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Garden Tulip (Tulipa gesneriana)Observer
joshuagsmithDescription
Seems to have escaped the gardened area. Growing on the roadside.
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Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies (Genus Camponotus)Observer
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European Elm Flea Weevil (Orchestes steppensis)Observer
joshuagsmithDescription
This weevil could launch itself into the air much like a leafhopper. It was extremely small; around the size of a Varied Carpet Beetle.
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Spring Field Cricket (Gryllus veletis)Observer
joshuagsmithDescription
Excellent match: https://orthsoc.org/sina/488a.htm
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Northern Carrion Beetle (Thanatophilus lapponicus)Observer
joshuagsmithDescription
Adult beetles with black elytra and gray heads also seen but not photographed. Adults were smaller than Garden Carrion Beetle.
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American Badger (Taxidea taxus)Observer
joshuagsmithDescription
Badger den. Big enough in diameter for me to stick my head inside and maybe more (although I certainly didn’t actually do that).
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No photos or sounds
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Boreal Chorus Frog (Pseudacris maculata)Observer
joshuagsmithDescription
Heard distant calling. No recordings.
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No photos or sounds
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Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer (Coluber constrictor ssp. flaviventris)Observer
joshuagsmithDescription
First heard rustling in the grass and then later saw the snake in a thicket.