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0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by hreadMaine, USA

Tan convex cap in clumps of a dozen very thin hollow stem

0 0 Fly

Fly

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

6mm

1 2 Water Strider

Water Strider

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Fresh water pond in mixed woodland.

0 0 Moth

Moth

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Possibly Tufted Apple Bud Moth - Hodges #3740 (Platynota idaeusalis), doesn't ...

1 0 Fly

Fly

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Possibly Epalpus signifer, family (Tachinidae).

4 3 Leafcurling Sac Spider

Leafcurling Sac Spider

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Location is approx.

2 0 Sexton Beetle

Sexton Beetle

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Open field.

2 2 Jumping Spider

Jumping Spider

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Around 4mm.

8 7 American lobster (split color variation)

American lobster (split color variation)

by DavidMaine, USA

This is my favorite of the rare color variations on the American lobster. ...

0 0 Northern Green-striped Grasshopper

Northern Green-striped Grasshopper

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Nymph, brown form.

0 0 Common Acleris

Common Acleris

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

White FW has a grayish brown triangle at midpoint of strongly indented costa. ...

0 0 Agonopterix – Mating pair

Agonopterix – Mating pair

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Mottled brown FW is streaked blackish in median and ST areas. A white discal ...

2 0 Snowy Egret

Snowy Egret

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

A small, active white heron, the Snowy Egret is found in small ponds as well as ...

1 2 Billbug Weevil

Billbug Weevil

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Possibly S. zeae.

0 0 Pinion

Pinion

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

I'm thinking Nameless Pinion - Hodges#9888 (Lithophane innominata) or Bethune's ...

1 3 Six-spotted Fishing Spider

Six-spotted Fishing Spider

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Light form.

2 0 Six-spotted Fishing Spider

Six-spotted Fishing Spider

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Dark form.

1 1 Greater Yellowlegs

Greater Yellowlegs

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

A common, tall, long-legged shorebird of freshwater ponds and tidal marshes, ...

4 1 Comstock's Sallow

Comstock's Sallow

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

At light. Mixed woodland and field habitat.

0 0 beach pea

beach pea

by DavidMaine, USA

This creeping legume is common in sandy spots along the

0 0 Himalayan Balsam

Himalayan Balsam

by Heather E.L.GerquestMaine, USA

This flower grew quite tall (maybe 5-6 feet?) with leaves all the way up. The ...

1 0 Speckled Green Fruitworm

Speckled Green Fruitworm

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Grayish brown FW is variably mottled brown. White-outlined reniform spot has ...

0 0 Palm Warbler

Palm Warbler

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

The Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum) is a species of Wood Warbler in the genus ...

0 0 Smooth Alder

Smooth Alder

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Alnus serrulata, the Hazel Alder or Smooth Alder, is a thicket-forming shrub in ...

1 0 Swamp Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

The simple trills of the Swamp Sparrow ring in spring and summer across eastern ...

0 1 Red Maple

Red Maple

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Acer rubrum (Red Maple, also known as Swamp, Water or Soft Maple), is one of ...

1 0 Grieving Woodling

Grieving Woodling

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Peppery gray FW has white-edged orbicular spot fused to whitish inner median ...

1 1 Four-barred Gray

Four-barred Gray

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Gray wings have four evenly spaced, often slightly fragmented, blackish lines ...

1 0 Blue-headed Vireo

Blue-headed Vireo

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

The Blue-headed Vireo is a common and vocal bird of northeastern forests. ...

2 0 Winter Wren

Winter Wren

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Small in stature and incomparably energetic in voice, the Winter Wren inhabits ...

0 0 Savannah Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis, Gmelin, 1789), Buntings & Sparrows ...

2 2 Willow Dart

Willow Dart

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Location is approx.

2 0 American Lady

American Lady

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis, Drury, 1773), Brushfooted Butterflies ...

4 3 Tawny Eupithecia

Tawny Eupithecia

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Location is approx.

8 9 "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler

"Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

"Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata coronata, Linnaeus, 1766), ...

2 2 Blue-spotted Salamander

Blue-spotted Salamander

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

The Blue-spotted Salamander (Ambystoma laterale) is a Mole Salamander native to ...

10 7 Eastern Garter Snake

Eastern Garter Snake

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

First snake of the year!

1 2 American Willow

American Willow

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

(Idaho east to Maine, and south to ...

3 2 Merlin

Merlin

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

A small falcon of northern forests and prairies, the Merlin is the least ...

0 0 Common Dandelion

Common Dandelion

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Taraxacum officinale, the common dandelion (often simply called "dandelion"), ...

0 0 Red-backed Salamander

Red-backed Salamander

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

The Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus) is a small, hardy woodland ...

1 0 Poplar Caloptilia

Poplar Caloptilia

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

TL 7mm. Dark brown FW has a pale, hooked triangle at midpoint of costa. HOSTS: ...

2 2 Eastern Painted Turtle

Eastern Painted Turtle

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Large scutes with broad olive edges and arranged more or less in straight rows ...

1 0 Small Engrailed

Small Engrailed

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Typical form. WS 26-37mm. Variable. Peppery wings are marked with toothed black ...

2 0 Bicolored Woodgrain

Bicolored Woodgrain

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Bicolored Woodgrain - Hodges#10519 (Morrisonia evicta) TL 19-21mm. Grayish ...

8 3 The Herald

The Herald

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

TL 23mm. Purplish gray FW has wide streak of mottled orange scales through ...

4 0 Gray Spring Moth

Gray Spring Moth

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

WS 22-25mm. Peppery pale gray wings are marked with faint scalloped lines and ...

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