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Large Chestnut Weevil (Curculio caryatrypes)Observer
nealkelsoDescription
On Chinese chestnut (or perhaps a Chinese-American hybrid), http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/135058118
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Stripe-backed Resin-Leafcutter (Trachusa dorsalis)Observer
mmccarthy98Description
visiting Strophostyles umbellata. Thanks @gnatcatcher!
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Pink Star Moth (Derrima stellata)Observer
bkfjDescription
I was hoping to see one this year. The only other one that I saw was August 8th. A few years ago.
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White-footed Woods Mosquito (Psorophora ferox)Observer
patsuttonwildlifegardenDescription
A male nectaring on Mountain Mint
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Eastern Hercules Beetle (Dynastes tityus)Observer
sgalickDescription
A long await first in my yard after I got home from the belleplain mothing event. If I wasn’t locked out of the house I would have never went to the back door of the garage where it was sitting on the ground next to the porch light!
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Northern Frog-biting Mosquito (Culex territans)Observer
patsuttonwildlifegardenDescription
3 mosquitoes hovering around, landing on, and sucking blood of Green Frog in our wildlife pond
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Eastern Hercules Beetle (Dynastes tityus)Observer
evelyntomologyDescription
YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
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Trachusa fontemvitaeObserver
cpgibsonDescription
Note all photos are of same bee. Yellow banding is complete vs broken. Scapes are dark.
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Metallic Horned Dung Beetle (Onthophagus coenobita)Observer
bottinDescription
crottes de renard
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Genus ConuraObserver
cpgibsonDescription
Drinking nectar from extrafloral nectaries on Partridge pea
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Onthophagus dunningiObserver
roserobinDescription
Beetle, Dung, Onthophagus (genus), O. dandalu possible, about 11 mm.
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Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina)Observer
tate_yawitzDescription
Two native Carolina mantises mating while the female munches on an invasive spotted lanternfly!
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Virginia Metallic Tiger Beetle (Tetracha virginica)Observer
dwelch477Description
One of three adults found on edge of one field
