Minnesota Seasons

Minnesota Seasons

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Destinations

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.


Species

Plants

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.
				Photo by Luciearl

Insects and Arachnids

Insects and arachnids found in Minnesota. Species pages include photos, a description, a list of sightings by MinnesotaSeasons.com, visitor sightings, and distribution maps.
				Photo by Norm & Peg Dibble

Wildlife

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.
				Photo by Luciearl

Fungi and Lichens

Lichens, mushrooms, 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.

Wallpapers

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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Destinations

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Species*

* 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.


What’s New

Recent Uploads

Susan Gangl uploaded 1 photo of red milkweed beetle 7/4/2020. Dan W. Andree uploaded 1 photo of Black-billed Cuckoo 7/4/2020. Dan W. Andree uploaded 1 photo of Bobolink 7/4/2020. Dan W. Andree uploaded 1 photo of black swallowtail 7/3/2020. Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of American hog peanut 7/2/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 3 photos of Canada lynx 7/1/2020. Dave Rodestrom uploaded 1 photo of Colorado potato beetle 7/1/2020. RC uploaded 1 photo of lily-leaved twayblade 6/30/2020. Gretchen uploaded 2 photos of White Jelly Fungus 6/29/2020. Alfredo Colon uploaded 2 photos of *buffalo treehoppers (Stictocephala* spp.) 10/20/2019. Ramona Abrego uploaded 4 photos of bobcat 6/26/2020. Felicia Hunt uploaded 1 video of snowberry clearwing 6/26/2020. Steve Murray uploaded 1 photo of roundneck sexton beetle 6/25/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 4 photos of Eastern Phoebe 6/25/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 1 photo of Gray Jay 6/25/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 3 photos of Purple Finch 6/25/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 2 photos of Red-tailed Hawk 6/25/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 6 photos of Ring-billed Gull 6/25/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 2 photos of gray treefrog 6/25/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 3 photos of eastern chipmunk 6/25/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 5 photos of red fox 6/25/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 2 photos of American Goldfinch 6/25/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 1 photo of Common Goldeneye 6/25/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 6 photos of Common Loon 6/25/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 6 photos of Common Merganser 6/25/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 1 photo of Common Yellowthroat 6/25/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 3 photos of Eastern Bluebird 6/25/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 4 photos of moose** 6/25/2020. Kyle Roggenbuck uploaded 1 photo of flat-backed millipede (Pleuroloma flavipes) 6/24/2020. Luciearl uploaded 5 photos of white avens 6/24/2020. Luciearl uploaded 2 photos of hairy honeysuckle 6/24/2020. Ron Cram uploaded 2 photos of cecropia moth 6/24/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 10 photos of Hooded Merganser 6/22/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 3 photos of Magnolia Warbler 6/22/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 3 photos of Myrtle Warbler 6/22/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 4 photos of Northern Cardinal 6/22/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 1 photos of Oregon Junco 6/22/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 2 photos of Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6/22/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 1 photos of White-throated Sparrow 6/22/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 6 photos of American Widgeon 6/22/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 6 photos of Canada Goose 6/22/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 6 photos of Common Merganser 6/22/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 6 photos of Spotted Towhee 6/21/2020. NorthernMNmom uploaded 1 photo of dark fishing spider 6/23/2020. Wayne Perala uploaded 1 photo of common buckeye 6/23/2020. Luciearl uploaded 2 photos of sharp-lobed hepatica 6/23/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 6 photos of Red-breasted Nuthatch 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 4 photos of Red-winged Blackbird 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 5 photos of Ruffed Grouse 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 4 photos of White-breasted Nuthatch 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 7 photos of Wild Turkey 6/20/2020. Luciearl uploaded 3 photos of American starflower 6/22/2020. Nathan Johnson uploaded 1 photo of cecropia moth 6/22/2020. Jason Halverson uploaded 2 photos of dark fishing spider6/21/2020. Amanda Ferris uploaded 2 photos of Colorado potato beetle 6/21/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 1 photo of Canada lynx 6/26/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 3 photos of Killdeer 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 1 photo of Long-eared Owl 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 1 photo of Mourning Dove 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 5 photo of Peregrine Falcon 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 5 photo of Pileated Woodpecker 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 3 photo of Red-bellied Woodpecker 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 1 photo of Blue-winged Teal 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 