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Ring-legged Earwig (Euborellia annulipes)Observer
johnklymkoDescription
In lettuce from Ontario greenhouse
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Cherry Acrobat Ant (Crematogaster cerasi)Observer
alisonnettaDescription
On Virginia creeper, Parthenocissus quinquefolia. Seems to be investigating nectaries?
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Spined Soldier Bug (Podisus maculiventris)Observer
bobhardingDescription
Nymph. Snacking on firefly, I think.
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Gold-and-brown Rove Beetle (Ontholestes cingulatus)Observer
sandwichDescription
On what appeared to be mustelid scat.
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Order StemonitidalesObserver
rosemarycurleyDescription
on dead birch trunk. Added photo #3 taken on August 18th
It is not really more pale that the first time seen
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Serpentine Webworm Moth (Herpetogramma aeglealis)Observer
bryanwindmillerDescription
Moth larvae rolled the tips of the pinnae of cinnamon Fern, Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
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Horned Spanworm Moth (Nematocampa resistaria)Observer
bobhardingDescription
Came to light.
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Rose Pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides)Observer
rosemarycurleyDescription
a ditch population on edge of bog
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Doubleday's Baileya Moth (Baileya doubledayi)Observer
bobhardingDescription
Came to light
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bobhardingDescription
I think. Total body length 7-8mm. Not in Coleoptera of PEI (Webster et al. 2022). Collected.
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Hadrobregmus notatusObserver
bobhardingDescription
I think. Total body length ~3.5mm.
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Red-spotted Admiral (Limenitis arthemis)Observer
lockebeulveDescription
Maybe?
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Salmonfly Cicada (Platypedia areolata)Observer
bobhardingDescription
I think. Early stage of eclosion process. On trunk of deciduous tree, ~1 metre from ground level. 25mm hand lens for scale.
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Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)Observer
jdeeDescription
The one in the back with white neck and blue bill. The male. I see a female to the right behind it.
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Peruvian Shield Mantis (Choeradodis rhombicollis)Observer
ria-vogelsPlace
Parque Nacional Rincón de la Vieja, Provincia de Guanacaste, Liberia, Costa Rica (Google, OSM)
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Brazilian Leafhopper (Protalebrella brasiliensis)Observer
nomolosxDescription
swept from grasses and other ground veg.
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White Pine Aphid (Cinara strobi)Observer
bobhardingDescription
?? Some kind of insect eggs? Several on needles in Eastern White Pine. In urban park.
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Whitman's Jumping Spider (Phidippus whitmani)Observer
izpoirierDescription
Possibly came over in my car as I drove in from Quebec a few days before.
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American White Admiral (Limenitis arthemis ssp. arthemis)Observer
bobhardingDescription
I think. White wing band visible; likely close to eclosion. Beneath light at Mothwall.
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Eastern Ironclad Beetle (Phellopsis obcordata)Observer
rosemarycurleyDescription
grazing on Russula
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Genus TeleopsisObserver
dhfischerDescription
botanic gardens near headquarters
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Giant Eastern Crane Fly (Pedicia albivitta)Observer
bobhardingDescription
Inside house. Photo taken by Clayton Harding.
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American Pelecinid Wasp (Pelecinus polyturator)Observer
bobhardingDescription
The lesser-noticed - and much less spectacular - male.
