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Insects (Class Insecta)Observer
steveplumbDescription
2 of these found 10' up a wall where it joins a roof. Very hairy cocoon but organism is not inside. Very white, just over an inch long, a possible mold parasitized caterpillar?
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Dicyrtomina minutaObserver
steveplumbDescription
Hundreds in several clusters on the water's surface after a rainstorm
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Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)Observer
steveplumbDescription
A Bot Fly larva exited near the groin, after death presumably.
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Basswood (Tilia americana)Observer
steveplumbDescription
At the Roosevelt Overlook on Palisades. Many Spotted Lanternfly on and below tree. Lots of perforated leaves.
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Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula)Observer
steveplumbDescription
At the Roosevelt Overlook on Palisades. Many dozens of them on and below a tree in the Linden family. Killed all I saw, but an impossible task.
Lots of perforated leaves.
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Silverbells (Genus Halesia)Observer
steveplumbDescription
Seems to be a common street/yard planting here in DC
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Northern Wild Raisin (Viburnum cassinoides)Observer
steveplumbDescription
short compact plant growing in the heath. no other similar flowers/buds close by