The Biota of the Gordon Natural Area - Invertebrates
As with some of the other biotic groups, the research pattern for invertebrates at the GNA might best be described as ‘intermittent.’ Former WCU professor Win Fairchild and his students conducted research on aquatic invertebrates in Plum Run, both inside and outside of the boundaries of the GNA. To date, the only data from that work that we’ve been able to obtain are from the 2007 M.S. thesis of Danielle Difederico. Since that time, the only ‘directed’ invertebrate research at the GNA has been the annual monitoring in Plum Run by the Stroud Water Research Center (SWRC). Additional data come from the increasing frequent observations by GNA staff and from occasional observations from visitors to the GNA posted on iNaturalist.
From these sources, 363 species of invertebrates, in 240 genera, 153 families, and 37 orders have been noted at the GNA to date. Approximately one quarter (88 species; 24.2%) of the 363 species noted for the GNA were observed by Stroud researchers. Invertebrates have been grouped into seven categories: Arthropods (41 species); Crustaceans (12 species); Flatworms (3 species); Gastropods (12 species); Insects (286 species); Ribbon Worms (1 species); Springtails (6 species); and, Worms (2 species). The three best-represented Orders are in the Insects category: the Diptera (93 species), Lepidoptera (46 species), and Coleoptera (41 species). The best-represented Families are the Chironomidae (Diptera, 41 species), Erebidae (Lepidoptera; 10 species); Vespidae (Hymenoptera ; 10 species), Elmidae (Coleoptera, 8 species), and Hydropsychidae (Trichoptera, 8 species). The best-represented genera are Orthocladius (10 species), Hydropsyche and Tipula (5 species each), and Arion and Thienemanniella (4 species each).
You can explore the avian checklist below, or you can access a pdf copy of the checklist.
Oligochaeta Indet. #1 (Worm)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Annelida — Polychaeta (Marine Worms); Oligochaeta (Earthworms); Hirudinea (Freshwater Leeches)
Notes
Common Names: Worm
Years Noted: 2007; 2017; 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Danielle DiFederico
Also Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center - 2017
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Amynthas agrestis (Rustic Jumping Worm)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Annelida — Polychaeta (Marine Worms); Oligochaeta (Earthworms); Hirudinea (Freshwater Leeches)
Family: Megascolecidae
Notes
Common Names: Rustic Jumping Worm
Year Noted: 2018-2025
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
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Acari Indet. #1 (Mite)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Notes
Common Names: Mite
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Amphipoda Indet. #1 (Amphipod)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Notes
Common Names: Amphipod
Years Noted: 2017; 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Araneoidea Indet. #1 (Araneoid Spider)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Notes
Common Names: Araneoid Spider
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
63426251 (Observed: 10/24/2020)
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Araneoidea Indet. on leaf litter on the forest floor
Araneoidea Indet. on leaf litter on the forest floor
Araneoidea Indet. on leaf litter on the forest floor
Araneoidea Indet. on leaf litter on the forest floor
Campodeoidea Indet. #1 (Two-pronged Bristletails)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Notes
Common Names: Two-pronged Bristletails
Year Noted: 2026
Identified By: chengjiangworm (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
345094755 (Observed: 3/25/2026)
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Coccoidea Indet. #1 (Scale Insect)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Notes
Common Names: Scale Insect
Year Noted: 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
To date, only a single individual noted.
iNaturalist Observations:
43095401 (Observed: 6/5/2019)
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Coccoidea (Scale Insect)
Coccoidea (Scale Insect)
Coccoidea (Scale Insect)
Coccoidea (Scale Insect)
Coleoptera Indet. #1 (Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Notes
Common Names: Beetle
Year Noted: 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
71315197 (Observed: 5/28/2019)
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Coleoptera
Coleoptera
Diptera Indet. #1 (Flies)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Notes
Common Names: Flies
Year Noted: 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Ephemeroptera Indet. #1 (Mayfly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Notes
Common Names: Mayfly
Year Noted: 2017
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Geophilomorpha Indet. #1 (Soil Centipede)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Notes
Common Names: Soil Centipede
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: H. Hernandez (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: M. Valles
iNaturalist Observations:
41946801 (Observed: 4/11/2020)
66389930 (Observed: 12/10/2020)
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Geophilomorpha (Centipede)
Lepidoptera Indet. #1 (Butterfly/Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Notes
Common Names: Butterfly/Moth
Years Noted: 2020; 2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
187142816 (Observed: 10/7/2023)
53080613 (Observed: 7/14/2020)
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Lepidoptera Indet. #1: on an Alternate-leaved Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) leaf
Lepidoptera Indet. #1: on an Alternate-leaved Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) leaf
Lepidoptera Indet. #1: on an Alternate-leaved Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) leaf
Lepidoptera Indet. #1: on an Alternate-leaved Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) leaf
Lepidoptera Indet. #1: on an Alternate-leaved Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) leaf
Muscoidea Indet. #1 (Muscoid Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Notes
Common Names: Muscoid Fly
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: C. Angell (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
72391917 (Observed: 3/29/2021)
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Muscoidea (Muscoid Fly) - close up on mouth parts
Muscoidea (Muscoid Fly)
Muscoidea (Muscoid Fly)
Muscoidea (Muscoid Fly)
Noctuoidea Indet. #1 (Owlet Moths and Allies)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Notes
Common Names: Owlet Moths and Allies
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
90809428 (Observed: 8/6/2021)
87614343 (Observed: 7/18/2021)
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Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and Allies)
Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and Allies)
Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and Allies)
Plecoptera Indet. #1 (Stonefly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Notes
Common Names: Stonefly
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Polydesmida Indet. #2 (Flat-backed Milipede)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Notes
Common Names: Flat-backed Milipede
Year Noted: 2018
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
43352197 (Observed: 10/10/2018)
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Polydesmida (Flat-backed Milipede) on Orange Eyelash Cup Fungus (Scutellinia erinaceus)
Polydesmida (Flat-backed Milipede) on Orange Eyelash Cup Fungus (Scutellinia erinaceus)
Sciaroidea Indet. #1 (Fungus Gnat)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Notes
Common Names: Fungus Gnat
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
65952878 (Observed: 12/1/2020)
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Sciaroidea (Fungus Gnat) on Turkey Tail Fungus (Trametes versicolor)
Sciaroidea (Fungus Gnat) on Turkey Tail Fungus (Trametes versicolor)
Sciaroidea (Fungus Gnat) on Turkey Tail Fungus (Trametes versicolor)
Tipuloidea Indet. #1 (Crane Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Notes
Common Names: Crane Fly
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
42202840 (Observed: 4/14/2020)
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Tipuloidea (Crane Fly)
Tipuloidea (Crane Fly)
Tipuloidea (Crane Fly)
Trichoptera Indet. #1 (Caddisfly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Notes
Common Names: Caddisfly
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
iNaturalist Observations:
42202072 (Observed: 4/14/2020)
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Abacion magnum (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Abacionidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Miranda Davies
iNaturalist Observations:
163705010 (Observed: 5/25/2023)
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Acanalonia bivittata (Two-striped Planthopper)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Acanaloniidae
Notes
Common Names: Two-striped Planthopper
Years Noted: 2018; 2020-2022
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Paige Vermeulen
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
88181646 (Observed: 7/22/2021)
41447240 (Observed: 7/30/2018)
52928142 (Observed: 7/9/2020)
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Acanalonia bivittata (Two-striped Planthopper)
Acanalonia bivittata (Two-striped Planthopper)
Acanalonia bivittata (Two-striped Planthopper)
Acanalonia bivittata (Two-striped Planthopper)
Acanalonia conica (Green Cone-headed Planthopper)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Acanaloniidae
Notes
Common Names: Green Cone-headed Planthopper
Years Noted: 2020; 2022-2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Green Cone-headed Planthopper (2 species: both native)
Canada Germander (Teucrium canadense - N); Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana - N)iNaturalist Observations:
177044466 (Observed: 8/6/2023)
57670695 (Observed: 8/26/2020)
58263496 (Observed: 9/1/2020)
59002130 (Observed: 9/8/2020)
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Acanalonia conica (Green Cone-headed Planthopper)
Acanalonia conica (Green Cone-headed Planthopper)
Acanalonia conica (Green Cone-headed Planthopper): on Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)
Acanalonia conica (Green Cone-headed Planthopper): on Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)
Acanalonia conica (Green Cone-headed Planthopper)
Catonia nava (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Achilidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2025
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
298760333 (Observed: 7/17/2025)
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Chortophaga viridifasciata (Green-striped Grasshopper)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Acrididae
Notes
Common Names: Green-striped Grasshopper
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
110837939 (Observed: 4/5/2022)
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Chortophaga viridifasciata (Green-striped Grasshopper)
Dissosteira carolina (Carolina Grasshopper)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Acrididae
Notes
Common Names: Carolina Grasshopper
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Noah Long
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Dissosteira carolina (Carolina Grasshopper)
Dissosteira carolina (Carolina Grasshopper)
Aeshnidae Indet. #1 (Darners)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Aeshnidae
Notes
Common Names: Darners
Year Noted: 2025
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
279704160 (Observed: 5/8/2025)
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Agelenidae Indet. #1 (Funnel Weaver)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Agelenidae
Notes
Common Names: Funnel Weaver
Year Noted: 2018
Identified By: chuuuuung (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Paige Vermeulen
iNaturalist Observations:
56536126 (Observed: 8/8/2018)
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Agelena labyrinthica (Labyrinth Spider): and web
Agelena labyrinthica (Labyrinth Spider)
Agelena labyrinthica (Labyrinth Spider)
Coras Indet. #1 (Funnel Web Spider)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Agelenidae
Notes
Common Names: Funnel Web Spider
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: chuuuuung (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
78643939 (Observed: 5/13/2021)
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Coras (Funnel Web Spider)
Coras (Funnel Web Spider)
Coras (Funnel Web Spider)
Ameletus Indet. #1 (Mayfly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Ameletidae
Notes
Common Names: Mayfly
Year Noted: 2007
Identified and First Noted By: Danielle DiFederico
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Polypsocus corruptus (Corrupt Barklouse)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Amphipsocidae
Notes
Common Names: Corrupt Barklouse
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
102419076 (Observed: 11/30/2021)
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Polypsocus corruptus (Corrupt Barklouse)
Andrena Indet. #1 (Mining Bee)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Andrenidae
Notes
Common Names: Mining Bee
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
74675253 (Observed: 4/19/2021)
74196331 (Observed: 4/16/2021)
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Andrena (Mining Bee) on Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) flowers
Andrena (Mining Bee): on a 'mysterious' plastic bag
Andrena (Mining Bee): on a 'mysterious' plastic bag
Andrena Indet. #2 (Mining Bee)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Andrenidae
Notes
Common Names: Mining Bee
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: J. Ascher (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
77667528 (Observed: 5/6/2021)
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Andrena (Mining Bee) on Garden Yellowrocket (Barbarea vulgaris)
Andrena (Mining Bee) on Garden Yellowrocket (Barbarea vulgaris)
Andrena (Mining Bee) on Garden Yellowrocket (Barbarea vulgaris)
Andrena (Mining Bee) on Garden Yellowrocket (Barbarea vulgaris)
Andrena pruni (Cherry Mining Bee)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Andrenidae
Notes
Common Names: Cherry Mining Bee
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Jason DiCola
iNaturalist Observations:
286101420 (Observed: 4/22/2022)
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Andrena vicina (Neighborly Mining Bee)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Andrenidae
Notes
Common Names: Neighborly Mining Bee
Year Noted: 2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Neighborly Mining Bee (1 species: native)
American Holly (Ilex opaca - N)iNaturalist Observations:
158616027 (Observed: 4/26/2023)
References:
Carril, O. M. and J. S. Wilson (2021). Common Bees of Eastern North America. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press (p. 89*).
Note: An asterisk after a page number signifies that the species is only mentioned on that page.
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Anthomyia oculifera (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Anthomyiidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Lorenz Rustandi
iNaturalist Observations:
391192914 (Observed: 8/14/2026)
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Euparius marmoreus (Marbled Fungus Weevil)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Anthribidae
Notes
Common Names: Marbled Fungus Weevil
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Noah Long
iNaturalist Observations:
90562462 (Observed: 7/18/2021)
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Euparius marmoreus (Marbled Fungus Weevil)
Euparius marmoreus (Marbled Fungus Weevil)
Euparius marmoreus (Marbled Fungus Weevil)
Anyphaenidae Indet. #1 (Ghost Spider)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Anyphaenidae
Notes
Common Names: Ghost Spider
Year Noted: 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Kelly Johnson
iNaturalist Observations:
25496826 (Observed: 5/20/2019)
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Anyphaenidae (Ghost Spider)
Anyphaenidae (Ghost Spider)
Hibana gracilis (Garden Ghost Spider)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Anyphaenidae
Notes
Common Names: Garden Ghost Spider
Years Noted: 2021-2022; 2025
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Kathryn Krueger; Miranda Davies; Jack Ridenour
iNaturalist Observations:
322585162 (Observed: 10/23/2025)
141534396 (Observed: 11/8/2022)
107202978 (Observed: 2/21/2022)
102304469 (Observed: 11/30/2021)
100061900 (Observed: 11/1/2021)
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Hibana gracilis (Garden Ghost Spider)
Hibana gracilis (Garden Ghost Spider)
Hibana gracilis (Garden Ghost Spider)
Hibana gracilis (Garden Ghost Spider)
Hibana Indet. #1 (Hibana Ghost Spider)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Anyphaenidae
Notes
Common Names: Hibana Ghost Spider
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
64256811 (Observed: 11/5/2020)
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Hibana (Hibana Ghost Spider)
Hibana (Hibana Ghost Spider)
Pachypsylla celtidismamma (Hackberry Nipplegall Psylla)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Aphalaridae
Notes
Common Names: Hackberry Nipplegall Psylla
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
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Pachypsylla celtidismamma (Hackberry Nipplegall Psylla)
Pachypsylla celtidismamma (Hackberry Nipplegall Psylla)
Pachypsylla celtidismamma (Hackberry Nipplegall Psylla)
Pachypsylla celtidismamma (Hackberry Nipplegall Psylla)
Pachypsylla venusta (Hackberry Petiole Gall Psyllid)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Aphalaridae
Notes
Common Names: Hackberry Petiole Gall Psyllid
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mae Basehore
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Aphididae Indet. #1 (Aphid)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Aphididae
Notes
Common Names: Aphid
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
107714719 (Observed: 3/1/2022)
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Aphididae (Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphid)
Aphididae (Aphid)
Aphis nerii (Milkweed Aphid)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Aphididae
Notes
Common Names: Milkweed Aphid; Oleander Aphid
Years Noted: 2014; 2020-2024
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Gerry Hertel
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter; Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
231002739 (Observed: 7/19/2024)
119757385 (Observed: 6/1/2022)
90195104 (Observed: 8/6/2021)
55822282 (Observed: 8/8/2020)
50768302 (Observed: 8/6/2014)
58973444 (Observed: 9/8/2020)
62064882 (Observed: 10/8/2020)
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Aphis nerii (Oleander Aphid)
Aphis nerii (Oleander Aphid)
Aphis nerii (Milkweed Aphid)
Aphis nerii (Milkweed Aphid)
Aphis verbasci (Mullein Aphid)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Aphididae
Notes
Common Names: Mullein Aphid
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
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Grylloprociphilus imbricator (Beech Blight Aphid)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Aphididae
Notes
Common Names: Beech Blight Aphid
Years Noted: 2014; 2018-2019; 2021-2022; 2024
Identified and First Noted By: Gerry Hertel
Also Noted By: Paige Vermeulen; Nur Ritter; Noah Long
Comments:
Not native to the conterminous United States.
iNaturalist Observations:
87851179 (Observed: 7/18/2021)
94231238 (Observed: 8/31/2021)
137665141 (Observed: 10/5/2022)
87892616 (Observed: 7/20/2021)
58320836 (Observed: 10/4/2018)
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Grylloprociphilus imbricator (Beech Blight Aphid)
Grylloprociphilus imbricator (Beech Blight Aphid)
Grylloprociphilus imbricator (Beech Blight Aphid)
Hormaphis hamamelidis (Witch-hazel Cone Gall Aphid)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Aphididae
Notes
Common Names: Witch-hazel Cone Gall Aphid
Years Noted: 2019; 2021-2022; 2025
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: K. Johnson
iNaturalist Observations:
310254306 (Observed: 8/30/2025)
140879993 (Observed: 10/20/2022)
96384615 (Observed: 9/21/2021)
43092736 (Observed: 6/6/2019)
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Hormaphis hamamelidis (Witch-hazel Cone Gall Aphid)
Hormaphis hamamelidis (Witch-hazel Cone Gall Aphid)
Hormaphis hamamelidis (Witch-hazel Cone Gall Aphid)
Hyalopterus pruni (Mealy Plum Aphid)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Aphididae
Notes
Common Names: Mealy Plum Aphid
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
139556434 (Observed: 10/21/2022)
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Illinoia liriodendri (Tuliptree Aphid)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Aphididae
Notes
Common Names: Tuliptree Aphid
Year Noted: 2020-2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Noah Long
Comments:
A few individuals noted on the underside of a Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) leaf on two occasions. These individuals are tiny (~1-2 mm long) and we really have no idea of their true abundance at the Gordon.
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Tuliptree Aphid (1 species: native)
Tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera - N)iNaturalist Observations:
122938494 (Observed: 6/21/2022)
79441263 (Observed: 5/19/2021)
53095810 (Observed: 7/14/2020)
57671098 (Observed: 8/26/2020)
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Illinoia liriodendri (Tuliptree Aphid)
Illinoia liriodendri (Tuliptree Aphid)
Illinoia liriodendri (Tuliptree Aphid)
Macrosiphini Indet. #1 (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Aphididae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: Natalie Hernandez (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
113256272 (Observed: 4/28/2022)
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Macrosiphum rosae (Rose Aphid)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Aphididae
Notes
Common Names: Rose Aphid
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
To date, only a single 'occurrence' noted. On an unidentified plant in a seasonally-inundated area adjacent to a Cattail marsh.
iNaturalist Observations:
53786853 (Observed: 7/20/2020)
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Macrosiphum rosae (Rose Aphid)
Macrosiphum rosae (Rose Aphid)
Macrosiphum rosae (Rose Aphid)
Macrosiphum rosae (Rose Aphid)
Macrosiphum rosae (Rose Aphid)
Tetraneura akinire (Rice Root Aphid)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Aphididae
Notes
Common Names: Rice Root Aphid
Years Noted: 2021-2022; 2026
Identified By: Timothy Frey (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
119766149 (Observed: 6/1/2022)
376638109 (Observed: 6/29/2026)
79197777 (Observed: 5/17/2021)
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Tetraneura ulmi (Elm Sack Gall Aphid)
Tetraneura ulmi (Elm Sack Gall Aphid)
Tetraneura ulmi (Elm Sack Gall Aphid)
Tetraneura ulmi (Elm Sack Gall Aphid)
Uroleucon Indet. #1 (Goldenrod Aphid)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Aphididae
Notes
Common Names: Goldenrod Aphid
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
61168305 (Observed: 9/28/2020)
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Uroleucon (Goldenrod Aphid)
Uroleucon (Goldenrod Aphid)
Uroleucon (Goldenrod Aphid)
Lepyronia (Spittlebug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Aphrophoridae
Notes
Common Names: Spittlebug
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
177182357 (Observed: 8/3/2023)
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Philaenus spumarius (Meadow Spittlebug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Aphrophoridae
Notes
Common Names: Meadow Spittlebug
Year Noted: 2020-2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
This species has likely been frequently noted in the Gordon. But, it wasn't until 2020 that it was 'officially' documented.
iNaturalist Observations:
132001998 (Observed: 8/18/2022)
78519310 (Observed: 5/12/2021)
50582277 (Observed: 6/22/2020)
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Philaenus spumarius (Meadow Spittlebug)
Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Apidae
Notes
Common Names: Western Honey Bee
Year Noted: 2018-2025
Identified By: T. Sharrow (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Western Honey Bee (147 species: Native - 109; Introduced - 38)
Allegheny Blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis - N); Alsike Clover (Trifolium hybridum - I); Alternateleaf Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia - N); American Basswood (Tilia americana - N); American Black Elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis - N); American Bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia - N); American Jumpseed (Polygonum virginianum - N); American Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana - N); American Spikenard (Aralia racemosa - N); American Water Horehound (Lycopus americanus - N); American Witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana - N); Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata - I); Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus - I); Black Cherry (Prunus serotina - N); Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia - N); Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis - N); Black Willow (Salix nigra - N); Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta - N); Blackhaw (Viburnum prunifolium - N); Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis - N); Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum - N); Blue Skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora - N); Bluestem Goldenrod (Solidago caesia - N); Boxelder (Acer negundo - N); Broadleaf Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia - N); Broadleaf Cattail (Typha latifolia - N); Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare - I); Butter and Eggs (Linaria vulgaris - I); Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa - N); Canada Germander (Teucrium canadense - N); Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis - N); Carpet Bugleweed (Ajuga reptans - I); Catnip (Nepeta cataria - I); Chicory (Cichorium intybus - I); Cockspur Hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli - N); Common Blue Wood Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium - N); Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum - N); Common Chickweed (Stellaria media - I); Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale - I); Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis - N); Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca - N); Common Mouse-ear Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum - I); Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus - I); Common St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum - I); Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense - I); Crownvetch (Securigera varia - I); Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum - N); Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata - N); Cutleaf Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata - N); Devil's Beggartick (Bidens frondosa - N); Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria - N); Early Goldenrod (Solidago juncea - N); Eastern Cottonwood (Populus deltoides - N); Eastern Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans - N); Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis - N); False Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides - N); Field Pussytoes (Antennaria neglecta - N); Field Thistle (Cirsium discolor - N); Flat-top Goldentop (Euthamia graminifolia - N); Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis - N); Frost Grape (Vitis vulpina - N); Fuller's Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum - I); Garden Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis - I); Garden Yellowrocket (Barbarea vulgaris - I); Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata - I); Giant Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea - N); Gill-over-the-ground (Glechoma hederacea - I); Gray Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis - N); Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica - N); Great Ragweed (Ambrosia trifida - N); Greater Burdock (Arctium lappa - I); Hairy Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum pubescens - N); Hemp Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum - N); Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos - N); Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii - I); Japanese Hop (Humulus japonicus - I); Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis - N); Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum - N); Late Boneset (Eupatorium serotinum - N); Late Figwort (Scrophularia marilandica - N); Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus - I); Littleleaf Buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus - N); Longstyle Sweetroot (Osmorhiza longistylis - N); Marsh Blue Violet (Viola cucullata - N); Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum - N); Meadow Hawkweed (Hieracium caespitosum - I); Meadow Zizia (Zizia aurea - N); Musk Mallow (Malva moschata - I); Narrowleaf Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium - N); New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae - N); New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus - N); Nodding Beggartick (Bidens cernua - N); Nodding Chickweed (Cerastium nutans - N); Nodding Plumeless Thistle (Carduus nutans - I); Northern Dewberry (Rubus flagellaris - N); Norway Maple (Acer platanoides - I); Oneseed Bur Cucumber (Sicyos angulatus - N); Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare - I); Pennsylvania Smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum - N); Philadelphia Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus - N); Poke Milkweed (Asclepias exaltata - N); Prairie Fleabane (Erigeron strigosus - N); Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria - I); Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota - I); Queendevil (Hieracium gronovii - N); Rabbit-tobacco (Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium - N); Ramp (Allium tricoccum - N); Red Clover (Trifolium pratense - I); Roundlobe Hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa - N); Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides - N); Seedbox (Ludwigia alternifolia - N); Shepherd's Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris - I); Shrubby St. John's-Wort (Hypericum prolificum - N); Siberian Squill (Scilla siberica - I); Slippery Elm (Ulmus rubra - N); Smooth Carrionflower (Smilax herbacea - N); Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra - N); Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata - N); Spotted Geranium (Geranium maculatum - N); Spotted Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata - N); Striped Wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata - N); Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum - N); Sulphur Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta - I); Swamp Goldenrod (Solidago patula - N); Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata - N); Swamp Verbena (Verbena hastata - N); Sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis - I); Thinleaf Sunflower (Helianthus decapetalus - N); Umbrella-tree (Magnolia tripetala - N); Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti - I); Violet Woodsorrel (Oxalis violacea - N); Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica - N); Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia - N); Virginia Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum virginianum - N); Virginia Springbeauty (Claytonia virginica - N); Virginia Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana - N); Virginia Water Horehound (Lycopus virginicus - N); White Ash (Fraxinus americana - N); White Clover (Trifolium repens - I); White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima - N); White Vervain (Verbena urticifolia - N); Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa - N); Wild Cucumber (Echinocystis lobata - N); Woman's Tobacco (Antennaria plantaginifolia - N); Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod (Solidago rugosa - N); Yellow Giant Hyssop (Agastache nepetoides - N); Yellow Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum - N)iNaturalist Observations:
135820896 (Observed: 9/20/2022)
91460290 (Observed: 8/16/2021)
80294099 (Observed: 5/25/2021)
75460994 (Observed: 4/27/2021)
70495211 (Observed: 9/13/2019)
49008700 (Observed: 5/2/2018)
57179585 (Observed: 8/20/2020)
57732959 (Observed: 8/26/2020)
61809734 (Observed: 10/1/2020)
63483497 (Observed: 10/23/2020)
References:
Holm, H. (2021). Wasps. Their Biology, Diversity, and Role as Beneficial Insects and Pollinators of Native Plants. Minnetonka, MN, Pollination Press LLC (p. n/a).
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Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee): Swarm of Western Honey Bees on a tree in the Gordon next to Stadium Road
Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee): Swarm of Western Honey Bees on a tree in the Gordon next to Stadium Road
Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee)
Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee)
Bombus griseocollis (Brown-belted Bumble Bee)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Apidae
Notes
Common Names: Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Years Noted: 2021; 2025
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Jack Ridenour
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Brown-belted Bumble Bee (8 species: all native)
Allegheny Monkeyflower (Mimulus ringens); Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca); Cutleaf Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata); Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria); Narrowleaf Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium); Showy Orchis (Galearis spectabilis); Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata); Virginia Springbeauty (Claytonia virginica)iNaturalist Observations:
271061281 (Observed: 4/17/2025)
90774652 (Observed: 8/10/2021)
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Bombus griseocollis (Brown-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus griseocollis (Brown-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus impatiens (Common Eastern Bumble Bee)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Apidae
Notes
Common Names: Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Years Noted: 2013; 2020-2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: W. Ricci
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter; Noah Long
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Common Eastern Bumble Bee (108 species: Native - 81; Introduced - 27)
Allegheny Blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis - N); Allegheny Monkeyflower (Mimulus ringens - N); Alsike Clover (Trifolium hybridum - I); American Bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia - N); American Hogpeanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata - N); American Jumpseed (Polygonum virginianum - N); American Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana - N); American Water Horehound (Lycopus americanus - N); American Witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana - N); Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus - I); Black Cherry (Prunus serotina - N); Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia - N); Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis - N); Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta - N); Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides - N); Blue Skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora - N); Bluestem Goldenrod (Solidago caesia - N); Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare - I); Butter and Eggs (Linaria vulgaris - I); Canada Germander (Teucrium canadense - N); Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis - N); Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense - N); Catnip (Nepeta cataria - I); Chicory (Cichorium intybus - I); Climbing Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara - I); Cockspur Hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli - N); Common Blue Wood Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium - N); Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum - N); Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale - I); Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis - N); Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca - N); Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus - I); Common Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris - N); Common St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum - I); Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium - I); Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense - I); Crownvetch (Securigera varia - I); Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum - N); Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata - N); Cutleaf Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata - N); Devil's Beggartick (Bidens frondosa - N); Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria - N); Early Goldenrod (Solidago juncea - N); Eastern Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron annuus - N); Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis - N); False Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides - N); Field Thistle (Cirsium discolor - N); Flat-top Goldentop (Euthamia graminifolia - N); Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis - N); Fuller's Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum - I); Garden Yellowrocket (Barbarea vulgaris - I); Giant Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea - N); Gray Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis - N); Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica - N); Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii - I); Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis - N); Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum - N); Late Boneset (Eupatorium serotinum - N); Late Figwort (Scrophularia marilandica - N); Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus - I); Longstyle Sweetroot (Osmorhiza longistylis - N); Marsh Blue Violet (Viola cucullata - N); Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum - N); Meadow Zizia (Zizia aurea - N); Naked-flowered Tick-Trefoil (Desmodium nudiflorum - N); Narrowleaf Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium - N); New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae - N); New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus - N); Nodding Beggartick (Bidens cernua - N); Nodding Plumeless Thistle (Carduus nutans - I); Northern Dewberry (Rubus flagellaris - N); Norway Maple (Acer platanoides - I); Oneseed Bur Cucumber (Sicyos angulatus - N); Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare - I); Panicledleaf Ticktrefoil (Desmodium paniculatum - N); Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens - N); Pennsylvania Smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum - N); Peppermint (Mentha ×piperita - N); Perplexed Ticktrefoil (Desmodium perplexum - N); Pointedleaf Ticktrefoil (Desmodium glutinosum - N); Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria - I); Purplestem Beggarticks (Bidens connata - N); Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota - I); Queendevil (Hieracium gronovii - N); Red Clover (Trifolium pratense - I); Reed Canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea - N); Rose-of-Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus - I); Showy Orchis (Galearis spectabilis - N); Shrubby St. John's-Wort (Hypericum prolificum - N); Spotted Geranium (Geranium maculatum - N); Spotted Ladysthumb (Polygonum persicaria - I); Spotted Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata - N); Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina - N); Swamp Goldenrod (Solidago patula - N); Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata - N); Swamp Verbena (Verbena hastata - N); Sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis - I); Thinleaf Sunflower (Helianthus decapetalus - N); Virginia Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum virginianum - N); Virginia Springbeauty (Claytonia virginica - N); Virginia Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana - N); White Clover (Trifolium repens - I); White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima - N); White Turtlehead (Chelone glabra - N); White Vervain (Verbena urticifolia - N); Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa - N); Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod (Solidago rugosa - N); Yellow Giant Hyssop (Agastache nepetoides - N)iNaturalist Observations:
81695591 (Observed: 6/4/2021)
73154624 (Observed: 4/6/2021)
57164301 (Observed: 8/20/2020)
57164563 (Observed: 8/20/2020)
60654443 (Observed: 9/24/2020)
62149521 (Observed: 10/9/2020)
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Bombus impatiens (Common Eastern Bumble Bee)
Bombus impatiens (Common Eastern Bumble Bee)
Bombus impatiens (Common Eastern Bumble Bee)
Bombus impatiens (Common Eastern Bumble Bee)
Ceratina Indet. #1 (Small Carpenter Bee)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Apidae
Notes
Common Names: Small Carpenter Bee
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: ]
iNaturalist Observations:
84359412 (Observed: 6/24/2021)
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Ceratina (Small Carpenter Bee)
Ceratina (Small Carpenter Bee)
Ceratina (Small Carpenter Bee)
Ceratina Indet. #2 (Small Carpenter Bee)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Apidae
Notes
Common Names: Small Carpenter Bee
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
122994674 (Observed: 6/22/2022)
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Ceratina (Small Carpenter Bee)
Ceratina (Small Carpenter Bee)
Melissodes denticulatus (Denticulate Longhorn Bee)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Apidae
Notes
Common Names: Denticulate Longhorn Bee
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
Also Noted By: Miranda Davies
iNaturalist Observations:
180146030 (Observed: 8/25/2023)
References:
Carril, O. M. and J. S. Wilson (2021). Common Bees of Eastern North America. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press (p. 187-188).
Evans, A. V. (2008). Field Guide to Insects and Spiders & Related Species of North America. New York, NY, National Wildlife Federation (p. 369(G)).
