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0 0 Fungi

Fungi

by Rustic 41Virginia, USA

This specimen was found on the Forest Exploration Trail in

2 0 Bronze Jumper, male

Bronze Jumper, male

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Medium sized jumping spider. Dark brown coloration with white markings.

2 0 Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

This little beauty stopped briefly for a mini photo session. Small orange ...

0 0 Eastern Tent Caterpillar

Eastern Tent Caterpillar

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Blue, orange, black and yellow caterpillar with a solid cream dorsal stripe.

1 0 Bronze Jumper

Bronze Jumper

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Small, dark jumper with light markings. Rescued from the water cooler while we ...

0 0 Elegant Crab Spider, male

Elegant Crab Spider, male

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Beautifully colored spider. Dark brown with red and tan.

0 0 Rose Chafer

Rose Chafer

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Golden-yellow beetle with long orange and black legs.

1 2 False Click Beetle

False Click Beetle

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Large, brown beetle. Possibly a click-beetle.

0 0 Tortricid Moth

Tortricid Moth

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Lead gray wings with brown and orangish markings.

0 0 Jack-in-the-pulpit

Jack-in-the-pulpit

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Low growing plant with bright green foliage. Trifoliate leaves that slightly ...

0 0 Virginia Spring Beauty

Virginia Spring Beauty

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Small plant with narrow, grass-like leaves. Plant produces pretty, five-petaled ...

0 0 Star Chickweed

Star Chickweed

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Small plant with lanceolate shaped leaves. White flowers with five deeply cleft ...

1 1 Peppered Jumper

Peppered Jumper

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Small jumping spider. Brown base coloration with banded legs, white and dark ...

0 0 Northern Cricket Frog

Northern Cricket Frog

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Small gray frog with warty skin. Toes of hind feet are completely webbed.

0 0 Henry's Elfin

Henry's Elfin

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Very small butterfly. Underside of both wings are lighter on the outer half and ...

3 0 Clubtail Dragonfly, teneral female

Clubtail Dragonfly, teneral female

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Tan dragonfly with pale markings on the thorax. Teneral (recently emerged) so ...

1 0 Mesh Web Weaver, male

Mesh Web Weaver, male

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Unknown species. These small red spiders were plentiful in the vegetation. Any ...

0 0 Virginia Pennywort

Virginia Pennywort

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Small, low-growing plant. Purplish-green leaves, reddish stem, White flowers. I ...

1 0 Northern Cricket Frog

Northern Cricket Frog

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Small grayish-tan frog with darker brown markings, slight green spots (they ...

0 0 Succulent Oak Gall Wasp

Succulent Oak Gall Wasp

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Round, hollow galls, formed within the leaves of a young oak tree. Inside these ...

0 0 Common Sawfly Larva

Common Sawfly Larva

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Tribe Blennocampini. Small two-tone green larva with a black head and black and ...

0 0 Yellow-headed Looper

Yellow-headed Looper

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Average sized, tan Geometrid with brown mottling and brown lines.

0 0 Soil Centipede

Soil Centipede

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Order Geophilomorpha. Small, long and thin centipede. Slow moving. This one was ...

0 0 Six-spotted Tiger Beetle

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Medium sized beetle with emerald green metallic coloration. Six white spots on ...

0 0 Small Minnow Mayfly, male

Small Minnow Mayfly, male

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Small, dark bodied Mayfly with pale wings, legs, and tail cerci. Turban shaped ...

2 0 Oak Treehopper

Oak Treehopper

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Teal hopper with red and yellow stripes. Large horn with a rounded tip. Tends ...

0 0 Shield-backed Katydid

Shield-backed Katydid

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Likely one of the Eastern Sheildbacks. Robust insect with a large protonum. ...

0 0 Bold Jumper

Bold Jumper

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Male spider. Black with white markings. Emerald green chelicera. This species ...

0 0 Tortricid Moth

Tortricid Moth

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Small moth. Reddish-brown head and distal wings with a grayish band in the ...

1 0 Virginian Tiger Moth

Virginian Tiger Moth

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Orangish-yellow, furry caterpillar. These are quite variable in color.

0 0 Skink, male

Skink, male

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

house within the park we were visiting. ...

1 0 Flat-backed Millipede

Flat-backed Millipede

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Large millipede with a more flattened appearance. Dark with bright yellow and ...

0 0 Violet Woodsorrel

Violet Woodsorrel

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Small, delicate plant. It has three part heart-shaped leaves on long stems. ...

0 0 Perfoliate Bellwort

Perfoliate Bellwort

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Erect, non-branching plant. Lanceolate shaped leaves seemed to be pierced by ...

0 0 Rue Anemone

Rue Anemone

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Delicate plant with roundish, shallowly lobed leaves, thin stems and flowers ...

1 1 Bluets

Bluets

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Tiny bluish-white flowers with a yellow center. Stems are very thin and ...

0 0 Slender Yellow Woodsorrel

Slender Yellow Woodsorrel

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Small, weedy plant with five petaled golden-yellow flowers. Small areas of ...

1 0 Zebra Swallowtail, Spring Form

Zebra Swallowtail, Spring Form

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Large black and white butterfly with distinctive shape. Spring form is lighter ...

0 0 Lyreleaf Sage

Lyreleaf Sage

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Upright plant with a hairy, squarish stem. Leaves form basally in a roseatte. ...

0 0 Tan Jumping Spider with prey

Tan Jumping Spider with prey

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

This large female Jumper seems to have captured a smaller spider for lunch. Tan ...

1 0 Rattlesnake Hawkweed

Rattlesnake Hawkweed

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Upright wildflower with dandelion-like blooms. Thin reddish stem. Basal rosette ...

1 0 Long-horned Beetle

Long-horned Beetle

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

I wasn't quite sure what type of insect this was at first glance. Mainly black ...

3 0 Pawpaw

Pawpaw

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Small tree with drooping, deep reddish-purple flowers and ovate leaves.

1 0 Bloodroot

Bloodroot

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Although I did not find any flowers, the distinctively shaped leaves of the ...

1 1 Tulip-tree Beauty Moth

Tulip-tree Beauty Moth

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

This beauty was moved to safety from the middle of the trail. This moth had ...

0 0 Wool Sower

Wool Sower

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

This is becoming one of my favorite wasp galls. Round, whitish and fuzzy with ...

12 6 Luna Moth

Luna Moth

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

You wouldn't think a large, lime green moth would be difficult to spot. When ...

0 0 Two-lined Leather-wing

Two-lined Leather-wing

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Small beetle with reddish femora, protonum and face. Black elytra, eyes, ...

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