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Purple Clematis (Clematis occidentalis)Observer
kurtmeadDescription
Growing under mature red pines.
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OstracodObserver
kurtmeadDescription
Bad photos taken in the field. Specimens from Lake Carlos.
Larger specimens were about 2-3 mm in diameter.
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Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid (Platanthera psycodes)Observer
kurtmeadDescription
10 inches tall.
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Brush-tipped Emerald (Somatochlora walshii)Observer
kurtmeadDescription
Hawking over my yard while I was mowing.
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Ebony Boghaunter (Williamsonia fletcheri)Observer
kurtmeadDescription
At the site of Minnesota’s first record of this species, in 2008.
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Striped Sedge Grasshopper (Stethophyma lineatum)Observer
kurtmeadDescription
Bog bordered lake habitat.
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North American Wood Cockroaches (Genus Parcoblatta)Observer
kurtmeadDescription
Inside of a hikers’ log box along the Superior Hiking Trail. Tettegouche State Park.
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Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma)Observer
kurtmeadDescription
Found while weeding out hops, raspberries, and thimbleberries from my garden edge.
The genus was suggested. I don’t know these at all.
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Common Land Snails and Slugs (Order Stylommatophora)Observer
kurtmeadDescription
Found underground grazing on a small garlic bulb. Each snail is less than 2mm around.
My ID is just a random guess!
I have kept them if anyone wants them.
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White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)Observer
kurtmeadDescription
Observed one doe.