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Nomada Indet. #1 (Nomad Bee)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Apidae
Notes
Common Names: Nomad Bee
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: klittle2 (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
75360515 (Observed: 4/26/2021)
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Nomada (Nomad Bee)
Nomada (Nomad Bee)
Nomada (Nomad Bee)
Nomada (Nomad Bee)
Nomada luteoloides (Black-and-yellow Nomad Bee)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Apidae
Notes
Common Names: Black-and-yellow Nomad Bee
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By:
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Black-and-yellow Nomad Bee (1 species: introduced)
Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana - I)iNaturalist Observations:
117771367 (Observed: 5/18/2022)
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Nomada luteoloides (Black-and-yellow Nomad Bee)
Nomada luteoloides (Black-and-yellow Nomad Bee)
Nomada luteoloides (Black-and-yellow Nomad Bee)
Xylocopa virginica (Eastern Carpenter Bee)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Apidae
Notes
Common Names: Eastern Carpenter Bee
Year Noted: 2021-2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Eastern Carpenter Bee (2 species: Native - 1; Introduced - 1)
Hairy White Oldfield Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum - N); Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora - I)iNaturalist Observations:
135029917 (Observed: 9/13/2022)
88169670 (Observed: 7/22/2021)
80287213 (Observed: 5/25/2021)
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Xylocopa virginica (Eastern Carpenter Bee)
Xylocopa virginica (Eastern Carpenter Bee)
Xylocopa virginica (Eastern Carpenter Bee)
Zadontomerus Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Apidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: N. Fogel (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
130145445 (Observed: 8/9/2022)
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Aradus Indet. #1 (Flat Bugs)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Aradidae
Notes
Common Names: Flat Bugs
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Noah Long
iNaturalist Observations:
87896482 (Observed: 7/20/2021)
References:
Marshall, S. A. (2017). Insects. Their Natural History and Diversity. Buffalo, NY, Firefly Books (p. 124 — NOTE: Frequently, this will just be the page number for the genus).
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Aradus (Flat Bugs)
Aradus (Flat Bugs)
Aradus (Flat Bugs)
Aradus (Flat Bugs)
Aradus (Flat Bugs)
Araneus diadematus (Cross Orbweaver)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Araneidae
Notes
Common Names: Cross Orbweaver
Year Noted: 2018
Identified By: Paige Vermeulen
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
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Araneus diadematus (Cross Orbweaver)
Araneus diadematus (Cross Orbweaver)
Araneus marmoreus (Marbled Orbweaver)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Araneidae
Notes
Common Names: Marbled Orbweaver; Orange Orb Weaver
Years Noted: 2018; 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Paige Vermeulen
Also Noted By: S. Bernasconi; Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
18451412 (Observed: 11/17/2018)
41325106 (Observed: 11/17/2018)
61422480 (Observed: 10/1/2020)
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Araneus marmoreus (Marbled Orbweaver)
Araneus marmoreus (Marbled Orbweaver)
Araneus marmoreus (Marbled Orbweaver)
Araneus marmoreus (Marbled Orbweaver)
Mangora gibberosa (Lined Orbweaver)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Araneidae
Notes
Common Names: Lined Orbweaver
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
89830598 (Observed: 8/3/2021)
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Mangora gibberosa (Lined Orbweaver)
Mangora Indet. #1 (Orbweaver)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Araneidae
Notes
Common Names: Orbweaver
Year Noted: 2018
Identified By: J. Williams (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Paige Vermeulen
iNaturalist Observations:
56538221 (Observed: 8/8/2018)
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Mangora (Orbweaver)
Mecynogea lemniscata (Basilica Orbweaver)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Araneidae
Notes
Common Names: Basilica Orbweaver
Years Noted: 2020; 2025
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Paige Vermeulen
Also Noted By: Noah Barajas
iNaturalist Observations:
319801262 (Observed: 10/9/2025)
63345797 (Observed: 10/15/2020)
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Mecynogea lemniscata (Basilica Orbweaver)
Mecynogea lemniscata (Basilica Orbweaver)
Mecynogea lemniscata (Basilica Orbweaver)
Mecynogea lemniscata (Basilica Orbweaver)
Mecynogea lemniscata (Basilica Orbweaver)
Micrathena gracilis (Spined Micrathena)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Araneidae
Notes
Common Names: Spined Micrathena
Years Noted: 2018; 2020-2022; 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Paige Vermeulen
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter; Noah Long; Maeve Dowd; Alex Desjardines; Mae Basehore
Comments:
One of the more commonly encountered arthropods at the Gordon.
iNaturalist Observations:
396518625 (Observed: 9/1/2026)
87850610 (Observed: 7/20/2021)
88178410 (Observed: 7/22/2021)
85372891 (Observed: 7/2/2021)
54857415 (Observed: 7/30/2020)
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Micrathena gracilis (Spined Micrathena)
Micrathena gracilis (Spined Micrathena)
Micrathena gracilis (Spined Micrathena)
Micrathena gracilis (Spined Micrathena)
Neoscona crucifera (Hentz Orbweaver)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Araneidae
Notes
Common Names: Hentz Orbweaver
Year Noted: 2018
Identified and First Noted By: Paige Vermeulen
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Neoscona crucifera (Hentz Orbweaver)
Neoscona crucifera (Hentz Orbweaver)
Neoscona crucifera (Hentz Orbweaver)
Neoscona crucifera (Hentz Orbweaver)
Armadillidium vulgare (Common Pill Woodlouse)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Armadillidiidae
Notes
Common Names: Common Pill Woodlouse
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
88307133 (Observed: 7/23/2021)
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Armadillidium vulgare (Common Pill Woodlouse)
Armadillidium vulgare (Common Pill Woodlouse)
Armadillidium vulgare (Common Pill Woodlouse)
Armadillidium vulgare (Common Pill Woodlouse)
Caecidotea Indet. #1 (Isopod)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Asellidae
Notes
Common Names: Isopod
Year Noted: 2007
Identified and First Noted By: Danielle DiFederico
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Eudioctria Indet. #1 (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Asilidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
51608616 (Observed: 7/1/2020)
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Eudioctria (No Common Name)
Eudioctria (No Common Name)
Eudioctria (No Common Name)
Eudioctria (No Common Name)
Holcocephala Indet. #1 (Gnat Ogre)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Asilidae
Notes
Common Names: Gnat Ogre
Year Noted: 2020-2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
92515178 (Observed: 8/25/2021)
90181958 (Observed: 8/6/2021)
90771031 (Observed: 8/10/2021)
57673233 (Observed: 8/26/2020)
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Holcocephala (Gnat Ogre)
Laphria canis Complex (Bee-mimic Robber Flies)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Asilidae
Notes
Common Names: Bee-mimic Robber Flies
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
51624688 (Observed: 7/1/2020)
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Laphria canis (Bee-mimic Robber Flies)
Laphria canis (Bee-mimic Robber Flies)
Laphria sericea Complex (Bee Mimic Robber Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Asilidae
Notes
Common Names: Bee Mimic Robber Fly
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
119761376 (Observed: 6/1/2022)
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Laphria sericea (Bee Mimic Robber Fly)
Laphria sericea (Bee Mimic Robber Fly)
Laphria thoracica (Eastern Yellow-backed Laphria)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Asilidae
Notes
Common Names: Eastern Yellow-backed Laphria
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
368721673 (Observed: 6/2/2026)
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Machimus sadyates (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Asilidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
96000144 (Observed: 9/24/2021)
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Machimus sadyates (No Common Name)
Machimus sadyates (No Common Name)
Atteva aurea (Ailanthus Webworm Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Attevidae
Notes
Common Names: Ailanthus Webworm Moth
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
60638661 (Observed: 9/24/2020)
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Atteva aurea (Ailanthus Webworm Moth)
Atteva aurea (Ailanthus Webworm Moth)
Atteva aurea (Ailanthus Webworm Moth)
Baetidae Indet. #1 (Mayfly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Baetidae
Notes
Common Names: Mayfly
Years Noted: 2007; 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Danielle DiFederico
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Baetis aff. tricaudatus
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Baetidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Baetis flavistriga
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Baetidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Baetis Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Baetidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Bibio femoratus (The Lovebug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Bibionidae
Notes
Common Names: The Lovebug
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
115415440 (Observed: 4/30/2022)
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Bibio femoratus (The Lovebug)
Bibio femoratus (The Lovebug)
Bombylius major (Greater Bee Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Bombyliidae
Notes
Common Names: Greater Bee Fly
Years Noted: 2021; 2025-2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Mae Basehore
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Greater Bee Fly (4 species: all native)
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis); Roundlobe Hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa); Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides); Virginia Springbeauty (Claytonia virginica)iNaturalist Observations:
74197057 (Observed: 4/16/2021)
75462319 (Observed: 4/27/2021)
73876784 (Observed: 4/13/2021)
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Bombylius major (Greater Bee Fly)
Bombylius major (Greater Bee Fly)
Bombylius major (Greater Bee Fly) visiting Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
Agrilus bilineatus (Two-lined Chestnut Borer)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Buprestidae
Notes
Common Names: Two-lined Chestnut Borer
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
375285344 (Observed: 6/24/2026)
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Agrilus planipennis (Emerald Ash Borer)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Buprestidae
Notes
Common Names: Emerald Ash Borer
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: H. Liu
Comments:
A virulent invasive species that is decimating Ash populations throughout the eastern US.
iNaturalist Observations:
103016719 (Observed: 12/8/2021)
72467297 (Observed: 3/30/2021)
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Agrilus planipennis (Emerald Ash Borer): D-shaped exit hole with finger for scale. Finger provided by Houping Liu (PA DCNR)
Agrilus planipennis (Emerald Ash Borer): Tunnels beneath the bark of a White Ash
Agrilus planipennis (Emerald Ash Borer): Tunnels beneath the bark of a White Ash
Calliphoridae Indet. #1 (Blowflies)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Calliphoridae
Notes
Common Names: Blowflies
Year Noted: 2024
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
202562713 (Observed: 3/15/2024)
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Lucilia Indet. #1 (Greenbottle Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Calliphoridae
Notes
Common Names: Greenbottle Fly
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
59252228 (Observed: 9/11/2020)
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Lucilia (Greenbottle Fly) on Halberdleaf Tearthumb (Polygonum arifolium)
Lucilia (Greenbottle Fly) on Halberdleaf Tearthumb (Polygonum arifolium)
Lucilia (Greenbottle Fly) on Halberdleaf Tearthumb (Polygonum arifolium)
Lucilia (Greenbottle Fly) on Halberdleaf Tearthumb (Polygonum arifolium)
Phormia regina (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Calliphoridae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2024
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
203098288 (Observed: 3/18/2024)
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Calopteryx aequabilis (River Jewelwing)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Calopterygidae
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Calopteryx maculata (Ebony Jewelwing)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Calopterygidae
Notes
Common Names: Ebony Jewelwing
Years Noted: 2018; 2020-2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Maribeth Beatty; Paige Vermeulen; Ariana Rivellini; Noah Long; Kathryn Krueger; Miranda Davies; James Simpson; Jess Greulich; Kinsey Cuoco; Sophie Dickenson; Mae Basehore; Luke Knaub; Mycah Choby
iNaturalist Observations:
372324590 (Observed: 6/16/2026)
219579478 (Observed: 5/31/2024)
172724598 (Observed: 7/13/2023)
84897376 (Observed: 6/28/2021)
80288145 (Observed: 5/25/2021)
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Calopteryx maculata (Ebony Jewelwing)
Calopteryx maculata (Ebony Jewelwing)
Cambarus acuminatus (Acuminate Crayfish)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cambaridae
Notes
Common Names: Acuminate Crayfish
Years Noted: 2019; 2023
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
Also Noted By: David Kramer
iNaturalist Observations:
174704031 (Observed: 6/2/2023)
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Cambarus bartonii (Eastern Crayfish)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cambaridae
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Cambarus Indet. #1 (Cambarus Crayfish)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cambaridae
Notes
Common Names: Cambarus Crayfish
Years Noted: 2013; 2018-2019
Identified By: Stroud Water Research Center
First Noted By: Gerry Hertel
Also Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Cambarus diogenes (Devil Crayfish)
Cambarus diogenes (Devil Crayfish)
Orconectes Indet. #1 (Orco Crayfish)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cambaridae
Notes
Common Names: Orco Crayfish
Year Noted: 2018
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Chauliognathus marginatus (Margined Leatherwing Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cantharidae
Notes
Common Names: Margined Leatherwing Beetle
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: meleoron (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Margined Leatherwing Beetle (1 species: introduced)
Tree Of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima - I)iNaturalist Observations:
126366068 (Observed: 7/15/2022)
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Chauliognathus marginatus (Margined Leatherwing Beetle)
Chauliognathus marginatus (Margined Leatherwing Beetle)
Podabrus Indet. #1 (Soldier Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cantharidae
Notes
Common Names: Soldier Beetle
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
86080713 (Observed: 7/7/2021)
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Podabrus (Soldier Beetle)
Podabrus (Soldier Beetle)
Allocapnia Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Capniidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: David K. Burton (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
148710663 (Observed: 2/13/2023)
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Chlaenius aestivus (Summer Harp Ground Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Carabidae
Notes
Common Names: Summer Harp Ground Beetle
Years Noted: 2020-2021; 2023
Identified By: C. Haden (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
77655032 (Observed: 5/6/2021)
56765461 (Observed: 8/17/2020)
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Chlaenius nitidulus (Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle)
Chlaenius nitidulus (Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle)
Chlaenius nitidulus (Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle)
Galerita bicolor (False Bombardier Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Carabidae
Notes
Common Names: False Bombardier Beetle
Years Noted: 2021; 2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Miranda Davies
iNaturalist Observations:
83626444 (Observed: 6/18/2021)
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(Out of focus) Galerita bicolor (False Bombardier Beetle)
(Out of focus) Galerita bicolor (False Bombardier Beetle)
Nebria lacustris (Lacustrine Gazelle Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Carabidae
Notes
Common Names: Lacustrine Gazelle Beetle
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: Jonathan Blithe (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Jonathan Blithe
Also Noted By: Jonathan Blithe
iNaturalist Observations:
163179416 (Observed: 5/22/2023)
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Nebria pallipes
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Carabidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: tyugefez (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Noah Long
iNaturalist Observations:
122514615 (Observed: 6/19/2022)
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Nebria pallipes
Nebria pallipes
Nebria pallipes
Pterostichus mutus
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Carabidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: Connor E. J. Graham
First Noted By: Jonathan Blithe
iNaturalist Observations:
163688874 (Observed: 5/25/2023)
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Pterostichus tristis (Woodland Ground Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Carabidae
Notes
Common Names: Woodland Ground Beetle
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: tyugefez (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
71569154 (Observed: 3/19/2021)
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Pterostichus tristis (Woodland Ground Beetle)
Pterostichus tristis (Woodland Ground Beetle)
Pterostichus tristis (Woodland Ground Beetle)
Scarites subterraneus (Big-headed Ground Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Carabidae
Notes
Common Names: Big-headed Ground Beetle
Year Noted: 2022-2023
Identified and First Noted By: Noah Long
Also Noted By: Jonathan Blithe
iNaturalist Observations:
163691410 (Observed: 5/25/2023)
121799262 (Observed: 6/14/2022)
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Scarites subterraneus (Big-headed Ground Beetle)
Scarites subterraneus (Big-headed Ground Beetle)
Scarites subterraneus (Big-headed Ground Beetle)
Ampelomyia viticola (Grape Tube Gallmaker)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Notes
Common Names: Grape Tube Gallmaker
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
84094882 (Observed: 6/22/2021)
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Ampelomyia viticola (Grape Tube Gallmaker)
Ampelomyia viticola (Grape Tube Gallmaker)
Ampelomyia viticola (Grape Tube Gallmaker)
Ampelomyia viticola (Grape Tube Gallmaker)
Ampelomyia viticola (Grape Tube Gallmaker)
Ampelomyia vitiscoryloides (Gall Midge)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Notes
Common Names: Gall Midge
Year Noted: 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
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Ampelomyia vitiscoryloides (Gall Midge)
Ampelomyia vitiscoryloides (Gall Midge)
Asteromyia carbonifera (Carbonifera Goldenrod Gall Midge)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Notes
Common Names: Carbonifera Goldenrod Gall Midge
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
Colonizing Giant Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) leaves. Seemingly fairly common in the meadow at the eastern end of the Gordon.
iNaturalist Observations:
57213768 (Observed: 8/20/2020)
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Asteromyia carbonifera (Carbonifera Goldenrod Gall Midge)
Asteromyia carbonifera (Carbonifera Goldenrod Gall Midge)
Asteromyia carbonifera (Carbonifera Goldenrod Gall Midge)
Asteromyia carbonifera (Carbonifera Goldenrod Gall Midge)
Caryomyia Indet. #1 (Hickory Gall Midge)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Notes
Common Names: Hickory Gall Midge
Year Noted: 2013
Identified and First Noted By: Gerry Hertel
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Caryomyia (Hickory Gall Midge)
Caryomyia (Hickory Gall Midge)
Contarinia cerasiserotinae (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Miranda Davies
iNaturalist Observations:
161862305 (Observed: 5/15/2023)
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Contarinia Indet. #1 (Gall Midge)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Notes
Common Names: Gall Midge
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: T. Frey (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
91590459 (Observed: 8/17/2021)
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Contarinia (Gall Midge)
Contarinia (Gall Midge)
Contarinia (Gall Midge)
Contarinia (Gall Midge)
Contarinia verrucicola (Linden Wart Gall Midge)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Notes
Common Names: Linden Wart Gall Midge
Year Noted: 2026
Identified By: Mae Basehore
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
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Dasineura folliculi (Gall Midge)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Notes
Common Names: Gall Midge
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: D. McClosky (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
60467346 (Observed: 9/22/2020)
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Dasineura folliculi (Gall Midge) on Goldenrod (Solidago sp.)
Dasineura folliculi (Gall Midge) on Goldenrod (Solidago sp.)
Dasineura folliculi (Gall Midge) on Goldenrod (Solidago sp.)
Dasineura investita (Wood Nettle Gall Midge)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Notes
Common Names: Wood Nettle Gall Midge
Year Noted: 2024
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
223594793 (Observed: 6/18/2024)
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Dasineura pudibunda (Hornbeam Leaf Gall Midge)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Notes
Common Names: Hornbeam Leaf Gall Midge
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mae Basehore
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Polystepha pilulae (Oak Leaf Gall Midge)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cecidomyiidae
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Resseliella liriodendri (Tulip Tree Leaf Spot Gall Midge)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Notes
Common Names: Tulip Tree Leaf Spot Gall Midge
Years Noted: 2020; 2025
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
On Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) leaves.
iNaturalist Observations:
322458995 (Observed: 10/18/2025)
53103641 (Observed: 7/14/2020)
59784527 (Observed: 9/15/2020)
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Resseliella liriodendri (Gall Midge)
Resseliella liriodendri (Gall Midge)
Resseliella liriodendri (Gall Midge)
Resseliella liriodendri (Gall Midge): underside of leaf
Megacyllene robiniae (Locust Longhorn Borer Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cerambycidae
Notes
Common Names: Locust Longhorn Borer Beetle
Years Noted: 2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
A native species who's larvae are a serious pest of Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia). Adults can be found on Goldenrod (Solidago spp.) in the late Summer and early Fall.
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Locust Longhorn Borer Beetle (6 species: all native)
Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis); Flat-top Goldentop (Euthamia graminifolia); Giant Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea); Gray Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis); Late Boneset (Eupatorium serotinum); Tall Goldenrod (Solidago altissima)iNaturalist Observations:
135812326 (Observed: 9/20/2022)
58523328 (Observed: 9/4/2020)
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Megacyllene robiniae (Locust Longhorn Borer Beetle)
Megacyllene robiniae (Locust Longhorn Borer Beetle)
Megacyllene robiniae (Locust Longhorn Borer Beetle)
Neandra brunnea (Pole Borer)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cerambycidae
Notes
Common Names: Pole Borer
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
56455761 (Observed: 8/14/2020)
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Neandra brunnea (Pole Borer)
Neandra brunnea (Pole Borer): close-up of mandibles
Neandra brunnea (Pole Borer)
Neoclytus caprea (Banded Ash Borer)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cerambycidae
Notes
Common Names: Banded Ash Borer
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
348779223 (Observed: 4/10/2026)
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Prionus laticollis (Broad-necked Root Borer)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cerambycidae
Notes
Common Names: Broad-necked Root Borer
Years Noted: 2021; 2023
Identified and First Noted By: Noah Long
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter; camis049
iNaturalist Observations:
301654057 (Observed: 7/27/2925)
172391316 (Observed: 7/11/2023)
87059233 (Observed: 7/14/2021)
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Prionus laticollis (Broad-necked Root Borer)
Prionus laticollis (Broad-necked Root Borer)
Prionus laticollis (Broad-necked Root Borer)
Strangalia luteicornis (Yellow-horned Flower Longhorn Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cerambycidae
Notes
Common Names: Yellow-horned Flower Longhorn Beetle
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
To date, only a single individual noted.
iNaturalist Observations:
52517156 (Observed: 7/9/2020)
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Strangalia luteicornis (Yellow-horned Flower Longhorn Beetle)
Strangalia luteicornis (Yellow-horned Flower Longhorn Beetle)
Tetraopes melanurus (Blackened Milkweed Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cerambycidae
Notes
Common Names: Blackened Milkweed Beetle
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
382304480 (Observed: 7/17/2026)
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Tetraopes tetrophthalmus (Red Milkweed Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cerambycidae
Notes
Common Names: Red Milkweed Beetle
Years Noted: 2020-2023; 2025-2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Noah Long; Kathryn Krueger
Comments:
Quite common in meadows and wetland edges in the GNA.
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Red Milkweed Beetle (1 species: native)
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata - N)iNaturalist Observations:
296568282 (Observed: 7/9/2025)
173774896 (Observed: 7/18/2023)
171563797 (Observed: 7/7/2023)
137559977 (Observed: 6/27/2022)
123247709 (Observed: 6/24/2022)
86232664 (Observed: 7/5/2021)
84900232 (Observed: 6/25/2021)
51621059 (Observed: 7/1/2020)
52516511 (Observed: 7/9/2020)
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Tetraopes tetrophthalmus (Red Milkweed Beetle)
Tetraopes tetrophthalmus (Red Milkweed Beetle)
Tetraopes tetrophthalmus (Red Milkweed Beetle)
Tetraopes tetrophthalmus (Red Milkweed Beetle)
Typocerus velutinus (Banded Longhorn Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cerambycidae
Notes
Common Names: Banded Longhorn Beetle
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
To date, only a single individual noted. On Tall Meadow Rue (Thalictrum pubsescens).
iNaturalist Observations:
53785892 (Observed: 7/20/2020)
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Typocerus velutinus (Banded Longhorn Beetle)
Typocerus velutinus (Banded Longhorn Beetle)
Typocerus velutinus (Banded Longhorn Beetle)
Typocerus velutinus (Banded Longhorn Beetle)
Ceratopogonidae Indet. #1 (Biting Midge)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Ceratopogonidae
Notes
Common Names: Biting Midge
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
To date, a single individual noted. Was seen on Fan Shaped Jelly Fungus (Dacryopinax spathularia).
iNaturalist Observations:
57592965 (Observed: 8/17/2020)
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Ceratopogonidae (Biting Midge): On Fan-shaped Jelly (Dacryopinax spathularia)
Probezzia Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Ceratopogonidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2017
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Cheiracanthium mildei (Northern Yellow Sac Spider)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cheiracanthiidae
Notes
Common Names: Northern Yellow Sac Spider
Year Noted: 2024
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
252183037 (Observed: 11/11/2024)
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Brillia Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Cardiocladius obscurus (Midge)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: Midge
Year Noted: 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Chaetocladius Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Chironomidae Indet. #1 (Non-biting Midge)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: Non-biting Midge
Year Noted: 2007
Identified and First Noted By: Danielle DiFederico
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Chironomidae Indet. #2 (Non-biting Midge)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: Non-biting Midge
Year Noted: 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
39930822 (Observed: 11/1/2019)
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Chironomidae (Non-biting Midge)
Chironominae Indet. #1 (Non-biting Midges)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: Non-biting Midges
Year Noted:
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Cladotanytarsus Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Corynoneura Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Cricotopus annulator Complex
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Cricotopus bicinctus Group
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2019-2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Cricotopus Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2017
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Cricotopus tremulus
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Cricotopus triannulatus
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Cricotopus trifascia Group
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Cricotopus/Orthocladius
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Diamesa Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Diamesinae Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Diplocladius Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2017
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Eukiefferiella claripennis Group
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2019-2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Eukiefferiella coerulescens Group
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2017
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
Eukiefferiella devonica Group
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Eukiefferiella Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Hydrobaenus Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Krenosmittia Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Micropsectra Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Micropsectra Indet. #2
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Micropsectra polita (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Years Noted: 2017; 2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Microtendipes pedellus Group (Small Red Midge)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: Small Red Midge
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Nilotanypus fimbriatus (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Years Noted: 2017; 2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
Nilotanypus Indet. #1 (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2018
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Orthocladiinae Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Orthocladius carlatus
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2019-2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Orthocladius clarkei
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
Orthocladius dentifer
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Orthocladius dorenus
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
Orthocladius Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Orthocladius nigritus
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
Orthocladius obumbratus
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
Orthocladius rivicola (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Orthocladius rivulorum
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Year Noted:
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Orthocladius robacki
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Orthocladius rubicundus (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Paracladopelma Indet. #1 (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Paracricotopus Indet. #1 (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Parametriocnemus Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Paratanytarsus Indet. #1 (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Paratendipes Indet. #1 (Non-biting Midges)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: Non-biting Midges
Year Noted:
Identified By: Stephen Luk (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Phaenopsectra Group (Non-biting Midges)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: Non-biting Midges
Year Noted:
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Polypedilum aviceps (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Years Noted: 2017-2018; 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Polypedilum convictum Group (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Years Noted: 2017-2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Polypedilum illinoense Group (Midge)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: Midge
Years Noted: 2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
Polypedilum Indet. #1 (Non-biting Midges)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: Non-biting Midges
Year Noted:
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Polypedilum scalaenum Group (Midge)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: Midge
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Polypedilum tritum (Midge)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: Midge
Year Noted:
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Prodiamesa Indet. #1 (Non-biting Midges)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: Non-biting Midges
Year Noted:
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Rheocricotopus aff. robacki (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted:
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Rheocricotopus glabricollis
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Year Noted:
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
Rheotanytarsus exiguus Group (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Years Noted: 2017; 2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Rheotanytarsus Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Saetheria Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Sublettea Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Sympotthastia Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Synorthocladius Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Tanytarsus glabrescens Group (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Years Noted: 2017; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Tanytarsus guerlus Group
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
Tanytarsus Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Tanytarsus Indet. #2
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Telopelopia Indet. #1 (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted:
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Thienemanniella aff. xena (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Thienemanniella boltoni
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Year Noted:
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
Thienemanniella Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Thienemanniella Indet. #2
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Thienemanniella lobapodema
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
Thienemanniella taurocapita (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2017
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
Thienemannimyia Group
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Tvetenia Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Tvetenia paucunca (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Tvetenia vitracies
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Zavrelimyia Indet. #1 (Non-biting Midges)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chironomidae
Notes
Common Names: Non-biting Midges
Year Noted:
Identified and First Noted By:
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Chloroperlidae Indet. #1 (Green Stoneflies)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chloroperlidae
Notes
Common Names: Green Stoneflies
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Haploperla brevis (Least Sallfly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chloroperlidae
Notes
Common Names: Least Sallfly
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Thaumatomyia Indet. #1 (Grass Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chloropidae
Notes
Common Names: Grass Fly
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
60454185 (Observed: 9/22/2020)
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Thaumatomyia (Grass Fly) visiting a fresh wound
Thaumatomyia (Grass Fly) visiting a fresh wound
Thaumatomyia (Grass Fly) visiting a fresh wound
Chrysidini Indet. #1 (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chrysididae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
348779196 (Observed: 4/10/2026)
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Altica cf. chalybea (Grape Flea Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chrysomelidae
Notes
Common Names: Grape Flea Beetle
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: borisb (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
53081102 (Observed: 7/14/2020)
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Altica (Metallic Flea Beetle)
Altica (Metallic Flea Beetle)
Altica (Metallic Flea Beetle)
Chrysochus auratus (Dogbane Leaf Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chrysomelidae
Notes
Common Names: Dogbane Leaf Beetle
Year Noted: 2020-2024
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Noah Long; Madison Rettenmaier; Miranda Davies; Kathryn Krueger
Comments:
Seemingly, quite common at the Gordon (at least, based on observations from the Summer of 2020).
iNaturalist Observations:
88173767 (Observed: 7/22/2021)
85265410 (Observed: 7/1/2021)
84358639 (Observed: 6/24/2021)
52499764 (Observed: 7/9/2020)
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Chrysochus auratus (Dogbane Leaf Beetle): on New York Ironweed
Chrysochus auratus (Dogbane Leaf Beetle)
Chrysochus auratus (Dogbane Leaf Beetle)
Chrysochus auratus (Dogbane Leaf Beetle)
Chrysochus auratus (Dogbane Leaf Beetle)
Chrysolina bankii (Bronze Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chrysomelidae
Notes
Common Names: Bronze Beetle
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mycah Choby
iNaturalist Observations:
372324611 (Observed: 6/16/2026)
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Cryptocephalus guttulatus (Fourteen-spotted Leaf Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chrysomelidae
Notes
Common Names: Fourteen-spotted Leaf Beetle
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mycah Choby
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Diabrotica undecimpunctata (Spotted Cucumber Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chrysomelidae
Notes
Common Names: Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Years Noted: 2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
137854866 (Observed: 10/6/2022)
122939668 (Observed: 6/21/2022)
62063045 (Observed: 10/8/2020)
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Diabrotica undecimpunctata (Spotted Cucumber Beetle)
Diabrotica undecimpunctata (Spotted Cucumber Beetle)
Diabrotica undecimpunctata (Spotted Cucumber Beetle)
Labidomera clivicollis (Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chrysomelidae
Notes
Common Names: Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Alex Desjardines
iNaturalist Observations:
135155916 (Observed: 9/15/2022)
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Labidomera clivicollis (Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle)
Labidomera clivicollis (Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle)
Leptinotarsa juncta (False Potato Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chrysomelidae
Notes
Common Names: False Potato Beetle
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
Also Noted By: Miranda Davies
iNaturalist Observations:
171541208 (Observed: 7/3/2023)
169826320 (Observed: 6/21/2023)
Online Resources:
Images
Leptinotarsa juncta (False Potato Beetle)
Leptinotarsa juncta (False Potato Beetle)
Leptinotarsa juncta (False Potato Beetle)
Leptinotarsa juncta (False Potato Beetle)
Ceraeochrysa lineaticornis (Stripe-horned Green Lacewing)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chrysopidae
Notes
Common Names: Stripe-horned Green Lacewing
Years Noted: 2022; 2025
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Jack Ridenour
iNaturalist Observations:
319382992 (Observed: 10/7/2025)
135263958 (Observed: 9/16/2022)
Online Resources:
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Ceraeochrysa lineaticornis (Stripe-horned Green Lacewing)
Ceraeochrysa lineaticornis (Stripe-horned Green Lacewing)
Leucochrysa pavida (Lichen-carrying Green Lacewing)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Chrysopidae
Notes
Common Names: Lichen-carrying Green Lacewing
Years Noted: 2013; 2019
Identified By: J. Hoskins (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: W. Ricci
Also Noted By: Ariana Rivellini
Comments:
Likely fairly common at the GNA, but easily missed.
iNaturalist Observations:
41049668 (Observed: 10/25/2019)
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Chrysopidae (Lacewing)
Chrysopidae (Lacewing)
Chrysopidae (Lacewing)
Chrysopidae (Lacewing)
Agallia quadripunctata (Four-spotted Clover Leafhopper)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cicadellidae
Notes
Common Names: Four-spotted Clover Leafhopper
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
177185068 (Observed: 8/3/2023)
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Draeculacephala robinsoni (Sharp-headed Sharpshooter)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cicadellidae
Notes
Common Names: Sharp-headed Sharpshooter
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
177199328 (Observed: 8/3/2023)
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Graphocephala versuta (Versute Sharpshooter)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cicadellidae
Notes
Common Names: Versute Sharpshooter
Years Noted: 2021-2022; 2025-2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: A. Davies; Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
392979998 (Observed: 8/20/2026)
329102180 (Observed: 12/1/2025)
136842401 (Observed: 9/28/2022)
91461404 (Observed: 8/16/2021)
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Graphocephala versuta (Versute Sharpshooter)
Japananus hyalinus (Japanese Maple Leafhopper)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cicadellidae
Notes
Common Names: Japanese Maple Leafhopper
Year Noted: 2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
174251012 (Observed: 7/21/2023)
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Jikradia olitoria (Coppery Leafhopper)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cicadellidae
Notes
Common Names: Coppery Leafhopper
Year Noted: 2020-2021
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Paige Vermeulen
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
90180211 (Observed: 8/6/2021)
61510571 (Observed: 10/2/2020)
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Jikradia olitoria (Coppery Leafhopper)
Jikradia olitoria (Coppery Leafhopper)
Jikradia olitoria (Coppery Leafhopper)
Oncometopia orbona (Broad-headed Sharpshooter)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cicadellidae
Notes
Common Names: Broad-headed Sharpshooter
Year Noted: 2022-2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
Also Noted By: Miranda Davies
iNaturalist Observations:
130404097 (Observed: 8/11/2022)
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Oncometopia orbona (Broad-headed Sharpshooter)
Oncometopia orbona (Broad-headed Sharpshooter)
Oncometopia orbona (Broad-headed Sharpshooter)
Neotibicen Indet. #1 (Translucent Cicada)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cicadidae
Notes
Common Names: Translucent Cicada
Year Noted: 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
42806184 (Observed: 7/23/2019)
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Neotibicen (Translucent Cicada)
Neotibicen (Translucent Cicada)
Neotibicen (Translucent Cicada)
Neotibicen linnei (Linnes Cicada)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cicadidae
Notes
Neotibicen tibicen (Swamp Cicada)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cicadidae
Notes
Common Names: Swamp Cicada
Years Noted: 2019; 2021; 2025
Identified By: W. Chatfield-Taylor (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Moses Doughty
iNaturalist Observations:
310255614 (Observed: 8/30/2025)
69144539 (Observed: 2/6/2021)
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Neotibicen (Translucent Cicada).
