Minnesota Seasons

         
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.

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Species
         
 
Plants
  musk thistle  
 

Native, naturalized, invasive, or simply planted—any plant growing outside of cultivation in Minnesota.

More than 900 plant pages include photos, a description, a distribution map, a list of sightings by MinnesotaSeasons.com, and visitor sightings.

   
    Photo by Alfredo Colon  
         
 
Insects and Arachnids
  white underwing  
 

Insects and arachnids found in Minnesota.

More than 900 insect and arachnid pages include photos, a description, a distribution map, a list of sightings by MinnesotaSeasons.com, and visitor sightings.

   
       
       
       
      Photo by Norm & Peg Dibble  
         
 
Wildlife
  American red squirrel  
 

Birds and bears, snakes and squirrels, toads and turtles—wildlife found in Minnesota.

Wildlife pages include photos, a description, a distribution map, a list of sightings by MinnesotaSeasons.com, and visitor sightings.

   
      Photo by Luciearl  
         
 
Fungi and Lichens
  Yellow Morel  
 

Mushrooms, lichens, and other fungi found in Minnesota.

More than 200 fungi and lichen pages include photos, a description, a distribution map, a list of sightings by MinnesotaSeasons.com, and visitor sightings.

   
         
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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 “taxa” here would be more accurate but less widely understood.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Autumnal Season
         
 

The autumnal ecological season, called fall in North America but autumn elsewhere, needs no explanation. It is that time when the landscape transitions from summer to winter. It follows the serotinal season (late summer) when leaves of deciduous trees and many forbs and grasses begin to change color, and precedes the the usually snow-blanketed hibernal season (winter). In Minnesota, the Autumnal season usually begins about September 15 and ends about December 1. In the Twin Cities metro area it typically arrives late September to early (north metro) to mid- (south metro) October. Deciduous leaves are in full fall color then turn brown and fall to the ground. Birds migrate back to wintering areas.

The advance of the season can be watched on the Minnesota DNR's Fall Color Finder Web page. The map displayed there is updated daily. The Autumnal season has arrived in those areas colored red (75–100%) and dark brown (past peak). The northwest corner is the first area in Minnesota to see peak fall colors each year.

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Recent Uploads
 
 

September
 
 

Crystal Boyd uploaded 1 photo of blue-eyed grasses (Sisyrinchium spp.)
6/7/2013.

Dan W. Andree uploaded 1 photo of viceroy 9/29/2023.

Mike Poeppe uploaded 4 photos of eastern hognose snake 9/29/2023.

Tim Marpe uploaded 1 photo of Shaggy Mane 9/29/2023.

Babette Kis uploaded 4 photos of striped orbweaver 9/29/2023.

Babette Kis uploaded 4 photos of openfield orbweaver 9/29/2023.

Babette Kis uploaded 1 photo of European mantis 10/4/2022.

Dawn Marie uploaded 1 photo of American Yellow Fly Agaric 9/27/2023.

Ostry uploaded 1 photo of western conifer seed bug 9/27/2023.

Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of Smith’s Earthstar 9/27/2023.

Alexandra C. uploaded 1 photo of Great Egret 9/26/2023.

Dan W. Andree uploaded 1 photo of regal fritillary 9/25/2023.

Dan W. Andree uploaded 1 photo of Trumpeter Swan 9/25/2023.

Luciearl uploaded 2 photos of Jelly Rot 9/25/2023.

Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of Turkey Tail 9/25/2023.

Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of Luminescent Panellus 9/25/2023.

Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of American Yellow Fly Agaric 9/25/2023.

@annahalo uploaded 1 video of Isabella tiger moth 9/25/2023.

Cynthia Starkweather-Nelson uploaded 1 photo of red milkweed beetle
9/25/2023.

Luciearl uploaded 2 photos of hairy wood mint 9/24/2023.

Dan W. Andree uploaded 1 photo of Wood Ducks and Northern Flicker
9/24/2023.

Mike Poeppe uploaded 2 photos of banded argiope 9/24/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 2 photos of common crane fly (Tipula trivittata)
6/28/2021.

Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of Isabella tiger moth 9/22/2023.

Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of Chicken of the Woods 9/21/2023.

Greg Watson uploaded 1 photo of Magelssen Bluff Park 9/21/2023.

Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of Tawny Grisette 9/21/2023.

Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of Canada mayflower 9/21/2023.

Mike Poeppe uploaded 1 photo of arabesque orbweaver 9/20/2023.

