Photos from the 2017 Bio-Blitz
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- Propylea quatuordecimpunctata. Warinanco Park. This is a fourteen-spotted lady beetle larva. These guys are non native and used for aphid control. Hadel Go
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- Koi. Shawn Crouse
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- Odontocorynus umbellae or salebrosus. Warinanco Park. A flower weevil feeding on a daisy. Hadel Go
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- Gary Szelc
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- Gary Szelc
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- Plagiognathus sp. Warinanco Park. A plant bug. Hadel Go
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- Bat Program by Jianxin Zhang
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- Pumpkinseed. Shawn Crouse
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- Cathy Eser of the Amphibian & Reptile Team
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- Gary Szelc
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- Cathy Eser of the Amphibian & Reptile Team
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- Lonchoptera sp. Warinanco Park. Pointed-winged fly. Hadel Go
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- Coccinella septempunctata. Warinanco Park. This is a seven-spotted lady beetle, this species was introduced to control aphids. Hadel Go
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- Melanoplus sp. Warinanco Park. Spur-throated grasshopper nymph. Hadel Go
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- Draeculacephala – Also known as a sharpshooter, this tiny leafhopper was plentiful at the bioblitz. Hadel Go
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- Cathy Eser of the Amphibian & Reptile Team
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- American Eel 3. Shawn Crouse of the Fish Team
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- Theridion sp. Warinanco Park. Cob-web spider. Hadel Go
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- Midge. Warinanco Park. This colorful male midge belongs to the tribe Chironomini in the Chironomus group. Hadel Go
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- Jeff Jotz
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- Cathy Eser of the Amphibian & Reptile Team
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- Betty Ann Kelly
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- Gary Szelc
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- Toxomerus geminatus. Warinanco Park. These syrphid flies are common around flowers and often mistaken for bees. Hadel Go
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- Gary Szelc
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- Cathy Eser of the Amphibian & Reptile Team
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- Gary Szelc
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- Betty Ann Kelly and Dan Bernier of Union County. Cathy Eser
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- Koi. Shawn Crouse
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- phrodes sp. Warinanco Park. A leafhopper nymph. Hadel Go
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- Pink flowers. Hadel Go
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- Pardosa sp. Warinanco Park. This is a thinlegged wolf spider, several of these were found in leaf litter near the water. Hadel Go
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- Lopidea sp. Warinanco Park. A plant bug. Hadel Go
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- Gary Szelc
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- Neurocolpus sp. Warinanco Park. A plant bug.
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- Betty Ann Kelly
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- Erioptera caliptera. Warinanco Park. A limoniid crane fly. Hadel Go
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- Betty Ann Kelly
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- Steve w Black Crappie. Shawn Crouse
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- Gary Szelc
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- Ancyloxypha numitor. Warinanco Park. Least skipper on a daisy. Hadel Go
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- Gary Szelc
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- Corythucha marmorata. Warinanco Park. These chrysanthemum lace bugs are some of the weirdest looking insects you’ll encounter in NJ. Hadel Go
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- Gary Szelc
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- . Athysanus argentarius. Warinanco Park. A silver leafhopper. Hadel Go
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- Brown Bullhead w Yellow Grub. Shawn Crouse of the Fish Team
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- Bat Program by Jianxin Zhang
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- hilaenus spumarius. Warinanco Park. Meadow spittlebug aka froghopper. Hadel Go
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- Cathy Eser of the Amphibian & Reptile Team
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- Acanalonia sp. Warinanco park. Planthopper nymph. Hadel Go
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- Jeff Jotz
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- Scott with Black Crappie. Shawn Crouse of the Fish Team
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- Black Crappie. Shawn Crouse of the Fish Team
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- Yellow clover. Warinanco Park. Unsure about the identity of this flower but it’s pretty! Hadel Go
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- Jeff Jotz
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- Gary Szelc
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- Yellow flower. Hadel Go
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- Gary Szelc
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- Stenopterapion meliloti. Warinanco park. Pear-shaped weevil. Hadel Go
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- Syrphid larvae eating aphids. Warinanco Park. Hadel Go
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- 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
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- Jeff Jotz
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- Gary Szelc
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- Bat Program by Jianxin Zhang
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- Cathy Eser of the Amphibian & Reptile Team
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- Betty Ann Kelly
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- Cathy Eser of the Amphibian & Reptile Team
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- Gary Szelc
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- Bat Program by Jianxin Zhang
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- A plant bug. Hadel Go
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- Betty Ann Kelly
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- Pretty flowers. Hadel Go
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- Gary Szelc
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- Loxocera sp. Warinanco Park. A bright colorful rust fly. Hadel Go
