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Intermediate Wood Fern (Dryopteris intermedia)Observer
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Spinulose Wood Fern (Dryopteris carthusiana)?, Albany Pine Bush Preserve, April 2024
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Veiled Polypore (Cryptoporus volvatus)Observer
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Veiled Polypore (Cryptoporus volvatus) on pine, Albany Pine Bush Preserve, April 2024
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Leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata)Observer
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Leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata) blooming in Vernal Pool, Albany Pine Bush Preserve, April 2024
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Plums, Cherries, and Allies (Genus Prunus)Observer
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Cherry (Prunus) host for webworms, Albany Pine Bush Preserve, April 2024
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Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth (Malacosoma americana)Observer
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NOID webworm moth (Lepidoptera) on Prunus, Albany Pine Bush Preserve, April 2024
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Plums, Cherries, and Allies (Genus Prunus)Observer
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Cherry (Prunus) host for webworms, Albany Pine Bush Preserve, April 2024
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Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth (Malacosoma americana)Observer
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NOID webworm moth (Lepidoptera) on Prunus, Albany Pine Bush Preserve, April 2024
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NOID Small Mayfly ~~(Ephemeroptera)~~ Family Baetidae, Albany Pine Bush Preserve
I think. Landed on the back of a jacket worn by another participant in a guided walk at Albany Pine Bush Preserve.
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Virginia Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica ssp. virginica)Observer
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Eastern Carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica virginica) nectar-robbing Vaccinium angustifolium in my backyard, April 2024
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Pure Green Sweat Bee (Augochlora pura)Observer
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Pure Green Sweat Bee (Augochlora pura) checking out a log in my backyard, April 2024
I believe these photos are all of the same individual.
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Nomad Bees (Genus Nomada)Observer
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Cuckoo Bee (Nomada) resting on Vaccinum angustifolium leaf in my backyard, April 2024
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Metallic Sweat Bees (Subgenus Dialictus)Observer
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Small metallic sweat bee (Dialictus) visiting Vaccinium angustifolium flowers in my backyard, April 2024
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Eastern Blue Orchard Bee (Osmia lignaria ssp. lignaria)Observer
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Eastern Blue Orchard Bee (Osmia lignaria lignaria)? resting on Vaccinium angustifolium in my backyard, April 2024
Possibly the same individual.
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Tribe HalictiniObserver
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NOID small bee (Anthophila) resting on Vaccinium angustifolium in my backyard, April 2024
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Eastern Blue Orchard Bee (Osmia lignaria ssp. lignaria)Observer
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Eastern Blue Orchard Bee (Osmia lignaria lignaria)? resting on Vaccinium angustifolium in my backyard, April 2024
I did not observe it visiting the flowers.
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Tribe SyrphiniObserver
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NOID Flower Fly (Syrphini) in my backyard, April 2024
Odd behavior. It was flying in and around the leaves of this Allium, like it was hunting for something. But I didn't observe it ovipositing. And I saw no aphids on the plant.
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Milwaukee Mining Bee (Andrena milwaukeensis)Observer
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Milwaukee Mining Bee (Andrena milwaukeensis), I think, found trapped inside my front porch, April 2024
Distinctive orange/red hairs on T1 and T2.
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American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)Observer
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American Lady butterfly (Vanessa virginienesis) visiting Viola sororia flowers in my front yard, April 2024
1 of 2 in the garden at the same time. At least a dozen passed through during the day before I was able to get a pic.
Based on sliver missing from right hindwing, same individual as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207459820.
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American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)Observer
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American Lady butterfly (Vanessa virginienesis) visiting Viola sororia flowers in my front yard, April 2024
1 of 2 in the garden at the same time. At least a dozen passed through during the day before I was able to get a pic.
Based on sliver missing from right hindwing, same individual as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207460161.
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Virginia Springbeauty (Claytonia virginica)Observer
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Three open flowers of Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica), Green-Wood Cemetery, April 2024
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Peach Root Weevil (Pseudoedophrys hilleri)Observer
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Peach Root Weevil (Pseudoedophrys hilleri) on a headstone, Green-Wood Cemetery, April 2024
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Celandine Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum)Observer
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Celandine Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) blooming in my backyard, April 2024
Self-sown from original planting.
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Celandine Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum)Observer
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Celandine Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) blooming in my backyard, April 2024
Self-sown from original planting.
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Celandine Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum)Observer
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Celandine Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) blooming in my backyard, April 2024
Self-sown from original planting.
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Late Boneset (Eupatorium serotinum)Observer
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I know what it is because it was blooming last year at the same time as other self-sown individuals in my garden.
Late Boneset (Eupatorium serotinum) self-sown in the tree bed in front of my house from original plantings, April 2024.
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Pure Green Sweat Bee (Augochlora pura)Observer
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Pure Green Sweat Bee (Augochlora pura)? scoping out a possible nesting site for the year in a log in my front yard, April 2024
Tentative ID based on appearance, nest site selection, and the specific log in my garden, which housed A. pura in past years.
Photos in reverse chronology.