Mike Poeppe uploaded 3 photos of spotted orbweaver 9/20/2023.

Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of northern leopard frog 9/20/2023.

Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of Chicken of the Woods 9/19/2023.

Luciearl uploaded 2 photos of Old Man of the Woods 9/19/2023.

Luciearl uploaded 2 photos of wolf’s milk slime mold 9/19/2023.

sasx21 uploaded 2 photos of giant goldenrod 9/18/2023.

Margot Diaz uploaded 1 photo of differential grasshopper 9/17/2023.

Nancy Falkum uploaded 1 photo of American copper 5/27/2022.

Lucy Morrissey uploaded 1 photo of fiery skipper 9/17/2023.

Greg Watson uploaded 4 photos of ipsilon dart 9/15/2023.

NewlyBugged uploaded 1 photo of peanut burrowing bug 9/15/2023.

Crystal Boyd uploaded 1 photo of predatory stink bug (Podisus placidus)
6/7/2013.

Babette Kis uploaded 1 photo of eastern grass-veneer 10/3/2022.

J. Hughes uploaded 1 photo of Chinese mantis 9/15/2023.

Dan W. Andree uploaded 1 photo of regal fritillary 9/15/2023.

Hannah Collins uploaded 1 photo of banded argiope 9/14/2023.

Nagarjuna Basupalli uploaded 1 photo of Barred Owl and Pileated
Woodpecker
9/14/2023.

Crystal Mattern uploaded 1 photo of funnel weavers (Family Agelenidae)
9/13/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 2 photos of treehopper (Cyrtolobus dixianus)
6/28/2021.

Babette Kis uploaded 3 photos of tomentose burying beetle 9/13/2023.

Ryan H. uploaded 1 photo of Chinese mantis 9/10/2023.

Sarah W. uploaded 1 photo of Devil’s Stinkhorn 9/11/2023.

Dan W. Andree uploaded 1 photo of regal fritillary 9/11/2023.

Dan W. Andree uploaded 2 photos of Purple-spored Puffball 9/11/2023.

Bobbi Johnson uploaded 1 photo of corn earworm moth 9/10/2023.

Tabitha Kerr uploaded 1 photo of white-margined burrower bug 9/9/2023.

Bobbi Johnson uploaded 1 photo of corn earworm moth 9/9/2023.

Mike Boyko uploaded 1 photo of Green Heron 9/9/2023.

Bonnie uploaded 1 photo of curve-tailed bush katydid 9/8/2023.

Luciearl uploaded 3 photos of American Yellow Fly Agaric 9/7/2023.

AB uploaded 1 photo of dark fishing spider 9/6/2023.

Babette Kis uploaded 2 photos of common crane flies (Tipula subg.
Pterelachisus)
10/3/2022.

Jackson Stai age 7 uploaded 1 photo of impressive meloine beetle 9/5/2023.

Jackson Stai age 7 uploaded 1 photo of American dagger moth 9/5/2023.

Nagarjuna Basupalli uploaded 2 photos and 1 video of Barred Owl 9/5/2023.

Brian B. Gibbens uploaded 1 photo of two-spotted stink bug 9/4/2023.

Joyce Kunath uploaded 1 photo of jagged ambush bugs (Phymata spp.)
9/4/2023.

Aaron Lobes uploaded 1 photo of gray cross spider 9/2/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 3 photos of marsh fly (Tetanocera plebeja) 6/28/2021,
7/1/2021, and 12/2/2022.


August

Nagarjuna Basupalli uploaded 1 photo of Ameroasian treefrogs (Dryophytes
spp.)
8/31/2023.

Nagarjuna Basupalli uploaded 3 photos and 1 video of Ruby-throated
Hummingbird
8/31/2023.

Gregory Gilman uploaded 1 photo of great spangled fritillary 8/30/2023.

Donna uploaded 1 photo of cecropia moth 8/30/2023.

Babette Kis uploaded 4 photos of white-winged march fly 10/3/2022 and
5/29/2023.

Maureen Haggerty uploaded 1 photo of Fly Agaric 8/29/2023.

Paul uploaded 4 photos of Leathery-veiled Bolete 8/28/2023.

Paul uploaded 4 photos of Two-colored Bolete 8/28/2023.

Paul uploaded 5 photos of Peppery Milkcap 8/28/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 2 photos of linden looper 6/28/2021.

Paul uploaded 4 photos of Boletes (Family Boletaceae) 8/28/2023.

