Bio-Blitz

Neurocolpus sp. Warinanco Park. A plant bug.

Betty Ann Kelly

Toxomerus geminatus. Warinanco Park. These syrphid flies are common around flowers and often mistaken for bees. Hadel Go

Gary Szelc

Gary Szelc

Gary Szelc

Gary Szelc

Cathy Eser of the Amphibian & Reptile Team

Betty Ann Kelly

Gary Szelc

Ancyloxypha numitor. Warinanco Park. Least skipper on a daisy. Hadel Go

Cathy Eser of the Amphibian & Reptile Team

Brown Bullhead w Yellow Grub. Shawn Crouse of the Fish Team

Jeff Jotz

Plagiognathus sp. Warinanco Park. A plant bug. Hadel Go

Cathy Eser of the Amphibian & Reptile Team

Bat Program by Jianxin Zhang

Corythucha marmorata. Warinanco Park. These chrysanthemum lace bugs are some of the weirdest looking insects you’ll encounter in NJ. Hadel Go

Betty Ann Kelly

Odontocorynus umbellae or salebrosus. Warinanco Park. A flower weevil feeding on a daisy. Hadel Go

Bat Program by Jianxin Zhang

Draeculacephala – Also known as a sharpshooter, this tiny leafhopper was plentiful at the bioblitz. Hadel Go

Gary Szelc

Erioptera caliptera. Warinanco Park. A limoniid crane fly. Hadel Go

Pretty flowers. Hadel Go

Black Crappie. Shawn Crouse of the Fish Team

. Athysanus argentarius. Warinanco Park. A silver leafhopper. Hadel Go

Jeff Jotz

Jeff Jotz

Oulema melanopus. Warinanco Park. The cereal leaf beetle larva protects itself by covering its soft body with mucus and imbedding its poop in the mucus. It’s a serious grain pest. Hadel Go

Acanalonia sp. Warinanco park. Planthopper nymph. Hadel Go

Cathy Eser of the Amphibian & Reptile Team

Gary Szelc

Cathy Eser of the Amphibian & Reptile Team

Cathy Eser of the Amphibian & Reptile Team

American Eel 3. Shawn Crouse of the Fish Team

Betty Ann Kelly and Dan Bernier of Union County. Cathy Eser

Yellow flower. Hadel Go

Lonchoptera sp. Warinanco Park. Pointed-winged fly. Hadel Go

Betty Ann Kelly

Pumpkinseed. Shawn Crouse

Lopidea sp. Warinanco Park. A plant bug. Hadel Go

Pink flowers. Hadel Go

Cathy Eser of the Amphibian & Reptile Team

Stenopterapion meliloti. Warinanco park. Pear-shaped weevil. Hadel Go

Scott with Black Crappie. Shawn Crouse of the Fish Team

Koi. Shawn Crouse

Syrphid larvae eating aphids. Warinanco Park. Hadel Go

Jeff Jotz

Gary Szelc

phrodes sp. Warinanco Park. A leafhopper nymph. Hadel Go

Bat Program by Jianxin Zhang

Gary Szelc

Melanoplus sp. Warinanco Park. Spur-throated grasshopper nymph. Hadel Go

Midge. Warinanco Park. This colorful male midge belongs to the tribe Chironomini in the Chironomus group. Hadel Go

Yellow clover. Warinanco Park. Unsure about the identity of this flower but it’s pretty! Hadel Go

Gary Szelc

Gary Szelc

Loxocera sp. Warinanco Park. A bright colorful rust fly. Hadel Go

Coccinella septempunctata. Warinanco Park. This is a seven-spotted lady beetle, this species was introduced to control aphids. Hadel Go

Gary Szelc

Pardosa sp. Warinanco Park. This is a thinlegged wolf spider, several of these were found in leaf litter near the water. Hadel Go

Gary Szelc

Bat Program by Jianxin Zhang

Propylea quatuordecimpunctata. Warinanco Park. This is a fourteen-spotted lady beetle larva. These guys are non native and used for aphid control. Hadel Go