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 or comments. |
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Plants |
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Native, naturalized, invasive, or simply planted—any plant growing outside of cultivation in Minnesota. More than 900 plant pages include a profile, photos, a distribution map, a list of sightings by MinnesotaSeasons.com, and visitor sightings. |
Insects |
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Insects and arachnids found in Minnesota. More than 1,100 insect and arachnid pages include a profile, photos, a distribution map, a list of sightings by MinnesotaSeasons.com, and visitor sightings. |
Wildlife |
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Birds and bears, snakes and squirrels, toads and turtles—wildlife found in Minnesota. Wildlife pages include a profile, photos, a distribution map, a list of sightings by MinnesotaSeasons.com, and visitor sightings. |
Mushrooms, Lichens, and Other Fungi |
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Mushrooms, lichens, and other fungi found in Minnesota. More than 200 fungi and lichen pages include a profile, photos, 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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Prevernal Season |
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Prevernal is an ecological season. It does not correspond to any calendar season. Also called pre-spring, it fits between snow-covered winter and the wildflowers of spring. In Minnesota, it begins about March 1, as the weather warms and the snow melts, and lasts until about May 1. Deciduous tree buds begin to swell. Migrating birds fly from winter to summer habitats. |
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alpha long-horned beetle |
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stripe-legged robber fly |
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common ragweed fruit fly |
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fruit fly (Eutreta novaeboracensis) |
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walnut lace bug |
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slender springtail (Entomobrya clitellaria) |
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slender springtail (Homidia socia) |
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oval ambersnail |
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hairy evening primrose (Oenothera villosa ssp. villosa) |
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common tiger fly |
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longlegged flies (Condylostylus caudatus complex) |
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Cinder Lichen |
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Cumberland Rock Shield |
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common crane fly (Tipula furca) |
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Stonewall Rim Lichen |
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root-maggot flies (Family Anthomyiidae) |
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Blue-gray Rosette Lichen |
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fungus (Lentinula reticeps) | Greg Watson |
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black-legged long-horned beetle (Euderces picipes) |
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ashen long-horned beetle (Dorcaschema cinereum) |
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oak long-horned beetle (Urgleptes querci) |
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eastern dobsonfly (Corydalus cornutus) |
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green-legged orbweaver (Mangora maculata) |
Alfredo Colon |
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heptagonal orbweaver (Gea heptagon) |
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featherlegged orbweaver (Uloborus glomosus) |
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stink bug (Mormidea lugens) |
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Aldrich’s harvestman (Leiobunum aldrichi) |
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tachinid flies (Admontia spp.) |
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leafcurling sac spiders (Clubiona spp.) |
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painted harvestman (Odiellus pictus) |
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ghost spiders (Anyphaena spp.) |
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braconid wasps (Opius spp.) |
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tachinid fly (Zelia vertebrata) |
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entomophagus fungus (Entomophaga maimaiga) |
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weevil wasp (Cerceris halone) |
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broad-winged skipper (Poanes viator) |
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stink bug (Dendrocoris humeralis) |
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perennial mason wasp (Parancistrocerus perennis) |
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Texas striped sweat bee (Agapostemon texanus) |
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common crane fly (Tipula caloptera) |
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Hemlock Varnish Shelf (Ganoderma tsugae) |
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horned parasitic cobweaver (Neospintharus trigonum) |
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shore spider (Pardosa milvina) |
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black-tailed red sheetweaver (Florinda coccinea) |
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privet leafhopper (Fieberiella florii) |
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violet dancer (Argia fumipennis violacea) |
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carrot wasps (Gasteruption spp.) |
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lyric cobweaver (Yunohamella lyrica) |
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alder spittlebug (Clastoptera obtusa) |
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half-belted blue-black spider wasp (Anoplius semicinctus) |
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wood nettle gall midge (Dasineura investita) |
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common ectemnius (Ectemnius continuus) |
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striped sweat bees (Agapostemon spp.) |
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chalcidoid wasp (Leucospis affinis) |
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assassin bugs (Family Reduviidae) |
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dog day cicadas (Neotibicen spp.) |
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starry bristle moss (Orthotrichum stellatum) |
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crisped pincushion (Ulota crispa) |
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pine tree spur-throat grasshopper (Melanoplus punctulatus) |
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Speckled Greenshield (Flavopunctelia flaventior) |
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Wheeler's thick-legged jumping spider (Admestina wheeleri) |
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hybotid dance flies (Tachypeza spp.) |
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Hooded Rosette Lichen (Physcia adscendens) |
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rough stink bug (Brochymena arborea) |
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flea jumping spider (Naphrys pulex) |
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hook-toothed money spider (Erigone dentosa) |
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sand-loving wasps (Tachytes spp.) |
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European tube wasp (Ancistrocerus gazella) | |
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gold-marked thread-waisted wasp (Eremnophila aureonotata) |
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rustic wolf spider (Trochosa ruricola) |
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European alder spittlebug (Aphrophora alni) |
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gall midges (Subfamily Cecidomyiinae) |
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ichneumonid wasps (Subtribe Agrothereutina) |
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fungus (Gibellula pulchra) |
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ichneumonid wasps (Glypta spp.) |
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triangle weaver (Hyptiotes cavatus) |
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miserable mining bee (Andrena miserabilis) |
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oribatid mites (Galumna spp.) |
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Collared Parachute (Marasmius rotula) |
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tachinid fly (Gymnoclytia occidua) |
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lyre-tipped spreadwing (Lestes unguiculatus) |
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bot flies, blow flies, and allies (Superfamily Oestroidea) |
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American harlequin (Xanthogramma flavipes) |
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oak gall wasps (Tribe Cynipini) |
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black-legged checkered beetle (Enoclerus nigripes) |
