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Mantises (Order Mantodea)Observer
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Field Notes - Little brown baby praying mantis. First I've seen of the year! So excited!!!
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Ants (Family Formicidae)Observer
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Field Notes - These ants were having an all out war! They were ripping other ants that looked like than apart. I noticed they had beautiful gold fur on their abdomen.
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Orchard Orbweaver (Leucauge venusta)Observer
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Field Notes - Spider on a web
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Virile Crayfish (Faxonius virilis)Observer
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Field Notes - I told my kids I used to catch crawfish as a kid. I proved it by catching one. I didn't want to waste the chance to take amazing photos. He was very patient and did a backflip to freedom.
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Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)Observer
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Field Notes - I left pistachios on the table and the squirrel came to eat them!
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Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)Observer
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Field Notes - Dragonfly with blue body and black wings
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Typical Spiders (Suborder Araneomorphae)Observer
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Field Notes - Light brown spider. On my car. Hid immediately. Very skiddish.
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Longlegged Sac Spiders (Genus Cheiracanthium)Observer
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Field Notes - Light brown spider. On my car. Hid immediately. Very skiddish.
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Stink Bugs (Family Pentatomidae)Observer
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Field Notes - Black and red beetle. Very small.
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American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus)Observer
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Field Notes - I was told by the homeowners that this guy's name is Vlad. He attacked me when I tried to enter the house. I'm OK. He's pretty strong.
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Threeband Slugs (Genus Ambigolimax)Observer
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Field Notes - This slug may not be alive as he was with a very aggressive looking bug in my recycling bin.
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Small Ermine Moths (Genus Yponomeuta)Observer
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Field Notes - I could only get one shot of this moth. It's under a pink light. The moth is white with black spots.
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Leopard Slug (Limax maximus)Observer
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Field Notes - Slugs really like cat food.
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Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)Observer
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Field Notes - Chipmunk
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Guinea Paper Wasp (Polistes exclamans)Observer
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Field Notes - Wasp in my car!
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Beetles (Order Coleoptera)Observer
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Field Notes - Hanging out upside down on my porch. I didn't want to disturb him to hear his click.
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Oriental Beetle (Exomala orientalis)Observer
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Field Notes - This beautiful beetle was on my house this morning. It would tuck it's fancy antennae under to clean them.
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Field Notes - Looks like a may fly? I could only get one picture before he flew off.
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White Mulberry (Morus alba)Observer
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Field Notes - There is a tiny harvestman on the mulberries. He might have a red mite on him.
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Northern Hemisphere Crayfishes (Superfamily Astacoidea)Observer
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Field Notes - We found this corpse along a freshwater stream. It's brain cavity was completely cleaned out by a predator.
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Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron caementarium)Observer
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Field Notes - These wasps were digging deep holes in the soft mud on the banks of a freshwater stream.
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Violet Dancer (Argia fumipennis ssp. violacea)Observer
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Field Notes - Male dragonfly was bright blue while female was brown.
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Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)Observer
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Field Notes - Dragonfly with black wings and iridescent green - blue body.
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Dryad's Saddle (Cerioporus squamosus)Observer
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Field Notes - Found growing on a tree over a stream in the shade. Very large. Part that attached to tree is black.
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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)Observer
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Field Notes - Male had a beautiful green head and neck. Female was more brown. Did not like me getting close.
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis)Observer
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Field Notes - Yellow, orange and black bumblebees!!!
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House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata)Observer
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Field Notes - THESE GUYS CREEP ME OUT AND THIS ONE WAS ON MY DESK. HE'S OUTSIDE NOW BUT I NOT OK STILL!!!!
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)Observer
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Field Notes - A hummingbird! I tried to get shots of the colors. I believe it is mostly green.
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Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)Observer
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Field Notes - Two mourning doves preening in the sun
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Red Hot Poker (Kniphofia uvaria)Observer
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Field Notes - This is a really weird looking flower. Like tiny orange trumpets on long stems.
