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Horsehair Worms (Phylum Nematomorpha)Observer
bethgayleDescription
A very thin hair like snake or worm that was quite long. I used the end of a leaf to pick it up and move it into the grass after this picture.
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North American Least Shrew (Cryptotis parvus)Observer
bethgayleDescription
This is three different pictures of the same little creature. Every few months I find a few dead of these on our walking trail, and I’m always very curious what they are and why they died.
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Dusky-winged Hover Fly (Ocyptamus fuscipennis)Observer
bethgayleDescription
Not a very good picture, but This hover fly was visiting my aquatic milkweed because it has yellow aphids on it. It laid an egg on the underside of a leaf, but unfortunately I did not capture that in a picture.
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Skippers (Family Hesperiidae)Observer
bethgayleDescription
Moth laying eggs on the bottom of my pole bean leaf
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Dusky-winged Hover Fly (Ocyptamus fuscipennis)Observer
bethgayleDescription
Larvae of some sort on the underside of my swamp milkweed leaves that was eating aphids.
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Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei)Observer
bethgayleDescription
See brown anole on right side of pole with dewlap
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Beefsteak Plant (Perilla frutescens)Observer
bethgayleDescription
Seed stalk on a bunch of plants that had square stem (mint family)