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| Order Neuroptera
Lacewing
Tips: large wings that are longer than the body. Fly shape. |
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Order Homoptera
Cicada
Generally large |
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Order Homoptera
Leafhopper
Green, comma shaped. Small |
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| Order Plecoptera
Stonefly
Tips: membranous wings, cerci coming from back of abdomen |
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Order: Hemioptera
Stink bug
Shield shaped, black |
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Order: Hemioptera
Electric lightning bug
Large, X on back, dark. thick legs |
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Order: Hemioptera
Box Elder Bug
Red and black X on back. |
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Order Coleoptera
May beetle
Dark brown, smallish |
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Order Coleoptera
Tiger beetle
black head and thorax, red abdomen, straight line between wings |
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Order Trichoptera
Caddis fly
Long wings, smaller insect |
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Order Lepidoptera
Tiger swallowtail butterfly
Black and yellow, many black markings |
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Order Lepidoptera
Sulphur butterfly
Yellow with 2 black spots on top of wings and two brown spots on lower wing |
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Order: Lepidoptera
Sphinx moth
Lower wing set much smaller than Cecropia Moth's; mottled color |
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Order Lepidoptera
Cecropia Moth
Larger lower wings, fuzzy antennae, distinctive eyespots |
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Order Diptera
Deerfly
3/8-5/8"; bright green or gold eyes, black with yellow-green markings |
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Order Diptera
Robberfly
humpbacked |
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Order Diptera
Fruit fly
Very, very small |
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Order Siphonaptera
Dog flea
Dot-sized, has jumping legs |
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Order Hymenoptera:
honey bee
thin; no fur on abdomen |
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Order Hymenoptera
Bumblebee
fur on whole body, fatter |
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Order Hymenoptera
Bald-faced hornet
Black and white; no fur |
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Not shown (insecta)
grasshopper, cricket, mayfly, dragonfly, damselfly, bird louse, crab louse, ladybird beetle, housefly, mosquito, ant |
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Garden spider
bands on legs, grey, yellow, and brown body |
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Jumping spider
Furry; less distinctive features. short front legs, longer back legs |
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Woodtick
Very small. Tiny head |
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Not shown (arachnida)
harvester spider/daddy-longlegs, black widow |
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Other Arthropoda not shown:
garden millipede, garden centipede, common crayfish, common water flea (Daphnia), common sowbug |
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Annelida not shown:
Leech, earthworm |
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Mollusca not shown:
Common clam, common garden slug, snail |
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Order Squamata
Red bellied snake
8-16 inches
plain brown, gray, or black; red underbelly |
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Order Squamata
Northern water snake
1.5-5.5 feet
dark crossbands on neck, alternating dark splotches on back and sides at midbelly |
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Eastern Garter Snake
1.5-4 feet
well defined back and side stripes running down body, usually double row of alternating spots between stripes. |
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Order Squamata
Timber Rattlesnake
3-6 feet long
black tail; dark blotches on lighter skin, head unmarked; has rattle |
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Order Squamata
Massasauga
striped tail; rest of body blotchy. Has small rattle |
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Six lined Racerunner
6-7 light stripes running down back. Whiplike tail |
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Order Chelonia
Snapping turtle
raised plates on back; looks very fierce |
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Order Chelonia
Blandings turtle
Yellow underbelly, yellow bottom jaw. |
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Order Chelonia
Soft-shelled turtle
Smooth looking, cone shaped nose |
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Order Chelonia
Wood turtle
red underbelly |
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Order Chelonia
Painted turtle
ornate underbelly |
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Mammals not shown:
opossum, bat, black bear, skunk, raccoon, bobcat, red fox, coyote
porcupine, beaver, white-tailed deer. |
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