Neotibicen (Translucent Cicada).
Xenoliarus placitus (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cixiidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2026
Identified By: Mae Basehore
First Noted By: Nae
iNaturalist Observations:
372651417 (Observed: 6/16/2026)
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Clastoptera xanthocephala (Sunflower Spittlebug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Clastopteridae
Notes
Common Names: Sunflower Spittlebug
Year Noted: 2024
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
217942450 (Observed: 5/24/2024)
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Linopodes Indet. #1 (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cocceupodidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2024
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
234322776 (Observed: 8/6/2024)
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Ceroplastes Indet. #1 (Wax Scale)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Coccidae
Notes
Common Names: Wax Scale
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
58541559 (Observed: 9/4/2020)
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Ceroplastes (Wax Scale)
Pulvinaria Indet. #1 (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Coccidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: B. Normark
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
81375547 (Observed: 6/2/2021)
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Brachiacantha decempustulata (Ten-spotted Spurleg)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Coccinellidae
Notes
Common Names: Ten-spotted Spurleg
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
375204109 (Observed: 6/24/2026)
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Coccinella septempunctata (Seven-spot Lady Bug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Coccinellidae
Notes
Common Names: Seven-spot Lady Bug
Years Noted: 2013; 2017; 2022
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: William Ricci
iNaturalist Observations:
48902724 (Observed: 7/8/2013)
122055615 (Observed: 6/14/2022)
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Coccinella septempunctata (Seven-spot Lady Bug)
Coccinella septempunctata (Seven-spot Lady Bug)
Harmonia axyridis (Asian Lady Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Coccinellidae
Notes
Common Names: Asian Lady Beetle
Years Noted: 2019; 2021; 2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Paige Vermeulen
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter; Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
167699406 (Observed: 6/15/2023)
167244678 (Observed: 6/13/2023)
100875248 (Observed: 11/11/2021)
84998386 (Observed: 6/17/2021)
30393222 (Observed: 8/7/2019)
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Harmonia axyridis (Asian Lady Beetle)
Harmonia axyridis (Asian Lady Beetle)
Argia fumipennis (Variable Dancer)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Coenagrionidae
Notes
Coleophora Indet. #1 (Casebearers)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Coleophoridae
Notes
Common Names: Casebearers
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: Paul Dennehy (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
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Crambidae (Moth)
Crambidae (Moth)
Crambidae (Moth)
Physocephala floridana (Thick-headed Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Conopidae
Notes
Common Names: Thick-headed Fly
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: Z. Dankowicz (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
81681960 (Observed: 6/4/2021)
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Physocephala floridana (Thick-headed Fly)
Physocephala floridana (Thick-headed Fly)
Physocephala tibialis (Common Eastern Physocephala)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Conopidae
Notes
Common Names: Common Eastern Physocephala
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
132575590 (Observed: 8/26/2022)
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Physocephala tibialis (Common Eastern Physocephala)
Physocephala tibialis (Common Eastern Physocephala)
Physocephala tibialis (Common Eastern Physocephala)
Somatochlora linearis (Mocha Emerald)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Corduliidae
Notes
Common Names: Mocha Emerald
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Alex Desjardines
iNaturalist Observations:
132984578 (Observed: 8/30/2022)
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Somatochlora linearis (Mocha Emerald)
Somatochlora linearis (Mocha Emerald)
Somatochlora linearis (Mocha Emerald)
Somatochlora linearis (Mocha Emerald)
Acanthocephala terminalis (Leaf-footed Bug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Coreidae
Notes
Common Names: Leaf-footed Bug
Years Noted: 2019; 2021; 2023-2024
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Paige Vermeulen; Noah Long; Miranda Davies; Kinsey Cuoco
iNaturalist Observations:
219371867 (Observed: 5/30/2024)
170300753 (Observed: 6/30/2023)
94312383 (Observed: 4/4/2019)
90564560 (Observed: 7/14/2021)
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Acanthocephala terminalis (Leaf-footed Bug)
Acanthocephala terminalis (Leaf-footed Bug)
Acanthocephala terminalis (Leaf-footed Bug)
Anasa armigera (Horned Squash Bug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Coreidae
Notes
Common Names: Horned Squash Bug
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
132854829 (Observed: 8/29/2022)
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Anasa armigera (Horned Squash Bug)
Anasa armigera (Horned Squash Bug)
Leptoglossus oppositus (Leaf-Footed Bug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Coreidae
Notes
Common Names: Leaf-Footed Bug
Years Noted: 2018; 2020-2021
Identified By: E. Williams (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Paige Vermeulen
iNaturalist Observations:
100065186 (Observed: 11/1/2021)
57536142 (Observed: 8/21/2018)
62489404 (Observed: 10/2/2020)
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Leptoglossus oppositus (Leaf-Footed Bug)
Leptoglossus oppositus (Leaf-Footed Bug)
Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus (Four-banded Stink Bug Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Crabronidae
Notes
Common Names: Four-banded Stink Bug Wasp
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: T. Frey (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
88182431 (Observed: 7/22/2021)
References:
Holm, H. (2021). Wasps. Their Biology, Diversity, and Role as Beneficial Insects and Pollinators of Native Plants. Minnetonka, MN, Pollination Press LLC (p. 78-79).
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Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus (Four-banded Stink Bug Wasp) visiting Virginia Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus (Four-banded Stink Bug Wasp) visiting Virginia Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus (Four-banded Stink Bug Wasp) visiting Virginia Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus (Four-banded Stink Bug Wasp) visiting Virginia Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
Cerceris Indet. #1 (Weevil Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Crabronidae
Notes
Common Names: Weevil Wasp
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: J. Cepeda (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
58261664 (Observed: 9/1/2020)
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Crabronidae (Crabronid Wasp)
Crabronidae (Crabronid Wasp)
Crabronidae (Crabronid Wasp)
Crabronina Indet. #1 (Square-headed Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Crabronidae
Notes
Common Names: Square-headed Wasp
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: J. Ascher (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
59238689 (Observed: 9/11/2020)
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Crabronina (Square-headed Wasp)
Crabronina (Square-headed Wasp)
Sphecius speciosus (Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Crabronidae
Notes
Common Names: Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Maeve Dowd
Comments:
Sphecius speciosus prey upon a number of genera including annual cicadas (Neotibeicen) and scrub cicadas (Diceroprocta), which is seen as a benefit because these cicadas are known to harm nursery plants and crops. They also have an advantageous defense mechanism when carrying prey back to their nest where they elude predators that might be flying above them by stopping mid-flight, waiting for predators to begin following a different wasp. This is called "freeze-stop flights" (Holm, 2021).
iNaturalist Observations:
91777695 (Observed: 8/19/2021)
References:
Holm, H. (2021). Wasps. Their Biology, Diversity, and Role as Beneficial Insects and Pollinators of Native Plants. Minnetonka, MN, Pollination Press LLC (p. 90-91).
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Sphecius speciosus (Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp)
Sphecius speciosus (Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp)
Sphecius speciosus (Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp)
Sphecius speciosus (Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp)
Agriphila vulgivagellus (Vagabond Sod Webworm Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Crambidae
Notes
Common Names: Vagabond Sod Webworm Moth
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: Paul Dennehy (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
59256541 (Observed: 9/11/2020)
60655038 (Observed: 9/24/2020)
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Agriphila (Sod Webworm Moth)
Agriphila (Sod Webworm Moth)
Agriphila (Sod Webworm Moth)
Diaphania nitidalis (Pickleworm Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Crambidae
Notes
Common Names: Pickleworm Moth
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Alex Desjardines
iNaturalist Observations:
136938715 (Observed: 9/27/2022)
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Diaphania nitidalis (Pickleworm Moth)
Herpetogramma thestealis (Zigzag Herpetogramma Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Crambidae
Notes
Common Names: Zigzag Herpetogramma Moth
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Miranda Davies
iNaturalist Observations:
179735593 (Observed: 8/22/2023)
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Microcrambus elegans (Elegant Grass-Veneer)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Crambidae
Notes
Common Names: Elegant Grass-Veneer
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: Paul Dennehy (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
58262224 (Observed: 9/1/2020)
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Microcrambus (Grass Veneer): on the underside of a Japanese Hop leaf
Microcrambus (Grass Veneer): on the underside of a Japanese Hop leaf
Nomophila nearctica (Lucerne Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Crambidae
Notes
Common Names: Lucerne Moth
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Lucerne Moth (3 species: all native)
American Basswood (Tilia americana); Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum); Flat-top Goldentop (Euthamia graminifolia)iNaturalist Observations:
59258058 (Observed: 9/11/2020)
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Nomophila nearctica (Lucerne Moth)
Nomophila nearctica (Lucerne Moth)
Pantographa limata (Basswood Leafroller Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Crambidae
Notes
Common Names: Basswood Leafroller Moth
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
83625901 (Observed: 6/18/2021)
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Pantographa limata (Basswood Leafroller Moth)
Pantographa limata (Basswood Leafroller Moth)
Pantographa limata (Basswood Leafroller Moth)
Parapediasia teterrellus (Bluegrass Webworm Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Crambidae
Notes
Common Names: Bluegrass Webworm Moth
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: Paul Dennehy (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
86910529 (Observed: 7/13/2021)
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Parapediasia (Crambid Snout Moth)
Cryptophagus Indet. #1 (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cryptophagidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
126199290 (Observed: 5/22/2019)
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Cryptophagus (No Common Name)
Cryptops leucopodus (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cryptopidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: H. Hernandez (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
66306834 (Observed: 12/8/2020)
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Cryptops leucopodus (Bark Centipede)
Cryptops leucopodus (Bark Centipede)
Cryptops leucopodus (Bark Centipede)
Cucujus clavipes (Red Flat Bark Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cucujidae
Notes
Common Names: Red Flat Bark Beetle
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: K. Schulz (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
To date, only the larvae have been noted.
iNaturalist Observations:
60196633 (Observed: 9/19/2020)
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Cucujus clavipes (Red Flat Bark Beetle)
Cucujus clavipes (Red Flat Bark Beetle)
Cucujus clavipes (Red Flat Bark Beetle)
Aedes hendersoni (Mosquito)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Culicidae
Notes
Common Names: Mosquito
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: L. Wolff (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
61906406 (Observed: 10/6/2020)
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Aedes hendersoni (Mosquito)
Aedes hendersoni (Mosquito)
Aedes hendersoni (Mosquito)
Aedes hendersoni (Mosquito)
Aedes japonicus (Asian Bush Mosquito)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Culicidae
Notes
Common Names: Asian Bush Mosquito
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
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Aedes japonicus (Asian Bush Mosquito)
Aedes japonicus (Asian Bush Mosquito)
Aedes japonicus (Asian Bush Mosquito)
Aedes japonicus (Asian Bush Mosquito)
Aedes trivittatus (Plains Floodwater Mosquito)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Culicidae
Notes
Common Names: Plains Floodwater Mosquito
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: odhentomologist (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
94854892 (Observed: 9/14/2021)
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Aedes trivittatus (Plains Floodwater Mosquito): having a snack
Aedes trivittatus (Plains Floodwater Mosquito): having a snack
Aedes vexans (Inland Floodwater Mosquito)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Culicidae
Notes
Common Names: Inland Floodwater Mosquito
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
61420821 (Observed: 10/1/2020)
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Aedes vexans (Inland Floodwater Mosquito)
Aedes vexans (Inland Floodwater Mosquito)
Aedes vexans (Inland Floodwater Mosquito)
Aedes vexans (Inland Floodwater Mosquito)
Aedes vexans (Inland Floodwater Mosquito)
Psorophora ferox (White-footed Woods Mosquito)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Culicidae
Notes
Common Names: White-footed Woods Mosquito
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
56964138 (Observed: 8/19/2020)
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Psorophora ferox (White-footed Woods Mosquito)
Psorophora ferox (White-footed Woods Mosquito)
Psorophora ferox (White-footed Woods Mosquito)
Psorophora ferox (White-footed Woods Mosquito)
Psorophora ferox (White-footed Woods Mosquito)
Conotrachelus anaglypticus (Cambium Curculio)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Curculionidae
Notes
Common Names: Cambium Curculio
Year Noted: 2024
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
217893487 (Observed: 5/24/2024)
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Curculio proboscideus (Large Chestnut Weevil)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Curculionidae
Notes
Common Names: Large Chestnut Weevil
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mae Basehore
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Larinus Indet. #1 (Thistle Weevil)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Curculionidae
Notes
Common Names: Thistle Weevil
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
52501343 (Observed: 7/9/2020)
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Larinus (Thistle Weevil)
Larinus (Thistle Weevil)
Larinus (Thistle Weevil)
Odontocorynus (Weevil)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Curculionidae
Notes
Common Names: Weevil
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
131494333 (Observed: 8/19/2022)
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Odontocorynus (Weevil)
Rhinoncomimus latipes (Mile-a-minute Weevil)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Curculionidae
Notes
Common Names: Mile-a-minute Weevil
Years Noted: 2009; 2019-2022; 2024-2026
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Gerry Hertel
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter; Maeve Dowd
Comments:
Four-hundred Mile-a-minute Weevils (Rhinoncomimus latipes) were released in the GNA in August 2009. Releases were at the western end of the PECO right-of-way and at the western end of the meadow.
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Mile-a-minute Weevil (1 species: introduced)
Mile-a-Minute Weed (Polygonum perfoliatum - I)iNaturalist Observations:
90814090 (Observed: 8/4/2021)
88858977 (Observed: 7/27/2021)
57673719 (Observed: 8/26/2020)
59002461 (Observed: 9/8/2020)
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Rhinoncomimus latipes (Mile-a-minute Weevil) damage on Mile-a-minute Vine (Polygonum perfoliatum)
Rhinoncomimus latipes (Mile-a-minute Weevil)
Rhinoncomimus latipes (Mile-a-minute Weevil)
Rhinoncomimus latipes (Mile-a-minute Weevil): dead weevil on Mile-a-minute leaf
Rhinoncomimus latipes (Mile-a-minute Weevil): weevils mating
Rhinoncomimus latipes (Mile-a-minute Weevil)
Rhinoncomimus latipes (Mile-a-minute Weevil)
Rhinoncomimus latipes (Mile-a-minute Weevil): weevils mating
Rhinoncomimus latipes (Mile-a-minute Weevil)
Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus (Ironweed Curculio)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Curculionidae
Notes
Common Names: Ironweed Curculio
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
82186223 (Observed: 6/8/2021)
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Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus (Ironweed Curculio)
Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus (Ironweed Curculio)
Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus (Ironweed Curculio)
Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus (Ironweed Curculio)
Smicronyx sculpticollis (Dodder Gall Weevil)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Curculionidae
Notes
Common Names: Dodder Gall Weevil
Year Noted: 2025
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
296322314 (Observed: 7/8/2025)
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Amphibolips cookii (Oak Apple Gall Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cynipidae
Notes
Common Names: Oak Apple Gall Wasp
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: megachile (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
92397788 (Observed: 8/24/2021)
References:
Holm, H. (2021). Wasps. Their Biology, Diversity, and Role as Beneficial Insects and Pollinators of Native Plants. Minnetonka, MN, Pollination Press LLC (p. n/a).
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Amphibolips cookii (Oak Apple Gall Wasp)
Amphibolips quercusjuglans (Oak Acorn Plum Gall Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cynipidae
Notes
Common Names: Oak Acorn Plum Gall Wasp
Years Noted: 2011; 2016-2020; 2023-2025
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Gerry Hertel
Also Noted By: Jessica Schedlbauer; Paige Vermeulen; Maribeth Beatty; Ariana Rivellini; Noah Long; Greg Turner; Nur Ritter; Jessica Greulich
iNaturalist Observations:
50619942 (Observed: 8/3/2018)
References:
Holm, H. (2021). Wasps. Their Biology, Diversity, and Role as Beneficial Insects and Pollinators of Native Plants. Minnetonka, MN, Pollination Press LLC (p. n/a).
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Amphibolips quercusjuglans (Oak Acorn Plum Gall Wasp)
Amphibolips quercusjuglans (Oak Acorn Plum Gall Wasp)
Amphibolips quercusjuglans (Oak Acorn Plum Gall Wasp)
Amphibolips quercusjuglans (Oak Acorn Plum Gall Wasp)
Callirhytis lanata (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cynipidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2025
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Mackenzie Rose
iNaturalist Observations:
325874382 (Observed: 11/7/2025)
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Callirhytis quercusoperator (Woolly Catkin Gall Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cynipidae
Notes
Disholcaspis quercusmamma (Oak Rough Bulletgall Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cynipidae
Notes
Common Names: Oak Rough Bulletgall Wasp
Year Noted: 2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
163847424 (Observed: 5/26/2023)
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Neuroterus quercusverrucarum (Oak Flake Gall Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Cynipidae
Notes
Common Names: Oak Flake Gall Wasp
Year Noted: 2025
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Mackenzie Rose
iNaturalist Observations:
319574741 (Observed: 10/3/2025)
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Diaspididae Indet. #1 (Armored Scale Insects)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Diaspididae
Notes
Common Names: Armored Scale Insects
Year Noted: 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
33718161 (Observed: 9/28/2019)
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Diaspididae (Armored Scale Insects)
Diaspididae (Armored Scale Insects)
Diaspididae (Armored Scale Insects)
Diaspididae (Armored Scale Insects)
Diaspididae (Armored Scale Insects)
Dicyrtomina ornata (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Dicyrtomidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2021-2025
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
Also Noted By: Miranda Davies; Nur Ritter
Comments:
One of the globular springtails. Some very good photos and discussion can be found here.
iNaturalist Observations:
198233333 (Observed: 2/2/2024)
146842145 (Observed: 1/18/2023)
106927190 (Observed: 2/17/2022)
102294223 (Observed: 11/30/2021)
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Dicyrtomina ornata (No Common Name)
Dicyrtomina ornata (No Common Name)
Neodiprion lecontei (Redheaded Pine Sawfly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Diprionidae
Notes
Common Names: Redheaded Pine Sawfly
Year Noted: 2012
Identified and First Noted By: Gerry Hertel
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Neodiprion lecontei (Redheaded Pine Sawfly)
Condylostylus caudatus Complex
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Dolichopodidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: B. Keim (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
59739195 (Observed: 9/15/2020)
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Condylostylus comatus Complex (Long-legged Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Dolichopodidae
Notes
Condylostylus patibulatus (Long-legged Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Dolichopodidae
Notes
Common Names: Long-legged Fly
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: B. Keim (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
90815196 (Observed: 8/6/2021)
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Condylostylus sipho Complex (Long-legged Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Dolichopodidae
Notes
Dolichopodini Indet. #1 (Long-legged Flies)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Dolichopodidae
Notes
Common Names: Long-legged Flies
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: TBD
iNaturalist Observations:
230357432 (Observed: 6/1/2023)
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Drosophilidae Indet. #1 (Vinegar/Fruit Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Drosophilidae
Notes
Common Names: Vinegar/Fruit Fly
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: carnifex (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
61140052 (Observed: 9/28/2020)
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Drosophilidae (Vinegar/Fruit Fly)
Drosophilidae (Vinegar/Fruit Fly)
Drosophilidae (Vinegar/Fruit Fly)
Drosophilinae Indet. #1 (Vinegar and Fruit Flies)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Drosophilidae
Notes
Common Names: Vinegar and Fruit Flies
Year Noted: 2018
Identified By: carnifex (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
Noted on Bonnet Mold (Spinellus fusiger).
iNaturalist Observations:
41358591 (Observed: 10/10/2018)
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Drosophila melanogaster (Common Fruit Fly): on Bonnet Mold (Spinellus fusiger)
Dysdera crocata (Woodlouse Spider)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Dysderidae
Notes
Common Names: Woodlouse Spider
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
65545948 (Observed: 11/24/2020)
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Dysdera crocata (Woodlouse Spider)
Dysdera crocata (Woodlouse Spider)
Dysdera crocata (Woodlouse Spider)
Parcoblatta americana (Western Wood Cockroach)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Ectobiidae
Notes
Common Names: Western Wood Cockroach
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
68608317 (Observed: 1/25/2021)
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Parcoblatta americana (Western Wood Cockroach)
Parcoblatta americana (Western Wood Cockroach)
Parcoblatta americana (Western Wood Cockroach)
Parcoblatta americana (Western Wood Cockroach)
Parcoblatta pennsylvanica (Pennsylvania Wood Cockroach)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Ectobiidae
Notes
Common Names: Pennsylvania Wood Cockroach
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
97455228 (Observed: 10/7/2021)
72773558 (Observed: 4/2/2021)
71566381 (Observed: 3/19/2021)
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Parcoblatta pennsylvanica (Pennsylvania Wood Cockroach)
Parcoblatta pennsylvanica (Pennsylvania Wood Cockroach)
Parcoblatta pennsylvanica (Pennsylvania Wood Cockroach)
Parcoblatta virginica (Virginia Wood Cockroach)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Ectobiidae
Notes
Common Names: Virginia Wood Cockroach
Year Noted: 2019
Identified By: hisserdude (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Ariana Rivellini
iNaturalist Observations:
30393235 (Observed: 8/7/2019)
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Parcoblatta virginica (Virginia Wood Cockroach)
Parcoblatta virginica (Virginia Wood Cockroach)
Plectoptera Indet. #1 (Stonefly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Ectobiidae
Notes
Common Names: Stonefly
Year Noted: 2007
Identified and First Noted By: Danielle DiFederico
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Alaus occulatus (Eastern Eyed Click Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Elateridae
Notes
Common Names: Eastern Eyed Click Beetle
Year Noted: 2026
Identified By: Mae Basehore
First Noted By: Mycah Choby
iNaturalist Observations:
368729969 (Observed: 6/4/2026)
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Sylvanelater cylindriformis (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Elateridae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2023
Identified and First Noted By: Noah Long
iNaturalist Observations:
156077656 (Observed: 4/22/2023)
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Elmidae Indet. #1 (Riffle Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Elmidae
Notes
Common Names: Riffle Beetle
Year Noted: 2013
Identified By: Original Website
First Noted By: Not Known
Comments:
From the Original GNA Website. Nothing else known about this observation.
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Elmidae (Riffle Beetle)
Elmidae Indet. #2
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Elmidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Optioservus immunis (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Elmidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Optioservus Indet. #1 (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Elmidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Years Noted: 2017; 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Optioservus ovalis (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Elmidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Oulimnius latiusculus (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Elmidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Stenelmis crenata (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Elmidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Years Noted: 2017; 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Stenelmis Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Elmidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Chelifera Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Empididae
Notes
Year Noted: 2017
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Clinocera Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Empididae
Notes
Years Noted: 2007; 2017
Identified and First Noted By: Danielle DiFederico
Also Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center - 2017
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Empididae Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Empididae
Notes
Year Noted: 2017
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Empis spectabilis (Dance Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Empididae
Notes
Common Names: Dance Fly
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
74196061 (Observed: 4/16/2021)
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Empis spectabilis (Dance Fly) on an American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) bud
Empis spectabilis (Dance Fly) on an American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) bud
Empis spectabilis (Dance Fly) on an American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) bud
Hemerodromia Indet. #1 (Dance Flies)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Empididae
Notes
Common Names: Dance Flies
Year Noted:
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Aphorista vittata (Handsome Fungus Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Endomychidae
Notes
Common Names: Handsome Fungus Beetle
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Ariana Rivellini
Comments:
Appear to be fairly common at the Gordon.
iNaturalist Observations:
41233622 (Observed: 4/1/2020)
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Aphorista vittata (Handsome Fungus Beetle)
Aphorista vittata (Handsome Fungus Beetle)
Endomychidae Indet. #1 (Lady Beetle Family)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Endomychidae
Notes
Common Names: Lady Beetle Family
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: CPU (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
106927510 (Observed: 2/17/2022)
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Homidia sauteri (Slender Springtail)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Entomobryidae
Notes
Common Names: Slender Springtail
Years Noted: 2020; 2026
Identified By: J. Shorma (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
393004213 (Observed: 8/20/2026)
41784157 (Observed: 4/9/2020)
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Entomobrya atrocincta (Slender Springtail)
Entomobrya atrocincta (Slender Springtail)
Entomobrya atrocincta (Slender Springtail)
Lepidocyrtus Indet. #1 (Springtail)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Entomobryidae
Notes
Common Names: Springtail
Years Noted: 2020; 2022; 2025-2026
Identified By: J. Radwański (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Luke Knaub
iNaturalist Observations:
329104387 (Observed: 12/25/2025)
130285646 (Observed: 8/10/2022)
66630217 (Observed: 12/15/2020)
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Lepidocyrtus (Springtail)
Lepidocyrtus (Springtail)
Ephemerellidae
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Ephemerellidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Apantesis Indet. #1 (Tiger Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erebidae
Notes
Common Names: Tiger Moth
Year Noted: 2012
Identified By: Noah Long
First Noted By: Gerry Hertel
iNaturalist Observations:
112144217 (Observed: 9/2/2012)
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Apantesis (Tiger Moth)
Apantesis (Tiger Moth)
Apantesis (Tiger Moth)
Apantesis Indet. #2 (Tiger Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erebidae
Notes
Common Names: Tiger Moth
Year Noted: 2012
Identified By: Noah Long
First Noted By: Gerry Hertel
iNaturalist Observations:
112145348 (Observed: 8/18/2012)
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Apantesis (Tiger Moth)
Apantesis virgo (Virgin Tiger Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erebidae
Notes
Common Names: Virgin Tiger Moth
Year Noted: 2023
Identified and First Noted By: David Kramer
iNaturalist Observations:
174975811 (Observed: 7/27/2023)
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Caenurgia chloropha (Vetch Looper Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erebidae
Notes
Common Names: Vetch Looper Moth
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
85264385 (Observed: 7/1/2021)
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Caenurgia chloropha (Vetch Looper Moth)
Catocala ilia (Ilia Underwing)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erebidae
Notes
Common Names: Ilia Underwing
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
352026850 (Observed: 4/22/2026)
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Cycnia tenera (Delicate Cycnia Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erebidae
Notes
Common Names: Delicate Cycnia Moth
Year Noted: 2019
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Ariana Rivellini
Also Noted By: Maribeth Beatty
iNaturalist Observations:
32228658 (Observed: 9/6/2019)
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Cycnia tenera (Delicate Cycnia Moth)
Cycnia tenera (Delicate Cycnia Moth)
Cycnia tenera (Delicate Cycnia Moth)
Euchaetes egle (Milkweed Tussock Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erebidae
Notes
Common Names: Milkweed Tussock Moth
Year Noted: 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
30441012 (Observed: 8/2/2019)
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Euchaetes egle (Milkweed Tussock Moth)
Euchaetes egle (Milkweed Tussock Moth)
Euchaetes egle (Milkweed Tussock Moth)
Halysidota harrisii (Sycamore Tussock Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erebidae
Notes
Common Names: Sycamore Tussock Moth
Year Noted: 2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Miranda Davies
iNaturalist Observations:
179143518 (Observed: 8/18/2023)
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Halysidota tessellaris (Banded Tussock Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erebidae
Notes
Common Names: Banded Tussock Moth
Years Noted: 2019-2021; 2023-2026
Identified By: Daniel Saunders (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Daniel Saunders
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter; Miranda Davies; dioscuri (iNaturalist); Mycah Choby; Alden Ritchey; Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
396519007 (Observed: 9/1/2026)
396518805 (Observed: 9/1/2026)
300999931 (Observed: 7/25/2025)
238758374 (Observed: 8/29/2024)
94202570 (Observed: 9/8/2021)
168529736 (Observed: 6/20/2023)
32428069 (Observed: 9/9/2019)
96002176 (Observed: 9/24/2021)
56431131 (Observed: 8/14/2020)
References:
Marshall, S. A. (2017). Insects. Their Natural History and Diversity. Buffalo, NY, Firefly Books (p. 212 — NOTE: Frequently, this will just be the page number for the genus).
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Halysidota tessellaris (Banded Tussock Moth) - photo by D. Saunders
Halysidota tessellaris (Banded Tussock Moth)
Halysidota tessellaris (Banded Tussock Moth): close-up of proximal end
Halysidota tessellaris (Banded Tussock Moth)
Halysidota tessellaris (Banded Tussock Moth)
Haploa clymene (Clymene Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erebidae
Notes
Common Names: Clymene Moth
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
130129766 (Observed: 7/28/2022)
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Haploa clymene (Clymene Moth)
Haploa clymene (Clymene Moth)
Haploa Indet. #1 (Haploa Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erebidae
Notes
Common Names: Haploa Moth; Tiger Moth
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: R. Resuta
iNaturalist Observations:
63425166 (Observed: 10/24/2020)
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Haploa (Haploa Moth) larvae
Haploa (Haploa Moth) larvae
Haploa (Haploa Moth) larvae
Haploa (Haploa Moth) larvae
Hypena scabra (Green Cloverworm Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erebidae
Notes
Common Names: Green Cloverworm Moth
Years Noted: 2022; 2024
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
213129820 (Observed: 5/2/2024)
104482537 (Observed: 1/6/2022)
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Hypena scabra (Green Cloverworm Moth)
Hypena scabra (Green Cloverworm Moth)
Hypena scabra (Green Cloverworm Moth)
Hypeninae Indet. #1 (Hypenine Snout Moths)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erebidae
Notes
Common Names: Hypenine Snout Moths
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
58531236 (Observed: 9/4/2020)
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Hypeninae (Hypenine Snout Moths)
Hypercompe scribonia (Giant Leopard Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erebidae
Notes
Common Names: Giant Leopard Moth
Years Noted: 2021; 2023-2025
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Miranda Davies; Jonathan Blithe; Jess Greulich
Comments:
11/2/2021
iNaturalist Observations:
321609720 (Observed: 10/18/2025)
321669953 (Observed: 10/18/2025)
213197152 (Observed: 5/3/2024)
176298441 (Observed: 8/1/2023)
163689372 (Observed: 5/25/2023)
145768621 (Observed: 1/3/2023)
79570014 (Observed: 5/20/2021)
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Dead Hypercompe scribonia (Giant Leopard Moth) on Stadium Road
Dead Hypercompe scribonia (Giant Leopard Moth) on Stadium Road
Dead Hypercompe scribonia (Giant Leopard Moth) on Stadium Road
Dead Hypercompe scribonia (Giant Leopard Moth) on Stadium Road: underside
Dead Hypercompe scribonia (Giant Leopard Moth) on Stadium Road: underside
Dead Hypercompe scribonia (Giant Leopard Moth) on Stadium Road: underside
Hyphantria cunea (Fall Webworm)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erebidae
Notes
Common Names: Fall Webworm
Year Noted: 2018-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Jared Kline
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Hyphantria cunea (Fall Webworm)
Panopoda rufimargo (Red-lined Panopoda Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erebidae
Notes
Common Names: Red-lined Panopoda Moth
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: k8thegr8 (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Ilona (iNaturalist)
iNaturalist Observations:
56451802 (Observed: 8/14/2020)
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Panopoda (Moth)
Panopoda (Moth)
Panopoda (Moth)
Panopoda (Moth)
Panopoda (Moth)
Panopoda (Moth)
Phalaenophana pyramusalis (Dark-banded Owlet)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erebidae
Notes
Common Names: Dark-banded Owlet
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
118685300 (Observed: 5/24/2022)
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Phalaenophana pyramusalis (Dark-banded Owlet)
Phalaenophana pyramusalis (Dark-banded Owlet)
Phalaenophana pyramusalis (Dark-banded Owlet)
Pyrrharctia isabella (Isabella Tiger Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erebidae
Notes
Common Names: Isabella Tiger Moth; Wooly Bear Caterpillar
Year Noted: 2019-2022
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Maribeth Beatty
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
136077264 (Observed: 9/22/2022)
100793102 (Observed: 11/10/2021)
30393214 (Observed: 5/30/2019)
39123577 (Observed: 2/23/2020)
64129139 (Observed: 11/3/2020)
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Pyrrharctia isabella (Isabella Tiger Moth): adult
Pyrrharctia isabella (Isabella Tiger Moth): caterpillar
Pyrrharctia isabella (Isabella Tiger Moth): caterpillar
Pyrrharctia isabella (Isabella Tiger Moth): caterpillar
Renia adspergillus (Speckled Renia Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erebidae
Notes
Common Names: Speckled Renia Moth
Year Noted: 2021-2022
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Noah Long
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter; Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
118684545 (Observed: 5/24/2022)
84893981 (Observed: 6/28/2021)
81847577 (Observed: 6/4/2021)
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Renia adspergillus (Speckled Renia Moth)
Renia adspergillus (Speckled Renia Moth)
Renia adspergillus (Speckled Renia Moth)
Renia Indet. #1 (Litter Moths)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erebidae
Notes
Common Names: Litter Moths
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
51615719 (Observed: 7/1/2020)
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Renia (Litter Moths)
Renia (Litter Moths)
Renia (Litter Moths)
Spilosoma congrua (Agreeable Tiger Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erebidae
Notes
Common Names: Agreeable Tiger Moth
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
396929500 (Observed: 9/3/2026)
References:
Wagner, D. L. (2005). Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press (p. 465*; 478).
