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whateverwatcherDescription
On Common Pawpaw (195999179).
ID tentative.
This tiny wonder had me 99.999% convinced it was just a speck of scat - until I investigated a little too closely and it took off running!
Did the best I could on photos. It was seriously minute! I was also fighting partial shade which shifted with the breeze. And, of course, my extremely limited photography skills :D
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Joro Spider (Trichonephila clavata)Observer
sean_maloneyDescription
Male and female.
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Genus PodisusObserver
krechols13Description
I knew we had predatory stink bugs in the pollinator garden, but I hadn't ever seen one in the middle of predation before! It was sucking the life out of a Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle grub. (This scene took place on potted milkweed.) A separate observation for the grub can be found here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/178872340
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Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor)Observer
brinkbird65Description
I watched this raccoon running across the lawn and enter the garbage can, then I patiently waited for it to appear at the opening to leave.
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Theridula opulentaObserver
whateverwatcherDescription
Such a cutie! Spotted on the underside of a grapevine leaf.
So shiny that I could make out my reflection in some of the photos 🤣
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Water Scavenger Beetles (Family Hydrophilidae)Observer
danstiverDescription
Tiny larva found in pond with its abdomen sticking to the water’s surface
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Crucifer Aphids (Genus Lipaphis)Observer
dgoebelDescription
Possible non native garlic mustard aphid. Near base of American elm and spice bush. About 100 feet from opening on trail.
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Apple Twig Borer (Amphicerus bicaudatus)Observer
laureldocDescription
Bostrichid Beetles for sure ...
2 photos
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Margined Calligrapher (Toxomerus marginatus)Observer
ildikorabDescription
This calligrapher has such unusual marking, I do not think that I have ever seen one this dark!
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Click Beetles (Family Elateridae)Observer
tonyrdddDescription
On seedhead of a grass, Rytidosperma sp.
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Genus AmeniaObserver
pushingupdandelionsDescription
Yellow headed like the snail parasite fly but metallic red body
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Trichopoda lanipesObserver
janetwrightDescription
Edge of tidal marsh, on Baccharis halimifolia https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137451602.
The fly appeared to be doing a display, particularly raising the tip of its abdomen.
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Mastophora stoweiObserver
whateverwatcherDescription
Not sure which one. Maybe M. bisaccata or M. stowei?
So incredibly excited when I found this on the underside of an Eastern Redbud (136983754) leaf. I immediately thought it might be a bolas spider. Kept trying not to get my hopes up.
Just had to get this one in & find out for sure.
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Forcepfly (Merope tuber)Observer
liriodenDescription
Female. Found at base of Moth sheet-UV/MV lighting.
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Spiny Rainforest Katydid (Phricta spinosa)Observer
charliealmeidaDescription
Extremely well camouflaged. About 6-7 cm long
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m_whitsonDescription
Over 10 years ago, I planted a Japanese Woodland Peony at the edge of my woods. It blooms every couple of years, but usually doesn't set fruit. The blooms are simple and elegant and white. It's the fruit and seeds that are wildly colored. This fruit is old, but the inside would have been brilliant red right after it opened. Bright contrasting colors associated with fruit, like red and blue, are often an adaptation to attract birds for dispersal. The method used by this peony is particularly interesting because the red "bait" structures are unfertilized ovules. Viable seeds are blue.
Most plants trying to lure birds into dispersing their naked seeds use arils (often an expanded placenta) or simply colorful patterns on the seeds to encourage the birds. Peony fruit, with their mix of colorful ovules and seeds, are odd.
There actually aren't many studies on seed dispersal in peonies, and while the color and structure of the fruits and seeds suggest bird dispersal, so far, there is little evidence that birds play a major role in peony seed dispersal.
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keimwjDescription
20 Aug 2022.
Bucks County Audubon Society at Honey Hollow, Bucks Co, PA.
Found on Carya cordiformis.
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Purple-spotted Lily Aphid (Macrosiphum lilii)Observer
m_whitsonDescription
I get these fancy little aphids on my tiger lilies most years, usually late in the summer when the plants are starting to senesce anyway.
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Linear Bug (Phaenacantha australiae)Observer
rattyexploresDescription
These insects were everywhere. Not sure why.
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Grass Lacebug (Leptodictya plana)Observer
boggsosuDescription
Grass lace bug collected on ‘Little Bunny’ dwarf fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides, family Poaceae). Shown on a Miscanthus sp. blade in support of photo quality.
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Spiny Witch-Hazel Gall Aphid (Hamamelistes spinosus)Observer
bunnymom20Description
on Hamamelis sp
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
rednatDescription
Small moth with transparent wings
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Say's Mantidfly (Dicromantispa sayi)Observer
chisaleDescription
Drawn to lights shortly after sunset
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ivanmunksDescription
in 3 different unopened Asclepias syriaca flowers (the rest of the umbels that these flowers were on opened normally). These are the same larvae that @kemper found on Asclepias here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/122508469
I've observed these larvae in the past, but not directly inside of unopened milkweed flowers. For my research I place satin bags over milkweed umbels to ensure I can collect the next day, and these larvae often show up in the bags the next morning, sometimes in large numbers (up to ~50). They also jump. Because of this, I'm doubtful that the unopened flowers they are in are actually galls, especially since the larvae seem to move quite freely in and out of them. See here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/84974673
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Genus RipiphorusObserver
whateverwatcherDescription
Had trouble getting a good view of this, but I'm glad that I persevered. When I finally did get a good look, I knew at once what it was and what she was up to. That flower head is now loaded with little hitchhikers.
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Emergent Mayfly (Hexagenia bilineata)Observer
jpspaethDescription
Ohio River specimens
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biogeo52Description
In Acroceridae, ‘Small-headed’ flies. High elevation Appalachian species, parasitic on trap door spiders. On Rubus canadensis, 5,260 ft elevation.
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Muscoid Flies (Superfamily Muscoidea)Observer
joemdoDescription
Fungus gnat being subdued?
Mostly looking for insects. Observations from this area: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=25.781655655652138&nelng=-80.31088901752234&on=2022-04-03&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&swlat=25.776342059777495&swlng=-80.33357454677905&user_id=joemdo
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Blackberry Knot Gall Wasp (Diastrophus nebulosus)Observer
cocokittyDescription
Found on Diastrophus nebulosus gall.
Looks similar to https://bugguide.net/node/view/386755/bgimage
