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Bio-Blitz

Bio-Blitz

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Photos from the 2017 Bio-Blitz

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

: Acanalonia sp. Warinanco park. Planthopper nymph. Hadel Go

: Betty Ann Kelly

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

: Gary Szelc

: Betty Ann Kelly

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

: Gary Szelc

: Cathy Eser of the Amphibian & Reptile Team

: Cathy Eser of the Amphibian & Reptile Team

: Betty Ann Kelly

: Cathy Eser of the Amphibian & Reptile Team

: Pretty flowers. Hadel Go

: Gary Szelc

: Jeff Jotz

: Jeff Jotz

: Bat Program by Jianxin Zhang

: Gary Szelc

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

: Steve w Black Crappie. Shawn Crouse

: Gary Szelc

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

: Cathy Eser of the Amphibian & Reptile Team

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

: Cathy Eser of the Amphibian & Reptile Team

: Gary Szelc

: hilaenus spumarius. Warinanco Park. Meadow spittlebug aka froghopper. Hadel Go

: Theridion sp. Warinanco Park. Cob-web spider. Hadel Go

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

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

: Koi. Shawn Crouse

: Betty Ann Kelly

: Cathy Eser of the Amphibian & Reptile Team

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

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

: Pumpkinseed. Shawn Crouse

: Gary Szelc

: Gary Szelc

: Gary Szelc

: Cathy Eser of the Amphibian & Reptile Team

: Pink flowers. Hadel Go

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

: Jeff Jotz

: Gary Szelc

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

: Gary Szelc

: Gary Szelc

: Bat Program by Jianxin Zhang

: Koi. Shawn Crouse

: Gary Szelc

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

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

: American Eel 3. Shawn Crouse of the Fish Team

: Gary Szelc

: Yellow flower. Hadel Go

: Betty Ann Kelly

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

: Scott with Black Crappie. Shawn Crouse of the Fish Team

: Gary Szelc

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

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

: Syrphid larvae eating aphids. Warinanco Park. Hadel Go

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

: Black Crappie. Shawn Crouse of the Fish Team

: Bat Program by Jianxin Zhang

: Jeff Jotz

: Bat Program by Jianxin Zhang

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

: 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

: Neurocolpus sp. Warinanco Park. A plant bug.

: Cathy Eser of the Amphibian & Reptile Team

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

: A plant bug. Hadel Go

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