Note: An asterisk after a page number signifies that the species is only mentioned on that page.
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Spilosoma virginica (Virginia Tiger Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erebidae
Notes
Common Names: Virginia Tiger Moth
Year Noted: 2018
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
108237749 (Observed: 7/30/2018)
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Spilosoma virginica (Virginia Tiger Moth)
Spilosoma virginica (Virginia Tiger Moth)
Zale lunata (Lunate Zale Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erebidae
Notes
Common Names: Lunate Zale Moth
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: Rowan Nygard (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Rowan Nygard
iNaturalist Observations:
123995350 (Observed: 6/29/2022)
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Zale lunata (Lunate Zale Moth) - photo by R. Nygard
Zale lunata (Lunate Zale Moth) - photo by R. Nygard
Zale lunata (Lunate Zale Moth) - photo by R. Nygard
Zale lunata (Lunate Zale Moth) - photo by R. Nygard
Zanclognatha pedipilalis (Grayish Fan-Foot)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erebidae
Notes
Common Names: Grayish Fan-Foot
Year Noted: 2023-2024
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
Also Noted By: Kinsey Cuoco
iNaturalist Observations:
219390544 (Observed: 5/30/2024)
165029832 (Observed: 5/31/2023)
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Acalitus ferrugineum (Beech Erineum Mite)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Eriophyidae
Notes
Common Names: Beech Erineum Mite
Years Noted: 2021-2022; 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Noah Long; Mackenzie Rose
iNaturalist Observations:
81493839 (Observed: 6/3/2021)
122995661 (Observed: 6/22/2022)
81340844 (Observed: 6/2/2021)
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Acalitus ferrugineum (Mite): on American Beech leaves
Acalitus ferrugineum (Mite): on American Beech leaf
Acalitus ferrugineum (Mite): on American Beech leaf
Acalitus ferrugineum (Mite): on underside of American Beech leaf
Acalitus ferrugineum (Mite): on American Beech leaf
Acalitus ferrugineum (Mite): on underside of American Beech leaf
Aceria fraxini (Ash Bead Gall Mite)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Eriophyidae
Notes
Common Names: Ash Bead Gall Mite
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
86078563 (Observed: 7/7/2021)
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Aceria fraxini (Ash Bead Gall Mite) on White Ash leaves
Aceria fraxini (Ash Bead Gall Mite) on White Ash leaf
Aceria fraxini (Ash Bead Gall Mite) on underside of White Ash leaf
Aceria fraxini (Ash Bead Gall Mite) on underside of White Ash leaf
Aceria fraxini (Ash Bead Gall Mite) on White Ash leaf
Aceria negundi (Box Elder Pouch Gall Mite)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Eriophyidae
Notes
Common Names: Box Elder Pouch Gall Mite
Years Noted: 2020-2021; 2023; 2025
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
167369335 (Observed: 6/13/2023)
79627877 (Observed: 5/20/2021)
49055092 (Observed: 6/9/2020)
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Aceria negundi (Box Elder Pouch Gall Mite)
Aceria negundi (Box Elder Pouch Gall Mite): underside of gall
Aceria negundi (Box Elder Pouch Gall Mite)
Aceria negundi (Box Elder Pouch Gall Mite): close-up of gall
Aceria negundi (Box Elder Pouch Gall Mite): close-up of gall
Eriophyes cerasicrumena (Black Cherry Leaf Gall Mite)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Eriophyidae
Notes
Common Names: Black Cherry Leaf Gall Mite
Year Noted: 2022-2025
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
156723626 (Observed: 4/25/2023)
117485588 (Observed: 5/17/2022)
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Eriophyes cerasicrumena (Black Cherry Leaf Gall Mite)
Eriophyes cerasicrumena (Black Cherry Leaf Gall Mite)
Eriophyes cerasicrumena (Black Cherry Leaf Gall Mite)
Eriophyes cerasicrumena (Black Cherry Leaf Gall Mite)
Megalodacne Indet. #1 (Pleasing Fungus Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erotylidae
Notes
Common Names: Pleasing Fungus Beetle
Years Noted: 2018-2019; 2025
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Jack Ridenour
iNaturalist Observations:
294365557 (Observed: 6/26/2025)
39574188 (Observed: 10/10/2018)
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Megalodacne (Pleasing Fungus Beetle)
Megalodacne (Pleasing Fungus Beetle)
Triplax flavicollis (Pleasing Fungus Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erotylidae
Notes
Common Names: Pleasing Fungus Beetle
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: TC Riley (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
79191094 (Observed: 5/17/2021)
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Triplax flavicollis (Pleasing Fungus Beetle)
Triplax flavicollis (Pleasing Fungus Beetle)
Tritoma sanguinipennis (Red-winged Tritoma)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erotylidae
Notes
Common Names: Red-winged Tritoma
Year Noted: 2024
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
215976178 (Observed: 5/15/2024)
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Callidosoma Indet. #1 (Long-legged Mite)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Erythraeidae
Notes
Common Names: Long-legged Mite
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
58977532 (Observed: 9/8/2020)
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Callidosoma (Long-legged Mite)
Callidosoma (Long-legged Mite)
Flatini Indet. #1 (Flatid Planthopper)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Flatidae
Notes
Common Names: Flatid Planthopper
Synonyms: .
Year Noted: 2020-2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
86082995 (Observed: 7/7/2021)
61810625 (Observed: 7/9/2020)
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Ormenoides venusta (Flatid Planthopper)
Ormenoides venusta (Flatid Planthopper)
Ormenoides venusta (Flatid Planthopper)
Flatormenis proxima (Northern Flatid Planthopper)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Flatidae
Notes
Common Names: Northern Flatid Planthopper
Years Noted: 2020; 2025
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
341127679 (Observed: 7/9/2025)
298752115 (Observed: 7/17/2025)
71321049 (Observed: 9/15/2020)
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Flatormenis proxima (Northern Flatid Planthopper)
Flatormenis proxima (Northern Flatid Planthopper)
Flatormenis proxima (Northern Flatid Planthopper)
Flatormenis proxima (Northern Flatid Planthopper)
Metcalfa pruinosa (Citrus Flatid Planthopper)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Flatidae
Notes
Common Names: Citrus Flatid Planthopper
Years Noted: 2018; 2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Paige Vermeulen; Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
137895189 (Observed: 10/7/2022)
128031230 (Observed: 7/26/2022)
39459995 (Observed: 8/3/2018)
41447307 (Observed: 7/30/2018)
49867780 (Observed: 6/16/2020)
52527803 (Observed: 7/9/2020)
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Metcalfa pruinosa (Citrus Flatid Planthopper)
Metcalfa pruinosa (Citrus Flatid Planthopper)
Metcalfa pruinosa (Citrus Flatid Planthopper) nymph on a branch
Aphaenogaster fulva (Tawny Collared Ant)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Formicidae
Notes
Common Names: Tawny Collared Ant
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: Oliver Yung (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
75961388 (Observed: 4/30/2021)
References:
Holm, H. (2021). Wasps. Their Biology, Diversity, and Role as Beneficial Insects and Pollinators of Native Plants. Minnetonka, MN, Pollination Press LLC (p. n/a).
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Aphaenogaster
Aphaenogaster
Aphaenogaster
Aphaenogaster tennesseensis (Tennessee Collared Ant)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Formicidae
Notes
Common Names: Tennessee Collared Ant
Year Noted: 2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
186152448 (Observed: 9/29/2023)
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Camponotus americanus (American Carpenter Ant)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Formicidae
Notes
Common Names: American Carpenter Ant
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Noah Long
iNaturalist Observations:
80661667 (Observed: 5/28/2021)
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Camponotus americanus (American Carpenter Ant)
Camponotus americanus (American Carpenter Ant)
Camponotus americanus (American Carpenter Ant)
Camponotus americanus (American Carpenter Ant)
Camponotus chromaiodes (Ferruginous Carpenter Ant)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Formicidae
Notes
Common Names: Ferruginous Carpenter Ant
Year Noted: 2020-2023
Identified By: E. Collins-Sussman (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Jessica Greulich
Comments:
To date, only one occurrence noted: Moving along fallen trees and seemingly nesting in the larger one: a White Ash (Fraxinus americana).
iNaturalist Observations:
163180341 (Observed: 5/22/2023)
162541117 (Observed: 5/18/2023)
142308656 (Observed: 11/18/2022)
75460494 (Observed: 4/27/2021)
72630591 (Observed: 3/31/2021)
47659590 (Observed: 5/28/2020)
64257787 (Observed: 11/5/2020)
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Camponotus chromaiodes (Ferruginous Carpenter Ant)
Camponotus chromaiodes (Ferruginous Carpenter Ant)
Camponotus nearcticus (Nearctic Carpenter Ant)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Formicidae
Notes
Common Names: Nearctic Carpenter Ant
Years Noted: 2020; 2022
Identified By: E. Collins-Sussman (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
66098668 (Observed: 12/4/2020)
136933323 (Observed: 9/27/2022)
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Camponotus nearcticus (Nearctic Carpenter Ant)
Camponotus nearcticus (Nearctic Carpenter Ant)
Camponotus nearcticus (Nearctic Carpenter Ant): on a recently-cut section of a log
Camponotus nearcticus (Nearctic Carpenter Ant): moving a pupa
Camponotus pennsylvanicus (Eastern Black Carpenter Ant)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Formicidae
Notes
Common Names: Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Paige Vermeulen
Comments:
A colony noted in a large, fallen American Beech (Fagus grandifolia).
iNaturalist Observations:
39619369 (Observed: 3/6/2020)
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Camponotus pennsylvanicus (Eastern Black Carpenter Ant)
Camponotus pennsylvanicus (Eastern Black Carpenter Ant)
Camponotus pennsylvanicus (Eastern Black Carpenter Ant)
Camponotus pennsylvanicus (Eastern Black Carpenter Ant)
Crematogaster cerasi (Cherry Acrobat Ant)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Formicidae
Notes
Common Names: Cherry Acrobat Ant
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
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Formica fusca Complex (Fusca-group Field Ants)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Formicidae
Notes
Common Names: Fusca-group Field Ants
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: E. Collins-Sussman (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
73878285 (Observed: 4/13/2021)
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(Out of focus) Formica fusca (Fusca-group Field Ants)
Lasius claviger (Smaller Yellow Ant)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Formicidae
Notes
Common Names: Smaller Yellow Ant
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
101468265 (Observed: 11/18/2021)
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Lasius claviger (Smaller Yellow Ant)
Lasius Indet. #1 (Citronella Ant)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Formicidae
Notes
Common Names: Citronella Ant
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: E. Collins-Sussman (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
86158867 (Observed: 7/7/2021)
67720365 (Observed: 1/7/2021)
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Lasius (Citronella Ant)
Myrmica Indet. #1 (Myrmicine Ant)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Formicidae
Notes
Common Names: Myrmicine Ant
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: E. Collins-Sussman (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Noah Long
iNaturalist Observations:
83063030 (Observed: 6/14/2021)
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Myrmica (Myrmicine Ant)
Myrmica (Myrmicine Ant)
Myrmica (Myrmicine Ant)
Myrmica (Myrmicine Ant)
Nylanderia flavipes (Yellow-footed Ant)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Formicidae
Notes
Common Names: Yellow-footed Ant
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: E. Collins-Sussman (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
49761779 (Observed: 6/15/2020)
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Nylanderia (Crazy Ant)
Nylanderia (Crazy Ant)
Nylanderia (Crazy Ant)
Nylanderia (Crazy Ant)
Prenolepis imparis (Small Honey Ant)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Formicidae
Notes
Common Names: Small Honey Ant
Years Noted: 2020; 2025
Identified By: E. Collins-Sussman (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
Seemingly, one of the most common ants in the Gordon.
iNaturalist Observations:
267942041 (Observed: 3/31/2025)
50595952 (Observed: 6/22/2020)
61167475 (Observed: 9/28/2020)
61941448 (Observed: 10/6/2020)
64139091 (Observed: 11/3/2020)
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Prenolepis (False Honey Ant)
Prenolepis (False Honey Ant)
Prenolepis (False Honey Ant)
Tapinoma Indet. #1 (Ant)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Formicidae
Notes
Common Names: Ant
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
72631233 (Observed: 3/31/2021)
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Tapinoma (Ant)
Tapinoma (Ant)
Tapinoma (Ant)
Temnothorax curvispinosus (Bent-spined Acorn Ant)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Formicidae
Notes
Common Names: Bent-spined Acorn Ant
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: Oliver Yung (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
72476255 (Observed: 3/30/2021)
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Temnothorax (Acorn Ant)
Lycorma delicatula (Spotted Lanternfly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Fulgoridae
Notes
Common Names: Spotted Lanternfly
Year Noted: 2018-2026
Identified and First Noted By: Maribeth Beatty
Also Noted By: C. Catranis; J. Chandler; Nur Ritter; Paige Vermeulen; Ariana Rivellini; Noah Long; Maeve Dowd; Madison Rettenmaier; Kathryn Krueger; Alden Ritchey; Mae Basehore; and many visitors to the Gordon
iNaturalist Observations:
296750915 (Observed: 7/9/2025)
229543416 (Observed: 7/15/2024)
118824574 (Observed: 5/24/2022)
104520536 (Observed: 1/6/2022)
83064811 (Observed: 6/14/2021)
69741502 (Observed: 5/20/2019)
41065127 (Observed: 7/10/2019)
42795111 (Observed: 8/7/2019)
49758946 (Observed: 6/15/2020)
50914416 (Observed: 6/25/2020)
52512895 (Observed: 7/9/2020)
52521765 (Observed: 7/9/2020)
56447256 (Observed: 8/14/2020)
69317745 (Observed: 2/9/2021)
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Lycorma delicatula (Spotted Lanternfly): a large number massed at the base of a Tree of Heaven
Lycorma delicatula (Spotted Lanternfly)
Lycorma delicatula (Spotted Lanternfly)
Lycorma delicatula (Spotted Lanternfly): first instars
Lycorma delicatula (Spotted Lanternfly): first instars
Gelechiidae Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Gelechiidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
96811117 (Observed: 10/1/2021)
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Gelechiidae
Gelechiidae
Gelechiidae
Alsophila pometaria (Fall Cankerworm Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Geometridae
Notes
Common Names: Fall Cankerworm Moth
Year Noted: 2026
Identified By: Mae Basehore
First Noted By: Kylee Dinan
iNaturalist Observations:
379759444 (Observed: 7/9/2026)
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Cabera erythemaria (Yellow-dusted Cream Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Geometridae
Notes
Common Names: Yellow-dusted Cream Moth
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
122982698 (Observed: 6/22/2022)
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Cabera erythemaria (Yellow-dusted Cream Moth)
Cabera erythemaria (Yellow-dusted Cream Moth)
Cabera erythemaria (Yellow-dusted Cream Moth)
Digrammia ocellinata (Faint-spotted Angle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Geometridae
Notes
Common Names: Faint-spotted Angle
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Miranda Davies
iNaturalist Observations:
179734025 (Observed: 8/22/2023)
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Epimecis hortaria (Tulip-tree Beauty)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Geometridae
Notes
Common Names: Tulip-tree Beauty
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
130270683 (Observed: 8/10/2022)
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Epimecis hortaria (Tulip-tree Beauty)
Epimecis hortaria (Tulip-tree Beauty)
Eupithecia miserulata (Common Eupithecia Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Geometridae
Notes
Common Names: Common Eupithecia Moth
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
86076408 (Observed: 7/7/2021)
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Eupithecia miserulata (Common Eupithecia Moth)
Eupithecia miserulata (Common Eupithecia Moth)
Eupithecia miserulata (Common Eupithecia Moth)
Eupithecia miserulata (Common Eupithecia Moth)
Eupithecia miserulata (Common Eupithecia Moth)
Geometridae Indet. #1 (Geometer Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Geometridae
Notes
Common Names: Geometer Moth
Year Noted: 2019
Identified By: k8thegr8 (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
39926347 (Observed: 10/11/2019)
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Geometridae
Geometridae
Melanolophia Indet. #1 (Melanolophia Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Geometridae
Notes
Common Names: Melanolophia Moth
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
To date, only a single individual noted.
iNaturalist Observations:
42991542 (Observed: 4/23/2020)
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Melanolophia (Melanolophia Moth)
Melanolophia (Melanolophia Moth)
Melanolophia (Melanolophia Moth)
Scopula limboundata (Large Lace-border Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Geometridae
Notes
Common Names: Large Lace-border Moth
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
374357080 (Observed: 6/22/2026)
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Timandra amaturaria (Cross-lined Wave)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Geometridae
Notes
Common Names: Cross-lined Wave
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
58533298 (Observed: 9/4/2020)
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Timandra amaturaria (Cross-lined Wave)
Timandra amaturaria (Cross-lined Wave)
Timandra amaturaria (Cross-lined Wave)
Geophilus vittatus (Diamondback Soil Centipede)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Geophilidae
Notes
Common Names: Diamondback Soil Centipede
Year Noted: 2026
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
345089673 (Observed: 3/20/2026)
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Strigamia bothriopus (Soil Centipede)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Geophilidae
Notes
Common Names: Soil Centipede
Year Noted: 2019-2020
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: C. Kraynak
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
45203585 (Observed: 5/7/2020)
66386695 (Observed: 12/10/2020)
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Strigamia (Soil Centipede)
Strigamia (Soil Centipede)
Strigamia bothriopus (Soil Centipede)
Strigamia bothriopus (Soil Centipede)
Aquarius remigis Complex (Water Strider)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Gerridae
Notes
Common Names: Water Strider
Years Noted: 2021-2022; 2024-2026
Identified By: M. Pintar (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Noah Long
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter; Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
265976970 (Observed: 3/19/2025)
265310264 (Observed: 3/14/2025)
205561426 (Observed: 3/14/2024)
115430831 (Observed: 5/3/2022)
90568952 (Observed: 7/5/2021)
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Aquarius remigis (Water Strider)
Aquarius remigis (Water Strider)
Glossosoma Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Glossosomatidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Glossosomatidae Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Glossosomatidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Gomphidae Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Gomphidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2017
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Stylogomphus albistylus (Eastern Least Clubtail)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Gomphidae
Notes
Common Names: Eastern Least Clubtail
Year Noted: 2026
Identified By: Mae Basehore
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
370672633 (Observed: 6/11/2026)
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Phyllocnistis liriodendronella (Tulip Tree Leaf Miner)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Gracillariidae
Notes
Common Names: Tulip Tree Leaf Miner
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
59158329 (Observed: 9/8/2020)
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Phyllocnistis liriodendronella (Tulip Tree Leaf Miner)
Phyllocnistis liriodendronella (Tulip Tree Leaf Miner)
Phyllocnistis liriodendronella (Tulip Tree Leaf Miner)
Oecanthus Indet. #1 (Common Tree Crickets)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Gryllidae
Notes
Common Names: Common Tree Crickets
Year Noted: 2024
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
241164758 (Observed: 9/11/2024)
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Augochlora pura (Pure Green Sweat Bee)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Halictidae
Notes
Common Names: Pure Green Sweat Bee
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Pure Green Sweat Bee (4 species: all native)
American Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana); Hairy White Oldfield Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum); Virginia Springbeauty (Claytonia virginica); White Goldenrod (Solidago bicolor)iNaturalist Observations:
51623570 (Observed: 7/1/2020)
58540439 (Observed: 9/4/2020)
References:
Holm, H. (2021). Wasps. Their Biology, Diversity, and Role as Beneficial Insects and Pollinators of Native Plants. Minnetonka, MN, Pollination Press LLC (p. n/a).
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Augochlora pura (Pure Green Sweat Bee)
Augochlora pura (Pure Green Sweat Bee)
Augochlora pura (Pure Green Sweat Bee)
Augochlora pura (Pure Green Sweat Bee)
Augochlorella aurata (Golden Sweat Bee)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Halictidae
Notes
Common Names: Golden Sweat Bee
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Golden Sweat Bee (4 species: all native)
American Holly (Ilex opaca); Eastern Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron annuus); Flat-top Goldentop (Euthamia graminifolia); Virginia Springbeauty (Claytonia virginica)iNaturalist Observations:
84979069 (Observed: 6/29/2021)
References:
Holm, H. (2021). Wasps. Their Biology, Diversity, and Role as Beneficial Insects and Pollinators of Native Plants. Minnetonka, MN, Pollination Press LLC (p. n/a).
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Augochlorella aurata (Golden Sweat Bee)
Augochlorella aurata (Golden Sweat Bee)
Augochlorella aurata (Golden Sweat Bee)
Halictus confusus (Confusing Furrow Bee)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Halictidae
Notes
Common Names: Confusing Furrow Bee
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: klittle2 (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Confusing Furrow Bee (1 species: native)
Cutleaf Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata - N)iNaturalist Observations:
61157634 (Observed: 9/28/2020)
References:
Carril, O. M. and J. S. Wilson (2021). Common Bees of Eastern North America. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press (p. 46-47).
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Halictus confusus (Confusing Furrow Bee) on Halberdleaf Tearthumb (Polygonum arifolium
Halictus confusus (Confusing Furrow Bee) on Halberdleaf Tearthumb (Polygonum arifolium
Halictus confusus (Confusing Furrow Bee) on Halberdleaf Tearthumb (Polygonum arifolium
Halictus confusus (Confusing Furrow Bee) on Halberdleaf Tearthumb (Polygonum arifolium
Halictus confusus (Confusing Furrow Bee) on Halberdleaf Tearthumb (Polygonum arifolium
Halictus confusus (Confusing Furrow Bee) on Halberdleaf Tearthumb (Polygonum arifolium
Halictus confusus (Confusing Furrow Bee) on Halberdleaf Tearthumb (Polygonum arifolium
Halictus rubicundus (Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Halictidae
Notes
Common Names: Orange-legged Furrow Bee
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Orange-legged Furrow Bee (1 species: native)
Late Boneset (Eupatorium serotinum - N)iNaturalist Observations:
61966439 (Observed: 10/6/2020)
References:
Carril, O. M. and J. S. Wilson (2021). Common Bees of Eastern North America. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press (p. 49-50).
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Halictus rubicundus (Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Halictus rubicundus (Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Halictus rubicundus (Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Halictus rubicundus (Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Halictus rubicundus (Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Lasioglossum fuscipenne (Brown-winged Sweat Bee)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Halictidae
Notes
Common Names: Brown-winged Sweat Bee
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
137857449 (Observed: 10/6/2022)
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Lasioglossum Indet. #2 (Sweat Bee)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Halictidae
Notes
Common Names: Sweat Bee
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
79315506 (Observed: 5/13/2021)
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Lasioglossum (Sweat Bee)
Lasioglossum (Sweat Bee)
Sphecodes Indet. #1 (Blood Bee)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Halictidae
Notes
Common Names: Blood Bee
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
To date, a single individual noted. Was seen on Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum, along the PECO power line right-of-way.
iNaturalist Observations:
57690871 (Observed: 8/26/2020)
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Sphecodes (Blood Bee)
Sphecodes (Blood Bee)
Sphecodes (Blood Bee)
Maccaffertium modestum (Flat-headed Mayfly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Heptageniidae
Notes
Common Names: Flat-headed Mayfly
Year Noted: 2017
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Stenonema Indet. #1 (Mayfly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Heptageniidae
Notes
Common Names: Mayfly
Year Noted: 2007
Identified and First Noted By: Danielle DiFederico
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Ancyloxypha numitor (Least Skipper)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Hesperiidae
Notes
Common Names: Least Skipper
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mae Basehore
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Least Skipper (14 species: Native - 9; Introduced - 5)
Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare - I); Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale - I); Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca - N); Common Yellow Oxalis (Oxalis stricta - N); Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense - I); False Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides - N); Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica - N); Norwegian Cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica - N); Philadelphia Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus - N); Poke Milkweed (Asclepias exaltata - N); Red Clover (Trifolium pratense - I); Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata - N); Swamp Verbena (Verbena hastata - N); White Clover (Trifolium repens - I)iNaturalist Observations:
368722875 (Observed: 6/4/2026)
References:
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 202).
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Atalopedes huron (Huron Sachem)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Hesperiidae
Notes
Common Names: Huron Sachem
Synonyms: Atalopedes campestris.
Year Noted: 2020-2023
Identified By: D. Bruce (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
135241492 (Observed: 9/14/2022)
132578728 (Observed: 8/26/2022)
92525428 (Observed: 8/25/2021)
52498312 (Observed: 7/9/2020)
58537255 (Observed: 9/4/2020)
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Atalopedes campestris (Sachem)
Atalopedes campestris (Sachem)
Epargyreus clarus (Silver-spotted Skipper)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Hesperiidae
Notes
Common Names: Silver-spotted Skipper
Years Noted: 2019-2021; 2025
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Silver-spotted Skipper (11 species: Native - 6; Introduced - 5)
American Basswood (Tilia americana - N); Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca - N); Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense - I); Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata - N); Fuller's Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum - I); Hemp Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum - N); Nodding Plumeless Thistle (Carduus nutans - I); Poke Milkweed (Asclepias exaltata - N); Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria - I); Red Clover (Trifolium pratense - I); Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa - N)iNaturalist Observations:
310255883 (Observed: 8/30/2025)
80292837 (Observed: 5/25/2021)
50920645 (Observed: 6/25/2020)
57082476 (Observed: 8/20/2020)
References:
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 172).
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Epargyreus clarus (Silver-spotted Skipper)
Epargyreus clarus (Silver-spotted Skipper)
Epargyreus clarus (Silver-spotted Skipper)
Erynnis baptisiae (Wild Indigo Duskywing)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Hesperiidae
Notes
Common Names: Wild Indigo Duskywing
Years Noted: 2020-2022; 2025
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Wild Indigo Duskywing (1 species: introduced)
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense - I)iNaturalist Observations:
279706890 (Observed: 5/8/2025)
131106068 (Observed: 8/16/2022)
124911017 (Observed: 7/5/2022)
91448772 (Observed: 8/16/2021)
58530528 (Observed: 9/4/2020)
References:
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 190).
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Erynnis baptisiae (Wild Indigo Duskywing)
Erynnis baptisiae (Wild Indigo Duskywing)
Erynnis baptisiae (Wild Indigo Duskywing)
Erynnis baptisiae (Wild Indigo Duskywing)
Euphyes vestris (Dun Skipper)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Hesperiidae
Notes
Common Names: Dun Skipper
Year Noted: 2024
Identified By: Jeff Gesell (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Dun Skipper (10 species: Native - 6; Introduced - 4)
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca - N); Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense - I); Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata - N); Fragrant Bedstraw (Galium triflorum - N); Nodding Plumeless Thistle (Carduus nutans - I); Red Clover (Trifolium pratense - I); Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata - N); Sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis - I); Tall Goldenrod (Solidago altissima - N); Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa - N)iNaturalist Observations:
226423736 (Observed: 6/28/2024)
References:
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 237).
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Lon zabulon (Zabulon Skipper)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Hesperiidae
Notes
Common Names: Zabulon Skipper
Year Noted: 2021-2024
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
217907433 (Observed: 5/24/2024)
179569176 (Observed: 8/28/2023)
132856831 (Observed: 8/29/2022)
132576972 (Observed: 8/26/2022)
91589694 (Observed: 8/17/2021)
81623669 (Observed: 6/4/2021)
82469031 (Observed: 6/10/2021)
80660350 (Observed: 5/28/2021)
80291587 (Observed: 5/25/2021)
References:
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 229).
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Lon zabulon (Zabulon Skipper)
Lon zabulon (Zabulon Skipper)
Lon zabulon (Zabulon Skipper)
Lon zabulon (Zabulon Skipper)
Polites peckius (Pecks Skipper)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Hesperiidae
Notes
Common Names: Peck's Skipper
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: jrcagle (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Peck's Skipper (13 species: Native - 5; Introduced - 8)
Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta - N); Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare - I); Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale - I); Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium - I); Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense - I); Dames Rocket (Hesperis matronalis - I); Field Thistle (Cirsium discolor - N); Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica - N); Nodding Plumeless Thistle (Carduus nutans - I); Philadelphia Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus - N); Red Clover (Trifolium pratense - I); Swamp Verbena (Verbena hastata - N); White Clover (Trifolium repens - I)iNaturalist Observations:
88170462 (Observed: 7/22/2021)
References:
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 214).
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Polites peckius (Peck's Skipper)
Polites themistocles (Tawny-edged Skipper)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Hesperiidae
Notes
Common Names: Tawny-edged Skipper
Year Noted: 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Tawny-edged Skipper (34 species: Native - 21; Introduced - 13)
American Speedwell (Veronica americana - N); Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis - N); Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta - N); Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum - N); Broadleaf Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia - N); Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare - I); Butter and Eggs (Linaria vulgaris - I); Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale - I); Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca - N); Common Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris - N); Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense - I); Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata - N); European Cranberrybush (Viburnum opulus - I); False Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides - N); Field Thistle (Cirsium discolor - N); Flat-top Goldentop (Euthamia graminifolia - N); Garden Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus - I); Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica - N); Greater Burdock (Arctium lappa - I); Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum - N); Late Boneset (Eupatorium serotinum - N); Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus - I); Narrowleaf Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium - N); Nodding Beggartick (Bidens cernua - N); Nodding Plumeless Thistle (Carduus nutans - I); Northern Dewberry (Rubus flagellaris - N); Pennsylvania Smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum - N); Philadelphia Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus - N); Red Clover (Trifolium pratense - I); Rocket Larkspur (Consolida ajacis - I); Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata - N); Sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis - I); White Clover (Trifolium repens - I); Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa - N)iNaturalist Observations:
30393202 (Observed: 8/2/2019)
References:
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 216).
