#151 Common Whitetail Dragonfly
Common Whitetail Dragonfly (Plathyris lydia) 29 July Photograph is of a female. A very common dragonfly across the entire U.S. The male has large black patches on clear wings with…
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2020-07-29
#150 Morning-glory Plume Moth
Morning-glory Plume Moth (Emmelina monodactyla) 28 July Wingspan 18-27 mm. Like most of the Pterophoridae, the wings are cleft or divided but this can be difficult to see as the…
2020-07-28
#149 Common Greenbottle Fly
Common Greenbottle Fly (Lucilia serricata) 27 July A blowfly found in most areas of the world and is the most well-known of the numerous green bottle fly species. Its body…
2020-07-27
#148 Banded Longhorn Beetle
Banded Longhorn Beetle (Typocerus velutinus) 26 July A species of flower longhorn in the family of beetles known as Cerambycidae. Extremely long antennae like their other relatives. Their bodies are…
2020-07-26
#147 Snowberry Clearwing Moth
Snowberry Clearwing Moth (Hemoris diffinis) 25 July This moth is sometimes called "hummingbird moth" or "flying lobster". This moth should not be confused with the hummingbird hawk-moth of Europe. About…
2020-07-25
#146 Dark Paper Wasp
Dark Paper Wasp (Polistes fuscatus ) 24 July The common name is also the golden or northern paper wasp, is widely found throughout southern Canada, the United States, and Central…
2020-07-24
#145 Shagbark Hickory
Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata) 23 July A large, deciduous tree, growing well over 100 ft (30 m) tall, and can live more than 350[2] years. The tallest measured shagbark, located…
2020-07-23
#144 White-tailed Deer
White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) 22 July White-tailed deer eat large amounts of food, commonly eating legumes and foraging on other plants, including shoots, leaves, cacti (in deserts), prairie forbs, and…
2020-07-22
#143 Virginia Ctenutha Moth
Virginia Ctenutha Moth (Ctenucha virginica) 21 July The largest and most broad-winged of wasp moths in North America. Body metallic blue; head and sides of collar orange. Forewing deep grayish…
2020-07-21
#142 Red-eyed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 20 July One of the most common summer residents of Eastern forests. These neat, olive-green and white songbirds have a crisp head pattern of gray, black,…
2020-07-20