1 photo of Brown Creeper 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 2 photos of Brown-headed Cowbird 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 4 photos of Cedar Waxwing 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 3 photos of Chipping Sparrow 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 1 photo of Common Grackle 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 1 photo of Eastern Screech Owl 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 1 photo of Golden Eagle 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 1 photo of Gray Catbird 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 4 photos of Great Egret 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 2 photos of Great Gray Owl 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 2 photos of Great Horned Owl 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 3 photos of American Kestrel 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 8 photos of Bald Eagle 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 5 photos of Barred Owl 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 1 photo of Black-and-white Warbler 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 5 photos of Black-capped Chickadee 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 3 photos of Blue Jay 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 3 photos of painted turtle 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 1 photo of timber rattlesnake 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 3 photos of Virginia opossum 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 2 photos of American red squirrel 6/20/2020. Kathy uploaded 1 photo of bold jumper 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 13 photos of gray wolf 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 4 photos of American black bear 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 1 photo of American mink 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 3 photos of coyote 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 3 photos of mountain lion 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 2 photos of moose 6/20/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 1 photo of whitetail deer 6/20/2020. Holly Clark uploaded 2 photos of wasp mantidfly 6/19/2020. Jody Johnson uploaded 1 photo of metallic bluish-green cuckoo wasp 6/19/2020. Fretenstew uploaded 1 photo of green immigrant leaf weevil 6/19/2020. Jeff Kimbel uploaded 1 photo of Brown Thrasher 6/19/2020. Ali Kay uploaded 1 photo of cecropia moth 6/19/2020. Lynn Rubey uploaded 1 photo of Double-crested Cormorant 6/19/2020. Lynn Rubey uploaded 1 photo of Baltimore Oriole 6/19/2020. Lynn Rubey uploaded 2 photos of Orchard Oriole 6/19/2020. Lynn Rubey uploaded 2 photos of thirteen-lined ground squirrel 6/19/2020 Luciearl uploaded 2 photos of common strawberry 6/19/2020. Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of fragrant bedstraw 6/18/2020. Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of smooth rose 6/18/2020. Lynn Rubey uploaded 1 photo of Killdeer 6/18/2020. Lynn Rubey uploaded 1 photo of Double-crested Cormorant 6/18/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 4 photos of American beaver 6/17/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 1 photo of Chicken of the Woods 6/17/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 2 photos of Trumpeter Swan 6/17/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 6 photos of Wood Duck 6/17/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 3 photos of Common Loon 6/17/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 4 photos of Eastern Bluebird 6/17/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 2 photos of Great Blue Heron 6/17/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 3 photos of Greater Scaup 6/17/2020. Luciearl uploaded 3 photos of northern bush-honeysuckle 6/17/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 4 photos of American White Pelican 6/17/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 3 photos of Baltimore Oriole 6/17/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 3 photos of Bufflehead 6/17/2020. Ramona Abrego uploaded 3 photos of Scarlet Tanager 6/17/2020. Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of large crane fly (Family Tipulidae) 6/16/2020. Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of treehopper (Cyrtolobus dixianus) 7/17/2018. Cheryl Esterbrooks uploaded 1 photo of cecropia moth 6/16/2020. Kristi Wicklund uploaded 1 photo of *geometer moth (Xanthotype* spp.) 6/16/2020. Cidne Kozlovski uploaded 1 photo of dog day cicada 6/15/2020. Benjamin Merk uploaded 1 photo of dark fishing spider 6/11/2020. Lynn Rubey uploaded 3 photos of Common Nighthawk 6/9/2020. Lynn Rubey uploaded 1 photo of Eastern Wood-peewee 6/9/2020. Lynn Rubey uploaded 1 photo of Field Sparrow 6/9/2020. Lynn Rubey uploaded 4 photos of Killdeer 6/9/2020. Lynn Rubey uploaded 2 photos of Yellow Warbler 6/9/2020. Luciearl uploaded 3 photos of four-spotted skimmer 6/8/2020. Anthony Soderlund uploaded 1 photo of eastern hognose snake 6/8/2020. Shawn Kislenger uploaded 2 photos of eyed click beetle 6/7/2020. Carl Wegener uploaded 1 photo of common ringlet 6/7/2020. Shay Elam uploaded 3 photos of polyphemus moth 6/7/2020. Melissa K. uploaded 1 photo of elm sawfly 6/7/2020. Colin Warren uploaded 1 photo of polyphemus moth 6/6/2020. Eve Peyton Lawson uploaded 1 photo of Shaggy Mane 6/5/2020. Jordan Plotz uploaded 4 photos of dark fishing spider 6/4/2020. Jason Crowson uploaded 3 photos of elm sawfly 6/4/2020. Zac Davenport uploaded 1 photo of Green Heron 6/4/2020. Alfredo Colon uploaded 3 photos of aphid (Uroleucon spp.) 10/20/2019. Julie Nelson uploaded 1 photo of gray treefrog 6/2/2020. Marie Erickson uploaded 1 photo of dark fishing spider** 6/2/2020.


