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Hogchoker (Trinectes maculatus)Observer
lizchDescription
Suwannee River. Really looking for taillight shiners
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Typical Weevil Wasps and Allies (Genus Cerceris)Observer
lizchDescription
Fervid Nomad Bee?
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Feather-legged Scoliid Wasp (Dielis plumipes)Observer
botanamaniaDescription
i can’t tell what kind of wasp this is, the abdomen is skinny and unfortunately it has lost one wing.
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Bees and Apoid Wasps (Superfamily Apoidea)Observer
rverbDescription
Was around beehives, flew onto my legs
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Common Western Pygmy Blue (Brephidium exilis ssp. exilis)Observer
lizchDescription
Western, but I want to compare. Saw 13 in about 50 yards on n side of causeway
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Fervid Nomad Bee (Nomada fervida)Observer
lizchDescription
Looks similar but seems smaller and less shiny than the Pachodynerus erynnis that nest in the porch beehouse.
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Beach Flies (Family Canacidae)Observer
lizchDescription
Large group of flies hopping around near a ghost crab burrow on beach. They look different and behave differently than house flies. Usually don’t see so many in one spot.
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Sand-loving Wasps (Genus Tachytes)Observer
lizchDescription
Similar-looking specimen observed nearby on same date had the scoliid dense longitudinal wrinkles at the apex of the distal margin of the forewing. 15mm
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Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)Observer
pastephensDescription
Very unsure about this
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Columbian Trig (Cyrtoxipha columbiana)Observer
lizchDescription
Small active green cricket found on car under oak tree. It is now a resident of my bug zoo. He sang.
File of song attached.
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Caribbean Scoliid Wasp (Dielis dorsata)Observer
lizchDescription
The male CSWA is quite different from the female. I never would have known. My first ID attempt was a v careless error.
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Three-banded Scoliid Wasp (Dielis trifasciata)Observer
lizchDescription
So not Horse Guard, Stictia carolina. Note solid bands in metasoma. And there are bristles. This is a lifer!
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Florida Longhorn-Cuckoo (Triepeolus rufithorax)Observer
lizchDescription
? lunatus
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Fuscatus-group Paper Wasps (Subgenus Fuscopolistes)Observer
aliandbriceDescription
Undescribed
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Fuscatus-group Paper Wasps (Subgenus Fuscopolistes)Observer
lizchDescription
Ringed? Dark?
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lizchDescription
Found in grass near swamp in old pasture. Weather hot, clear and breezy.
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Elaphria cyanymphaObserver
lizchDescription
15 or so mm. Small. Sea foam green background. Found in SE moth field guide but could not find species in database. Have a couple of these observations.
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Bagworm Moths (Family Psychidae)Observer
lizchDescription
10 mm or so wingspan. On porch of house in established neighborhood. Found during day. Found moth in Peterson Guide to Moths of Southeastern North America (2018) p. 144.
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Phymata fasciataObserver
lizchDescription
Found in grass of old pasture near swamp. Weather hot and clear. About 1 mm long.