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Polites themistocles (Tawny-edged Skipper)
Polites themistocles (Tawny-edged Skipper)
Polites themistocles (Tawny-edged Skipper)
Cheumatopsyche Indet. #1 (Net-spinning Caddisfly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Hydropsychidae
Notes
Common Names: Net-spinning Caddisfly
Years Noted: 2007; 2017; 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Danielle DiFederico
Also Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center - 2017
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Diplectrona Indet. #1 (Net-spinning Caddisfly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Hydropsychidae
Notes
Common Names: Net-spinning Caddisfly
Year Noted: 2007
Identified and First Noted By: Danielle DiFederico
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Diplectrona modesta (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Hydropsychidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Years Noted: 2017; 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Hydropsyche betteni (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Hydropsychidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Years Noted: 2017; 2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Hydropsyche Indet. #1 (Net-spinning Caddisfly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Hydropsychidae
Notes
Common Names: Net-spinning Caddisfly
Years Noted: 2007; 2017
Identified and First Noted By: Danielle DiFederico
Also Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center - 2017
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Hydropsyche Indet. #2 (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Hydropsychidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
158618619 (Observed: 4/28/2023)
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Hydropsyche slossonae (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Hydropsychidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2017
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Hydropsyche sparna (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Hydropsychidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2017
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Hydropsychidae Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Hydropsychidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2017
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Hydroptila Indet. #1 (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Hydroptilidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Hydroptilidae Indet. #1 (Microcaddisfly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Hydroptilidae
Notes
Common Names: Microcaddisfly
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
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Hydroptilidae (Microcaddisfly)
Hydroptilidae (Microcaddisfly)
Hydroptilidae (Microcaddisfly)
Hydroptilidae (Microcaddisfly)
Hypogastrura Indet. #1 (Snow Flea)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Hypogastruridae
Notes
Common Names: Snow Flea
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
106746352 (Observed: 2/11/2022)
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Hypogastrura (Snow Flea)
Hypogastruridae Indet. #1 (Hypogastrurid Springtail)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Hypogastruridae
Notes
Common Names: Hypogastrurid Springtail
Year Noted: 2018
Identified By: J. Radwański (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
71312603 (Observed: 9/26/2018)
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Hypogastruridae (Hypogastrurid Springtail) on Amanita vaginata
Hypogastruridae (Hypogastrurid Springtail) on Amanita vaginata
Gnamptopelta obsidianator (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Ichneumonidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
372645049 (Observed: 6/16/2026)
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Ichneumonidae Indet. #1 (Ichneumonid Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Ichneumonidae
Notes
Common Names: Ichneumonid Wasp
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
58261219 (Observed: 9/1/2020)
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Ichneumonidae (Ichneumonid Wasp)
Ichneumonidae (Ichneumonid Wasp)
Ichneumonidae (Ichneumonid Wasp)
Ichneumonidae (Ichneumonid Wasp)
Ichneumonidae Indet. #2 (Ichneumonid Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Ichneumonidae
Notes
Common Names: Ichneumonid Wasp
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
75457093 (Observed: 4/27/2021)
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Ichneumonidae (Ichneumonid Wasp)
Mesostenina Indet. #1 (Ichneumonid Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Ichneumonidae
Notes
Common Names: Ichneumonid Wasp
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Noah Long
iNaturalist Observations:
90570760 (Observed: 7/18/2021)
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Mesostenina (Ichneumonid Wasp)
Mesostenina (Ichneumonid Wasp)
Mesostenina (Ichneumonid Wasp)
Dermacentor variabilis (American Dog Tick)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Ixodidae
Notes
Common Names: American Dog Tick
Years Noted: 2014; 2016-2020; 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Maribeth Beatty; Paige Vermeulen; Ariana Rivellini; Brad Flamm; Mae Basehore
Comments:
Note: This species has likely been noted every year since the establishment of the Gordon (and beforehand). But, we've only started consistently tracking observations since 2016.
iNaturalist Observations:
345161653 (Observed: 3/22/2026)
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Dermacentor variabilis (American Dog Tick)
Ixodes scapularis (Eastern Black-legged Tick)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Ixodidae
Notes
Common Names: Eastern Black-legged Tick
Years Noted: 2016-2021; 2025-2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Payton Phillips; Alden Ritchey; Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
345082753 (Observed: 3/22/2026)
70559732 (Observed: 3/4/2021)
69560287 (Observed: 2/24/2020)
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Ixodes scapularis (Deer Tick) crawling across a piece of paper in the GNA office
Cylindroiulus Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Julidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2020-2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
97943452 (Observed: 10/11/2021)
71577000 (Observed: 3/19/2021)
52813212 (Observed: 7/9/2020)
69317401 (Observed: 2/9/2021)
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Cylindroiulus (No Common Name)
Cylindroiulus (No Common Name)
Cylindroiulus (No Common Name)
Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus (Globular Springtail)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Katiannidae
Notes
Common Names: Globular Springtail
Year Noted: 2019-2020
Identified By: chuuuuung (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
149920499 (Observed: 7/30/2020)
149920854 (Observed: 6/3/2019)
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Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus (Globular Springtail)
Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus (Globular Springtail)
Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus (Globular Springtail)
Photinus pyralis (Common Eastern Firefly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Lampyridae
Notes
Common Names: Common Eastern Firefly
Year Noted: 2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
174252155 (Observed: 7/21/2023)
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Pyractomena borealis (Spring Tree-top Flasher)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Lampyridae
Notes
Common Names: Spring Tree-top Flasher
Years Noted: 2019; 2023; 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
391430662 (Observed: 4/17/2026)
149430772 (Observed: 2/22/2023)
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Pyractomena borealis (Lightning Bug) larvae
Pyractomena borealis (Lightning Bug) larvae
Pyractomena borealis (Lightning Bug) larvae
Pyropyga Indet. #1 (Firefly Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Lampyridae
Notes
Common Names: Firefly Beetle
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: E. Falquet (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
83058862 (Observed: 6/14/2021)
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Pyropyga (Firefly Beetle)
Pyropyga (Firefly Beetle)
Pyropyga (Firefly Beetle)
Lauxaniidae Indet. #1 (Lauxaniid Flies)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Lauxaniidae
Notes
Common Names: Lauxaniid Flies
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: S. Pote
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
61902404 (Observed: 10/6/2020)
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Lauxaniidae (Lauxaniid Flies)
Minettia magna (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Lauxaniidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
374393448 (Observed: 6/22/2026)
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Neogriphoneura sordida (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Lauxaniidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
372653213 (Observed: 6/16/2026)
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Lepidostoma Indet. #1 (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Lepidostomatidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Leuctra Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Leuctridae
Notes
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Leuctridae (Rolled-winged Stoneflies)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Leuctridae
Notes
Common Names: Rolled-winged Stoneflies
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Erythemis simplicicollis (Eastern Pondhawk)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Libellulidae
Notes
Common Names: Eastern Pondhawk
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Jessica Greulich
iNaturalist Observations:
176483201 (Observed: 8/3/2023)
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Libellula luctuosa (Widow Skimmer)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Libellulidae
Notes
Common Names: Widow Skimmer
Years Noted: 2009; 2012; 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Gerry Hertel
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter; Noah Long
iNaturalist Observations:
88308925 (Observed: 7/23/2021)
88174866 (Observed: 7/22/2021)
References:
Paulson, D. (2011). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press. (p. 410).
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Libellula luctuosa (Widow Skimmer)
Pachydiplax longipennis (Blue Dasher)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Libellulidae
Notes
Common Names: Blue Dasher
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
127127648 (Observed: 7/20/2022)
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Pachydiplax longipennis (Blue Dasher)
Pachydiplax longipennis (Blue Dasher)
Pachydiplax longipennis (Blue Dasher)
Plathemis lydia (Common Whitetail)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Libellulidae
Notes
Common Names: Common Whitetail
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
85078722 (Observed: 6/29/2021)
79574979 (Observed: 5/20/2021)
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Plathemis lydia (Common Whitetail)
Plathemis lydia (Common Whitetail)
Plathemis lydia (Common Whitetail)
Plathemis lydia (Common Whitetail)
Acharia stimulea (Saddleback Caterpillar Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Limacodidae
Notes
Common Names: Saddleback Caterpillar Moth
Year Noted: 2014
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Gerry Hertel & Kendra McMillin
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Acharia stimulea (Saddleback Caterpillar Moth)
Pycnopsyche Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Limnephilidae
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Antocha Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Limoniidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Epiphragma fasciapenne (Band-winged Crane Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Limoniidae
Notes
Common Names: Band-winged Crane Fly
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
119767851 (Observed: 6/1/2022)
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Epiphragma fasciapenne (Band-winged Crane Fly)
Epiphragma fasciapenne (Band-winged Crane Fly)
Epiphragma fasciapenne (Band-winged Crane Fly)
Epiphragma fasciapenne (Band-winged Crane Fly)
Epiphragma solatrix (Spectacled Crane Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Limoniidae
Notes
Common Names: Spectacled Crane Fly
Years Noted: 2021; 2026
Identified By: Stephen Luk (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Noah Long
Also Noted By: Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
374394509 (Observed: 6/22/2026)
81915311 (Observed: 6/4/2021)
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Epiphragma (Limoniid Crane Fly)
Epiphragma (Limoniid Crane Fly)
Eugnophomyia luctuosa (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Limoniidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
372648705 (Observed: 6/16/2026)
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Helius Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Limoniidae
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Limonia Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Limoniidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Frontinella pyramitela (Bowl-and-doily Spider)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Linyphiidae
Notes
Common Names: Bowl-and-doily Spider
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
58656606 (Observed: 9/4/2020)
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Frontinella pyramitela (Bowl-and-doily Spider)
Frontinella pyramitela (Bowl-and-doily Spider)
Frontinella pyramitela (Bowl-and-doily Spider)
Pityohyphantes Indet. #1 (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Linyphiidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2026
Identified By: Paolo Soldani (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Mycah Choby
iNaturalist Observations:
347419391 (Observed: 4/1/2026)
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Lithobiidae Indet. #1 (Stone Centipedes)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Lithobiidae
Notes
Common Names: Stone Centipedes
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
66019967 (Observed: 12/2/2020)
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Lithobiidae (Stone Centipedes)
Lithobiidae (Stone Centipedes)
Lithobius forficatus (Brown Centipede)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Lithobiidae
Notes
Common Names: Brown Centipede
Year Noted: 2021-2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
104877137 (Observed: 1/13/2022)
77657943 (Observed: 5/6/2021)
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Lithobius forficatus (Brown Centipede)
Lithobius forficatus (Brown Centipede)
Lithobius forficatus (Brown Centipede)
Lucanus capreolus (Reddish-brown Stag Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Lucanidae
Notes
Common Names: Reddish-brown Stag Beetle
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
To date, only a single individual noted. Parasitized by Metarhizium fungus (the white and green substance on the carapace).
iNaturalist Observations:
55825782 (Observed: 8/8/2020)
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Lucanus capreolus (Reddish-brown Stag Beetle)
Lucanus capreolus (Reddish-brown Stag Beetle)
Lucanus capreolus (Reddish-brown Stag Beetle)
Calycopis cecrops (Red-banded Hairstreak)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Lycaenidae
Notes
Common Names: Red-banded Hairstreak
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Miranda Davies
iNaturalist Observations:
179733359 (Observed: 8/22/2023)
References:
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 90).
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Celastrina neglecta (Summer Azure)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Lycaenidae
Notes
Common Names: Summer Azure
Years Noted: 2021-2022; 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Mae Basehore
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Summer Azure (7 species: Native - 4; Introduced - 3)
American Black Elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis - N); Canadian Honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis - N); Red Clover (Trifolium pratense - I); Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra - N); Swamp Verbena (Verbena hastata - N); Sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis - I); White Clover (Trifolium repens - I)iNaturalist Observations:
122936865 (Observed: 6/22/2022)
90185148 (Observed: 8/6/2021)
82187301 (Observed: 6/8/2021)
81617216 (Observed: 6/4/2021)
References:
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 96).
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Celastrina neglecta (Summer Azure)
Celastrina neglecta (Summer Azure)
Celastrina neglecta (Summer Azure)
Cupido comyntas (Eastern Tailed-Blue)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Lycaenidae
Notes
Common Names: Eastern Tailed-Blue
Years Noted: 2020; 2022-2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Kathryn Krueger; Miranda Davies
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Eastern Tailed-Blue (7 species: Native - 3; Introduced - 4)
Alsike Clover (Trifolium hybridum - I); Black Medick (Medicago lupulina - I); Common Yellow Oxalis (Oxalis stricta - N); Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense - I); Philadelphia Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus - N); Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata - N); White Clover (Trifolium repens - I)iNaturalist Observations:
130979137 (Observed: 8/15/2022)
123997946 (Observed: 6/29/2022)
52496865 (Observed: 7/9/2020)
58532548 (Observed: 9/4/2020)
62342872 (Observed: 10/11/2020)
References:
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 93).
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Cupido comyntas (Eastern Tailed-Blue)
Cupido comyntas (Eastern Tailed-Blue)
Cupido comyntas (Eastern Tailed-Blue)
Calopteron discrepans (Banded Net-winged Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Lycidae
Notes
Common Names: Banded Net-winged Beetle
Years Noted: 2015; 2020; 2022
Identified By: Gerry Hertel
First Noted By: Kendra McMillin
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter; Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
118554638 (Observed: 5/24/2022)
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Calopteron discrepans (Banded Net-winged Beetle)
Calopteron discrepans (Banded Net-winged Beetle)
Calopteron discrepans (Banded Net-winged Beetle)
Calopteron terminale (End Band Net-winged Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Lycidae
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Dictyoptera aurora (Golden Net-winged Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Lycidae
Notes
Common Names: Golden Net-winged Beetle
Years Noted: 2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
110109537 (Observed: 4/1/2022)
40194560 (Observed: 3/18/2020)
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Dictyoptera aurora (Golden Net-winged Beetle)
Dictyoptera aurora (Golden Net-winged Beetle)
Dictyoptera aurora (Golden Net-winged Beetle)
Dictyoptera aurora (Golden Net-winged Beetle)
Dictyoptera aurora (Golden Net-winged Beetle)
Agelenopsis Indet. #1 (Grass Spiders)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Lycosidae
Notes
Common Names: Grass Spiders
Year Noted: 2025
Identified By: Paolo Soldani (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Jack Ridenour
iNaturalist Observations:
298140736 (Observed: 7/10/2025)
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Lycosidae Indet. #1 (Spider)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Lycosidae
Notes
Common Names: Spider
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: shespider (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
103161142 (Observed: 12/15/2021)
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Lycosidae (Spider)
Lycosidae (Spider)
Lycosidae (Spider)
Pardosa Indet. #1 (Thin-legged Wolf Spider)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Lycosidae
Notes
Common Names: Thin-legged Wolf Spider
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Noah Long
iNaturalist Observations:
84996560 (Observed: 6/17/2021)
79446708 (Observed: 5/19/2021)
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Pardosa (Thin-legged Wolf Spider)
Pardosa (Thin-legged Wolf Spider)
Schizocosa Indet. #1 (Brush Legged Spider)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Lycosidae
Notes
Common Names: Brush Legged Spider
Years Noted: 2020; 2022
Identified By: chuuuuung (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
Seemingly, fairly common at the Gordon (at least, based on observations from the Spring of 2020).
iNaturalist Observations:
119732261 (Observed: 5/31/2022)
46425903 (Observed: 5/18/2020)
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Schizocosa (Brush Legged Spider)
Schizocosa (Brush Legged Spider)
Schizocosa (Brush Legged Spider)
Schizocosa (Brush Legged Spider)
Tigrosa helluo (Wetland Giant Wolf Spider)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Lycosidae
Notes
Common Names: Wetland Giant Wolf Spider
Years Noted: 2020-2022; 2025-2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Noah Long; Jack Ridenour; Mackenzie Rose; Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
298145805 (Observed: 7/11/2025)
139146896 (Observed: 10/17/2022)
107720892 (Observed: 6/17/2021)
59254801 (Observed: 9/11/2020)
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Tigrosa helluo (Wetland Giant Wolf Spider)
Tigrosa helluo (Wetland Giant Wolf Spider)
Lygaeus kalmii (Small Milkweed Bug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Lygaeidae
Notes
Common Names: Small Milkweed Bug
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
173773708 (Observed: 7/18/2023)
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Lygaeus turcicus (False Milkweed Bug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Lygaeidae
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Oncopeltus fasciatus (Large Milkweed Bug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Lygaeidae
Notes
Common Names: Large Milkweed Bug
Years Noted: 2014-2015; 2017; 2019-2020; 2022-2024
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Gerry Hertel
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter; Noah Long; Alex Desjardines; Kinsey Cuoco
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Large Milkweed Bug (3 species: all native)
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca); Narrowleaf Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium); Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)iNaturalist Observations:
246309728 (Observed: 10/3/2024)
231003122 (Observed: 7/22/2024)
180152859 (Observed: 8/25/2023)
134976632 (Observed: 9/13/2022)
55821356 (Observed: 8/8/2020)
60016764 (Observed: 9/18/2020)
60454723 (Observed: 9/22/2020)
62081309 (Observed: 10/8/2020)
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Oncopeltus fasciatus (Large Milkweed Bug)
Oncopeltus fasciatus (Large Milkweed Bug)
Oncopeltus fasciatus (Large Milkweed Bug)
Oncopeltus fasciatus (Large Milkweed Bug)
Pedetontus saltator (Jumping Bristletail)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Machilidae
Notes
Common Names: Jumping Bristletail
Years Noted: 2020; 2026
Identified By: astrobirder (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Mae Basehore
Comments:
To date, a single individual noted.
iNaturalist Observations:
345098299 (Observed: 3/20/2026)
64130953 (Observed: 11/3/2020)
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Petrobiinae (Bristletail)
Petrobiinae (Bristletail)
Petrobiinae (Bristletail)
Petrobiinae (Bristletail)
Petrobiinae (Bristletail)
Petrobiinae (Bristletail)
Tenodera sinensis (Chinese Mantid)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Mantidae
Notes
Common Names: Chinese Mantid
Years Noted: 2012; 2015-2017; 2019-2022; 2026
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Gerry Hertel
Also Noted By: Kendra McMillin; Nur Ritter; Ariana Rivellini; Maeve Dowd
iNaturalist Observations:
396444047 (Observed: 9/27/2017)
396441479 (Observed: 9/1/2026)
88865468 (Observed: 7/27/2021)
57180309 (Observed: 8/20/2020)
58544936 (Observed: 9/4/2020)
61177611 (Observed: 9/28/2020)
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Tenodera sinensis (Chinese Mantid)
Tenodera sinensis (Chinese Mantid)
Megachile sculpturalis (Sculptured Resin Bee)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Megachilidae
Notes
Common Names: Sculptured Resin Bee
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
Not native to the conterminous United States.
iNaturalist Observations:
58540081 (Observed: 9/4/2020)
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Megachile sculpturalis (Sculptured Resin Bee): on New York Ironweed
Megachile sculpturalis (Sculptured Resin Bee): on New York Ironweed
Megachile sculpturalis (Sculptured Resin Bee): on New York Ironweed
Megachile sculpturalis (Sculptured Resin Bee): on New York Ironweed
Megachile sculpturalis (Sculptured Resin Bee): on New York Ironweed
Osmia georgica (Georgia Mason Bee)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Megachilidae
Notes
Common Names: Georgia Mason Bee
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: M. McCarthy (inaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
78634102 (Observed: 5/12/2021)
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Osmia georgica (Georgia Mason Bee)
Osmia georgica (Georgia Mason Bee)
Meloe americanus (Buttercup Oil Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Meloidae
Notes
Common Names: Buttercup Oil Beetle; American Oil Beetle
Years Noted: 2019; 2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Mary Teresa O'Hara
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Meloe americanus (American Oil Beetle)
Meloe americanus (American Oil Beetle)
Meloe impressus (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Meloidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2025
Identified and First Noted By: Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
339452135 (Observed: 9/8/2025)
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Ceresini Indet. #1 (Buffalo Treehopper)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Membracidae
Notes
Common Names: Buffalo Treehopper
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: S. Hendrix (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
89952401 (Observed: 8/4/2021)
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Ceresini (Buffalo Treehopper)
Ceresini (Buffalo Treehopper)
Complex Enchenopa binotata (Two-marked Treehopper Complex)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Membracidae
Notes
Common Names: Two-marked Treehopper Complex
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
372647261 (Observed: 6/15/2026)
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Rainieria antennaepes (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Micropezidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
122997256 (Observed: 6/22/2022)
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Rainieria antennaepes (No Common Name)
Rainieria antennaepes (No Common Name)
Fulvius imbecilis (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Miridae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2024
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
215982388 (Observed: 5/15/2024)
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Lygus lineolaris (North American Tarnished Plant Bug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Miridae
Notes
Common Names: North American Tarnished Plant Bug
Year Noted: 2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
159490935 (Observed: 5/3/2023)
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Icerya purchasi (Cottony Cushion Scale)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Monophlebidae
Notes
Common Names: Cottony Cushion Scale
Year Noted: 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
To date, only a single individual noted.
iNaturalist Observations:
40809803 (Observed: 3/27/2019)
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Icerya purchasi (Cottony Cushion Scale)
Icerya purchasi (Cottony Cushion Scale)
Mordella marginata (Tumbling Ragdoll)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Mordellidae
Notes
Common Names: Tumbling Ragdoll
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: borisb (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
83060594 (Observed: 6/14/2021)
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Mordella marginata (Tumbling Ragdoll)
Mordellistena cervicalis (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Mordellidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
174254036 (Observed: 7/21/2023)
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Paramordellaria triloba (Three-lobed Tumbling Flower Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Mordellidae
Notes
Common Names: Three-lobed Tumbling Flower Beetle
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
375287528 (Observed: 6/24/2026)
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Muscidae Indet. #1 (Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Muscidae
Notes
Common Names: Fly
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
49764419 (Observed: 6/15/2020)
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Muscidae (Fly)
Muscidae Indet. #2 (Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Muscidae
Notes
Common Names: Fly
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
118686378 (Observed: 5/24/2022)
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Muscidae (Fly)
Muscidae (Fly)
Mycetophilidae Indet. #1 (Fungus Gnat)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Mycetophilidae
Notes
Common Names: Fungus Gnat
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
98728695 (Observed: 10/19/2021)
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Mycetophilidae (Fungus Gnat)
Mycetophilidae (Fungus Gnat)
Mycetophilidae (Fungus Gnat)
Mycetophilidae Indet. #2 (Fungus Gnat)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Mycetophilidae
Notes
Common Names: Fungus Gnat
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
102300193 (Observed: 11/30/2021)
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Neanura muscorum (Moss Springtail)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Neanuridae
Notes
Common Names: Moss Springtail
Year Noted: 2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
146777378 (Observed: 1/11/2023)
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Amphinemura delosa (Eastern Forestfly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Nemouridae
Notes
Common Names: Eastern Forestfly
Years Noted: 2017; 2019; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Amphinemura Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Nemouridae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Nemouridae Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Nemouridae
Notes
Year Noted: 2017
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Prostoia Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Nemouridae
Notes
Conotelus Indet. #1 (Sap-feeding Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Nitidulidae
Notes
Common Names: Sap-feeding Beetle
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
90183641 (Observed: 8/6/2021)
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Conotelus (Sap-feeding Beetle)
Conotelus (Sap-feeding Beetle)
Conotelus (Sap-feeding Beetle)
Abagrotis alternata (Greater Red Dart)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Noctuidae
Notes
Common Names: Greater Red Dart
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
175243947 (Observed: 7/27/2023)
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Acronicta americana (American Dagger Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Noctuidae
Notes
Common Names: American Dagger Moth
Years Noted: 2019-2020; 2022-2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Paige Vermeulen
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter; Alex Desjardines; Jess Greulich
iNaturalist Observations:
176299406 (Observed: 8/1/2023)
132985576 (Observed: 8/30/2022)
30393183 (Observed: 7/8/2019)
56432281 (Observed: 8/14/2020)
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Acronicta americana (American Dagger Moth)
Acronicta americana (American Dagger Moth)
Agrotis ipsilon (Black Cutworm)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Noctuidae
Notes
Common Names: Black Cutworm; Ipsilon Dart
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
130962983 (Observed: 8/15/2022)
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Agrotis ipsilon (Black Cutworm)
Agrotis ipsilon (Black Cutworm)
Agrotis ipsilon (Black Cutworm)
Amphipyra Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Noctuidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
138426641 (Observed: 10/11/2022)
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Charadra deridens (Laugher Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Noctuidae
Notes
Common Names: Laugher Moth
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Mary Teresa O'Hara
iNaturalist Observations:
193413669 (Observed: 11/8/2023)
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Egira alternans (Alternate Woodling)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Noctuidae
Notes
Common Names: Alternate Woodling
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Miranda Davies
iNaturalist Observations:
172866552 (Observed: 7/3/2023)
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Eudryas unio (Pearly Wood-Nymph)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Noctuidae
Notes
Common Names: Pearly Wood-Nymph
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
84095630 (Observed: 6/22/2021)
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Eudryas unio (Pearly Wood-Nymph)
Eudryas unio (Pearly Wood-Nymph)
Eudryas unio (Pearly Wood-Nymph)
Lithophane Indet. #1 (Dart Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Noctuidae
Notes
Common Names: Dart Moth
Year Noted: 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Ariana Rivellini
iNaturalist Observations:
36070715 (Observed: 11/25/2019)
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Lithophane (Dart Moth)
Lithophane (Dart Moth)
Noctua pronuba (Large Yellow Underwing)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Noctuidae
Notes
Common Names: Large Yellow Underwing
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Jessica Greulich
iNaturalist Observations:
163467940 (Observed: 5/24/2023)
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Noctuinae Indet. #1 (Cutworms and Dart Moths)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Noctuidae
Notes
Common Names: Cutworms and Dart Moths
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
333996302 (Observed: 1/8/2026)
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Xestia c-nigrum (Lesser Black-letter Dart)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Noctuidae
Notes
Common Names: Lesser Black-letter Dart
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
134200021 (Observed: 9/8/2022)
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Xestia c-nigrum (Lesser Black-letter Dart)
Xestia c-nigrum (Lesser Black-letter Dart)
Xestia c-nigrum (Lesser Black-letter Dart)
Cecrita guttivitta (Saddled Prominent)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Notodontidae
Notes
Common Names: Saddled Prominent
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
392976318 (Observed: 8/20/2026)
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Datana integerrima (Walnut Caterpillar Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Notodontidae
Notes
Common Names: Walnut Caterpillar Moth
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
56767544 (Observed: 8/17/2020)
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Datana integerrima (Walnut Caterpillar Moth)
Datana integerrima (Walnut Caterpillar Moth)
Datana integerrima (Walnut Caterpillar Moth)
Datana integerrima (Walnut Caterpillar Moth)
Datana integerrima (Walnut Caterpillar Moth)
Oedemasia concinna (Red-humped Caterpillar)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Notodontidae
Notes
Common Names: Red-humped Caterpillar
Synonyms: Schizura concinna .
Year Noted: 2011
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Gerry Hertel
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Oedemasia concinna (Red-humped Caterpillar)
Oedemasia concinna (Red-humped Caterpillar)
Oedemasia concinna (Red-humped Caterpillar)
Oedemasia concinna (Red-humped Caterpillar)
Oedemasia concinna (Red-humped Caterpillar)
Danaus plexippus (Monarch Butterfly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Nymphalidae
Notes
Common Names: Monarch Butterfly
Years Noted: 2014; 2020-2026
Identified and First Noted By: Gerry Hertel
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter; Kathryn Krueger; Luke Knaub; Mae Basehore
Comments:
This species is now listed as 'Endangered' by the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature).
The Gordon contains two areas with a good deal of Monarch habitat (the meadow and wetland at the eastern end of the GNA and the wetland complex west of S. New Street) and a small number of Monarchs are observed each year in these two areas.
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Monarch Butterfly (62 species: Native - 50; Introduced - 9)
Black Cherry (Prunus serotina - N); Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia - N); Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta - N); Blackhaw (Viburnum prunifolium - N); Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum - N); Bluestem Goldenrod; Wreath Goldenrod (Solidago caesia - N); Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare - I); Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa - N); Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum - N); Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis - N); Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense - I); Cockspur Hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli - N); Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia - N); Common Blue Wood Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium - N); Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum - N); Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale - I); Common Dandelion; Diente de León (Taraxacum officinale - I); Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca - N); Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium - I); Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense - I); Culver’s Root (Veronicastrum virginicum - N); Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata - N); Early Goldenrod (Solidago juncea - N); False Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides - N); Field Thistle (Cirsium discolor - N); Flat-top Goldentop (Euthamia graminifolia - N); Foxglove Beardtongue; Talus Slope Penstemon (Penstemon digitalis - N); Fuller's Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum - I); Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea - N); Gray Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis - N); Gray Goldenrod; Grayleaf Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis - N); Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica - N); Hairy White Oldfield Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum - N); Indianhemp (Apocynum cannabinum - N); Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis - N); Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum - N); Mapleleaf Viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium - N); Meadow Zizia (Zizia aurea - N); Narrowleaf Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium - N); New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae - N); New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis - N); Nodding Beggartick (Bidens cernua - N); Nodding Plumeless Thistle (Carduus nutans - I); Pennsylvania Smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum - N); Philadelphia Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus - N); Poke Milkweed (Asclepias exaltata - N); Purplestemmed Aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum - N); Red Clover (Trifolium pratense - I); Southern Arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum - N); Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata - N); Swamp Verbena (Verbena hastata - N); Sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis - I); Tall Goldenrod (Solidago altissima - N); Trumpetweed (Eutrochium fistulosum - N); Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica - N); Virginia Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum virginianum - N); White Clover (Trifolium repens - I); White Panicle Aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum - N); Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa - N); Wild Cucumber (Echinocystis lobata - N); Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod (Solidago rugosa - N); Yellow Giant Hyssop (Agastache nepetoides - N)iNaturalist Observations:
132404749 (Observed: 8/23/2022)
90773123 (Observed: 8/10/2021)
88167584 (Observed: 7/22/2021)
53843409 (Observed: 7/20/2020)
References:
Blakney, R. and J. Gallagher (2020). Butterflies of the MId-Atlantic. A Field Guide. Middleton, DE, Published by the authors. (p. 55).
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 112).
Weber, L. (2006). Butterflies of the North Woods. Second Edition. Duluth, MN, Kollath Stensaas Publishing (p. 178).
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Danaus plexippus (Monarch Butterfly) caterpillar on Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Danaus plexippus (Monarch Butterfly) caterpillar on Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Danaus plexippus (Monarch Butterfly) visting New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) flowers
Danaus plexippus (Monarch Butterfly) visiting Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) flowers
Junonia coenia (Common Buckeye)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Nymphalidae
Notes
Common Names: Common Buckeye
Year Noted: 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Common Buckeye (14 species: Native - 7; Introduced - 7)
Carolina Geranium (Geranium carolinianum - N); Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum - N); Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale - I); Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium - I); Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense - I); Giant Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea - N); Narrowleaf Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium - N); Narrowleaf Plantain (Plantago lanceolata - I); Northern Bugleweed (Lycopus uniflorus - N); Pennsylvania Smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum - N); Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria - I); Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata - N); Sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis - I); White Clover (Trifolium repens - I)iNaturalist Observations:
32590370 (Observed: 9/11/2019)
58532301 (Observed: 9/4/2020)
References:
Blakney, R. and J. Gallagher (2020). Butterflies of the MId-Atlantic. A Field Guide. Middleton, DE, Published by the authors. (p. 73).
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 138).
Weber, L. (2006). Butterflies of the North Woods. Second Edition. Duluth, MN, Kollath Stensaas Publishing (p. 150).
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Junonia coenia (Common Buckeye)
Junonia coenia (Common Buckeye)
Junonia coenia (Common Buckeye)
Lethe appalachia (Appalachian Brown)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Nymphalidae
Notes
Common Names: Appalachian Brown
Years Noted: 2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
133239425 (Observed: 9/1/2022)
58980168 (Observed: 9/8/2020)
References:
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 165).
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Lethe appalachia (Appalachian Brown)
Lethe appalachia (Appalachian Brown)
Limenitis arthemis (Red-spotted Admiral)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Nymphalidae
Notes
Common Names: Red-spotted Admiral
Years Noted: 2014; 2020-2025
Identified and First Noted By: Gerry Hertel
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter; M. Valles
iNaturalist Observations:
279695991 (Observed: 5/9/2025)
234329559 (Observed: 8/6/2024)
179137163 (Observed: 8/18/2023)
135240827 (Observed: 9/14/2022)
94843833 (Observed: 9/14/2021)
53772782 (Observed: 7/20/2020)
References:
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 156-157).
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Limenitis arthemis (Red-spotted Admiral)
Limenitis arthemis (Red-spotted Admiral)
Limenitis arthemis (Red-spotted Admiral)
Nymphalis antiopa (Mourning Cloak)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Nymphalidae
Notes
Common Names: Mourning Cloak
Years Noted: 2021; 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Mycah Choby; Luke Knaub; Mae Basehore
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Mourning Cloak (3 species: Native - 2; Introduced - 1)
American Basswood (Tilia americana - N); Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca - N); Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense - I)iNaturalist Observations:
345083383 (Observed: 3/20/2026)
72389349 (Observed: 3/29/2021)
References:
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 150).
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Nymphalis antiopa (Mourning Cloak)
Nymphalis antiopa (Mourning Cloak)
Nymphalis antiopa (Mourning Cloak)
Phyciodes tharos (Pearl Crescent)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Nymphalidae
Notes
Common Names: Pearl Crescent
Year Noted: 2021-2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Pearl Crescent (10 species: Native - 6; Introduced - 4)
Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta - N); Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale - I); Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca - N); Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense - I); Nodding Beggartick (Bidens cernua - N); Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata - N); Swamp Verbena (Verbena hastata - N); Sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis - I); Tall Goldenrod (Solidago altissima - N); White Clover (Trifolium repens - I)iNaturalist Observations:
127079236 (Observed: 7/19/2022)
91571436 (Observed: 8/17/2021)
88861627 (Observed: 7/27/2021)
References:
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 134).
