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Beetles (Order Coleoptera)Observer
tomandjillDescription
It flew onto my hand.
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Waves and Mochas (Subfamily Sterrhinae)Observer
tomandjillDescription
It was on my car when I returned from a hike. Mixed forest area.
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Orbweavers (Family Araneidae)Observer
tomandjillDescription
Underside only. Edge of forest.
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Northern Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum)Observer
tomandjillDescription
Mixed forest edge
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Pale Brittlestem (Candolleomyces candolleanus)Observer
tomandjillDescription
In wet leaf litter, brown spores
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Dark Fishing Spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus)Observer
tomandjillDescription
A small individual in a diseased maple tree
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Meadow Plant Bug (Leptopterna dolabrata)Observer
tomandjillDescription
On fruiting grass
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Meadow Plant Bug (Leptopterna dolabrata)Observer
tomandjillDescription
On Clematis virginiana, one of a few individuals.
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Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)Observer
tomandjillDescription
One of several individuals in different niches. They vary in size.
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Spittlebugs, Cicadas, Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Infraorder Cicadomorpha)Observer
tomandjillDescription
On either Solidago or Symphyotrichum. There were several on several plants where the leaves are attached to the main stem/stalk.
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Braconid Wasps (Family Braconidae)Observer
tomandjillDescription
On broad leaf plant foliage.
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Microrhopala xereneObserver
tomandjillDescription
It is on either Solidago or Symphyotrichum foliage.
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Genus PanorpaObserver
tomandjillDescription
Distinct scorpion like tail. Flitting about on broad leaf foliage.
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Chamomiles, Yarrows, and Allies (Tribe Anthemideae)Observer
tomandjillDescription
I didn't get a pineapple odor even when I bruised the foliage.
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True Sedges (Genus Carex)Observer
tomandjillDescription
Near power line clearing in mixed National Forest, alongside area of wet trail.
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Violet-toothed Polypore (Trichaptum biforme)Observer
tomandjillDescription
On broken oak log, the remnant of the tree was still in the ground. The tree was just broken and not a large diameter.
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Genus PholiotinaObserver
tomandjillDescription
Cap is friable and has been eaten thin by tiny arthropods. Mushroom was also very wet. Annulus is still nicely intact, though. It was the only one and was on ground in organic matter. Mixed forest.
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Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)Observer
tomandjillDescription
Fairly remote forest area milling about in leaf litter. Appears to be hosting Hesperomyces harmoniae.
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Duskywings (Genus Erynnis)Observer
tomandjillDescription
I was able to follow this one to a plant for a second photo opportunity. In a power line clearing in Pine-Rhododendron dominant plant community in mixed forest.
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Duskywings (Genus Erynnis)Observer
tomandjillDescription
Pine-Rhododendron dominant plant community in mixed forest near break in canopy where power lines are maintained.
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Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)Observer
tomandjillDescription
Not flowering at the moment. I was thinking may be some type of fern, but inat suggests it is something in the carrot family. It was growing as a colony of plants alongside a small area of hiking trail through pine-rhododendron dominant forest.
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Stargrasses (Genus Hypoxis)Observer
tomandjillDescription
I did not note if it was hairy or smooth. Pine dominant mixed forest trail edges.
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Wool Sower Gall Wasp (Callirhytis seminator)Observer
tomandjillDescription
On small sapling. One of the white oaks.
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Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens)Observer
tomandjillDescription
Pine and rhododendron rich forest
