Minnesota Seasons
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These are locations in Minnesota where native plants, birds, and other wildlife can be viewed. With very few exceptions, these destinations are open to the public. Visitors can share their own photos, videos, plant and wildlife sightings, and other observations. |
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Native, naturalized, invasive, or simply planted—any plant growing outside of cultivation in Minnesota. More than 800 plant pages include photos, a description, a multi-sourced distribution map, and a list of sites where the plant has been found. |
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Insects and arachnids found in Minnesota. Species pages include photos, a description, a list of sightings by MinnesotaSeasons.com, visitor sightings, and distribution maps. |
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Birds and bears, snakes and squirrels, toads and turtles—wildlife found in Minnesota. Wildlife pages include photos, a description, and a list of sightings, as well as distribution maps for amphibians, mammals, and reptiles. |
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Mushrooms, lichens, and other fungi found in Minnesota. Fungi and lichen pages include photos, a description, a list of sightings by MinnesotaSeasons.com, visitor sightings, and distribution maps. |
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Download free high resolution wallpapers (screen backgrounds). These are photos of destinations featured on MinnesotaSeasons.com. The wallpapers are grouped by ecological season. Each wallpaper is optimized for the screen resolutions used most often on desktops, laptops, and tablets. |
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* Species pages may represent a species, subspecies, variety, genus, family, or other taxonmomic group, or an unidentified organism. Using the word “taxon” here would be more accurate but less widely understood.
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The serotinal ecological season corresponds roughly to the the second half of the summer calendar season. In Minnesota, the serotinal season usually begins about August 15 and ends about September 15. Deciduous leaves begin to change color. Young birds reach maturity and join other adult birds preparing for fall migration. |
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Alfredo Colon uploaded 2 photos of spotted cucumber beetle 10/20/2019. Val uploaded 2 photos of metallic bluish-green cuckoo wasp 9/23/2020. Luciearl uploaded 2 photos of clustered bellflower 7/2/2020. Luciearl uploaded 2 photos of jagged ambush bug (Phymata americana) 9/20/2020. Kirk Nelson uploaded 2 photos of margined burying beetle 9/20/2020. Kirk Nelson uploaded 2 photos of Elm Oyster 9/20/2020. Margot Avey uploaded 2 photos of common garter snake 9/20/2020. Kirk Nelson uploaded 1 photo of oil beetle (Meloe impressus) 9/20/2020. Kirk Nelson uploaded 1 photo of red-legged grasshopper 9/20/2020. Margot Avey uploaded 3 photos of Green Heron 9/19/2020. Margot Avey uploaded 1 photo of autumn meadowhawk 9/19/2020. Scott Bemman uploaded 1 photo of Common Loon 9/19/2020. Scott Bemman uploaded 1 photo of Ruffed Grouse 9/19/2020. Wander Without Wifi uploaded 2 photos of McCarthy Beach State Park 9/19/2020. Scott Bemman uploaded 2 photos of western poison ivy 9/19/2020. Luciearl uploaded 2 photos of upright carrionflower 9/17/2020. Jessica Marquez uploaded 1 photo of Peeling Puffball 9/16/2020. Alfredo Colon uploaded 2 photos of oleander aphid 10/20/2019. Wander Without Wifi uploaded 2 photos of western poison ivy 9/15/2020. Valerie Salley uploaded 2 photos of white-lined sphinx 9/16/2020. KatyMN12 uploaded 1 photo of narrow-headed marsh fly 9/15/2020. Jennifer Koerner uploaded 3 photos of Black Vulture 9/15/2020. Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of yellow velvet beetle 6/27/2020. Loren uploaded 1 photo of nursery web spider 9/14/2020. Krista Takemoto uploaded 1 photo of western honey bee 9/14/2020. Travis Miller uploaded 2 photos of eastern poison ivy 9/14/2020. PattiOD uploaded 3 photos of American Eastern Yellow Fly Agaric 9/13/2020. Mark Oeltjenbruns uploaded 1 photo of Dekay’s brown snake 9/13/2020. Scott Bemman uploaded 1 photo of white-cheeked jumping spider (Pelegrina sp.) 9/12/2020. Scott Bemman uploaded 1 photo of American pelecinid wasp 9/12/2020. Scott Bemman uploaded 1 photo of green stink bug 9/12/2020. Scott Bemman uploaded 1 photo of pale green assassin bug 9/12/2020. Guinness uploaded 1 photo of bald-faced hornet 9/12/2020. Wander Without Wifi uploaded 1 video of western poison ivy 9/12/2020. Dan W. Andree uploaded 1 photo of Nuttall’s evening primrose 9/12/2020. Melissa uploaded 1 photo of black and yellow argiope 9/10/2020. Dan W. Andree uploaded 1 photo of regal fritillary 9/10/2020. Dan W. Andree uploaded 1 photo of lance-tipped darner 9/10/2020. Dan W. Andree uploaded 1 photo of Trumpeter Swan 9/10/2020. Luciearl uploaded 2 photos of pearly everlasting 9/10/2020. Rick Thome uploaded 2 photos of monarch 9/9/2020. Kirk Nelson uploaded 1 photo of Leafy Brain 9/7/2020. Luciearl uploaded 2 photos of American highbush cranberry 9/7/2020. Tom T. uploaded 2 photos of Seven Sisters Prairie 9/7/2020. Tom T. uploaded 1 photo of silky aster 9/7/2020. Tom T. uploaded 2 photos of smooth sumac 9/7/2020. Tom T. uploaded 1 photo of showy goldenrod 9/7/2020. Tom T. uploaded 1 photo of white sage 9/7/2020. Tom T. uploaded 1 photo of prairie onion 9/7/2020. Dan W. Andree uploaded 1 photo of prairie skink 9/7/2020. Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of narrow-headed sun fly 9/6/2020. DG99 uploaded 2 photos of Honey Mushroom 9/5/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 1 photo of northern flying squirrel 6/25/2020. Dan Engblom uploaded 1 photo of potter or mason wasp (Subfamily Eumeninae) 9/4/2020. Alfredo Colon uploaded 3 photos of leafhopper (Gyponana subgenus Gyponana) 10/20/2019. Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of goldmoss stonecrop 6/23/2020. Denny uploaded 1 photo of oil beetle (Meloe impressus) 9/3/2020. Luciearl uploaded 2 photos of common sneezeweed 9/3/2020. Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of tricolored bumble bee 9/3/2020. JDenby uploaded 1 photo of white underwing 9/1/2020. Judy & Larry Ahlbrecht uploaded 1 photo of common green darner 9/1/2020. Dan W. Andree uploaded 1 photo of regal fritillary 8/31/2020. Dave Mathews uploaded 1 photo of end band net-winged beetle 8/30/2020. Joan uploaded 1 photo of Indigo Milk Cap 8/30/2020. LaRae uploaded 1 photo of rodent bot fly (Cuterebra sp.) 8/30/2020. Mannix family uploaded 1 photo of Indigo Milk Cap 8/29/2020. Lindsay Freeland uploaded 2 photos of northern walkingstick 8/29/2020. Charlie Heitzig uploaded 1 photo of large crane fly (Family Tipulidae) 8/29/2020. Judy uploaded 1 photo of bald-faced hornet 8/28/2020. Rehnman uploaded 1 photo of black and yellow argiope 8/28/2020. Shelby uploaded 2 photos of black horse fly 8/28/2020. Rachel B. uploaded 4 photos of American Eastern Yellow Fly Agaric 8/28/2020. Luciearl uploaded 3 photos of dog day cicada 8/27/2020 Joe Adams uploaded 1 photo of treefrog (Hyla sp.) 8/26/2020. Dan W. Andree uploaded 1 photo of regal fritillary 8/26/2020. ABaker uploaded 1 photo of Eurasian Collared-Dove 8/25/2020. ABaker uploaded 2 photos of Devil’s Stinkhorn 8/25/2020. ABaker uploaded 2 photos of goldenrod soldier beetle 8/25/2020. Chris Storlie uploaded 1 photo of Wood Blewit 8/24/2020. Margot Avey uploaded 1 photo of differential grasshopper 8/24/2020. A.E. uploaded 1 photo of bald-faced hornet 8/24/2020. Margot Avey uploaded 1 photo of red-spotted purple 8/23/2020. Dan Johnson uploaded 3 photos of Great Egret 8/23/2020. Margot Avey uploaded 2 photos of eastern tiger swallowtail 8/23/2020. Margot Avey uploaded 2 photos of great spangled fritillary 8/23/2020. Margot Avey uploaded 2 photos of silver-spotted skipper 8/23/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 3 photos of Gray-cheeked Thrush 6/25/2020. Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of green cone-headed planthopper 10/20/2019. Roger Williamson uploaded 2 photos of black and yellow argiope 8/20/2020. Lisa Tenter uploaded 2 photos of Beautiful Russula 8/19/2020. Richard Barnes uploaded 1 photo of Chicken of the Woods 5/20/2020. Rick Thome uploaded 1 photo of hummingbird clearwing 8/18/2020. Megan Bah uploaded 1 photo of eastern tiger swallowtail 8/18/2020. Chris Olcott uploaded 1 photo of dog vomit slime mold 9/1/2020. Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of wild calla 6/22/2020 Kathryn Wallis uploaded 4 photos of unknown fungi 8/16/2020. jmpickone uploaded 1 photo of black and yellow argiope 8/16/2020. Katie Schmidt uploaded 2 photos of shamrock orbweaver 8/16/2020. E. A. Junger uploaded 2 photos of eastern tiger swallowtail 8/16/2020. Melissa Dunbar uploaded 1 photo of eastern tiger swallowtail 8/16/2020. Mark Gullickson uploaded 2 photos of goldenrod crab spider 8/16/2020. Wander Without Wifi uploaded 1 photo of chestnut-marked pondweed moth 8/15/2020. Wander Without Wifi uploaded 1 photo of Canada darner 8/15/2020. Chelsey Schluter uploaded 1 photo of great black wasp 8/15/2020. Leesa Kolstad uploaded 2 photos of goldenrod crab spider 8/15/2020. Wander Without Wifi uploaded 1 photo of ruby meadowhawk 8/15/2020. Wander Without Wifi uploaded 1 photo of spotted spreadwing 8/15/2020. Wander Without Wifi uploaded 1 photo of two-striped grasshopper 8/15/2020. Wander Without Wifi uploaded 1 video of Hayes Lake State Park 8/15/2020. LCHB uploaded 1 photo of black and yellow argiope 8/14/2020. Bart Olson uploaded 2 photos of Chicken of the Woods 8/12/2020. Amy Moore uploaded 1 photo of black horse fly 8/12/2020. Trisha Parks uploaded 1 photo of northern walkingstick 8/12/2020. Penny Milkey uploaded 1 photo and 1 video of hunchback bee fly 8/12/2020. Janet Gouvas uploaded 1 photo of hunchback bee fly 8/12/2020. LMG uploaded 1 photo and 1 video of carrot seed moth 8/11/2020. Clark Thompson uploaded 1 photo of large milkweed bug 8/11/2020. Vicky Fabre uploaded 1 photo of treefrog (Hyla sp.) 8/11/2020. Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of northern paper wasp 8/9/2020. Kirsten Avraamides uploaded 1 video of giant swallowtail 8/9/2020. John Moore uploaded 1 photo of eastern tiger swallowtail 8/9/2020. 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thinleaf cottonsedge renamed to green keeled cottongrass |
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awl fly (Coenomyia ferruginea) |
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stink bug (Family Pentatomidae) |
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Rock Shield Lichen (Xanthoparmelia sp.) |
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lesser maple spanworm moth (Macaria pustularia) |
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two-striped planthopper (Acanalonia bivittata) |
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river birch (Betula nigra) |
John Valo |
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blinded sphinx (Paonias excaecata) |
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planthopper (Acanalonia spp.) |
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eastern woodland sedge (Carex blanda) |
John Valo |
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butternut woollyworm (Eriocampa juglandis) |
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three-lined leafroller moth (Pandemis limitata) |
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white bear sedge (Carex albursina) |
John Valo |
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Blackening Russula (Russula albonigra) |
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Unknown Flies (diptera larva) |
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Mead’s sedge (Carex meadii) |
John Valo |
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Deer Mushroom (Pluteus cervinus) |
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golden-eyed lacewing |
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shield-backed bug (Homaemus aeneifrons) |
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American gromwell (Lithospermum latifolium) |
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millipede (Class Diplopoda) |
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hooked buttercup (Ranunculus recurvatus var. recurvatus) |
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groundnut (Apios americana) |
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cursed crowfoot (Ranunculus sceleratus) |
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early buttercup (Ranunculus fascicularis) |
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autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) |
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great St. Johnswort (Hypericum ascyron ssp. pyramidatum) |
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woolly cupgrass (Eriochloa villosa) |
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lance-leaf coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata) |
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hairy crabgrass (Digitaria sanguinalis) |
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Leonard’s skullcap (Scutellaria parvula var. missouriensis) |
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lupine bug (Megalotomus quinquespinosus) |
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