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