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flat bug (Aradus robustus) |
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non-biting midges (Family Chironomidae) |
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olethreutine leafroller moths (Subfamily Olethreutinae) |
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non-biting midge (Psectrotanypus dyari) |
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unequal cellophane bee (Colletes inaequalis) |
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rufous-backed cellophane bee (Colletes rufocinctus) |
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contrasted long-jawed spider (Tetragnatha straminea) |
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winter midge (Diamesa mendotae) |
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oblique-banded pond fly (Sericomyia chrysotoxoides) |
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three-ribbed soldier beetle (Podabrus tricostatus) |
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yellow-haired falsehorn (Temnostoma balyras) |
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lump-legged swamp fly (Anasimyia chrysostoma) |
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two-lined chestnut borer (Agrilus bilineatus) |
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mountain ash sawfly (Pristiphora geniculata) |
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rust fly (Loxocera cylindrica) |
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black-headed ash sawfly (Tethida barda) |
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treehopper (Archasia belfragei) |
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gray pug moth (Eupithecia subfuscata) |
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large clover casebearer moth (Coleophora trifolii) |
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Brown-staining Cheese Polypore (Fuscopostia fragilis) |
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scarlet plant bugs (Lopidea spp.) |
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rose plume moth (Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla) |
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currant-tip borer (Psenocerus supernotatus) |
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red-lipped lacewing (Chrysoperla rufilabris) |
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dusky-banded leafwalker (Chalcosyrphus nemorum) |
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Pennsylvania flea beetle (Disonycha pensylvanica) |
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mourning fire-colored beetle (Pedilus lugubris) |
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chalcidid wasps (Conura side complex) |
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fragile forktail (Ischnura posita) |
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lance flies (Lonchaea spp.) |
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distinct quaker (Achatia distincta) |
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snipe fly (Chrysopilus proximus) |
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black locust treehopper (Vanduzea arquata) |
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encircled borer (Agrilus subcinctus) |
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New York scalewort (Frullania eboracensis) |
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purplish stylus money spider (Styloctetor purpurescens) |
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blood-necked longhorn beetle (Callimoxys sanguinicollis) |
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banded olethreutes moth (Olethreutes fasciatana) |
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yellow-spotted webworm moth (Anageshna primordialis) |
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low-horned wrinkleheads (Chrysogaster spp.) |
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guided soldier beetle (Rhagonycha recta) |
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bronze darkling beetle (Arthromacra aenea) |
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spotted cobweaver (Thymoites unimaculatus) |
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short-winged Darwin wasp (Agrothereutes abbreviatus) |
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soldier beetles (Rhagonycha spp.) |
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common sawflies (Subfamily Nematinae) |
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ichneumonid wasps (Subfamily Campopleginae) |
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Nebraska harvestman (Leiobunum ventricosum) |
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braconid wasps (Spathius spp.) |
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Newman’s mathildana moth (Mathildana newmanella) |
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limoniid crane fly (Gnophomyia tristissima) |
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bronze birch borer (Agrilus anxius) |
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twigsitters (Holopogon spp.) |
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treehopper (Telamona decorata) |
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dung fly (Cordilura varipes) |
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limoniid crane fly (Antocha saxicola) |
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brown lacewings (Micromus spp.) |
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grape plume moth (Geina periscelidactylus) |
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northern eudeilinia moth (Eudeilinia herminiata) |
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variegated midget (Elaphria versicolor) |
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clastopterid spittlebugs (Clastoptera spp.) |
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spotted cuckoo spider wasp (Ceropales maculata) |
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green cloverworm moth (Hypena scabra) |
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ichneumonid wasps (Euceros spp.) |
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predatory stink bug (Podisus brevispinus) |
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buffalo treehoppers and allies (Tribe Ceresini) |
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white long-legged cobweaver (Theridion albidum) |
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hairy poplar sawfly (Cladius grandis) |
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dwarf spiders (Subfamily Erigoninae) |
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imported willow leaf beetle (Plagiodera versicolora) |
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olethreutine leafroller moths (Olethreutes spp.) |
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hairy-eyed mimic (Mallota posticata) |
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common brown click beetle (Athous haemorrhoidalis) |
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rhododendron leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi) |
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bimaculate longhorn beetle (Molorchus bimaculatus) |
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dusky mucksucker (Orthonevra pulchella) |
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picture-winged fly (Callopistromyia strigula) |
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moth mullein (Verbascum blattaria) |
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sidewalk mites (Balaustium spp.) |
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large crane flies (Dolichopeza spp.) |
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house fly (Eudasyphora cyanicolor) |
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cow vetch (Vicia cracca) |
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slender-footed jewel beetle (Spectralia gracilipes) |
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fraternal darkling beetle (Mycetochara fraterna) |
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golden loosestrife beetle (Neogalerucella pusilla) |
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chalcidoid wasps (Oodera spp.) |
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two-spotted tree cricket (Neoxabea bipunctata) |
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wide-horned soldier beetle (Polemius laticornis) |
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snipe fly (Chrysopilus modestus) |
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narrow-winged tree cricket (Oecanthus niveus) |
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wild pansy (Viola tricolor) |
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limoniid crane fly (Erioptera chlorophylla) |
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rice leaf bug (Trigonotylus caelestialium) |
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four-toothed mason wasp (Monobia quadridens) |
Alfredo Colon |
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confederate violet (Viola sororia f. priceana) |
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swamp rose mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) |
John Valo |
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Newfoundland Chanterelle (Cantharellus enelensis) |
John Valo |
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jewel bug (Homaemus aeneifrons) | John Valo |
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