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The Common Ragweed is a major factor to pollen allergies in its range.
1 foot tall. Broader foliage than typical. Pre-flowering.
Fitchie Creek Forest Preserve, Kane County. Illinois. USA
: Bitterweed, Hayfever Weed, Stickweed, and Wild-Wormwood. ...
Fern-like leaves that are said to resemble wormwood. Tall, spiky flowers with ...
low growing mats of fine leaves with flower spires that are mostly green with ...
This beetle has a remarkable black and white pattern.
Tall plant, about 10-12 feet high, growing in a backyard beside garage. I think ...
Tiny, little burrs on a stem covered with deeply notched leaves. This plant is ...
Smaller plant. Deep red, hairy stems. See images for shape of leaves and ...
Red larvae or aphids (?) found in the park on various plants
The bane of allergy sufferers everywhere, although the pollen is harvested and ...
very small red aphids all lined up on stems. It looks like they are feeding ...
Brown beetle about 4 mm long with black, irregular stripes.
These plants were up to six feet tall, with many branches topped with tiny ...
Bark Beetle. This is the closest that I could come up with in comparing the ...
The flowers depend on wind pollination, therefore they attract few insects. ...
The Bordered Patch is an extremely variable butterfly, both on the upperside & ...
Common summer annual weed, deeply dissected leaves, arranged opposite when the ...
Giant ragweed is an annual that frequently exceeds 10 feet tall in moist ...
in humans. The pollen causing these allergy problems is mainly produced by ...
in humans. The pollen causing these allergy problems is mainly produced by ...