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on todays episode of stupid bird nest: this lovely lady who picked the corner of a parking lot and was happily sitting there while cars flew by mere feet away

#2026 #chordate #avian #anseriformes #anatidae #branta canadensis #canada goose #hi i forgot abt this blog bc i just use inat now #but maybe i should crosspost here too #just wanted to share this girl bc she was so cute and let me get very close #b4 giving a soft kindly warning hiss

Dot-lined White moth larva (Artace cribrarius), August 2023

Southwestern PA

This guy crawled right into my garage while my dad and I were trying to fix my car. Of course I had to stop everything and place him somewhere else.

#2023 #september #arthropod #insect #lepidoptera #lasiocampidae #artace cribrarius #dot-lined white moth #caterpillar

Female Fall field cricket (Gryllus pennsylvanicus), September 2023

Southwestern PA

This individual was HUGE-- the photo doesn't do her justice!

#2023 #september #arthropod #insect #orthoptera #gryllidae #gryllus pennsylvanicus #fall field cricket

Carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica), September 2023

Southwestern PA

#2023 #september #arthropod #insect #hymenoptera #apidae #xylocopa virginica #eastern carpenter bee

Pale beauty moth (Campaea perlata), September 2023

Southwestern PA

#2023 #september #arthropod #insect #lepidoptera #geometridae #campaea perlata #pale beauty moth

Pigskin poison puffball (Scleroderma citrinum), September 2023

Southwestern PA

Again, best guess at fungus ID! I didn't get a spore print or break it open.

#2023 #september #fungus #basidiomycota #agaricomycetes #boletales #sclerodermataceae #scleroderma citrinum #pigskin poison puffball

American giant milipede (Narceus americanus), September 2023

Southwestern PA

Sorry about not posting, kinda forgot about this account. I've got a backlog of critters though!

#2023 #september #arthropod #diplopoda #spirobolida #spirobolidae #narceus americanus #american giant milipede

Eight-spotted Forester Moth (Alypia octomaculata), July 2023

Southwestern PA

Beautiful moth I've never had the pleasure of noticing before!

#2023 #july #arthropod #insect #lepidoptera #noctuidae #alypia octomaculata #eight spotted forester moth

Short-nosed weevil (subfamily Entiminae), July 2023

Southwestern PA

I love weevils, they're so round and sweet looking. This guy was super little too!

#2023 #july #arthropod #insect #coleoptera #curculionidae #entiminae

Mid-molt male Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), August 2022

Southwestern PA

Poor dude looked like a vulture! I thought it was very cool.

#2022 #august #chordate #avian #passeriformes #cardinalidae #cardinalis cardinalis #northern cardinal

Male white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), September 2022

Southwestern PA

Not the best picture, but I was staying back as not to disturb him.

#2022 #september #chordate #mammalian #artiodactyla #cervidae #odocoileus virginianus #white tailed deer

Slug in the family Agriolimacidae (possibly Deroceras reticulatum), September 2022

Southwestern PA

Never tried to ID a slug before, I have no idea if that's correct.

#2022 #september #mollusc #gastropod #stylommatophora #agriolimacidae #slug

Stump puffball mushroom (Apioperdon pyriforme), October 2022

Southwestern PA

My best guess at ID! I'm not good with fungi.

#2022 #october #fungus #basidiomycota #agaricomycetes #agaricales #lycoperdaceae #apioperdon pyriforme #stump puffball mushroom

Moth (order Lepidoptera), October 2022

Southwestern PA

Insect ID is not my thing, and everything I tried insisted this was an Isabella tiger moth, which I know it's not. Isabella tiger moths have dark legs, this moth did not! If anyone has a better idea of what this moth is, I'd love to hear it!

#2022 #october #arthropod #insect #lepidoptera #species ID needed #moth

Male Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), November 2022

Southwestern PA

Blurry little guy!

#2022 #november #chordate #avian #passeriformes #cardinalidae #cardinalis cardinalis #northern cardinal

Eastern boxelder bug (Boisea trivittata), November 2022

Southwestern PA

#2022 #november #arthropod #insect #hemiptera #rhopalidae #boisea trivittata #eastern boxelder bug

Rock doves (Columba livia), along with an American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos), a European starling (Sturnus vulgaris), and way in the back, a house sparrow (Passer domesticus); March 2023

Washington DC

City bird extravaganza!

#2023 #march #chordate #avian #columbiformes #columbidae #columba livia #passeriformes #corvidae #corvus brachyrhynchos #sturnidae #sturnus vulgaris #passeridae #passer domesticus

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