming out of all sides when I looked at it under a microscope. It gets darker the closer you look to the center of the organism. This photo was taken under a microscope. Photos taken by Kevin Morris.
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Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
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This plant has white flowers with a stem leading out to the flower which hangs down. It has a small pointed object coming out of the center of the flower.
Photos by Kelly Sadel.
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
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I found this mushroom in the woods. It had a reddish brown cap. The mushroom had a flat cap that got whiter as it got closer to the center. Also, it had white specks/dots on the cap as well.
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White Fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus)Observer
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I was walking through a path alongside a gravel road and happened upon this tree. It was a beautiful tree, but I had never seen it before in the area. It's petals were long and thin with a whitish pigmentation. The leaves were dark green and had a pointed tip. It was growing in a relatively shaded area.
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Crown-tipped Coral Fungus (Artomyces pyxidatus)Observer
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I stepped on a very rotten log and this is what I discovered. It was poking out of the log in several places and intrigued me.
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Order PhysaralesObserver
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It was on a leaf that had food for the slime mold to eat. It was bright yellow and was most likely so visible because of the damp conditions created by weeks of rain.
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Common Land Snails and Slugs (Order Stylommatophora)Observer
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I found these eggs underneath of an old baseball base. They were in a moist, and enclosed environment. Photo taken by Kathy Richardson.
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Subfamily LycosinaeObserver
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I lifted an old oil can and happened upon this Carolina Wolf Spider. He sat there and didn't move even when my group surrounded him to get pictures. Close up picture taken by Kathy Richardson.
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American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)Observer
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This frog was sitting among the water fronds and grasses along the shoreline of the school pond. It jumped into the water when my group and I got to close.
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Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica)Observer
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The Japanese Beetle starts out as a cluster of eggs. Then it advances to the larva stage which is where I encountered this insect. Next, they advance to the pupa stage followed by the beetle stage. The beetle stage is the adult stage of this insect. In Japan, it is controlled by natural predators but it is rampant in the United States eating and destroying many species of plants. I found this particular specimen underneath of a bus tire.