New Pages

7/5/2020	roundneck sexton beetle
7/4/2020	flat-backed millipede (Pleuroloma flavipes)
7/3/2020	Seneca snakeroot

6/29/2020	Canada lynx
6/29/2020	buffalo treehoppers (Stictocephala spp.)
6/29/2020	Northern Waterthrush
6/28/2020	non-biting midge (Tribe Chironomini)
6/23/2020	ash bead gall mite (Aceria fraxini)
6/17/2020	treehopper (Cyrtolobus dixianus)
6/17/2020	geometer moth (Xanthotype spp.)
6/14/2020	Northern Rough-winged Swallow
6/12/2020	Hudsonian whiteface
6/10/2020	Rockville County Park
6/7/2020	Japanese hedge parsley
6/4/2020	aphid (Uroleucon spp.)
6/3/2020	Lesser Yellowlegs
6/1/2020	inland serviceberry


Next Up

1	metarranthis moth (Metarranthis spp.)	Luciearl
2	least chipmunk (Neotamias minimus)	Lynn Rubey and Ramona Abrego
3	coppery leafhopper (Jikradia olitoria)	Alfredo Colon
4	Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina)	Ramona Abrego
5	grapevine epimenis (Psychomorpha epimenis)	John Valo
6	spiny rose gall wasp (Diplolepis bicolor)	Twogalls
7	American sand wasp (Bembix americana spinolae)	Dan W. Andree
8	narrow-leaved New Jersey tea (Ceanothus herbaceus)	Luciearl
9	false milkweed bug (Lygaeus turcicus)	Alfredo Colon
10	Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)	Ramona Abrego
11	Smooth Patch (Aleurodiscus oakesii)	John Valo
12	wild calla (Calla palustris)	Luciearl
13	green cone-headed planthopper (Acanalonia conica)	Alfredo Colon
14	Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus)	Ramona Abrego
15	pronghorn clubtail (Gomphus graslinellus)	John Valo
16	stringy stonecrop (Sedum sarmentosum)	Luciearl
17	leafhopper (Gyponana subgenus Gyponana)	Alfredo Colon
18	northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)	Ramona Abrego
19	lupine bug (Megalotomus quinquespinosus)	John Valo
20	yellow velvet beetle (Lepturobosca chrysocoma)	Luciearl
21	oleander aphid (Aphis nerii)	Alfredo Colon
22	few-nerved cottongrass (Eriophorum chamissonis)	John Valo
23	clustered bellflower (Campanula glomerata)	Luciearl
24	spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata)	Alfredo Colon
25	autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata)	John Valo
26	awl fly (Coenomyia ferruginea)	Luciearl
27	stink bug (Family Pentatomidae)	Alfredo Colon
28	Rock Shield Lichen (Xanthoparmelia sp.)	John Valo
29	two-striped planthopper (Acanalonia bivittata)	Alfredo Colon
30	river birch (Betula nigra)	John Valo
31	planthopper (Acanalonia spp.)	Alfredo Colon
32	eastern woodland sedge (Carex blanda)	John Valo
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Estival Season

The estival ecological season corresponds roughly to the the first half of the summer calendar season. In Minnesota, it usually begins about June 15 and ends about August 15. Trees are in full leaf. Birds hatch and raise their offspring.