Paul uploaded 4 photos of Suede Bolete 8/28/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 2 photos of northern crab spider 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of short-winged meadow katydid 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 3 photos of dogbane saucrobotys moth 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of common crane fly (Tipula borealis)
8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of common picture-winged fly 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of tachinid fly (Thelaira americana) 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of pigeon tremex 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 4 photos of pure green sweat bee 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 2 photos of stretch spiders (Tetragnatha spp.)
8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 2 photos of Green Wood Cup 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 4 photos of dusky slug 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 2 photos of spotted spreadwing 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 2 photos of common aerial yellowjacket 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 3 photos of Jelly Rot 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 5 photos of northern paper wasp 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of oblong-winged katydid 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of downy yellowjacket and jagged ambush
bug (Phymata americana)
8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 4 photos of eastern harvestman 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of northern crab spider 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 2 photos of American groundnut 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of coppery leafhopper 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of yellow-legged mud-dauber 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of orbweavers (Family Araneidae) 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of tall blue lettuce 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of American nursery web spider 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of four-banded stink bug hunter wasp
8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 4 photos of locust borer 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of goldenrod soldier beetle 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of bumble bees (Bombus spp.) 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of western honey bee 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 2 photos of European paper wasp 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of red-legged grasshopper 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of yellow-legged mud-dauber 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of pitted mason wasp 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of Mexican grass-carrying wasp 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of great golden digger wasp 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 2 photos of Crown-tipped Coral 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of greenhouse millipede 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 2 photos of fraternal potter wasp 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of masked bees (Hylaeus spp.) 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of root maggot fly 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of green stink bug 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 2 photos of jagged ambush bug (Phymata americana)
8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of American burnweed 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of tuftlegged orbweaver 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of marbled orbweaver 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of white-jawed jumping spider 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of common white-cheeked jumping spider
8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of Say’s trig 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of leaf-footed bug (Acanthocephala terminalis)
8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of swift crab spider 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of crab spiders (Mecaphesa spp.) 8/27/2023.

Dan W. Andree uploaded 2 photos of salt marsh moth 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of Say’s trig 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 2 photos of American idia moth 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of two-striped grasshopper 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 2 photos of downy yellowjacket 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 3 photos of gray treefrog 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of spotted touch-me-not 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of New York carpenter ant 8/27/2023.

DB uploaded 1 photo of black and yellow argiope 8/27/2023.

Paul uploaded 5 photos of American Yellow Fly Agaric 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 2 photos of American toad 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 3 photos of bronze jumping spider 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of black and yellow argiope 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of American nursery web spider 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of confused haploa 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 4 photos of hunchback bee fly 8/27/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of staghorn sumac 8/27/2023.

Ann Perry uploaded 1 photo of dog day cicada 8/27/2023.

Mike B. uploaded 3 photos of pandorus sphinx 8/26/2023.

Alicia V. uploaded 1 photo of dark fishing spider 8/26/2023.

Farmdogs5 uploaded 1 photo of Giant Puffball 8/25/2023.

Paul Hamilton uploaded 1 photo of leafy spurge hawkmoth 8/25/2023.

Christina Fortier uploaded 1 photo of Giant Puffball 8/25/2023.

Michelle Clardy uploaded 1 photo of metallic bluish-green cuckoo wasp
8/24/2023.

MSorenson uploaded 1 photo of black-and-gold bumble bee 8/24/2023.

Greg Watson uploaded 1 photo of confused eusarca 8/23/2023.

Dan W. Andree uploaded 1 photo and 1 video of Wood Duck 8/22/2023.

T.M. Eismann uploaded 1 photo of green stink bug 8/22/2023.

@annahalo uploaded 1 video of eastern boxelder bug 8/22/2023.

Chad W. Dilks uploaded 1 photo of northern walkingstick 8/21/2023.

Greg Watson uploaded 1 photo of harvestman (Order Opiliones) and
hickory hairstreak 8/22/2023.

Greg Watson uploaded 1 photo of pale green assassin bug 8/21/2023.

Greg Watson uploaded 1 photo of black firefly 8/21/2023.

Greg Watson uploaded 1 photo of spreading dogbane 8/21/2023.

Greg Watson uploaded 18 photos of Magelssen Bluff Park 8/21/2023.

Luciearl uploaded 4 photos of northern prickly ash 8/21/2023.

Gigi uploaded 1 photo of black horse fly 8/21/2023.

@annahalo uploaded 1 video of citrus flatid planthopper 8/21/2023.