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Phyciodes tharos (Pearl Crescent)
Phyciodes tharos (Pearl Crescent)
Phyciodes tharos (Pearl Crescent)
Phyciodes tharos (Pearl Crescent)
Polygonia comma (Eastern Comma)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Nymphalidae
Notes
Common Names: Eastern Comma
Years Noted: 2011; 2020; 2022; 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
Comments:
The larvae of this species make nests in the underside of nettle leaves (which they feed upon).
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Eastern Comma (7 species: Native - 6; Introduced - 1)
Canadian Woodnettle (Laportea canadensis - N); Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca - N); Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense - I); Early Goldenrod (Solidago juncea - N); Field Pussytoes (Antennaria neglecta - N); Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum - N); Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum - N)iNaturalist Observations:
342288550 (Observed: 3/10/2026)
110513849 (Observed: 4/5/2022)
59368327 (Observed: 9/12/2020)
References:
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 142).
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Polygonia comma (Eastern Comma): larvae
Polygonia comma (Eastern Comma): larvae
Polygonia comma (Eastern Comma): larvae
Polygonia comma (Eastern Comma): larvae
Polygonia comma (Eastern Comma): adult
Polygonia interrogationis (Question Mark)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Nymphalidae
Notes
Common Names: Question Mark
Year Noted: 2025
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Question Mark (3 species: Native - 2; Introduced - 1)
American Basswood (Tilia americana - N); Catnip (Nepeta cataria - I); Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa - N)iNaturalist Observations:
298493393 (Observed: 7/16/2025)
References:
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 140).
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Vanessa atalanta (Red Admiral)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Nymphalidae
Notes
Common Names: Red Admiral; formerly: Red Admirable
Years Noted: 2012; 2022-2023; 2025
Identified and First Noted By: Gerry Hertel
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter; Kathryn Krueger; Jess Greulich; Jack Ridenour
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Red Admiral (36 species: Native - 26; Introduced - 10)
Allegheny Blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis - N); American Basswood (Tilia americana - N); Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata - I); Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta - N); Bulbous Bittercress (Cardamine bulbosa - N); Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare - I); Catnip (Nepeta cataria - I); Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum - N); Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca - N); Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense - I); Crownvetch (Securigera varia - I); Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata - N); Dames Rocket (Hesperis matronalis - I); Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria - N); Early Goldenrod (Solidago juncea - N); Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis - N); Field Pussytoes (Antennaria neglecta - N); Field Thistle (Cirsium discolor - N); Flat-top Goldentop (Euthamia graminifolia - N); Garden Yellowrocket (Barbarea vulgaris - I); Hemp Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum - N); Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum - N); Narrowleaf Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium - N); New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae - N); Nodding Beggartick (Bidens cernua - N); Nodding Plumeless Thistle (Carduus nutans - I); Pennsylvania Smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum - N); Red Clover (Trifolium pratense - I); Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra - N); Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum - N); Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata - N); Sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis - I); Tall Goldenrod (Solidago altissima - N); Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica - N); Virginia Springbeauty (Claytonia virginica - N); Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa - N)iNaturalist Observations:
298492104 (Observed: 7/16/2025)
173973992 (Observed: 7/20/2023)
168471678 (Observed: 6/15/2023)
120681902 (Observed: 6/7/2022)
References:
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 154).
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Vanessa atalanta (Red Admiral)
Vanessa virginiensis (American Lady)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Nymphalidae
Notes
Common Names: American Lady
Years Noted: 2019; 2021; 2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Garrison-X
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the American Lady (33 species: Native - 22; Introduced - 11)
Black Cherry (Prunus serotina - N); Black Willow (Salix nigra - N); Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta - N); Blackhaw (Viburnum prunifolium - N); Catnip (Nepeta cataria - I); Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum - N); Common Chickweed (Stellaria media - I); Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale - I); Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca - N); Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense - I); Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum - N); Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata - N); Early Goldenrod (Solidago juncea - N); Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis - N); False Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides - N); Field Peppergrass (Lepidium campestre - I); Field Pussytoes (Antennaria neglecta - N); Flat-top Goldentop (Euthamia graminifolia - N); Fuller's Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum - I); Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica - N); Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum - N); Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus - I); Marsh Blue Violet (Viola cucullata - N); Narrowleaf Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium - N); New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae - N); Nodding Beggartick (Bidens cernua - N); Nodding Plumeless Thistle (Carduus nutans - I); Red Clover (Trifolium pratense - I); Sassafras (Sassafras albidum - N); Sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis - I); White Clover (Trifolium repens - I); Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa - N); Woman's Tobacco (Antennaria plantaginifolia - N)iNaturalist Observations:
175078229 (Observed: 7/26/2023)
78517340 (Observed: 5/12/2021)
References:
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 152).
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Vanessa virginiensis (American Painted Lady)
Vanessa virginiensis (American Painted Lady)
Oniscus asellus (Common Shiny Woodlouse)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Oniscidae
Notes
Common Names: Common Shiny Woodlouse
Year Noted: 2020-2024
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
108195214 (Observed: 3/8/2022)
104876790 (Observed: 1/13/2022)
72773742 (Observed: 4/2/2021)
71575179 (Observed: 3/19/2021)
66308467 (Observed: 12/8/2020)
66020405 (Observed: 12/2/2020)
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Oniscus asellus (Common Shiny Woodlouse)
Oniscus asellus (Common Shiny Woodlouse)
Oniscus asellus (Common Shiny Woodlouse)
Oniscus asellus (Common Shiny Woodlouse)
Oniscus asellus (Common Shiny Woodlouse)
Oniscus asellus (Common Shiny Woodlouse)
Papilio glaucus (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Papilionidae
Notes
Common Names: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Years Noted: 2012; 2020-2024; 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Gerry Hertel
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter; Kathryn Krueger; Miranda Davies
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (24 species: Native - 13; Introduced - 11)
Allegheny Blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis - N); American Basswood (Tilia americana - N); Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta - N); Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare - I); Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa - N); Catnip (Nepeta cataria - I); Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale - I); Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca - N); Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense - I); Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata - N); Dames Rocket (Hesperis matronalis - I); Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria - N); Field Thistle (Cirsium discolor - N); Fuller's Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum - I); Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum - N); Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus - I); Narrowleaf Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium - N); Nodding Plumeless Thistle (Carduus nutans - I); Rocket Larkspur (Consolida ajacis - I); Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata - N); Swamp Verbena (Verbena hastata - N); Sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis - I); White Clover (Trifolium repens - I); Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa - N)iNaturalist Observations:
350902569 (Observed: 4/17/2026)
172493359 (Observed: 7/11/2023)
121599222 (Observed: 6/9/2022)
91450955 (Observed: 8/16/2021)
54856349 (Observed: 7/30/2020)
57671852 (Observed: 8/26/2020)
58533803 (Observed: 9/4/2020)
References:
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 38).
Weber, L. (2006). Butterflies of the North Woods. Second Edition. Duluth, MN, Kollath Stensaas Publishing (p. 20-21).
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Papilio glaucus (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail)
Papilio troilus (Spicebush Swallowtail)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Papilionidae
Notes
Common Names: Spicebush Swallowtail
Years Noted: 2012-2013; 2019; 2021-2023
Identified and First Noted By: Gerry Hertel
Also Noted By: Maribeth Beatty
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Spicebush Swallowtail (9 species: Native - 6; Introduced - 3)
Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare - I); Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa - N); Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale - I); Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis - N); Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis - N); Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus - I); Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata - N); Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica - N); Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa - N)iNaturalist Observations:
132000214 (Observed: 8/22/2022)
127136034 (Observed: 7/20/2022)
94208884 (Observed: 9/2/2021)
References:
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 46).
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Papilio troilus (Spicebush Swallowtail)
Oxidus gracilis (Greenhouse Millipede)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Paradoxosomatidae
Notes
Common Names: Greenhouse Millipede
Years Noted: 2018-2020; 2023; 2025
Identified By: D. Hennen (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Jack Ridenour
iNaturalist Observations:
323685268 (Observed: 7/23/2019)
309965656 (Observed: 8/27/2025)
41067656 (Observed: 7/10/2019)
52818720 (Observed: 7/2/2020)
172157578 (Observed: 7/6/2023)
102312193 (Observed: 7/20/2018)
71304437 (Observed: 10/1/2020)
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Oxidus gracilis (Greenhouse Millipede) - close up
Oxidus gracilis (Greenhouse Millipede)
Oxidus gracilis (Greenhouse Millipede)
Oxidus gracilis (Greenhouse Millipede) - far away
Odontotaenius disjunctus (Horned Passalus Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Passalidae
Notes
Common Names: Horned Passalus Beetle; Patent-leather Beetle; Jerusalem Beetle
Years Noted: 2015; 2019-2021; 2025-2026
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Gerry Hertel
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter; C. Green; Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
345082743 (Observed: 3/22/2026)
272510152 (Observed: 4/23/2025)
104421454 (Observed: 10/16/2021)
98403436 (Observed: 10/16/2021)
39924332 (Observed: 10/2/2019)
66301365 (Observed: 12/8/2020)
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Odontotaenius disjunctus (Horned Passalus Beetle)
Odontotaenius disjunctus (Horned Passalus Beetle)
Odontotaenius disjunctus (Horned Passalus Beetle)
Odontotaenius disjunctus (Horned Passalus Beetle)
Odontotaenius disjunctus (Horned Passalus Beetle)
Dicranota Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Pediciidae
Notes
Asopinae Indet. #1 (Predatory Stink Bugs)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Pentatomidae
Notes
Common Names: Predatory Stink Bugs
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Miranda Davies
iNaturalist Observations:
132320888 (Observed: 8/25/2022)
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Asopinae (Predatory Stink Bugs)
Asopinae (Predatory Stink Bugs)
Asopinae (Predatory Stink Bugs)
Brochymena arborea (Stink Bug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Pentatomidae
Notes
Common Names: Stink Bug
Years Noted: 2020; 2022
Identified By: A. Meeds (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
115414382 (Observed: 4/30/2022)
59738803 (Observed: 9/15/2020)
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Brochymena arborea (Stink Bug)
Brochymena arborea (Stink Bug)
Brochymena arborea (Stink Bug)
Chinavia hilaris (Green Stink Bug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Pentatomidae
Notes
Common Names: Green Stink Bug
Years Noted: 2022; 2025
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Miranda Davies
iNaturalist Observations:
330882195 (Observed: 12/12/2025)
132319734 (Observed: 8/25/2022)
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Chinavia hilaris (Green Stink Bug)
Chinavia hilaris (Green Stink Bug)
Halyomorpha halys (Brown Marmorated Stink Bug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Pentatomidae
Notes
Common Names: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Years Noted: 2018; 2021
Identified By: K. Wolgemuth (BugGuide.net)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
101427451 (Observed: 11/18/2021)
72611742 (Observed: 8/22/2018)
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Halyomorpha halys (Brown Marmorated Stink Bug)
Halyomorpha halys (Brown Marmorated Stink Bug)
Eccoptura Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Perlidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2017
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Eccoptura xanthenes (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Perlidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Years Noted: 2017; 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Perlidae Indet. #1 (Common Stoneflies)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Perlidae
Notes
Common Names: Common Stoneflies
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Chimarra aterrima (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Philopotamidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Years Noted: 2017; 2019; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Chimarra Indet. #1 (Little Black Caddisfly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Philopotamidae
Notes
Common Names: Little Black Caddisfly
Years Noted: 2007; 2017
Identified and First Noted By: Danielle DiFederico
Also Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center - 2017
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Dolophilodes distinctus (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Philopotamidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Dolophilodes Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Philopotamidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2007; 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Danielle DiFederico
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Philopotamidae Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Philopotamidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Philoscia muscorum (Common Striped Woodlouse)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Philosciidae
Notes
Common Names: Common Striped Woodlouse
Years Noted: 2020-2021; 2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
146976597 (Observed: 1/20/2023)
97885633 (Observed: 10/8/2021)
66631461 (Observed: 12/15/2020)
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Philoscia muscorum (Common Striped Woodlouse)
Phlaeothripidae Indet. #1 (Tube-tailed Thrip)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Phlaeothripidae
Notes
Common Names: Tube-tailed Thrip
Year Noted: 2019
Identified By: M. Pirrello (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Ariana Rivellini
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
35084325 (Observed: 10/30/2019)
42794757 (Observed: 10/30/2019)
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Phlaeothripidae (Tube-tailed Thrip)
Phlaeothripidae (Tube-tailed Thrip)
Phlaeothripidae (Tube-tailed Thrip): browsing on a fungus (Trametes hirsuta)
Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Grape Phylloxera)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Phylloxeridae
Notes
Common Names: Grape Phylloxera
Year Noted: 2025
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Jack Ridenour
iNaturalist Observations:
297863870 (Observed: 7/14/2025)
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Phylloxera spinosa (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Phylloxeridae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
156613317 (Observed: 4/25/2023)
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Colias eurytheme (Orange Sulfur)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Pieridae
Notes
Common Names: Orange Sulfur
Year Noted: 2021-2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Orange Sulfur (25 species: Native - 13; Introduced - 12)
Alsike Clover (Trifolium hybridum - I); Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta - N); Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare - I); Butter and Eggs (Linaria vulgaris - I); Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa - N); Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale - I); Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca - N); Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium - I); Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense - I); Crownvetch (Securigera varia - I); Devil's Beggartick (Bidens frondosa - N); False Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides - N); Field Thistle (Cirsium discolor - N); Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica - N); Hemp Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum - N); New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae - N); Nodding Beggartick (Bidens cernua - N); Nodding Plumeless Thistle (Carduus nutans - I); Red Clover (Trifolium pratense - I); Spearmint (Mentha spicata - I); Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata - N); Swamp Verbena (Verbena hastata - N); Sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis - I); Tall Goldenrod (Solidago altissima - N); White Clover (Trifolium repens - I)iNaturalist Observations:
123753761 (Observed: 6/27/2022)
88168721 (Observed: 7/22/2021)
References:
Blakney, R. and J. Gallagher (2020). Butterflies of the MId-Atlantic. A Field Guide. Middleton, DE, Published by the authors. (p. 25).
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 59).
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Colias eurytheme (Orange Sulfur)
Colias eurytheme (Orange Sulfur)
Colias eurytheme (Orange Sulfur)
Colias philodice (Clouded Sulphur)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Pieridae
Notes
Common Names: Clouded Sulphur
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Clouded Sulphur (57 species: Native - 40; Introduced - 17)
Allegheny Blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis - N); American Water Horehound (Lycopus americanus - N); Black Willow (Salix nigra - N); Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta - N); Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum - N); Broadleaf Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia - N); Bulbous Bittercress (Cardamine bulbosa - N); Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare - I); Butter and Eggs (Linaria vulgaris - I); Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa - N); Canada Germander (Teucrium canadense - N); Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis - N); Catnip (Nepeta cataria - I); Chicory (Cichorium intybus - I); Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum - N); Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale - I); Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca - N); Common Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris - N); Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense - I); False Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides - N); Field Thistle (Cirsium discolor - N); Flat-top Goldentop (Euthamia graminifolia - N); Flower Of An Hour (Hibiscus trionum - I); Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis - N); Garden Yellowrocket (Barbarea vulgaris - I); Gill-over-the-ground (Glechoma hederacea - I); Gray Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis - N); Greater Burdock (Arctium lappa - I); Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum - N); Late Boneset (Eupatorium serotinum - N); Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus - I); Longstyle Sweetroot (Osmorhiza longistylis - N); Marsh Blue Violet (Viola cucullata - N); Meadow Zizia (Zizia aurea - N); Narrowleaf Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium - N); New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae - N); Nodding Beggartick (Bidens cernua - N); Nodding Chickweed (Cerastium nutans - N); Nodding Plumeless Thistle (Carduus nutans - I); Northern Dewberry (Rubus flagellaris - N); Pennsylvania Smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum - N); Prickly Fanpetals (Sida spinosa - N); Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria - I); Red Clover (Trifolium pratense - I); Spotted Geranium (Geranium maculatum - N); Spotted Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata - N); Stinking Chamomile (Anthemis cotula - I); Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata - N); Swamp Verbena (Verbena hastata - N); Sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis - I); Tall Goldenrod (Solidago altissima - N); Violet Woodsorrel (Oxalis violacea - N); Virginia Springbeauty (Claytonia virginica - N); Virginia Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana - N); White Clover (Trifolium repens - I); Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa - N); Woman's Tobacco (Antennaria plantaginifolia - N)iNaturalist Observations:
58529699 (Observed: 9/4/2020)
References:
Blakney, R. and J. Gallagher (2020). Butterflies of the MId-Atlantic. A Field Guide. Middleton, DE, Published by the authors. (p. 24).
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 58).
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Colias philodice (Clouded Sulphur)
Colias philodice (Clouded Sulphur)
Colias philodice (Clouded Sulphur)
Pieris rapae (Cabbage White)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Pieridae
Notes
Common Names: Cabbage White
Years Noted: 2020-2022; 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Noah Long; Mae Basehore
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Cabbage White (66 species: Native - 35; Introduced - 31)
Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus - I); Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta - N); Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis - N); Bulbous Bittercress (Cardamine bulbosa - N); Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare - I); Butter and Eggs (Linaria vulgaris - I); Canada Germander (Teucrium canadense - N); Canadian Horseweed (Conyza canadensis - N); Catnip (Nepeta cataria - I); Clasping Venus' Looking-glass (Triodanis perfoliata - N); Climbing Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara - I); Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum - N); Common Chickweed (Stellaria media - I); Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale - I); Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca - N); Common Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris - N); Common Yellow Oxalis (Oxalis stricta - N); Corn Mint (Mentha arvensis - N); Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense - I); Crownvetch (Securigera varia - I); Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum - N); Dames Rocket (Hesperis matronalis - I); Devil's Beggartick (Bidens frondosa - N); Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria - N); Field Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense - I); Field Peppergrass (Lepidium campestre - I); Flat-top Goldentop (Euthamia graminifolia - N); Flower Of An Hour (Hibiscus trionum - I); Fuller's Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum - I); Garden Yellowrocket (Barbarea vulgaris - I); Gill-over-the-ground (Glechoma hederacea - I); Greater Burdock (Arctium lappa - I); Hemp Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum - N); Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum - N); Late Boneset (Eupatorium serotinum - N); Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus - I); Marsh Blue Violet (Viola cucullata - N); Musk Mallow (Malva moschata - I); Narrowleaf Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium - N); Narrowleaf Plantain (Plantago lanceolata - I); New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae - N); Nodding Beggartick (Bidens cernua - N); Nodding Plumeless Thistle (Carduus nutans - I); Norwegian Cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica - N); Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare - I); Pennsylvania Smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum - N); Prickly Fanpetals (Sida spinosa - N); Prickly Lettuce (Lactuca serriola - I); Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria - I); Red Clover (Trifolium pratense - I); Rocket Larkspur (Consolida ajacis - I); Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata - N); Stinking Chamomile (Anthemis cotula - I); Sulphur Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta - I); Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata - N); Swamp Verbena (Verbena hastata - N); Tall Goldenrod (Solidago altissima - N); Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti - I); Virginia Pepperweed (Lepidium virginicum - N); Virginia Springbeauty (Claytonia virginica - N); Virginia Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana - N); Watercress (Nasturtium officinale - I); White Clover (Trifolium repens - I); White Vervain (Verbena urticifolia - N); Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa - N); Yellow Giant Hyssop (Agastache nepetoides - N)iNaturalist Observations:
126944579 (Observed: 7/15/2022)
116589552 (Observed: 5/11/2022)
83174798 (Observed: 6/15/2021)
58045614 (Observed: 8/30/2020)
75461701 (Observed: 4/27/2021)
57181045 (Observed: 8/20/2020)
58271151 (Observed: 9/1/2020)
59237641 (Observed: 9/11/2020)
References:
Blakney, R. and J. Gallagher (2020). Butterflies of the MId-Atlantic. A Field Guide. Middleton, DE, Published by the authors. (p. 22).
Monroe, J. L. and D. M. Wright (2017). Butterflies of Pennsylvania. A Field Guide. Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press (p. 54).
Weber, L. (2006). Butterflies of the North Woods. Second Edition. Duluth, MN, Kollath Stensaas Publishing (p. 26-27).
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Pieris rapae (Cabbage White)
Pieris rapae (Cabbage White)
Dolomedes albineus (White-banded Fishing Spider)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Pisauridae
Notes
Common Names: White-banded Fishing Spider
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
On a branch on the forest floor. Only one individual noted.
iNaturalist Observations:
39161669 (Observed: 2/24/2020)
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Dolomedes albineus (White-banded Fishing Spider)
Dolomedes albineus (White-banded Fishing Spider)
Dolomedes albineus (White-banded Fishing Spider)
Dolomedes tenebrosus (Dark Fishing Spider)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Pisauridae
Notes
Common Names: Dark Fishing Spider; Dark-banded Fishing Spider
Years Noted: 2018; 2020-2023
Identified By: chuuuuung (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Paige Vermeulen
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter; Noah Long; Maeve Dowd; Mary Teresa O'Hara
Comments:
A single individual noted.
iNaturalist Observations:
87896735 (Observed: 7/20/2021)
115617677 (Observed: 5/5/2022)
97942418 (Observed: 10/11/2021)
90769564 (Observed: 8/10/2021)
87897675 (Observed: 7/20/2021)
76687735 (Observed: 4/30/2021)
40128194 (Observed: 8/14/2018)
53097277 (Observed: 7/14/2020)
65545720 (Observed: 11/24/2020)
65953601 (Observed: 12/1/2020)
66301530 (Observed: 12/8/2020)
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Dolomedes tenebrosus (Dark Fishing Spider)
Dolomedes tenebrosus (Dark Fishing Spider)
Dolomedes tenebrosus (Dark Fishing Spider)
Pisaurina mira (American Nursery Web Spider)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Pisauridae
Notes
Common Names: American Nursery Web Spider
Year Noted: 2018
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Paige Vermeulen
iNaturalist Observations:
56537735 (Observed: 8/8/2018)
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Pisaurina mira (American Nursery Web Spider): clinging to a seedling enclosure
Polycentropodidae Indet. #1 (Tube Maker Caddisflies)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Polycentropodidae
Notes
Common Names: Tube Maker Caddisflies
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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cf. Brachydesmus superus (Millipede)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Polydesmidae
Notes
Common Names: Millipede
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
72477743 (Observed: 3/30/2021)
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Brachydesmus superus (Millipede)
Porcellio scaber (Common Rough Woodlouse)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Porcellionidae
Notes
Common Names: Common Rough Woodlouse
Year Noted: 2020-2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
71576262 (Observed: 3/19/2021)
66299656 (Observed: 12/8/2020)
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Porcellio scaber (Common Rough Woodlouse)
Porcellio scaber (Common Rough Woodlouse)
Ectopria Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Psephenidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Psephenus herricki (Water Penny Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Psephenidae
Notes
Common Names: Water Penny Beetle
Years Noted: 2017; 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Cacopsylla annulata (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Psyllidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
392989639 (Observed: 8/20/2026)
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Geina tenuidactylus (Himmelmans Plume Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Pterophoridae
Notes
Common Names: Himmelman's Plume Moth
Year Noted: 2024
Identified By: Timothy Reichard (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
228455512 (Observed: 6/21/2024)
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Anchytarsus bicolor (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Ptilodactylidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Pyrochroidae Indet. #1 (Fire-colored Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Pyrochroidae
Notes
Common Names: Fire-colored Beetle
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
67718158 (Observed: 1/7/2021)
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Pyrochroidae (Fire-colored Beetle) larvae
Pyrochroidae (Fire-colored Beetle) larvae
Pyrochroidae (Fire-colored Beetle) larvae
Pyrochroidae (Fire-colored Beetle) larvae
Arilus cristatus (Wheel Bug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Reduviidae
Notes
Common Names: Wheel Bug
Year Noted: 2010
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Gerry Hertel
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Arilus cristatus (Wheel Bug)
Arilus cristatus (Wheel Bug): close-up of the 'wheel'
Phymata fasciata (Ambush Bug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Reduviidae
Notes
Common Names: Ambush Bug
Years Noted: 2021; 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Maeve Dowd; Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
367699701 (Observed: 6/1/2026)
91773625 (Observed: 8/19/2021)
83173411 (Observed: 6/15/2021)
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Phymata fasciata (Ambush Bug)
Phymata fasciata (Ambush Bug)
Phymata fasciata (Ambush Bug)
Phymata fasciata (Ambush Bug)
Zelus luridus (Pale Green Assassin Bug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Reduviidae
Notes
Common Names: Pale Green Assassin Bug
Years Noted: 2020-2021; 2024-2025
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Paige Vermeulen
Also Noted By: kojo1019; Kinsey Cuoco
iNaturalist Observations:
326471318 (Observed: 5/8/2025)
217741774 (Observed: 5/23/2024)
98230051 (Observed: 10/11/2021)
62148085 (Observed: 10/9/2020)
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Zelus luridus (Pale Green Assassin Bug)
Zelus luridus (Pale Green Assassin Bug)
Zelus luridus (Pale Green Assassin Bug)
Zelus luridus (Pale Green Assassin Bug)
Zelus luridus (Pale Green Assassin Bug)
Zelus luridus (Pale Green Assassin Bug)
Chrysopilus thoracicus (Golden-backed Snipe Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Rhagionidae
Notes
Rhagio Indet. #1 (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Rhagionidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Noah Long
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Rhagio (No Common Name)
Rhagio tringarius (Marsh Snipe Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Rhagionidae
Notes
Common Names: Marsh Snipe Fly
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
372652766 (Observed: 6/15/2026)
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Diestrammena japanica (Japanese Camel Cricket)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Notes
Common Names: Japanese Camel Cricket
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
137775643 (Observed: 10/5/2022)
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Tachycines asynamorus (Camel Cricket)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Notes
Common Names: Camel Cricket; Spider Cricket; Cave Cricket
Years Noted: 2019; 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Mae Basehore
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Rhyacophila carolina (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Rhyacophilidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Rhyacophila Indet. #1 (Free-living Caddisfly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Rhyacophilidae
Notes
Common Names: Free-living Caddisfly
Year Noted: 2007
Identified and First Noted By: Danielle DiFederico
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Macrosiagon limbata (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Ripiphoridae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
127130419 (Observed: 7/20/2022)
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Macrosiagon limbata (No Common Name)
Macrosiagon limbata (No Common Name)
Colonus sylvanus (Sylvan Jumping Spider)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Salticidae
Notes
Common Names: Sylvan Jumping Spider
Years Noted: 2022; 2026
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Alex Desjardines
Also Noted By: Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
392998386 (Observed: 8/20/2026)
116734572 (Observed: 5/12/2022)
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Colonus sylvanus (Sylvan Jumping Spider)
Colonus sylvanus (Sylvan Jumping Spider)
Eris militaris (Bronze Jumping Spider)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Salticidae
Notes
Common Names: Bronze Jumping Spider
Years Noted: 2020-2021; 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
333879622 (Observed: 1/7/2026)
64131596 (Observed: 11/3/2020)
66098813 (Observed: 12/4/2020)
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Eris militaris (Bronze Jumping Spider)
Eris militaris (Bronze Jumping Spider)
Eris militaris (Bronze Jumping Spider)
Hentzia Indet. #1 (Long-jawed Jumping Spiders)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Salticidae
Notes
Common Names: Long-jawed Jumping Spiders
Year Noted: 2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
154855011 (Observed: 4/14/2023)
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Hentzia Indet. #2 (Long-jawed Jumping Spiders)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Salticidae
Notes
Common Names: Long-jawed Jumping Spiders
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
346839303 (Observed: 4/2/2026)
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Paraphidippus aurantius (Emerald Jumping Spider)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Salticidae
Notes
Common Names: Emerald Jumping Spider
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Noah Long
iNaturalist Observations:
86314980 (Observed: 7/5/2021)
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Pelegrina galathea (Peppered Jumping Spider)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Salticidae
Notes
Common Names: Peppered Jumping Spider
Year Noted: 2024
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Kinsey Cuoco
iNaturalist Observations:
219382037 (Observed: 5/30/2024)
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Phidippus audax (Bold Jumping Spider)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Salticidae
Notes
Common Names: Bold Jumping Spider
Years Noted: 2021-2022; 2024
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Kinsey Cuoco
iNaturalist Observations:
133910006 (Observed: 7/20/2022)
252306526 (Observed: 11/19/2024)
83044167 (Observed: 6/14/2021)
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Phidippus audax (Bold Jumping Spider)
Phidippus audax (Bold Jumping Spider)
Phidippus audax (Bold Jumping Spider)
Miltogramminae Indet. #1 (Satellite Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Sarcophagidae
Notes
Common Names: Satellite Fly
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
59721754 (Observed: 9/15/2020)
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Miltogramminae (Satellite Fly)
Miltogramminae (Satellite Fly)
Miltogramminae (Satellite Fly)
Miltogramminae (Satellite Fly)
Miltogramminae (Satellite Fly)
Sarcophagidae Indet. #1 (Flesh Flies)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Sarcophagidae
Notes
Common Names: Flesh Flies
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: K. Schulz (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
61424262 (Observed: 10/1/2020)
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Sarcophagidae (Flesh Flies)
Sarcophagidae (Flesh Flies)
Sarcophagidae (Flesh Flies)
Actias luna (North American Luna Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Saturniidae
Notes
Common Names: North American Luna Moth
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Kylee Dinan
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Antheraea polyphemus (Polyphemus Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Saturniidae
Notes
Common Names: Polyphemus Moth
Year Noted: 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
33718683 (Observed: 9/28/2019)
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Antheraea polyphemus (Polyphemus Moth)
Antheraea polyphemus (Polyphemus Moth)
Callosamia promethea (Promethea Silkmoth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Saturniidae
Notes
Common Names: Promethea Silkmoth
Year Noted: 2012
Identified By: Gerry Hertel
First Noted By: Kendra McMillin
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Citheronia regalis (Regal Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Saturniidae
Notes
Common Names: Regal Moth; Hickory Horned Devil; Royal Walnut Moth
Year Noted: 2014
Identified and First Noted By: Gerry Hertel
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Hyalophora cecropia (Cecropia Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Saturniidae
Notes
Common Names: Cecropia Moth
Year Noted: 2024
Identified By: Levi Smith (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: David Kramer
Comments:
Is North America's largest native moth (Wikipedia).
iNaturalist Observations:
214799074 (Observed: 5/9/2024)
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Cotinus nitida (Common Green June Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Scarabaeidae
Notes
Common Names: Common Green June Beetle
Years Noted: 2019; 2021
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Paige Vermeulen
Also Noted By: Maeve Dowd
iNaturalist Observations:
87133141 (Observed: 7/15/2021)
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Cotinus nitida (June Beetle)
Cotinus nitida (June Beetle)
Cotinus nitida (June Beetle)
Dynastinae Indet. #1 (Rhinoceros Beetles)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Scarabaeidae
Notes
Common Names: Rhinoceros Beetles
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
132986652 (Observed: 8/30/2022)
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Dynastinae (Rhinoceros Beetles)
Exomala orientalis (Oriental Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Scarabaeidae
Notes
Common Names: Oriental Beetle
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Miranda Davies
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
171438573 (Observed: 7/6/2023)
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Onthophagus orpheus (Green-bronze Dung Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Scarabaeidae
Notes
Common Names: Green-bronze Dung Beetle
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
375207390 (Observed: 6/24/2026)
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Oscarinus rusicola (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Scarabaeidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2025
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Jack Ridenour
iNaturalist Observations:
269640451 (Observed: 4/10/2025)
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Oscarinus rusicola (No Common Name): underside
Oscarinus rusicola (No Common Name)
Oscarinus rusicola (No Common Name)
Oscarinus rusicola (No Common Name)
Popillia japonica (Japanese Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Scarabaeidae
Notes
Common Names: Japanese Beetle
Years Noted: 2020-2023; 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Noah Long
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Japanese Beetle (1 species: native)
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca - N)iNaturalist Observations:
90814444 (Observed: 8/4/2021)
88859983 (Observed: 7/27/2021)
88178931 (Observed: 7/22/2021)
83051541 (Observed: 6/14/2021)
51154501 (Observed: 6/27/2020)
55864547 (Observed: 8/8/2020)
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Popillia japonica (Japanese Beetle): pair of beetles mating
Popillia japonica (Japanese Beetle): pair of beetles mating
Sciaridae Indet. #1 (Dark-winged Fungus Gnats)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Sciaridae
Notes
Common Names: Dark-winged Fungus Gnats
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
61903147 (Observed: 10/6/2020)
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Sciaridae (Dark-winged Fungus Gnats)
Sciaridae (Dark-winged Fungus Gnats)
Sciaridae (Dark-winged Fungus Gnats)
Euthycera Indet. #1 (Marsh Flies)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Sciomyzidae
Notes
Common Names: Marsh Flies
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
83061395 (Observed: 6/14/2021)
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Euthycera (Marsh Flies)
Hadrobunus maculosus (Speckled Harvestman)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Sclerosomatidae
Notes
Common Names: Speckled Harvestman
Year Noted: 2025
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Jack Ridenour
iNaturalist Observations:
315080949 (Observed: 9/17/2025)
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Leiobunum politum Group (Harvestman)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Sclerosomatidae
Notes
Common Names: Harvestman
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: harvestman-man (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
58262873 (Observed: 9/1/2020)
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Gagrella splendens (Harvestman)
Gagrella splendens (Harvestman)
Leiobunum vittatum Group (Eastern Harvestman)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Sclerosomatidae
Notes
Common Names: Eastern Harvestman
Year Noted: 2018-2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: dsnaturalist21 (iNaturalist)
iNaturalist Observations:
34714640 (Observed: 10/21/2019)
137664051 (Observed: 10/5/2022)
121597206 (Observed: 6/9/2022)
85382223 (Observed: 7/2/2021)
79445515 (Observed: 5/19/2021)
55864243 (Observed: 8/8/2020)
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Leiobunum vittatum (Harvestman)
Leiobunum vittatum (Harvestman)
Leiobunum vittatum (Harvestman)
Scolia dubia ssp. dubia (Blue-winged Scoliid Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Scoliidae
Notes
Common Names: Blue-winged Scoliid Wasp
Year Noted: 2020-2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Kathryn Krueger; Miranda Davies
Comments:
Prevalent in the two wet meadows in the Gordon (Areas G1M and G3). This species is a parasite of "scarab beetle larvae including the green June beetle (Cotinus nitida)" [Holm, 2021, p. 226] and Japanese Beetles (Popillia japonica) [various sources].
iNaturalist Observations:
182037479 (Observed: 8/25/2023)
131953312 (Observed: 8/22/2022)
136196222 (Observed: 9/23/2022)
91461946 (Observed: 8/16/2021)
90191817 (Observed: 8/6/2021)
58972785 (Observed: 9/8/2020)
60462348 (Observed: 9/22/2020)
References:
Evans, A. V. (2008). Field Guide to Insects and Spiders & Related Species of North America. New York, NY, National Wildlife Federation (p. 372).
