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 1,200 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.
Drought Monitor
Vernal Season |
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The vernal season, also called spring, is the season when visible signs of life return to the landscape after a desolate hibernal (winter) and a mostly barren prevernal (pre-spring) season. Tree buds burst into leaves. Birds establish territories and begin mating and nesting. In Minnesota, the vernal season usually begins about May 1 and ends about June 15. |
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6/17/2025 |
Aectic skipper scientific name changed from Carterocephalus palaemon to Carterocephalus mandan |
6/15/2025 |
silver-bordered fritillary scientific name changed from Boloria selene to Boloria myrina. |
6/14/2025 |
two-lined chestnut borer |
6/13/2025 |
soldier fly (Odontomyia cincta) |
6/12/2025 |
Aceria campestricola common name changed from elm bead gall mite to elm leaf gall mite |
6/11/2025 |
Eriophyes cerasicrumena common name changed from black cherry finger gall mite to black cherry leaf gall mite |
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6/8/2025 |
native ash borer |
6/7/2025 |
Common Brown Cup |
6/6/2025 |
brown thrushes and nightingale-thrushes (Catharus spp.) |
6/5/2025 |
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6/3/2025 |
scaly bee fly |
May |
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5/28/2025 |
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5/27/2025 |
Brown Pelican |
5/26/2025 |
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| 5/24/2025 | Lontra canadensis common name changed from northern river otter to North American river otter |
5/21/2025 |
Viola canadensis var. rugulosa common name changed from Canadian white violet to to western Canada violet |
5/21/2025 |
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5/14/2025 |
oak long-horned beetle |
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5/12/2025 |
fritillaries (Tribe Argynnini) |
5/11/2025 |
fungus (Pallidohirschioporus subchartaceus) |
5/11/2025 |
ashen long-horned beetle |
5/10/2025 |
drumming sword wolf spider |
5/9/2025 |
Celtis occidentalis common name changed from northern hackberry to common hackberry |
5/7/2025 |
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5/4/2025 |
black-legged long-horned beetle |
5/3/2025 |
sphinx moths (Family Sphingidae) |
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smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) | Gregory Gilman |
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currant-tip borer (Psenocerus supernotatus) |
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Stubble Rosegill (Volvopluteus gloiocephalus) |
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slender-footed jewel beetle (Spectralia gracilipes) |
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imported willow leaf beetle (Plagiodera versicolora) |
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three-ribbed soldier beetle (Podabrus tricostatus) |
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guided soldier beetle (Rhagonycha recta) |
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wide-horned soldier beetle (Polemius laticornis) |
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soldier beetles (Rhagonycha spp.) |
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Pennsylvania flea beetle (Disonycha pensylvanica) |
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mourning fire-colored beetle (Pedilus lugubris) |
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bronze darkling beetle (Arthromacra aenea) |
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common brown click beetle (Athous haemorrhoidalis) |
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fraternal darkling beetle (Mycetochara fraterna) |
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golden loosestrife beetle (Neogalerucella pusilla) |
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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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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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yellow-haired falsehorn (Temnostoma balyras) |
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lump-legged swamp fly (Anasimyia chrysostoma) |
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mountain ash sawfly (Pristiphora geniculata) |
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leafhopper (Macropsis basalis) |
Alfredo Colon |
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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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red-lipped lacewing (Chrysoperla rufilabris) |
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dusky-banded leafwalker (Chalcosyrphus nemorum) |
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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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New York scalewort (Frullania eboracensis) |
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purplish stylus money spider (Styloctetor purpurescens) |
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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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spotted cobweaver (Thymoites unimaculatus) |
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short-winged Darwin wasp (Agrothereutes abbreviatus) |
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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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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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olethreutine leafroller moths (Olethreutes spp.) |
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hairy-eyed mimic (Mallota posticata) |
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rhododendron leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi) |
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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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chalcidoid wasps (Oodera spp.) |
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two-spotted tree cricket (Neoxabea bipunctata) |
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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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sawflies, horntails, and wood wasps (Suborder Symphyta) | 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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