Babette Kis uploaded 1 photo of bee-mimic robber flies (Laphria index
complex)
10/2/2022.

Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of double-banded scoliid wasp 8/20/2023.

Mike Poeppe uploaded 3 photos of black and yellow argiope 8/20/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of common sawflies (Craterocercus spp.)
6/27/2021.

Jennifer Conley uploaded 1 photo of American dagger moth 8/19/2023.

Clark O uploaded 2 photos of black-and-gold bumble bee 8/19/2023.

@annahalo uploaded 1 video of American dagger moth 8/19/2023.

Babette Kis uploaded 1 photo of fan-foot moths (Zanclognatha spp.) 10/2/2022.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of common crane flies (Tipula spp.) 6/27/2021.

J Allan Zimmer uploaded 1 photo of hunchback bee fly 8/17/2023.

Paul uploaded 5 photos of Chicken of the Woods 8/17/2023.

Lisa Boschee Wiersma uploaded 3 photos of red-bellied snake 8/17/2023.

@annahalo uploaded 1 video of antlered flutter fly 8/16/2023.

Catherine Hanson uploaded 1 photo of eastern hognose snake 8/16/2023.

Mike Dillon uploaded 1 photo of eastern giant swallowtail 8/16/2023.

Babette Kis uploaded 1 photo of click beetles (Melanotus spp.) 10/2/2022.

Adam G. uploaded 1 photo of black horse fly 8/15/2023.

Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of Russell’s Bolete 8/15/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of northern yellow sac spider 12/2/2022.

Shirlie Sharpe uploaded 1 photo of broad-faced sac spider 8/14/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of veiled ear moth 6/27/2021.

Tony uploaded 2 photos of eastern giant swallowtail 8/13/2023.

Misty Priest uploaded 1 photo of oblong-winged katydid 8/12/2023.

Paul uploaded 5 photos of Pear-shaped Puffball 8/12/2023.

Gregory Gilman uploaded 2 photos of eastern giant swallowtail 8/11/2023.

Jeffrey Senarighi uploaded 1 photo of hawthorns (Crataegus spp.) 8/11/2023.

Annie uploaded 1 photo of darling underwing 8/9/2023.

Babette Kis uploaded 1 photo of strangalepta flower longhorn beetle
10/2/2022.

Alissa Hawkins uploaded 2 photoa of northern yellow sac spider 8/8/2023.

Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of Scudder’s bush katydids (Scudderia spp.)
8/8/2023.

Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of roundneck sexton beetle 8/8/2023.

Luciearl uploaded 1 photo of hummingbird clearwing 8/8/2023.

Nina Arnsdorff uploaded 1 photo of sumac flea beetle 8/8/2023.

April uploaded 1 photo of Franklin’s ground squirrel 8/7/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of icy mound ant 6/27/2021.

Kim uploaded 1 photo of gray wolf 8/7/2023.

David Christopher uploaded 1 photo of dog day cicada 8/6/2023.

Alfredo Colon uploaded 1 photo of fusca-group field ants (Formica fusca
group)
6/27/2021.

Michelle Schuerman uploaded 1 photo of great black digger wasp 8/5/2023.

Paul uploaded 1 photo of Winter Russula 8/4/2023.

Paul uploaded 5 photos of Short-stemmed Russula 8/3/2023.

Luciearl uploaded 2 photos of woodchuck 8/3/2023.

Paul uploaded 26 photos of Grisette 8/3/2023.

Mickinley Landrus uploaded 1 photo of dog day cicada 8/3/2023.

Jen Kwasny uploaded 1 photo of Dekay’s brown snake 8/2/2023.

Paul uploaded 11 photos of Grisette 8/2/2023.

Babette Kis uploaded 3 photos of wavy-lined emerald 10/1/2022.

Mike B. uploaded 1 photo and 1 video of rodent bot flies (Cuterebra spp.)
8/1/2023.

blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium sp.)

viceroy

eastern hognose snake

Shaggy Mane

striped orbweaver

European mantis

American Yellow Fly Agaric

western conifer seed bug

Smith’s Earthstar

Great Egret

regal fritillary

Turkey Tail

red milkweed beetle

hairy wood mint

Pileated Woodpecker

banded argiope

common crane fly (Tipula trivittata)

