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Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)Observer
botanyliciousDescription
In my yard!?!?!?!!?!?!!!!!!!!!!! Aahhhhh!!!!!
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Genus GlyphuroplataObserver
supertigerDescription
appeared very dark in person, in image 3 the pinkish cast is probably from light reflected off my pink phone case
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Redbud Leaffolder Moth (Fascista cercerisella)Observer
supertigerDescription
making a leaf fold on redbud
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Genus CladopelmaObserver
supertigerDescription
still caught in the web, still alive. observed the previous night - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/241309556
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Boneset Borer Moth (Carmenta pyralidiformis)Observer
botanyliciousDescription
Will replace back of camera with more pictures later. I was just excited because I've been trying to get a picture of this moth all day.
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Appalachian Tree Brown-Shield (Melanohalea halei)Observer
mhodges1957Description
On hardwoods
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Dusky-winged Hover Fly (Ocyptamus fuscipennis)Observer
jtkindtDescription
On aphid-infested cucumber. I can’t tell if there is something clinging to the underside of this syrphid larva.
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Sylvan Jumping Spider (Colonus sylvanus)Observer
supertigerDescription
this observation for the predator spider
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White-banded Fishing Spider (Dolomedes albineus)Observer
supertigerDescription
found paralyzed in the middle of the road, perhaps abandoned by a spider wasp
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Oriental Fruit Moth (Aspila molesta)Observer
botanyliciousDescription
I picked the family of the CV suggestion that was not "seen nearby" but visually similar. 🤷♀️
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Tufted Thyatirine Moth (Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides)Observer
botanyliciousDescription
Lacking a moth sheet, I hung a light colored shirt on the back of a chair next to the porch light.
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Swift Feather-legged Fly (Trichopoda pennipes)Observer
jtkindtDescription
on porcelainberry
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Olive Tiger Beetle (Microthylax olivaceus)Observer
giffbeatonDescription
This record is to supplement this other record of a live beetle by Tom Schultz:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202082887
This specimen was collected by the late Skip Choate on Grassy Key on 18 June 1977.
Unfortunately this species no longer occurs on the Keys but might again if weather brings more in someday... look on the bay side on rocks.
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Green Cone-headed Planthopper (Acanalonia conica)Observer
supertigerDescription
prey in a web
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Subgenus AgapostemonObserver
jtkindtDescription
second photo shows inside of rear femur I think, can this be used for ID?
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bryanpfeifferDescription
two broodsacs emerging and a third still in the snail
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Orbus Paradise Spider (Habronattus orbus)Observer
giffbeatonDescription
Stumped on this one I think it might be a weirdly-marked coecatus which I have found at this site but the face pattern below the AMEs is wrong.
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Marine Blue (Leptotes marina)Observer
jtkindtDescription
location approximate, satellite map is out of date (lot is now developed, this wasp was on a tree planted in a parking lot)
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Aplos simplexObserver
botanyliciousDescription
On (cultivated) North American wisteria
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Slender Flower Longhorn Beetle (Strangalia famelica)Observer
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Now I want to go back and just spend hours sitting among the flowers to see how many different kinds of cool longhorn beetles there are on the flowers. They seem to really like Sabatia capitata.
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Ornate Masked Bee (Hylaeus ornatus)Observer
jtkindtDescription
Female on same Hypericum frondosum bush as I saw male yesterday (also spotted male again). They seem to be residents or frequent visitors. Quite skittish- I should bring my real camera next time
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Eastern Ringtail (Erpetogomphus designatus)Observer
botanyliciousDescription
Approximate location. This was on the Little Rock Nature Trail.
I didn't realize these individuals were (probably) the same species. Also, I have only two prior observations of this species and both were on the same trail - possibly the same part of the trail.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/126896321 and
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/126896319
July 17, 2022
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Coral Hairstreak (Satyrium titus)Observer
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Finally! After searching for years! 🎉
I just turned down a random road and what luck! (Luck plus slowing down and looking at every Asclepias tuberosa on the side of the road.)
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Confused Dirinaria Lichen (Dirinaria confusa)Observer
mhodges1957Description
On Quercus virginiana bark (landscaping trees); Outer lobes consistently 1.5-1.75 mm wide
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Violet-crowned Bacidia (Bacidia purpurans)Observer
mhodges1957Description
On Taxodium distichum twig; disk cross section in KOH showing purplish epihymenium
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Volcano Wart Lichen (Pertusaria xanthodes)Observer
mhodges1957Description
On red-group oak bark; cortex UV+ orange; spores 2/ascus, ornamented with ridges
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Barbatic Dust (Lepraria barbatica)Observer
mhodges1957Description
On vertical face of sandstone outcrop; Thallus UV+ blue-white, K-, KC+ gold
