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Marsh Crane Fly (Tipula oleracea)Observer
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Hanging out in the garden!
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Intractable Quaker (Kocakina fidelis)Observer
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Small (1.5cm) moth under a composter lid. This is an area shaded by Quercus and Carya trees (planted), so not a surprise to find this here.
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European Hornet (Vespa crabro)Observer
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Hornet found dead under an elm tree!
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European Hornet (Vespa crabro)Observer
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Hornet found dead in our greenhouse!
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Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)Observer
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Skipper caterpillar on one of our experimental Black Locust trees!
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Royal Catchfly (Silene regia)Observer
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Still some catchfly blooming at Huffman Prairie! No hummingbirds seen.
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Prairie Cordgrass (Sporobolus michauxianus)Observer
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Cordgrass at the Milford Center Prairie remnant.
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Chinese Mantis (Tenodera sinensis)Observer
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Massive mantids clinching in the cemetery prairie.
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North American Spur-throated Grasshoppers (Genus Melanoplus)Observer
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Huge grasshopper in the prairie.
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Purpletop Tridens (Tridens flavus)Observer
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Great grass all over the prairie area (and roadsides).
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Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia)Observer
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Giant garden spider at Milford Center Prairie remnant.
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Banded Garden Spider (Argiope trifasciata)Observer
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One of many enormous spiders at Milford Center Prairie remnant.
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Thistle Tortoise Beetle (Cassida rubiginosa)Observer
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Green tortoise beetle in the field.
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Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle (Propylea quatuordecimpunctata)Observer
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Teeny (2-3mm) beetle hiding in tomatillo skins.
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Chinese Mantis (Tenodera sinensis)Observer
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Huge (+4") Chinese Mantis out at the experimental plots!
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)Observer
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Bumble bee working the Agastache flowers.
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Zabulon Skipper (Lon zabulon)Observer
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Skipper drinking from our Agastache flowers.
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Striped Sweat Bees (Genus Agapostemon)Observer
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Sweat bee on the hyssop.
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Variegated Lady Beetle (Hippodamia variegata)Observer
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A nice teeny lady beetle came to eat our aphids! Thanks lady beetle!
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Boletes (Family Boletaceae)Observer
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Boletes in the lawn!!
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Sedgesitters (Genus Platycheirus)Observer
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Cool predatory fly came to grab aphids from our experimental Black Locust trees. Thanks Fly!
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Bluets (Genus Enallagma)Observer
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Teeny little damselfly is patrolling our experimental plants!
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False Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa juncta)Observer
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Big chubby beetle larva feeding on Solanum carolinense, so could be a potato beetle!
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Margined Calligrapher (Toxomerus marginatus)Observer
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Syrphid fly on parsley flowers!!
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Pug Moths (Genus Eupithecia)Observer
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Geometrid looper caterpillar on a blanketflower!
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Dogbane Leaf Beetle (Chrysochus auratus)Observer
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Dogbane leaf beetle found in a big patch of Dogbane!
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Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)Observer
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Hot rabbit lounging in the cool shade of Cunningham Hall, Kent State University, munching on clover and grass.
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Oblique Streaktail (Allograpta obliqua)Observer
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Syrphid on parsley flowers!
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Yellow Poplar Weevil (Odontopus calceatus)Observer
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Weevil on a sunflower leaf.
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Oriental Beetle (Exomala orientalis)Observer
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Beetle on our Echinacea!
