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Spiders (Order Araneae)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Prominent spider with a distinct brown patterned abdomen.
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European Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Small, light periwinkle butterfly on sedum. Had distinct brown spotted underside.
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Green lacewing-like insect.
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Virginia Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica ssp. virginica)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Large bee with pale brown wings and dark body parts.
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Bald-faced Hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Large, white and black wasp-like insect.
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Eastern American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus ssp. americanus)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Large toad with black splotching and two-toned brown colouration.
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Caterpillar with white, yellow, and black stripe patterns.
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Genus CuernaObserver
emmastevensDescription
Plant/leaf hopper with red and blue bands with white stripes covering the black body.
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Typical Cobweb Spiders (Genus Theridion)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Spider with large cephalothorax. Pattern is white-yellow with dark brown triangular pattern.
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Subfamily IassinaeObserver
emmastevensDescription
Light green plant or leaf hopper with light orange eyes and leg tips.
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Pale, spotted moth dappled wind pattern. Dark eyes.
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Strawberry Root Weevil (Otiorhynchus ovatus)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Dark brown/black insect with weevil-like body form.
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Genus HemerobiusObserver
emmastevensDescription
Lacewing-shaped insect with brown colouration and patterning.
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Creeping Bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Strands of downward facing purple flowers. Serrated leaves with thick veins.
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Scudder's Bush Katydids (Genus Scudderia)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Long, thin, bent legs. Green body with banded stripe down the middle. Golden-brown eyes.
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Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Black butterfly with yellow, orange, and blue spots.
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Two-striped Grasshopper (Melanoplus bivittatus)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Large, banded, light green grasshopper in hydrangea foliage.
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Common Candy-striped Spider (Enoplognatha ovata)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Brown spider with black and yellow banded body segment.
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Goldenrod Leaf Beetle (Trirhabda canadensis)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Black and light striped beetle-like insect.
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Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Red insect that looks similar to a soldier beetle.
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Eastern Calligrapher (Toxomerus geminatus)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Bee-patterned flies with red eyes.
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Common Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Talk spike plant with blue-violet flowers with red protrusions. Attractive to bees.
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Genus SchizophyllumObserver
emmastevensDescription
Soft bodied and white-pink colouration with ruffled edges.
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Similarities to turkey-tail; white banding on the edges.
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Clearwings and Bee Hawkmoths (Genus Hemaris)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Clear winged insect with yellow and black body markings.
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Red Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Red-bodied and black-spotted form with long antennae. Appeared on a milkweed plant.
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Ground Yellowjackets (Genus Vespula)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Wasp-like bees found in grassy pot that appear to live in the soil.
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Bees (Epifamily Anthophila)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Smaller bee on flowers of a succulent.
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Genus HerpyllusObserver
emmastevensDescription
Dark-bodied spider with prominent tan markings across cephalothorax and abdomen.
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Eastern Boxelder Bug (Boisea trivittata)Observer
emmastevensDescription
Dead insect specimen with a red abdomen with black spots and black/orange-bodied segments.