Isabella tiger moth

Chicken of the Woods

Magelssen Bluff Park

Tawny Grisette

Canada mayflower

spotted orbweaver

northern leopard frog

Chicken of the Woods

giant goldenrod

differential grasshopper

American copper

fiery skipper

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ipsilon dart

predatory stink bug (Podisus placidus)

eastern grass-veneer

Chinese mantis

regal fritillary

banded argiope

Barred Owl

funnel weaver (Family Agelenidae)

treehopper (Cyrtolobus dixianus)

tomentose burying beetle

Chinese mantis

Devil’s Stinkhorn

Purple-spored Puffball

corn earworm moth

white-margined burrower bug

corn earworm moth

Green Heron

curve-tailed bush katydid

American Yellow Fly Agaric

dark fishing spider

common crane fly (Tipula subg. Pterelachisus)

American dagger moth

Barred Owl

two-spotted stink bug

jagged ambush bug (Phymata sp.)

gray cross spider

marsh fly (Tetanocera plebeja)


 

 
       
 
New Pages
 
 

September
 
 

9/30/2023

blue-eyed grasses (Sisyrinchium spp.)  
 

9/29/2023

European mantis  
 

9/28/2023

Hygroscopic Earthstar (Astraeus hygrometricus) name changed to Smith’s Earthstar (Astraeus smithii)

 
 

9/27/2023

ipsilon dart  
 

9/26/2023

peanut burrowing bug  
 

9/24/2023

common crane fly (Tipula trivittata)  
 

9/20/2023

funnel weavers (Family Agelenidae)  
 

9/19/2023

Leathery-veiled Bolete  
 

9/17/2023

two-spotted stink bug  
 

9/16/2023

eastern grass-veneer  
 

9/15/2023

treehopper (Cyrtolobus tuberosus)  
 

9/10/2023

gray cross spider  
 

9/10/2023

Two-colored Bolete  
 

9/7/2023

common crane flies (Tipula subg. Pterelachisus)  
 

9/4/2023

marsh fly (Tetanocera plebeja)  
  9/2/2023

Peppery Milkcap

 
 

9/1/2023

salt marsh moth  
 

August
 
 

8/31/2023

confused eusarca  
 

8/31/2023

Aphrodite fritillary scientific name changed to Argynnis aphrodite  
 

8/31/2023

Atlantis fritillary scientific name changed to Argynnis atlantis  
 

8/31/2023

great spangled fritillary scientific name changed to Argynnis cybele  
 

8/31/2023

regal fritillary scientific name changed to Argynnis idalia  
 

8/31/2023

Mormon fritillary scientific name changed to Argynnis mormonia  
 

8/30/2023

white-winged march fly  
 

8/29/2023

linden looper  
 

8/27/2023

fireflies (Photuris spp.)  
 

8/22/2023

Magelssen Bluff Park  
  8/21/2023

bee-mimic robber flies (Laphria index complex)

 
 

8/20/2023

common sawflies (Craterocercus spp.)  
 

8/19/2023

fan-foot moths (Zanclognatha spp.)  
 

8/18/2023

common crane flies (Tipula spp.)  
 

8/18/2023

genus Tipula changed from no common name to common crane flies  
 

8/17/2023

grousewinged backswimmer  
 

8/16/2023

click beetles (Melanotus spp.)  
  8/15/2022

northern yellow sac spider

 
 

8/14/2023

veiled ear moth  
 

8/13/2023

Short-stemmed Russula  
 

8/10/2023

strangalepta flower longhorn beetle  
 

8/8/2023

icy mound ant  
 

8/6/2023

fusca-group field ants (Formica fusca group)  
 

8/5/2023

wood, mound, and field ants (Formica spp.)  
 

8/2/2023

wavy-lined emerald  
           
 
Next Up
 
 

1

longleaf groundcherry (Physalis longifolia)

  Nancy Falkum  
 

2

damsel bug (Hoplistoscelis pallescens)

  Scott Bemman  
 

3

calligrapher beetles (Calligrapha scalaris group)   Luciearl  
 

4

bee-mimic robber flies (Laphria sericea complex)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

5

buttercup oil beetle (Meloe americanus)   Scott Fluegel  
 

6

orange virbia moth (Virbia aurantiaca)

  Greg Watson  
 

7

small milkweed bug (Lygaeus kalmii)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

8

Curtis’s Puffball (Lycoperdon curtisii)   Dan W. Andree  
 

9

diurnal fireflies (Ellychnia spp.)   Crystal Boyd  
 

10

broom forkmoss (Dicranum scoparium)   Luciearl  
 

11

ichneumonid wasps (Diadegma spp.)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

12

Bruce spanworm moth (Operophtera bruceata)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