Holm, H. (2021). Wasps. Their Biology, Diversity, and Role as Beneficial Insects and Pollinators of Native Plants. Minnetonka, MN, Pollination Press LLC (p. 226).
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Scolia dubia (Blue-winged Scoliid Wasp)
Scolia dubia (Blue-winged Scoliid Wasp)
Scolia dubia (Blue-winged Scoliid Wasp)
Scolopocryptops sexspinosus (Eastern Red Centipede)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Scolopocryptopidae
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Common Names: Eastern Red Centipede
Years Noted: 2021; 2025-2026
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Noah Long
Also Noted By: Lorenz Rustandi
iNaturalist Observations:
345095456 (Observed: 3/20/2026)
321408840 (Observed: 10/17/2025)
86166771 (Observed: 7/7/2021)
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Scolopocryptops sexspinosus (Eastern Red Centipede)
Scolopocryptops sexspinosus (Eastern Red Centipede)
Scolopocryptops sexspinosus (Eastern Red Centipede)
Hanseniella Indet. #1 (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Scutigerellidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2019
Identified By: N. Szucsich (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter & Ariana Rivellini
iNaturalist Observations:
53655790 (Observed: 11/15/2019)
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Hanseniella (No Common Name)
Hanseniella (No Common Name)
Hanseniella (No Common Name)
Sialis Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Sialidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2007; 2017
Identified and First Noted By: Danielle DiFederico
iNaturalist Observations:
5545614 (Observed: 4/2/2017)
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Necrophila americana (American Carrion Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Silphidae
Notes
Common Names: American Carrion Beetle
Year Noted: 2020-2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: MYcah Choby
iNaturalist Observations:
372310340 (Observed: 6/16/2026)
368305684 (Observed: 6/1/2026)
306356885 (Observed: 8/14/2025)
229545269 (Observed: 7/15/2024)
134335177 (Observed: 9/9/2022)
47643182 (Observed: 5/28/2020)
60456092 (Observed: 9/22/2020)
61413132 (Observed: 10/1/2020)
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Necrophila americana (American Carrion Beetle)
Necrophila americana (American Carrion Beetle)
Necrophila americana (American Carrion Beetle)
Oiceoptoma noveboracense (Margined Carrion Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Silphidae
Notes
Common Names: Margined Carrion Beetle
Year Noted: 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
41187553 (Observed: 4/10/2019)
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Oiceoptoma noveboracense (Margined Carrion Beetle)
Oiceoptoma noveboracense (Margined Carrion Beetle): pair mating on the back of a Eastern Box Turtle
Prosimulium Indet. #1 (Black Flies)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Simuliidae
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Common Names: Black Flies
Year Noted: 2007
Identified and First Noted By: Danielle DiFederico
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Simuliidae Indet. #1 (Black Flies)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Simuliidae
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Common Names: Black Flies
Years Noted: 2017; 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Simuliidae Indet. #2 (Black Flies)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Simuliidae
Notes
Common Names: Black Flies
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
61423908 (Observed: 10/1/2020)
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Simuliidae (Black Flies) feeding on the photographer
Simuliidae (Black Flies) feeding on the photographer
Simuliidae (Black Flies) feeding on the photographer
Simuliidae (Black Flies) feeding on the photographer
Simulium Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Simuliidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2007; 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Danielle DiFederico
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Simulium tuberosum
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Simuliidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Simulium vittatum Complex
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Simuliidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Stegopterna Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Simuliidae
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Sminthurus (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Sminthuridae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2025
Identified By: Zakqary Roy (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
268585324 (Observed: 4/4/2025)
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Eremnophila aureonotata (Gold-marked Thread-waisted Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Sphecidae
Notes
Common Names: Gold-marked Thread-waisted Wasp
Year Noted: 2021-2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
127251544 (Observed: 7/21/2022)
87898740 (Observed: 7/20/2021)
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Eremnophila aureonotata (Narrow-wasted Wasp)
Eremnophila aureonotata (Narrow-wasted Wasp)
Isodontia auripes (Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Sphecidae
Notes
Common Names: Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
88185545 (Observed: 7/22/2021)
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Isodontia auripes (Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp) on Virginia Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
Isodontia auripes (Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp) on Virginia Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
Isodontia auripes (Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp) on Virginia Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
Isodontia auripes (Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp) on Virginia Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
Podium luctuosum (Thread-waisted Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Sphecidae
Notes
Common Names: Thread-waisted Wasp
Year Noted: 2026
Identified By: Mae Basehore
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
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Sphex ichneumoneus (Great Golden Digger Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Sphecidae
Notes
Common Names: Great Golden Digger Wasp
Year Noted: 2020-2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
Sphex ichneumoneus nest in full sun areas with low vegetation. After immobilizing prey of katydids (Tettigoniidae), true crickets (Gryllidae), raspy crickets (Gryllacrididae), the female stings it several more times to cause paralysis and drags it backwards into the nest (Holm, 2021).
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Great Golden Digger Wasp (21 species: Native - 19; Introduced - 2)
American Basswood (Tilia americana - N); American Water Horehound (Lycopus americanus - N); Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa - N); Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis - N); Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum - N); Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca - N); Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum - N); Devil's Beggartick (Bidens frondosa - N); Flat-top Goldentop (Euthamia graminifolia - N); Giant Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea - N); Gray Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis - N); Narrowleaf Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium - N); Oneseed Bur Cucumber (Sicyos angulatus - N); Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota - I); Spotted Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata - N); Swamp Goldenrod (Solidago patula - N); Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata - N); Swamp Verbena (Verbena hastata - N); Sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis - I); Virginia Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum virginianum - N); White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima - N)iNaturalist Observations:
88184289 (Observed: 7/22/2021)
88172553 (Observed: 7/22/2021)
58259616 (Observed: 9/1/2020)
References:
Holm, H. (2021). Wasps. Their Biology, Diversity, and Role as Beneficial Insects and Pollinators of Native Plants. Minnetonka, MN, Pollination Press LLC (p. 176-177).
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Sphex ichneumoneus (Great Golden Digger Wasp): on Devil's Beggerticks (Bidens frondosa)
Sphex ichneumoneus (Great Golden Digger Wasp): on Devil's Beggerticks (Bidens frondosa)
Sphex ichneumoneus (Great Golden Digger Wasp): on Devil's Beggerticks (Bidens frondosa)
Sphex nudus (Katydid Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Sphecidae
Notes
Common Names: Katydid Wasp
Year Noted: 2020-2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
Shpex nudus drag their prey of katydids (Tettigoniidae) and Carolina leaf rollers (Camptonotus carlinensis) into the nest backwards. No time is spent closing the entrance to the nest while foraging or hunting occurs, which leaves it open to natural enemies (Holm, 2021).
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Katydid Wasp (5 species: all native)
Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum); Corn Mint (Mentha arvensis); Narrowleaf Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium); Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata); Virginia Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)iNaturalist Observations:
94851769 (Observed: 9/10/2021)
58531488 (Observed: 9/4/2020)
References:
Holm, H. (2021). Wasps. Their Biology, Diversity, and Role as Beneficial Insects and Pollinators of Native Plants. Minnetonka, MN, Pollination Press LLC (p. 178-179).
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Sphex nudus (Katydid Wasp)
Sphex nudus (Katydid Wasp)
Sphex nudus (Katydid Wasp)
Sphex nudus (Katydid Wasp)
Sphex nudus (Katydid Wasp)
Sphex pensylvanicus (Great Black Digger Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Sphecidae
Notes
Common Names: Great Black Digger Wasp
Year Noted: 2020-2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
With an otherwise dull appearance, the wings of Sphex pensylvanicus shimmer with iridescent highlights. When building nests underground in sandy or soft soils, the female gathers soil in her mandibles and "vibrates her flight muscles to loosen the soil." Nesting and reproductive success may be decreased by birds (house sparrows, American robins, and gray catbirds) exploiting up to 1/3 of their primary food source, katydids (Amblycorpha) (Holm, 2021).
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Great Black Digger Wasp (1 species: native)
Virginia Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum virginianum - N)iNaturalist Observations:
126470425 (Observed: 7/15/2022)
88183934 (Observed: 7/22/2021)
86908867 (Observed: 7/13/2021)
60460796 (Observed: 9/22/2020)
References:
Holm, H. (2021). Wasps. Their Biology, Diversity, and Role as Beneficial Insects and Pollinators of Native Plants. Minnetonka, MN, Pollination Press LLC (p. 180-181).
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Sphex pensylvanicus (Great Black Digger Wasp) on Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum
Sphex pensylvanicus (Great Black Digger Wasp) on Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum
Sphex pensylvanicus (Great Black Digger Wasp) on Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum
Sphex pensylvanicus (Great Black Digger Wasp) on Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum
Sphex pensylvanicus (Great Black Digger Wasp) on Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum
Sphex pensylvanicus (Great Black Digger Wasp) on Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum
Sphex pensylvanicus (Great Black Digger Wasp) on Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum
Amphion floridensis (Nessus Sphinx)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Sphingidae
Notes
Common Names: Nessus Sphinx
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
368726059 (Observed: 6/4/2026)
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Eumorpha pandorus (Pandora Sphinx Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Sphingidae
Notes
Common Names: Pandora Sphinx Moth
Year Noted: 2018
Identified and First Noted By: Maribeth Beatty
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Eumorpha pandorus (Pandora Sphinx Moth)
Hyles lineata (White-lined Sphinx)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Sphingidae
Notes
Common Names: White-lined Sphinx
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: M. Valles
iNaturalist Observations:
62115329 (Observed: 10/9/2020)
62145535 (Observed: 10/9/2020)
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Hyles lineata (White-lined Sphinx) larvae crossing Stadium Road in the Gordon
Hyles lineata (White-lined Sphinx) larvae crossing Stadium Road in the Gordon
Hyles lineata (White-lined Sphinx) larvae crossing Stadium Road in the Gordon
Hyles lineata (White-lined Sphinx) larvae crossing Stadium Road in the Gordon
Hyles lineata (White-lined Sphinx) larvae crossing Stadium Road in the Gordon
Paonias excaecata Indet. #1 (Blinded Sphinx)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Sphingidae
Notes
Common Names: Blinded Sphinx
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: A. Liang (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Maeve Dowd
iNaturalist Observations:
95779588 (Observed: 9/22/2021)
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Paonias excaecata (Blinded Sphinx)
Bledius Indet. #1 (Rove Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Staphylinidae
Notes
Common Names: Rove Beetle
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
79192777 (Observed: 5/17/2021)
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Bledius (Rove Beetle)
Bledius (Rove Beetle)
Bledius (Rove Beetle)
Philonthus Indet. #1 (Rove Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Staphylinidae
Notes
Common Names: Rove Beetle
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: B. Büche (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
77874014 (Observed: 5/7/2021)
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Philonthus (Rove Beetle)
Philonthus (Rove Beetle)
Quedius cruentus (Rove Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Staphylinidae
Notes
Common Names: Rove Beetle
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: B. Büche (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
77431565 (Observed: 5/4/2021)
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Quedius cruentus (Rove Beetle)
Quedius cruentus (Rove Beetle)
Quedius cruentus (Rove Beetle)
Scaphidiinae Indet. #1 (Shining Fungus Beetles)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Staphylinidae
Notes
Common Names: Shining Fungus Beetles
Year Noted: 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
64045163 (Observed: 7/30/2020)
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Scaphidiinae (Shining Fungus Beetles) on Pink Carnival Candy Slime Mold (Arcyria denudata)
Scaphidiinae (Shining Fungus Beetles) on Pink Carnival Candy Slime Mold (Arcyria denudata)
Scaphidiinae (Shining Fungus Beetles) on Pink Carnival Candy Slime Mold (Arcyria denudata)
Stratiomyidae Indet. #1 (Soldier Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Stratiomyidae
Notes
Common Names: Soldier Fly
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: J. van der Linden (BugGuide)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
71612342 (Observed: 3/19/2021)
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Stratiomyidae (Soldier Fly)
Stratiomyidae (Soldier Fly)
Chalcosyrphus chalybeus (Violet Leafwalker)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Syrphidae
Notes
Common Names: Violet Leafwalker
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
374356966 (Observed: 6/22/2026)
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Eristalis dimidiata (Black-shouldered Drone Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Syrphidae
Notes
Common Names: Black-shouldered Drone Fly
Years Noted: 2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Black-shouldered Drone Fly (2 species: both native)
Cutleaf Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata - N); Virginia Springbeauty (Claytonia virginica - N)iNaturalist Observations:
138603325 (Observed: 10/12/2022)
137816985 (Observed: 10/6/2022)
136844653 (Observed: 9/28/2022)
61441977 (Observed: 10/1/2020)
69085473 (Observed: 10/1/2020)
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Eristalis dimidiata (Black-shouldered Drone Fly)
Eristalis dimidiata (Black-shouldered Drone Fly)
Eristalis dimidiata (Black-shouldered Drone Fly)
Eristalis dimidiata (Black-shouldered Drone Fly)
Eristalis tenax (Common Drone Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Syrphidae
Notes
Common Names: Common Drone Fly
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Common Drone Fly (1 species: introduced)
Chicory (Cichorium intybus - I)iNaturalist Observations:
78517955 (Observed: 5/12/2021)
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Eristalis tenax (Common Drone Fly) on Garden Yellowrocket (Barbarea vulgaris)
Eristalis tenax (Common Drone Fly) on Garden Yellowrocket (Barbarea vulgaris)
Eristalis tenax (Common Drone Fly) on Garden Yellowrocket (Barbarea vulgaris)
Helophilus fasciatus (Narrrow-headed Marsh Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Syrphidae
Notes
Common Names: Narrrow-headed Marsh Fly
Years Noted: 2020; 2022
Identified By: T. Roberts (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Narrrow-headed Marsh Fly (2 species: both native)
Cutleaf Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata - N); Virginia Springbeauty (Claytonia virginica - N)iNaturalist Observations:
138376449 (Observed: 10/10/2022)
137894571 (Observed: 10/7/2022)
61427206 (Observed: 10/1/2020)
References:
Skevington, J. H., et al. (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press (p. 60-61).
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Helophilus fasciatus (Narrow-headed Marsh Fly) on Calico Aster
Helophilus fasciatus (Narrow-headed Marsh Fly) on Calico Aster
Helophilus fasciatus (Narrow-headed Marsh Fly) on Calico Aster
Mallota posticata (Hairy-eyed Mimic Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Syrphidae
Notes
Common Names: Hairy-eyed Mimic Fly
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Miranda Davies
Also Noted By: Kathryn Krueger; Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
228446756 (Observed: 5/18/2023)
161860836 (Observed: 5/11/2023)
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Mallota posticata (Hairy-eyed Mimic Fly)
Mallota posticata (Hairy-eyed Mimic Fly)
Meromacrus acutus (Carolinian Elegant)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Syrphidae
Notes
Common Names: Carolinian Elegant
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
59373006 (Observed: 9/12/2020)
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Meromacrus acutus (Carolinian Elegant)
Meromacrus acutus (Carolinian Elegant)
Meromacrus acutus (Carolinian Elegant)
Meromacrus acutus (Carolinian Elegant)
Ocyptamus fuscipennis (Hover Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Syrphidae
Notes
Common Names: Hover Fly
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: C. C. Galley (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
132164451 (Observed: 8/24/2022)
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Ocyptamus fuscipennis (Hover Fly)
Ocyptamus fuscipennis (Hover Fly)
Sphaerophoria contigua (Tufted Globetail)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Syrphidae
Notes
Common Names: Tufted Globetail
Year Noted: 2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
171562252 (Observed: 7/7/2023)
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Syrphus rectus (Yellow-legged Flower Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Syrphidae
Notes
Common Names: Yellow-legged Flower Fly
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: T. Roberts (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
137852690 (Observed: 10/6/2022)
References:
Skevington, J. H., et al. (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press (p. 448).
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Temnostoma trifasciatum (Three-lined Falsehorn)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Syrphidae
Notes
Common Names: Three-lined Falsehorn
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: T. Roberts (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Noah Long
iNaturalist Observations:
81918459 (Observed: 6/4/2021)
80660658 (Observed: 5/28/2021)
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Temnostoma trifasciatum (Three-lined Falsehorn)
Temnostoma trifasciatum (Three-lined Falsehorn)
Temnostoma trifasciatum (Three-lined Falsehorn)
Toxomerus boscii (Thin-lined Calligrapher)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Syrphidae
Notes
Common Names: Thin-lined Calligrapher
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
122939341 (Observed: 6/21/2022)
References:
Skevington, J. H., et al. (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press (p. 384).
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Toxomerus boscii (Thin-lined Calligrapher) visiting Chichory
Toxomerus boscii (Thin-lined Calligrapher) visiting Chichory
Toxomerus boscii (Thin-lined Calligrapher) visiting Chichory
Toxomerus geminatus (Eastern Calligrapher)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Syrphidae
Notes
Common Names: Eastern Calligrapher
Year Noted: 2020-2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
To date: noted in a couple wetland areas. One individual was visiting a Longbeak Arrowhead (Sagittaria australis); the other was visiting an undetermined species of Boraginaceae.
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Eastern Calligrapher (59 species: Native - 46; Introduced - 13)
Allegheny Blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis - N); American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius - N); American Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana - N); American Witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana - N); Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Polygonum sagittatum - N); Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata - I); Black Medick (Medicago lupulina - I); Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta - N); Blackhaw (Viburnum prunifolium - N); Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis - N); Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum - N); Broadleaf Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana - N); Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare - I); Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis - N); Canadian Blacksnakeroot (Sanicula canadensis - N); Canadian Honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis - N); Canadian Horseweed (Conyza canadensis - N); Chicory (Cichorium intybus - I); Cockspur Hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli - N); Common Blue Wood Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium - N); Common Chickweed (Stellaria media - I); Common Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca - I); Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus - I); Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium - I); Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense - I); Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata - N); Early Goldenrod (Solidago juncea - N); Eastern Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron annuus - N); Eastern Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans - N); European Cranberrybush (Viburnum opulus - I); False Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides - N); Flat-top Goldentop (Euthamia graminifolia - N); Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea - N); Gray Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis - N); Greater Burdock (Arctium lappa - I); Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos - N); Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum - N); Longstyle Sweetroot (Osmorhiza longistylis - N); Narrowleaf Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium - N); New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae - N); New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus - N); Norwegian Cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica - N); Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare - I); Philadelphia Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus - N); Prairie Fleabane (Erigeron strigosus - N); Ramp (Allium tricoccum - N); Roundlobe Hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa - N); Smooth Carrionflower (Smilax herbacea - N); Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra - N); Southern Arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum - N); Spotted Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata - N); Stinking Chamomile (Anthemis cotula - I); Virginia Springbeauty (Claytonia virginica - N); White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima - N); White Vervain (Verbena urticifolia - N); Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa - N); Wild Cucumber (Echinocystis lobata - N); Woman's Tobacco (Antennaria plantaginifolia - N); Yellow Giant Hyssop (Agastache nepetoides - N)iNaturalist Observations:
77518364 (Observed: 5/5/2021)
75439378 (Observed: 4/27/2021)
53776833 (Observed: 7/20/2020)
References:
Skevington, J. H., et al. (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press (p. 384).
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Toxomerus geminatus (Eastern Calligrapher)
Toxomerus geminatus (Eastern Calligrapher)
Toxomerus geminatus (Eastern Calligrapher)
Toxomerus geminatus (Eastern Calligrapher)
Toxomerus geminatus (Eastern Calligrapher)
Toxomerus marginatus (Margined Calligrapher)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Syrphidae
Notes
Common Names: Margined Calligrapher
Years Noted: 2020-2023; 2025
Identified By: T. Roberts (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Margined Calligrapher (99 species: Native - 78; Introduced - 21)
Allegheny Blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis - N); American Black Elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis - N); American False Pennyroyal (Hedeoma pulegioides - N); American Water Horehound (Lycopus americanus - N); Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Polygonum sagittatum - N); Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata - I); Black Medick (Medicago lupulina - I); Black Willow (Salix nigra - N); Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta - N); Blackhaw (Viburnum prunifolium - N); Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis - N); Broadleaf Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia - N); Broadleaf Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana - N); Bulbous Bittercress (Cardamine bulbosa - N); Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis - N); Canadian Honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis - N); Canadian Horseweed (Conyza canadensis - N); Carolina Geranium (Geranium carolinianum - N); Catnip (Nepeta cataria - I); Chicory (Cichorium intybus - I); Clasping Venus' Looking-glass (Triodanis perfoliata - N); Clustered Blacksnakeroot (Sanicula odorata - N); Common Blue Wood Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium - N); Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum - N); Common Chickweed (Stellaria media - I); Common Cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex - N); Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis - N); Common Goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta - N); Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca - N); Common Mouse-ear Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum - I); Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus - I); Common St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum - I); Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium - I); Common Yellow Oxalis (Oxalis stricta - N); Corn Speedwell (Veronica arvensis - I); Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense - I); Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum - N); Cutleaf Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata - N); Dames Rocket (Hesperis matronalis - I); Early Goldenrod (Solidago juncea - N); Eastern Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron annuus - N); Eastern Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans - N); European Cranberrybush (Viburnum opulus - I); Eyebane (Chamaesyce nutans - N); False Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides - N); Field Thistle (Cirsium discolor - N); Flat-top Goldentop (Euthamia graminifolia - N); Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida - N); Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis - N); Giant Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea - N); Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea - N); Gray Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis - N); Green Carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata - N); Hemp Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum - N); Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum - N); Late Figwort (Scrophularia marilandica - N); Littleleaf Buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus - N); Longleaf Starwort (Stellaria longifolia - N); Longstyle Sweetroot (Osmorhiza longistylis - N); Meadow Hawkweed (Hieracium caespitosum - I); Meadow Zizia (Zizia aurea - N); Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium - N); Narrowleaf Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium - N); Neckweed (Veronica peregrina - N); New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae - N); New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus - N); Nodding Beggartick (Bidens cernua - N); Nodding Chickweed (Cerastium nutans - N); Norwegian Cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica - N); Oneseed Bur Cucumber (Sicyos angulatus - N); Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare - I); Pennsylvania Smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum - N); Philadelphia Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus - N); Prairie Fleabane (Erigeron strigosus - N); Purpleleaf Willowherb (Epilobium coloratum - N); Purplestem Beggarticks (Bidens connata - N); Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota - I); Queendevil (Hieracium gronovii - N); Sassafras (Sassafras albidum - N); Shepherd's Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris - I); Shrubby St. John's-Wort (Hypericum prolificum - N); Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra - N); Spotted Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata - N); Stinking Chamomile (Anthemis cotula - I); Sulphur Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta - I); Swamp Verbena (Verbena hastata - N); Sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis - I); Thinleaf Sunflower (Helianthus decapetalus - N); Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti - I); Virginia Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum virginianum - N); Virginia Pepperweed (Lepidium virginicum - N); Virginia Springbeauty (Claytonia virginica - N); Virginia Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana - N); White Avens (Geum canadense - N); White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima - N); White Vervain (Verbena urticifolia - N); Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa - N); Wild Cucumber (Echinocystis lobata - N); Woman's Tobacco (Antennaria plantaginifolia - N)iNaturalist Observations:
284591697 (Observed: 5/27/2025)
180149105 (Observed: 8/25/2023)
137857019 (Observed: 10/6/2022)
122939945 (Observed: 6/21/2022)
83064257 (Observed: 6/14/2021)
79194625 (Observed: 5/17/2021)
58270948 (Observed: 9/1/2020)
59365079 (Observed: 9/12/2020)
62343834 (Observed: 10/11/2020)
References:
Skevington, J. H., et al. (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press (p. 380).
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Toxomerus marginatus (Margined Calligrapher)
Toxomerus marginatus (Margined Calligrapher)
Toxomerus marginatus (Margined Calligrapher)
Goniops chrysocoma (Golden-Haired Tabanid Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tabanidae
Notes
Common Names: Golden-Haired Tabanid Fly
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: R. Nygard (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: R. Nygard
iNaturalist Observations:
123977047 (Observed: 6/29/2022)
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Goniops chrysocoma (No Common Name) eggs - photo by R. Nygard
Goniops chrysocoma (No Common Name) eggs - photo by R. Nygard
Tabanus lineola (Striped Horse Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tabanidae
Notes
Common Names: Striped Horse Fly
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
119756205 (Observed: 6/1/2022)
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Tabanus lineola (Striped Horse Fly)
Tabanus lineola (Striped Horse Fly)
Tabanus lineola (Striped Horse Fly)
Dinera Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tachinidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
97357385 (Observed: 10/6/2021)
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Dinera
Dinera
Exoristinae Indet. #1 (Bristle Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tachinidae
Notes
Common Names: Bristle Fly
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: A. Santos (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
59773261 (Observed: 9/15/2020)
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Exoristinae (Bristle Fly)
Exoristinae (Bristle Fly)
Exoristinae (Bristle Fly)
Exoristinae (Bristle Fly)
Gonia Indet. #1 (Bristle Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tachinidae
Notes
Common Names: Bristle Fly
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: C. Angell (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
75701806 (Observed: 4/29/2021)
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Gonia (Bristle Fly)
Gonia (Bristle Fly)
Juriniopsis adusta (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tachinidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2020-2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
82188477 (Observed: 6/8/2021)
59239735 (Observed: 9/11/2020)
59362816 (Observed: 9/12/2020)
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Juriniopsis adusta (No Common Name)
Juriniopsis adusta (No Common Name)
Juriniopsis adusta (No Common Name)
Trichopoda pennipes (Swift Feather-legged Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tachinidae
Notes
Common Names: Swift Feather-legged Fly
Year Noted: 2020-2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Swift Feather-legged Fly (8 species: all native)
American Water Horehound (Lycopus americanus); American Witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana); Giant Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea); Gray Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis); Late Boneset (Eupatorium serotinum); Meadow Zizia (Zizia aurea); Spotted Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata); Virginia Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)iNaturalist Observations:
137817346 (Observed: 10/6/2022)
91449446 (Observed: 8/16/2021)
59237297 (Observed: 9/11/2020)
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Trichopoda pennipes (Swift Feather-legged Fly)
Trichopoda pennipes (Swift Feather-legged Fly)
Trichopoda pennipes (Swift Feather-legged Fly)
Taeniopterygidae Indet. #1 (Winter Stoneflies)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Taeniopterygidae
Notes
Common Names: Winter Stoneflies
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: E. Falquet (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
109864309 (Observed: 3/29/2022)
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Taeniopterygidae (Winter Stoneflies)
Taeniopterygidae (Winter Stoneflies)
Alobates pensylvanicus (False Mealworm Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tenebrionidae
Notes
Common Names: False Mealworm Beetle
Year Noted: 2020-2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
87900205 (Observed: 7/20/2021)
45018565 (Observed: 5/5/2020)
67257078 (Observed: 12/29/2020)
69316841 (Observed: 2/9/2021)
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Alobates pensylvanicus (False Mealworm Beetle)
Alobates pensylvanicus (False Mealworm Beetle)
Alobates pensylvanicus (False Mealworm Beetle)
Alobates pensylvanicus (False Mealworm Beetle)
Tenebrionidae Indet. #1 (Darkling Beetle)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tenebrionidae
Notes
Common Names: Darkling Beetle
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Noah Long
iNaturalist Observations:
81916589 (Observed: 6/4/2021)
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Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetle)
Uloma Indet. #1 (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tenebrionidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2025
Identified By: Oliver Yung (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
283353807 (Observed: 5/23/2025)
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Nematus Indet. #1 (Willow Sawflies)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tenthredinidae
Notes
Common Names: Willow Sawflies
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
396422510 (Observed: 9/1/2026)
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Eurosta solidaginis (Goldenrod Gall Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tephritidae
Notes
Common Names: Goldenrod Gall Fly
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
85263302 (Observed: 7/1/2021)
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Eurosta solidaginis (Goldenrod Gall Fly)
Eurosta solidaginis (Goldenrod Gall Fly)
Procecidochares atra (Goldenrod Brussels Sprout Gall Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tephritidae
Notes
Common Names: Goldenrod Brussels Sprout Gall Fly
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: D. McClosky (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
59738050 (Observed: 9/15/2020)
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Rhopalomyia solidaginis (Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge)
Rhopalomyia solidaginis (Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge)
Rhagoletis suavis (Walnut Husk Maggot Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tephritidae
Notes
Common Names: Walnut Husk Maggot Fly
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Mary Teresa O'Hara
iNaturalist Observations:
183395277 (Observed: 9/15/2023)
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Leucauge Indet. #1 (Orchard Spiders and Allies)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tetragnathidae
Notes
Common Names: Orchard Spiders and Allies
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: cataranea (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
51625824 (Observed: 7/1/2020)
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Enoplognatha ovata (Common Candy-striped Spider)
Enoplognatha ovata (Common Candy-striped Spider)
Enoplognatha ovata (Common Candy-striped Spider)
Leucauge venusta (Orchard Orbweaver)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tetragnathidae
Notes
Common Names: Orchard Orbweaver
Years Noted: 2018; 2020-2022; 2025-2026
Identified and First Noted By: Paige Vermeulen
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter; Noah Long; Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
282939503 (Observed: 5/21/2025)
122032898 (Observed: 6/15/2022)
118825547 (Observed: 5/26/2022)
86077063 (Observed: 7/7/2021)
80659699 (Observed: 5/28/2021)
79445913 (Observed: 5/19/2021)
50589324 (Observed: 6/22/2020)
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Leucauge venusta (Orchard Orbweaver)
Leucauge venusta (Orchard Orbweaver)
Leucauge venusta (Orchard Orbweaver)
Conocephalus brevipennis (Short-winged Meadow Katydid)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tettigoniidae
Notes
Common Names: Short-winged Meadow Katydid
Year Noted: 2020-2022
Identified By: B. Woo (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
Seemingly quite common along the PECO power line right-of-way, but these are fast-moving and hard to photograph and there may have been multiple species involved.
