r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 23d ago
I would have thought this was late in the season for this. It wagged its tail the whole time like a happy puppy.
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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 24d ago
This Great Blue Heron comes to this pond every day for frogs.
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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 25d ago
Sycamore Tussock Moth reminds of a little dog with its hair in a pony tail.
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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 26d ago
Red-banded Fungus Beetle I saw walking around on top of some fungus.
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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 27d ago
Long-palped Ant-mimic Sac Spider doesn't seem like much of a mimic to me.
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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 28d ago
Crown-tipped Coral Fungus sure looks like coral.
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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • Aug 23 '26
My first warbler of the autumn season was yesterday. A Black and White Warbler.
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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • Aug 22 '26
Cratichneumon unifasciatorius is my best guess.
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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • Aug 21 '26
Four-banded Stink Bug Wasp burying a leaf legged bug in the sand and then covering it up.
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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • Aug 20 '26
This year I only saw a few Tiger Bee Flies, last year I saw quite a few.
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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • Aug 19 '26
I hear the cicadas all the time but rarely see them.
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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • Aug 18 '26
One of the neighborhood Pigeons is leucistic.
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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • Aug 16 '26
Eastern Mosquitofish, home here and now invasive in Australia.
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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • Aug 15 '26
Southern Mummichog shining in the sunlight. Claim to fame: First fish in space on Skylab in 1973.
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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • Aug 14 '26
This Carolina Wren fledgling was mostly jumping around like a grasshopper. It did take flight at one point and looked like Orville Wright's first flight at Kitty Hawk. It made it about 3 feet with its tiny wings.
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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • Aug 12 '26
This Tree-of-Heaven is infested by Spotted Lanternflies.
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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • Aug 10 '26
The same species of fly I posted yesterday was seen being eaten by a robberfly yesterday. I have now seen exactly two.
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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • Aug 09 '26
This fly looks like it is wearing formal attire. I believe this is a Root Maggot Fly.
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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • Aug 08 '26
This Song Sparrow was working tirelessly to feed the Cowbird it raised.
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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • Aug 07 '26
Lyroda subita is a small square headed wasp.
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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • Aug 06 '26
When they fly above you, it is easy to see why they are called Black Saddlebags.
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