13

Barometer Earthstars (Astraeus spp.)   Crystal Boyd  
 

14

Trumpet Lichen (Cladonia fimbriata)   Luciearl  
 

15

soldier beetles (Rhagonycha spp.)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

16

fall cankerworm moth (Alsophila pometaria)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

17

duskywings (Erynnis spp.)   Crystal Boyd  
 

18

leafhoppers (Oncopsis spp.)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

19

common oblique syrphid fly (Allograpta obliqua)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

20

silvery blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus)   Crystal Boyd  
 

21

brown leaf weevil (Phyllobius oblongus)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

22

elm spanworm moth (Ennomos subsignaria)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

23

mournful thyris (Thyris sepulchris)

  Crystal Boyd  
 

24

ashen pinion (Lithophane antennata)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

25

snowy urola moth (Urola nivalis)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

26

green-striped grasshopper (Chortophaga viridifasciata)

  Crystal Boyd  
 

27

leafhopper (Oncopsis sobria)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

28

Forbes’ tree cricket (Oecanthus forbesi)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

29

limoniid crane fly (Helius flavipes)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

30

red-shouldered stink bug (Thyanta custator)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

31

small red midge (Microtendipes pedellus)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

32

rigid sunflower borer (Papaipema rigida)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

33

gall midges and wood midges (Family Cecidomyiidae)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

34

green pug (Pasiphila rectangulata)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

35

leaf miner flies (Liriomyza spp.)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

36

scallop moth (Cepphis armataria)   Babette Kis  
 

37

pale green weevil (Polydrusus impressifrons)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

38

plume moths (Geina spp.)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

39

treehoppers (Cyrtolobus spp.)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

40

plume moths (Hellinsia spp.)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

41

Canadian potter wasp (Symmorphus canadensis)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

42

orange-spotted drone fly (Eristalis anthophorina)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

43

horned squash bug (Anasa armigera)

  Alfredo Colon  
 

44

thin-legged wolf spiders (Pardosa spp.)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

45

typical leafhoppers (Family Cicadellidae)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

46

leafhoppers (Aphrodes spp.)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

47

black-dotted glyph (Maliattha synochitis)

  Alfredo Colon  
 

48

grayish jumping spider (Phidippus princeps)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

49

spring tree-top flasher (Pyractomena borealis)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

50

cherry shoot borer moth (Argyresthia oreasella)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

51

leafhopper (Macropsis osborni)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

52

yellow-faced leafhopper (Scaphytopius frontalis)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

53

black-margined loosestrife beetle (Galerucella calmariensis)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

54

bee fly (Chrysanthrax cypris)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

55

brown centipede (Lithobius forficatus)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

56

gnat ogre (Holcocephala calva)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

57

strawberry rootworm (Paria fragariae)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

58

tachinid flies (Cylindromyia spp.)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

59

maize calligrapher (Toxomerus politus)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

60

wasp-like falsehorn (Temnostoma alternans)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

61

eastern spurred ghost spider (Anyphaena pectorosa)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

62

flower lebia beetle (Lebia viridis)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

63

common bagworm moth (Psyche casta)

  Alfredo Colon  
 

64

lesser vagabond sod webworm moth (Agriphila ruricolellus)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

65

smoky poplar aphid (Chaitophorus populicola)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

66

northern bush katydid (Scudderia septentrionalis)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

67

Kansas lady beetle (Scymnus kansanus)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

68

red speckled dun (Callibaetis ferrugineus ferrugineus)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

69

mining bees (Andrena Subgenus Melandrena)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

70

glossy black idia moth (Idia lubricalis)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

71

two-spotted leafwalker (Xylota angustiventris)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

72

aphideaters (Eupeodes americanus complex)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

73

obscure plant bug (Plagiognathus obscurus)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

74

raspberry fruitworm beetle (Byturus unicolor)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

75

short-winged nabis (Nabis rufusculus)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

76

pufftails (Sphegina Subgenus Asiosphegina)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

77

potato flea beetle (Epitrix cucumeris)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

78

click beetles (Agriotes spp.)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

79

ichneumonid wasp (Acroricnus stylator aequatus)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

80

variable narrow-wing (Magusa divaricata)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

81

reddish checkered beetle (Enoclerus rosmarus)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

82

clover leaf weevil (Brachypera zoilus)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

83

broad-banded meadow fly (Chrysotoxum plumeum)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

84

black vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

85

plant bug (Neurocolpus spp.)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

