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False Chamomile (Tripleurospermum maritimum ssp. phaeocephalum)Observer
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Rose Sawfly (Arge ochropus)Observer
skmoncktonDescription
I think I knocked this female off a leaf while weeding, I assume it was just resting.
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Rose Plume Moth (Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla)Observer
skmoncktonDescription
Indoors at night.
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Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)Observer
skmoncktonDescription
This is the only one in Gage Park that flowered in 2023, despite there being at least one older tree on the east side of the park over by the stormwater swale.
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Genus StrauziaObserver
skmoncktonDescription
Two males on one female, resting on the leaf of a perennial sunflower. Not sure how to diagnose Strauzia longipennis so leaving it at Strauzia.
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Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)Observer
skmoncktonDescription
Two individuals on cultivated dill. Both went missing the next day, probably eaten. First observed 24 June 2023 as earlier instar.
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Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)Observer
skmoncktonDescription
Two individuals in cultivated dill. Both went missing the next day, probably eaten. First observed 24 June 2023 (second photo shows earlier instar).
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Blue Orchard Bee (Osmia lignaria)Observer
skmoncktonDescription
Or so I think. Black metasomal scopa, dark metallic blue metasoma, grey-beige hair over head and mesosoma.
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Horn-faced Mason Bee (Osmia cornifrons)Observer
skmoncktonDescription
Or O. taurus? Appears to have yellow metasomal scopa and clypeal protrusions.
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Observer
skmoncktonDescription
Closest trees are a juniper and a cherry, but the mushrooms appear to be growing from the "stumps" of cut-back elm saplings.
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Genus ChilicolaObserver
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Suspect it was Chilicola (Heteroediscelis) vina.
