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guidingguidaDescription
Smut fungus on big bluestem seed heads/culms
Culm smut of Big Bluestem
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guidingguidaDescription
On rose sp growing in true old growth prairie. Tons of galls, probably 20-30 in a 20 foot radius...Prairie Horizons remnant prairie
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Diplolepis ignotaObserver
guidingguidaDescription
On rose sp. Collected Prairie Horizons remnant prairie
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Walshia amorphellaObserver
guidingguidaDescription
Stem gall on lead plant...Prairie Horizons remnant prairie
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Genus AntistrophusObserver
louisnastasiDescription
Yet another new species! Original host gall observation here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/167275394
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Smooth Shadow-crust Lichen (Hyperphyscia syncolla)Observer
tommysmith
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)Observer
beesearcherDescription
pretty awkward for this bombus...
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Coppery Dung Beetle (Canthon chalcites)Observer
sarahwhole13Description
Observed beetle on fresh scat in Mott’s Ravine
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Tribe EucosminiObserver
mossman13Description
At blacklight after dark at edge of shrubby sedge meadow and degraded wet prairie.
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Anacampsis wikeriObserver
brandoncorderDescription
discovered here by Ben and Kerstyn
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Indigobush Twig Borer (Hystrichophora taleana)Observer
benandkerstynDescription
On leadplant
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Aethes matthewcruziObserver
mossman13Description
At porch lights after dark on cloudy, calm night with temp 77-71F.
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Heracleum Stem Borer Moth (Papaipema harrisii)Observer
mossman13Description
Came to porch lights left on from 20:30-22:30. ID uncertain. Maybe P. cataphracta?
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Genus PapaipemaObserver
mossman13Description
At porch lights or sugar bait after dark on breezy, cool night with light cloud cover. P. nebris? Somewhat large and speckled...
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Heracleum Stem Borer Moth (Papaipema harrisii)Observer
mossman13Description
At blacklight or sugar bait after dark in open oak woodland at edge of mesic prairie and marsh. All individuals photographed. Weird arctivorens?
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Genus PediasiaObserver
mossman13Description
At building lights left on overnight.
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Genus PediasiaObserver
mossman13Description
At building lights left on after dark.
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Greater Grapevine Looper Moth (Eulithis gracilineata)Observer
mossman13Description
At blacklight after dark in young prairie restoration.
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Genus ZanclognathaObserver
mossman13Description
At sugar bait or blacklight after dark in oak/hickory woodland. Did not record weather.
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Genus LacinipoliaObserver
mossman13Description
At building lights left on after dark.
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Underwing Moths (Genus Catocala)Observer
bkisDescription
Catocala caterpillar on black walnut.
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Underwing Moths (Genus Catocala)Observer
wylanderDescription
Some type of moth or butterfly larva, occasionally “inch” crawling on some paracord at our campsite. About 2” long.
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Speyer's Hooded Owlet (Cucullia speyeri)Observer
conniespartaDescription
Confirmation would be appreciated, but this seems likely.
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
mikeljonesDescription
Left a silk strand on my finger
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Tortricid Leafroller Moths (Family Tortricidae)Observer
woolcarderbeeDescription
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Rhopalomyia weldiObserver
guidingguidaDescription
Tentative host ID of large leaved aster (Eurybia macrophylla) but not confident. Galls in leaf bud and contain one whiteish/orangeish larva per gull.
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Usnea dasaeaObserver
goatprairieDescription
White medulla (not pictured) and lacking soredia
On a cold, north-facing sandstone cliff with yellow birch, rock polypody, Ramalina intermedia, Heterodermia speciosa, and abundant Lepraria
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Puta Sallow (Anathix puta)Observer
dawittrock2231Description
My first thought is A. ralla, but I am wondering if it might be an A. puta?
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Speckled Shield Lichens (Genus Punctelia)Observer
goatprairieDescription
Abundant on some trees along a creek below a N facing bluff
Lower surface black centrally
Last photo is K test, 03/06/2024
Cortex K+y, C-
Medulla negative
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Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus citrinus)Observer
mossman13Description
Traveling Survey. Found on 1-hour long Bombus survey over a meandering transect. shrubby grassland mostly dominated by cool-season exotics. Trifolium pratense.
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Genus AclerisObserver
mossman13Description
At blacklight after dark in mesic-wet prairie on breezy night (65-58F).
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Acleris simplicianaObserver
mossman13Description
Resting on Silphium terebinthinaceum foliage after dark in prairie restoration.
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Sunflower Borer Moth (Papaipema necopina)Observer
mossman13Description
At blacklight after dark in mesic prairie.
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Candleflame Lichen (Candelaria concolor)Observer
chdphotoDescription
Bong State Recreation Area