86

alfalfa webworm moth (Loxostege cereralis)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

87

picture-winged fly (Pseudoseioptera albipes)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

88

little underwing (Catocala minuta)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

89

treehopper (Telamona monticola)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

90

bent-lined carpet (Costaconvexa centrostrigaria)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

91

recumbent ground crab spider (Xysticus auctificus)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

92

fruit fly (Campiglossa albiceps)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

93

cutleaf teasel (Dipsacus laciniatus)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

94

pallid leafroller moth (Xenotemna pallorana)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

95

lateral-lobed soldier beetle (Ditemnus latilobus)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

96

emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

97

northern flatid planthopper (Flatormenis proxima)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

98

yellow-necked soldier beetle (Podabrus flavicollis)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

99

common flower fly (Syrphus ribesii)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

100

spotted bird grasshopper (Schistocerca lineata)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

101

Canada thistle bud weevil (Larinus carlinae)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

102

Milwaukee miner bee (Andrena milwaukeensis)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

103

brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

104

flower weevils (Odontocorynus spp.)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

105

eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

106

goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

107

dirt-colored seed bug (Ozophora picturata)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

108

lost sallow (Eupsilia devia)  

Babette Kis

 
 

109

root maggot flies (Family Anthomyiidae)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

110

warty leaf beetles (Exema spp.)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

111

common sawfly (Monostegia abdominalis)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

112

California calligraphy leaf beetle (Calligrapha californica)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

113

tortricine leafroller moths (Subfamily Tortricinae)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

114

three-banded crab spider (Xysticus triguttatus)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

115

plant bugs (Plagiognathus spp.)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

116

peppered jumping spider (Pelegrina galathea)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

117

viburnum leaf beetle (Pyrrhalta viburni)   Alfredo Colon  
 

118

rough avens (Geum laciniatum)

 

Babette Kis

 
 

119

variegated lady beetle (Hippodamia variegata)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

120

common crane fly (Tipula furca)  

Alfredo Colon

 
 

121

scarlet plant bugs (Lopidea spp.)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

122

ant mimic jumping spider (Myrmarachne formicaria)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

123

common stoneflies (Family Perlidae)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

124

common barklouse (Metylophorus purus)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

125

longlegged fly (Condylostylus caudatus group)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

126

fork-tailed bush katydid (Scudderia furcata)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

127

primrose moth (Schinia florida)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

128

tree cattle (Cerastipsocus venosus)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

129

tiger fly (Coenosia tigrina)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

130

fourteen-spotted lady beetle (Propylea quatuordecimpunctata)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

131

parenthesis lady beetle (Hippodamia parenthesis)

  Alfredo Colon  
 

132

black bean aphid (Aphis fabae)

  Alfredo Colon  
 

133

brown knapweed (Centaurea jacea)

  Alfredo Colon  
 

134

hairy evening primrose (Oenothera villosa ssp. villosa)

  Alfredo Colon  
 

135

eastern black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

136

oval ambersnail (Novisuccinea ovalis)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

137

confused woodgrain moth (Morrisonia confusa)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

138

elegant crab spider (Xysticus elegans)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

139

leafhopper (Acutalis tartarea)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

140

retrorse sedge (Carex retrorsa)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

141

bald-faced hornet fly (Spilomyia fusca)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

142

slender springtail (Homidia socia)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

143

triangular false click beetle (Microrhagus triangularis)

  Alfredo Colon  
 

144

common ragweed fruit fly (Euaresta bella)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

145

fruit fly (Eutreta noveboracensis)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

146

walnut lace bug (Corythucha juglandis)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

147

round bullet gall wasp (Disholcaspis quercusglobulus)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

148

stink bug (Mormidea lugens)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

149

ragweed leaf beetle (Ophraella communa)   Alfredo Colon  
 

150

ghost spiders (Anyphaena spp.)   Alfredo Colon  
 

151

Hart’s jumping spider (Tutelina harti)   Alfredo Colon  
 

152

heptagonal orbweaver (Gea heptagon)   Alfredo Colon  
 

153

entomophagus fungus (Entomophaga maimaiga)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

154

spongy moth (Lymantria dispar dispar)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

155

tachinid fly (Zelia vertebrata)   Alfredo Colon  
 

156

braconid wasps (Opius spp.)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

157

tarnished plant bug (Lygus lineolaris)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

158

stink bug (Dendrocoris humeralis)   Alfredo Colon  
 

159

broad-winged skipper (Poanes viator)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

160

weevil wasp (Cerceris halone)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