iNaturalist Observations:
95092341 (Observed: 9/16/2021)
91590128 (Observed: 8/17/2021)
57723067 (Observed: 8/26/2020)
58543392 (Observed: 9/4/2020)
59253240 (Observed: 9/11/2020)
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Conocephalus brevipennis (Short-winged Meadow Katydid)
Conocephalus strictus (Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tettigoniidae
Notes
Common Names: Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Noah Long
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
88867507 (Observed: 7/27/2021)
88309664 (Observed: 7/23/2021)
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Conocephalus strictus (Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid)
Conocephalus strictus (Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid)
Conocephalus strictus (Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid)
Conocephalus strictus (Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid)
Scudderia (Scutters Bush Katydids)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tettigoniidae
Notes
Common Names: Scutter's Bush Katydids
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Alex Desjardines
iNaturalist Observations:
126978340 (Observed: 7/19/2022)
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Scudderia (Scutter's Bush Katydids)
Phylloneta Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Theridiidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
130404742 (Observed: 8/11/2022)
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Phylloneta
Steatoda borealis (Boreal Combfoot)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Theridiidae
Notes
Common Names: Boreal Combfoot
Years Noted: 2020; 2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: James Simpson
iNaturalist Observations:
65949110 (Observed: 12/1/2020)
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Steatoda borealis (Boreal Combfoot)
Steatoda borealis (Boreal Combfoot)
Steatoda borealis (Boreal Combfoot)
Steatoda triangulosa (Triangulate Combfoot)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Theridiidae
Notes
Common Names: Triangulate Combfoot
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
107719892 (Observed: 3/1/2022)
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Steatoda triangularis (Triangulate Combfoot)
Steatoda triangularis (Triangulate Combfoot)
Coriarachnini Indet. #1 (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Thomisidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: Nate Venarske (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
115419881 (Observed: 4/30/2022)
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Thomisidae Indet. #1 (Crab Spider)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Thomisidae
Notes
Common Names: Crab Spider
Year Noted: 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
31126603 (Observed: 6/27/2019)
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Thomisidae (Crab Spider)
Thomisidae (Crab Spider)
Xysticus Indet. #1 (Ground Crab Spiders)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Thomisidae
Notes
Common Names: Ground Crab Spiders
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
121907703 (Observed: 6/15/2022)
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Xysticus (Ground Crab Spiders)
Xysticus (Ground Crab Spiders)
Xysticus (Ground Crab Spiders)
Myzinum quinquecinctum (Five-banded Thynnid Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Thynnidae
Notes
Common Names: Five-banded Thynnid Wasp
Year Noted: 2021
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Noah Long
iNaturalist Observations:
110684371 (Observed: 7/23/2021)
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Myzinum quinquecinctum (Five-banded Thynnid Wasp)
Myzinum quinquecinctum (Five-banded Thynnid Wasp)
Myzinum quinquecinctum (Five-banded Thynnid Wasp)
Corimelaena Indet. #1 (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Thyreocoridae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Miranda Davies
iNaturalist Observations:
116442953 (Observed: 5/10/2022)
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Corimelaena (No Common Name)
Corimelaena (No Common Name)
Corimelaena (No Common Name)
Tanyptera dorsalis (Antlered Crane Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tipulidae
Notes
Common Names: Antlered Crane Fly
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
119760253 (Observed: 6/1/2022)
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Tanyptera dorsalis (Antlered Crane Fly)
Tanyptera dorsalis (Antlered Crane Fly)
Tanyptera dorsalis (Antlered Crane Fly)
Tipula abdominalis (Giant Crane Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tipulidae
Notes
Common Names: Giant Crane Fly
Year Noted: 2025
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Jack Ridenour
iNaturalist Observations:
318411257 (Observed: 10/2/2025)
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Tipula borealis (Crane Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tipulidae
Notes
Common Names: Crane Fly
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: Stephen Luk (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
61441356 (Observed: 10/1/2020)
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Tipula borealis (Crane Fly)
Tipula Indet. #2 (Crane Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tipulidae
Notes
Common Names: Crane Fly
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: HypersonicGX (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
62081082 (Observed: 10/8/2020)
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Tipula (Crane Fly)
Tipula (Crane Fly)
Tipula (Crane Fly)
Tipula (Crane Fly)
Tipula Indet. #3 (Crane Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tipulidae
Notes
Common Names: Crane Fly
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
62081157 (Observed: 10/8/2020)
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Tipula (Crane Fly)
Tipula (Crane Fly)
Tipula Indet. #4 (Crane Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tipulidae
Notes
Common Names: Crane Fly
Years Noted: 2007; 2017
Identified and First Noted By: Danielle DiFederico
Also Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center - 2017
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Tomoceridae Indet. #1 (Elongate-bodied Springtails)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tomoceridae
Notes
Common Names: Elongate-bodied Springtails
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
47663630 (Observed: 5/28/2020)
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Tomoceridae (Elongate-bodied Springtails)
Tomoceridae (Elongate-bodied Springtails)
Tomocerinae Indet. #1 (Springtail)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tomoceridae
Notes
Common Names: Springtail
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: binbongo (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Paige Vermeulen
iNaturalist Observations:
71299842 (Observed: 3/9/2020)
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Tomocerinae (Springtail)
Tomocerinae (Springtail)
Choristoneura fractivittana (Broken-banded Leafroller Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tortricidae
Notes
Common Names: Broken-banded Leafroller Moth
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
79440552 (Observed: 5/19/2021)
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Choristoneura fractivittana (Broken-banded Leafroller Moth)
Choristoneura fractivittana (Broken-banded Leafroller Moth)
Choristoneura fractivittana (Broken-banded Leafroller Moth)
Choristoneura parallela (Parallel-banded Leafroller Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tortricidae
Notes
Common Names: Parallel-banded Leafroller Moth
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Miranda Davies and Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
200116874 (Observed: 8/25/2023)
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Clepsis melaleucanus (Black-patched Clepsis Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Tortricidae
Notes
Common Names: Black-patched Clepsis Moth
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
119762732 (Observed: 6/1/2022)
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Clepsis melaleucanus (Black-patched Clepsis Moth)
Trachelipus rathkii (Rathke’s Woodlouse)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Trachelipodidae
Notes
Common Names: Rathke’s Woodlouse
Years Noted: 2018-2023; 2025-2026
Identified By: M. Apgar (inaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Jonathan Blithe; Mackenzie Rose
Comments:
Note: These are likely quite common at the Gordon, but at this point we only have photos from a single year.
iNaturalist Observations:
163691578 (Observed: 5/25/2023)
138421491 (Observed: 10/11/2022)
108194650 (Observed: 3/8/2022)
77875305 (Observed: 5/7/2021)
71305208 (Observed: 10/1/2020)
83173763 (Observed: 6/15/2021)
72494614 (Observed: 3/30/2021)
77874865 (Observed: 5/7/2021)
76515050 (Observed: 4/29/2021)
72468394 (Observed: 3/30/2021)
70000262 (Observed: 8/29/2018)
42310566 (Observed: 6/17/2019)
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Trachelipus rathkii (Rathke’s Woodlouse)
Haplophthalmus danicus (Terrestrial Cave Isopod)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Trichoniscidae
Notes
Common Names: Terrestrial Cave Isopod
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: E.C. Maxwell (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Paige Vermeulen
iNaturalist Observations:
71300686 (Observed: 3/9/2020)
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Haplophthalmus danicus (Terrestrial Cave Isopod)
Haplophthalmus danicus (Terrestrial Cave Isopod)
Hyloniscus riparius (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Trichoniscidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2020
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Paige Vermeulen
iNaturalist Observations:
71300472 (Observed: 3/9/2020)
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Hyloniscus riparius (No Common Name)
Hyloniscus riparius (No Common Name)
Allothrombiinae Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Trombidiidae
Notes
Year Noted: 2019
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
41193117 (Observed: 5/7/2019)
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Allothrombiinae
Trombidium Indet. #1 (Red Velvet Mite)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Trombidiidae
Notes
Common Names: Red Velvet Mite
Years Noted: 2018-2024; 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Paige Vermeulen; Jonathan Blithe; Ian Salisbury; Kinsey Cuoco; Mycah Choby; Lorenz Rustandi
iNaturalist Observations:
356176136 (Observed: 4/28/2026)
348344266 (Observed: 4/8/2026)
110759074 (Observed: 4/8/2022)
165018598 (Observed: 6/1/2023)
116293264 (Observed: 5/9/2022)
77671589 (Observed: 5/6/2021)
41787145 (Observed: 4/9/2020)
GNA YouTube Videos featuring the Red Velvet Mite:
Red Velvet Mite Taking a Stroll (Video Posted: 05/09/2022)
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Trombidiidae (Red Velvet Mite)
Trombidiidae (Red Velvet Mite)
Trombidiidae (Red Velvet Mite)
Neophylax concinnus (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Uenoidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Neophylax Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Uenoidae
Notes
Neophylax mitchelli (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Uenoidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Neophylax oligius (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Uenoidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Years Noted: 2017; 2020; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Tritoxa incurva (Picture-winged Fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Ulidiidae
Notes
Common Names: Picture-winged Fly
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
61425585 (Observed: 10/1/2020)
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Tritoxa incurva (No Common Name) on Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
Tritoxa incurva (No Common Name) on Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
Tritoxa incurva (No Common Name) on Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
Microvelia Indet. #1 (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Veliidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Ancistrocerus adiabatus (Potter Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Vespidae
Notes
Common Names: Potter Wasp; Bramble Mason Wasp
Year Noted: 2020-2022
Identified By: M. Buck (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Comments:
Seemingly, fairly common in the wet meadow at the eastern end of the Gordon. A female can easily be identified by a yellow band across the thorax combined with two spots above, which forms a "smiley face." This species mainly preys upon moth caterpillars (Holm, 2021).
iNaturalist Observations:
138604296 (Observed: 10/12/2022)
80293306 (Observed: 5/25/2021)
60655469 (Observed: 9/24/2020)
61149673 (Observed: 9/28/2020)
References:
Holm, H. (2021). Wasps. Their Biology, Diversity, and Role as Beneficial Insects and Pollinators of Native Plants. Minnetonka, MN, Pollination Press LLC (p. 242-243).
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Ancistrocerus adiabatus (Potter Wasp)
Ancistrocerus adiabatus (Potter Wasp)
Ancistrocerus adiabatus (Potter Wasp)
Ancistrocerus adiabatus (Potter Wasp)
Ancistrocerus adiabatus (Potter Wasp)
Ancistrocerus adiabatus (Potter Wasp)
Ancistrocerus antilope (Lobed Mason Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Vespidae
Notes
Common Names: Lobed Mason Wasp
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
136906964 (Observed: 9/28/2022)
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Ancistrocerus antilope (Lobed Mason Wasp)
Ancistrocerus antilope (Lobed Mason Wasp)
Ancistrocerus antilope (Lobed Mason Wasp)
Ancistrocerus antilope (Lobed Mason Wasp)
Ancistrocerus campestris (Smiling Mason Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Vespidae
Notes
Common Names: Smiling Mason Wasp
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: bdagley (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
135815070 (Observed: 9/20/2022)
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Ancistrocerus campestris (Smiling Mason Wasp)
Ancistrocerus campestris (Smiling Mason Wasp)
Dolichovespula maculata (Bald-faced Hornet)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Vespidae
Notes
Common Names: Bald-faced Hornet
Years Noted: 2015; 2017-2020; 2022-2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Kendra McMillin; Kathryn Krueger
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Bald-faced Hornet (17 species: Native - 16; Introduced - 1)
American Bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia - N); American Spikenard (Aralia racemosa - N); American Water Horehound (Lycopus americanus - N); Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis - N); Common Blue Wood Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium - N); Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum - N); Flat-top Goldentop (Euthamia graminifolia - N); Giant Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea - N); Late Figwort (Scrophularia marilandica - N); Oneseed Bur Cucumber (Sicyos angulatus - N); Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota - I); Spotted Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata - N); Swamp Goldenrod (Solidago patula - N); Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata - N); Swamp Verbena (Verbena hastata - N); White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima - N); Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa - N)iNaturalist Observations:
177205999 (Observed: 8/3/2023)
137853558 (Observed: 10/6/2022)
59254008 (Observed: 9/11/2020)
60650807 (Observed: 9/24/2020)
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Dolichovespula maculata (Bald-faced Hornet)
Dolichovespula maculata (Bald-faced Hornet)
Dolichovespula maculata (Bald-faced Hornet)
Dolichovespula maculata (Bald-faced Hornet)
Dolichovespula maculata (Bald-faced Hornet)
Dolichovespula maculata (Bald-faced Hornet)
Eumenes fraternus (Fraternal Potter Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Vespidae
Notes
Common Names: Fraternal Potter Wasp
Year Noted: 2021-2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
137021137 (Observed: 9/29/2022)
80279611 (Observed: 5/25/2021)
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Eumenes fraternus (Fraternal Potter Wasp)
Eumenes fraternus (Fraternal Potter Wasp)
Monobia quadridens (Four-toothed Mason Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Vespidae
Notes
Common Names: Four-toothed Mason Wasp
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
61146318 (Observed: 9/28/2020)
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Monobia quadridens (Four-toothed Mason Wasp)
Monobia quadridens (Four-toothed Mason Wasp)
Parancistrocerus histrio (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Vespidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
127268595 (Observed: 7/20/2022)
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Parancistrocerus histrio (No Common Name)
Parancistrocerus histrio (No Common Name)
Parancistrocerus histrio (No Common Name)
Parancistrocerus histrio (No Common Name)
Parancistrocerus perennis (No Common Name)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Vespidae
Notes
Common Names: No Common Name
Year Noted: 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
132001178 (Observed: 8/22/2022)
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Parancistrocerus perennis (No Common Name)
Parancistrocerus perennis (No Common Name)
Parancistrocerus perennis (No Common Name)
Polistes dominula (European Paper Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Vespidae
Notes
Common Names: European Paper Wasp
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Noah Long
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Polistes dominula (European Paper Wasp)
Polistes fuscatus (Northern Paper Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Vespidae
Notes
Common Names: Northern Paper Wasp; Dark Paper Wasp
Years Noted: 2018-2019; 2022
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Northern Paper Wasp (2 species: both native)
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca - N); Tall Goldenrod (Solidago altissima - N)iNaturalist Observations:
138375770 (Observed: 10/10/2022)
136905780 (Observed: 9/28/2022)
134334092 (Observed: 9/9/2022)
71314215 (Observed: 11/7/2018)
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Polistes fuscatus (Northern Paper Wasp)
Polistes metricus (Metric Paper Wasp)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Vespidae
Notes
Common Names: Metric Paper Wasp
Years Noted: 2020; 2022; 2025
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
298753628 (Observed: 7/17/2025)
137818103 (Observed: 10/6/2022)
136194935 (Observed: 9/23/2022)
61426310 (Observed: 10/1/2020)
62193957 (Observed: 10/9/2020)
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Polistes metricus (Metric Paper Wasp)
Polistes metricus (Metric Paper Wasp)
Polistes metricus (Metric Paper Wasp)
Polistes metricus (Metric Paper Wasp)
Polistes metricus (Metric Paper Wasp)
Polistes metricus (Metric Paper Wasp)
Vespa crabro (European Hornet)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Vespidae
Notes
Common Names: European Hornet
Years Noted: 2007; 2009; 2020-2021; 2025
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Gerry Hertel
Also Noted By: Nur Ritter; John Pisciotta
iNaturalist Observations:
324688229 (Observed: 10/31/2025)
70918166 (Observed: 3/9/2021)
63176090 (Observed: )
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Vespa crabro (European Hornet)
Vespa crabro (European Hornet)
Vespula germanica (German Yellowjacket)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Vespidae
Notes
Common Names: German Yellowjacket
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
66301176 (Observed: 12/8/2020)
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Vespula germanica (German Yellowjacket)
Vespula germanica (German Yellowjacket)
Vespula germanica (German Yellowjacket)
Vespula germanica (German Yellowjacket)
Vespula maculifrons (Eastern Yellowjacket)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Vespidae
Notes
Common Names: Eastern Yellowjacket
Years Noted: 2016-2019; 2022-2025
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Maribeth Beatty
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Eastern Yellowjacket (1 species: native)
Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis - N)iNaturalist Observations:
137854280 (Observed: 10/6/2022)
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Vespula maculifrons (Eastern Yellowjacket) being consumed by a Harvestman
Vespula squamosa (Southern Yellowjacket)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Vespidae
Notes
Common Names: Southern Yellowjacket
Year Noted: 2019-2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Kathryn Krueger; Miranda Davies
Flowering Plant Species Known for the GNA That Are Said to be Visited by the Southern Yellowjacket (5 species: all native)
Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis); Late Figwort (Scrophularia marilandica); Pennsylvania Smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum); Spotted Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata); Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)iNaturalist Observations:
102298780 (Observed: 11/30/2021)
71307762 (Observed: 10/1/2020)
39923586 (Observed: 10/4/2019)
58974758 (Observed: 9/8/2020)
67257691 (Observed: 12/29/2020)
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Vespula squamosa (Southern Yellowjacket)
Vespula squamosa (Southern Yellowjacket)
Vespula squamosa (Southern Yellowjacket)
Vespula squamosa (Southern Yellowjacket)
Vespula vidua (Widow Yellowjacket)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Vespidae
Notes
Common Names: Widow Yellowjacket
Year Noted: 2020-2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
78643335 (Observed: 5/13/2021)
61202015 (Observed: 9/28/2020)
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Vespula vidua (Widow Yellowjacket)
Vespula vidua (Widow Yellowjacket)
Dialysis elongata (Awl-fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Xylophagidae
Notes
Common Names: Awl-fly
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: Z. Dankowicz (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
123213566 (Observed: 6/22/2022)
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Dialysis elongata (Awl-fly)
Dialysis elongata (Awl-fly)
Dialysis elongata (Awl-fly)
Xylophagus reflectens (Awl-fly)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Xylophagidae
Notes
Common Names: Awl-fly
Year Noted: 2022
Identified By: Zachary Dankowicz (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
115423965 (Observed: 5/3/2022)
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Xylophagus reflectens (Awl-fly)
Xylophagus reflectens (Awl-fly)
Apheloria virginiensis (Black and Gold Flat Millipede)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Xystodesmidae
Notes
Common Names: Black and Gold Flat Millipede
Years Noted: 2013-2014; 2016-2026
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Gerry Hertel
Also Noted By: Kendra McMillin; Paige Vermeulen; Maribeth Beatty; Jared Kline; Ariana Rivellini; Noah Long; Nur Ritter; Sean Donoghueneide; Kathryn Krueger; Miranda Davies; Jessica Greulich; James Simpson; David Kramer; Jack Ridenour
iNaturalist Observations:
363216064 (Observed: 5/12/2026)
323667055 (Observed: 10/28/2025)
321611002 (Observed: 10/18/2025)
208817586 (Observed: 4/15/2024)
163688275 (Observed: 5/25/2023)
177044465 (Observed: 8/6/2023)
177432936 (Observed: 8/8/2023)
174704032 (Observed: 6/3/2023)
164628098 (Observed: 5/30/2023)
115388815 (Observed: 4/23/2022)
100875754 (Observed: 11/11/2021)
82187823 (Observed: 6/8/2021)
22734243 (Observed: 4/19/2019)
61511628 (Observed: 10/2/2020)
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Apheloria virginiensis (Black and Gold Flat Millipede)
Apheloria virginiensis (Black and Gold Flat Millipede)
Apheloria virginiensis (Black and Gold Flat Millipede)
Apheloria virginiensis (Black and Gold Flat Millipede)
Apheloria virginiensis (Black and Gold Flat Millipede)
Pyromorpha dimidiata (Orange-patched Smoky Moth)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Arthropoda — Arachnids; Crustaceans; Hexapods (Insects & Springtails); Myriapods (Millipedes & Centipedes)
Family: Zygaenidae
Notes
Common Names: Orange-patched Smoky Moth
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
81476069 (Observed: 6/3/2021)
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Pyromorpha dimidiata (Orange-patched Smoky Moth)
Pyromorpha dimidiata (Orange-patched Smoky Moth)
Deroceras reticulatum (Milky Slug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Mollusca — Gastropods (Snails & Slugs); Bivalves (Clams, Oysters, etc.); Cephalopods (Octopus & Squid)
Family: Agriolimacidae
Notes
Common Names: Milky Slug
Year Noted: 2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
146978144 (Observed: 1/20/2023)
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Arion hortensis (Garden Slug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Mollusca — Gastropods (Snails & Slugs); Bivalves (Clams, Oysters, etc.); Cephalopods (Octopus & Squid)
Family: Arionidae
Notes
Common Names: Garden Slug
Years Noted: 2018; 2020; 2023; 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Alex Desjardines
iNaturalist Observations:
392999245 (Observed: 8/20/2026)
187789225 (Observed: 10/10/2023)
163854642 (Observed: 5/24/2023)
61140877 (Observed: 9/28/2020)
44395181 (Observed: 9/11/2018)
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Arion hortensis (Garden Slug)
Arion hortensis (Garden Slug)
Arion subfuscus (Western Dusky Slug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Mollusca — Gastropods (Snails & Slugs); Bivalves (Clams, Oysters, etc.); Cephalopods (Octopus & Squid)
Family: Arionidae
Notes
Common Names: Western Dusky Slug
Years Noted: 2020; 2023
Identified By: Y. Cai (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Paige Vermeulen
iNaturalist Observations:
163687258 (Observed: 5/25/2023)
71317116 (Observed: 10/2/2020)
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Arion subfuscus (Western Dusky Slug)
Arion subfuscus (Western Dusky Slug)
Arion subfuscus (Western Dusky Slug)
Arion subgenus Mesarion Indet. #1 (Dusky Slug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Mollusca — Gastropods (Snails & Slugs); Bivalves (Clams, Oysters, etc.); Cephalopods (Octopus & Squid)
Family: Arionidae
Notes
Common Names: Dusky Slug
Year Noted: 2018
Identified By: T. Pearce (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
44475634 (Observed: 9/27/2018)
41052356 (Observed: 9/10/2018)
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Arion subgenus Mesarion (Dusky Slug): feeding on unidentified mushrooms
Arion subgenus Mesarion (Dusky Slug)
Arion subgenus Mesarion (Dusky Slug): close-up of head
Arion subgenus Mesarion Indet. #2 (Dusky Slug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Mollusca — Gastropods (Snails & Slugs); Bivalves (Clams, Oysters, etc.); Cephalopods (Octopus & Squid)
Family: Arionidae
Notes
Common Names: Dusky Slug
Year Noted: 2018
Identified By: T. Pearce (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
43167121 (Observed: 12/2/2018)
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Arion subgenus Mesarion (Dusky Slug)
Arion subgenus Mesarion (Dusky Slug)
Arion subgenus Mesarion (Dusky Slug)
Arion Subgenus Mesarion Indet. #3 (Dusky Slug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Mollusca — Gastropods (Snails & Slugs); Bivalves (Clams, Oysters, etc.); Cephalopods (Octopus & Squid)
Family: Arionidae
Notes
Common Names: Dusky Slug
Year Noted: 2018
Identified By: T. Pearce (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
44419133 (Observed: 9/14/2018)
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Arion Subgenus Mesarion (Dusky Slugs)
Arion Subgenus Mesarion (Dusky Slugs)
Arion Subgenus Mesarion (Dusky Slugs)
Arion Subgenus Mesarion (Dusky Slugs)
Cochlicopa lubrica (Glossy Pillar)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Mollusca — Gastropods (Snails & Slugs); Bivalves (Clams, Oysters, etc.); Cephalopods (Octopus & Squid)
Family: Cochlicopidae
Notes
Common Names: Glossy Pillar
Year Noted: 2025
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
265720284 (Observed: 3/17/2025)
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Zonitoides arboreus (Quick Gloss Snail)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Mollusca — Gastropods (Snails & Slugs); Bivalves (Clams, Oysters, etc.); Cephalopods (Octopus & Squid)
Family: Gastrodontidae
Notes
Common Names: Quick Gloss Snail
Year Noted: 2021
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
73241231 (Observed: 4/6/2021)
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Zonitoides arboreus (Quick Gloss Snail)
Zonitoides arboreus (Quick Gloss Snail)
Zonitoides arboreus (Quick Gloss Snail)
Limax maximus (Leopard Slug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Mollusca — Gastropods (Snails & Slugs); Bivalves (Clams, Oysters, etc.); Cephalopods (Octopus & Squid)
Family: Limacidae
Notes
Common Names: Leopard Slug; Great Gray Slug
Years Noted: 2011; 2018-2019; 2022-2026
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Gerry Hertel
Also Noted By: Paige Vermeulen; Maribeth Beatty; Ariana Rivellini; Nur Ritter; Alex Desjardines; Miranda Davies; Kathryn Krueger
iNaturalist Observations:
104876889 (Observed: 1/13/2022)
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Limax maximus (Leopard Slug)
Megapallifera mutabilis (Changeable Mantleslug)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Mollusca — Gastropods (Snails & Slugs); Bivalves (Clams, Oysters, etc.); Cephalopods (Octopus & Squid)
Family: Philomycidae
Notes
Common Names: Changeable Mantleslug
Years Noted: 2019-2020; 2025-2026
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Paige Vermeulen; dsnaturalist21 (iNaturalist); Mae Basehore
iNaturalist Observations:
349505444 (Observed: 4/13/2026)
302127558 (Observed: 7/29/2025)
34715425 (Observed: 10/21/2019)
40996476 (Observed: 3/29/2020)
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Megapallifera mutabilis (Changeable Mantleslug)
Megapallifera mutabilis (Changeable Mantleslug)
Megapallifera mutabilis (Changeable Mantleslug)
Megapallifera mutabilis (Changeable Mantleslug)
Physidae Indet. #1 (Bladder Snails)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Mollusca — Gastropods (Snails & Slugs); Bivalves (Clams, Oysters, etc.); Cephalopods (Octopus & Squid)
Family: Physidae
Notes
Common Names: Bladder Snails
Year Noted: 2026
Identified and First Noted By: Lorenz Rustandi
iNaturalist Observations:
340327560 (Observed: 2/26/2026)
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Pleuroceridae Indet. #1 (Pleurocerid Snail)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Mollusca — Gastropods (Snails & Slugs); Bivalves (Clams, Oysters, etc.); Cephalopods (Octopus & Squid)
Family: Pleuroceridae
Notes
Common Names: Pleurocerid Snail
Year Noted: 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
42261477 (Observed: 4/15/2020)
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Pleuroceridae (Pleurocerid Snail)
Pleuroceridae (Pleurocerid Snail): attached to a rock below the water's surface
Pleuroceridae (Pleurocerid Snail)
Pleuroceridae (Pleurocerid Snail)
Pleuroceridae Indet. #2 (Pleurocerid Snails)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Mollusca — Gastropods (Snails & Slugs); Bivalves (Clams, Oysters, etc.); Cephalopods (Octopus & Squid)
Family: Pleuroceridae
Notes
Common Names: Pleurocerid Snails
Years Noted: 2017; 2020
Identified By: snailtim (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
iNaturalist Observations:
5776096 (Observed: 4/10/2017)
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Mesodon thyroidus (White-lip Globe Snail)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Mollusca — Gastropods (Snails & Slugs); Bivalves (Clams, Oysters, etc.); Cephalopods (Octopus & Squid)
Family: Polygyridae
Notes
Common Names: White-lip Globe Snail
Years Noted: 2020; 2026
Identified By: snailtim (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Paige Vermeulen
Also Noted By: Lorenz Rustandi
iNaturalist Observations:
350270147 (Observed: 4/16/2026)
61519375 (Observed: 10/2/2020)
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Mesodon thyroidus (White-lip Globe Snail) - close up
Mesodon thyroidus (White-lip Globe Snail)
Neohelix albolabris (Eastern Whitelip)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Mollusca — Gastropods (Snails & Slugs); Bivalves (Clams, Oysters, etc.); Cephalopods (Octopus & Squid)
Family: Polygyridae
Notes
Common Names: Eastern Whitelip
Year Noted: 2018
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
41305890 (Observed: 10/11/2018)
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Neohelix albolabris (Eastern Whitelip)
Neohelix albolabris (Eastern Whitelip)
Polygyridae Subfamily Triodopsinae Indet. #1 (Triodopsine Snails)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Mollusca — Gastropods (Snails & Slugs); Bivalves (Clams, Oysters, etc.); Cephalopods (Octopus & Squid)
Family: Polygyridae
Notes
Common Names: Triodopsine Snails
Years Noted: 2018; 2020
Identified By: T. Pearce (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
Also Noted By: Paige Vermeulen
iNaturalist Observations:
42280217 (Observed: 10/5/2018)
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Polygyridae Subfamily Triodopsinae (Triodopsine Snails)
Polygyridae Subfamily Triodopsinae (Triodopsine Snails)
Polygyridae Subfamily Triodopsinae (Triodopsine Snails)
Polygyridae Subfamily Triodopsinae (Triodopsine Snails)
Oxyloma elegans (Slender Amber Snail)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Mollusca — Gastropods (Snails & Slugs); Bivalves (Clams, Oysters, etc.); Cephalopods (Octopus & Squid)
Family: Succineidae
Notes
Common Names: Slender Amber Snail
Year Noted: 2024
Identified and First Noted By: Chris Mainardi
iNaturalist Observations:
217891562 (Observed: 5/24/2024)
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Succineidae Indet. #1 (Amber Snails)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Mollusca — Gastropods (Snails & Slugs); Bivalves (Clams, Oysters, etc.); Cephalopods (Octopus & Squid)
Family: Succineidae
Notes
Common Names: Amber Snails
Years Noted: 2020; 2023
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
163497790 (Observed: 5/16/2023)
42226501 (Observed: 4/14/2020)
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Succineidae (Amber Snails)
Succineidae (Amber Snails)
Succineidae (Amber Snails)
Succineidae (Amber Snails)
Ventridens ligera (Globose Dome Snail)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Mollusca — Gastropods (Snails & Slugs); Bivalves (Clams, Oysters, etc.); Cephalopods (Octopus & Squid)
Family: Zonitidae
Notes
Common Names: Globose Dome Snail
Years Noted: 2018; 2023
Identified By: T. Pearce (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
163688974 (Observed: 5/25/2023)
44397878 (Observed: 9/11/2018)
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Ventridens ligera (Globose Dome Snail)
Ventridens ligera (Globose Dome Snail)
Ventridens ligera (Globose Dome Snail)
Ventridens ligera (Globose Dome Snail)
Nematoda Indet. #1 (Nematode)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Nematoda — Roundworms (aka Eelworms)
Notes
Common Names: Nematode
Year Noted: 2019-2020
Identified and First Noted By: Nur Ritter
iNaturalist Observations:
66387909 (Observed: 12/10/2020)
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Nematoda (Nematode)
Nematoda (Nematode)
Nematoda (Nematode)
Litylenchus crenatae (Beech Leaf Disease)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Nematoda — Roundworms (aka Eelworms)
Family: Anguinidae
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Nemertea Indet. #1 (Ribbon Worm)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Nemertea — Ribbon Worms
Notes
Common Names: Ribbon Worm
Year Noted: 2017
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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Platyhelminthes Indet. #1 (Flatworms)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Platyhelminthes: Turbellarians (Flatworms); Monogeneans; Trematodes; Cestodes (Tapeworms)
Notes
Common Names: Flatworms
Year Noted: 2007
Identified and First Noted By: Danielle DiFederico
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Bipalium adventitium (Wandering Broadhead Planarian)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Platyhelminthes: Turbellarians (Flatworms); Monogeneans; Trematodes; Cestodes (Tapeworms)
Family: Geoplanidae
Notes
Common Names: Wandering Broadhead Planarian
Year Noted: 2023
Identified By: sumie-dh (iNaturalist)
First Noted By: David Kramer
iNaturalist Observations:
185029657 (Observed: 9/25/2023)
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Bipalium pennsylvanicum (Broadhead Flatworm)
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Platyhelminthes: Turbellarians (Flatworms); Monogeneans; Trematodes; Cestodes (Tapeworms)
Family: Geoplanidae
Notes
Common Names: Broadhead Flatworm; Hammerhead Worm; Three-lined Land Planarian
Years Noted: 2017; 2019-2021; 2023
Identified By: Nur Ritter
First Noted By: Alexandra Hodowanec
Also Noted By: Ariana Rivellini; Paige Vermeulen; Nur Ritter; Madison Rettenmaier; David Kramer
iNaturalist Observations:
177044467 (Observed: 8/6/2023)
174975808 (Observed: 7/25/2023)
87283505 (Observed: 7/13/2021)
39923733 (Observed: 10/4/2019)
39935362 (Observed: 10/13/2017)
39935551 (Observed: 6/28/2019)
39935834 (Observed: 9/4/2019)
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Bipalium (Broadhead Flatworm)
Bipalium pennsylvanicum (Broadhead Flatworm): curled up in the shell of a hickory nut
Bipalium pennsylvanicum (Broadhead Flatworm): curled up in the shell of a hickory nut
Planariidae Indet. #1
Group: Invertebrates
Type: Phylum Platyhelminthes: Turbellarians (Flatworms); Monogeneans; Trematodes; Cestodes (Tapeworms)
Family: Planariidae
Notes
Years Noted: 2017; 2020
Identified and First Noted By: Stroud Water Research Center
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