161

Texas striped sweat bee (Agapostemon texanus)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

162

speckled renia moth (Renia adspergillus)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

163

Hemlock Varnish Shelf (Ganoderma tsugae)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

164

common gray (Anavitrinella pampinaria)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

165

horned parasitic cobweaver (Neospintharus trigonum)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

166

Canada fire-colored beetle (Dendroides canadensis)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

167

sumac leaf blotch miner moth (Caloptilia rhoifoliella)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

168

violet dancer (Argia fumipennis violacea)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

169

flower bud weevil (Nanophyes marmoratus)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

170

privet leafhopper (Fieberiella florii)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

171

plant bugs (Phytocoris spp.)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

172

black-tailed red sheetweaver (Florinda coccinea)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

173

shore spider (Pardosa milvina)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

174

lyric cobweaver (Yunohamella lyrica)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

175

brown panopoda moth (Panopoda carneicosta)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

176

alder spittlebug (Clastoptera obtusa)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

177

featherlegged orbweaver (Uloborus glomosus)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

178

half-belted blue-black spider wasp (Anoplius semicinctus)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

179

carrot wasps (Gasteruption spp.)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

180

snowy tree cricket (Oecanthus fultoni)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

181

wood nettle gall midge (Dasineura investita)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

182

small milkweed bug (Lygaeus kalmii)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

183

flat-headed apple tree borer (Chrysobothris femorata)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

184

plant bug (Phytocoris eximius)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

185

chalcidoid wasp (Leucospis affinis)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

186

assassin bugs (Family Reduviidae)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

187

garden tortrix (Clepsis peritana)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

188

striped sweat bees (Agapostemon spp.)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

189

dog day cicadas (Neotibicen spp.)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

190

starry bristle moss (Orthotrichum stellatum)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

191

nosy pill woodlouse (Armadillidium nasatum)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

192

pine tree spur-throat grasshopper (Melanoplus punctulatus)   Alfredo Colon  
 

193

crisped pincushion (Ulota crispa)   Alfredo Colon  
 

194

painted harvestman (Odiellus pictus)   Alfredo Colon  
 

195

Wheeler's thick-legged jumping spider (Admestina wheeleri)   Alfredo Colon  
 

196

hybotid dance flies (Tachypeza spp.)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

197

twice-stabbed lady beetle (Chilocorus stigma)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

198

spreadwings and allies (Family Lestidae)   Alfredo Colon  
 

199

gnat ogre (Holcocephala fusca)   Alfredo Colon  
 

200

gnat ogres (Holcocephala spp.)   Alfredo Colon  
 

201

Hooded Rosette Lichen (Physcia adscendens)   Alfredo Colon  
 

202

rough stink bug (Brochymena arborea)   Alfredo Colon  
 

203

flea jumping spider (Naphrys pulex)   Alfredo Colon  
 

204

common crane fly (Tipula caloptera)   Alfredo Colon  
 

205

flat-footed flies (Platypeza spp.)  

Alfredo Colon

 
 

206

hook-toothed money spider (Erigone dentosa)

 

Alfredo Colon

 
 

207

Oriental beetle (Exomala orientalis)  

Alfredo Colon

 
 

208

fungus (Gibellula pulchra)   Alfredo Colon  
 

209

banded net-wing beetle (Calopteron reticulatum)   Alfredo Colon  
 

210

rustic wolf spider (Trochosa ruricola)   Alfredo Colon  
 

211

European alder spittlebug (Aphrophora alni)   Alfredo Colon  
 

212

Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)  

Alfredo Colon

 
 

213

gold-marked thread-waisted wasp (Eremnophila aureonotata)   Alfredo Colon  
 

214

triangle weaver (Hyptiotes cavatus)   Alfredo Colon  
 

215

miserable mining bee (Andrena miserabilis)  

Alfredo Colon

 
 

216

oribatid mites (Galumna spp.)  

Alfredo Colon

 
 

217

Collared Parachute (Marasmius rotula)   Alfredo Colon  
 

218

Strict-branched Coral Fungus (Ramaria stricta)   Alfredo Colon  
 

218

tachinid fly (Gymnoclytia occidua)   Alfredo Colon  
 

220

lyre-tipped spreadwing (Lestes unguiculatus)   Alfredo Colon  
 

221

delicate cycnia (Cycnia tenera)   Alfredo Colon  
 

222

ichneumonid wasps (Glypta spp.)

  Alfredo Colon  
 

223

       
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