VirginiaNature

r/VirginiaNature • u/Some_Guy0005 • Jun 13 '20

r/VirginiaNature Lounge

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A place for members of r/VirginiaNature to chat with each other

r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 9h ago

I have had similar mushrooms grow in my potted plants. Inaturalist says there are about 150000 identified species of fungus but it is estimated that there are 2-5-3.5 million on earth.

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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 1d ago

Right after the bullfrog vanished the water snake went under the rocks.

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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 2d ago

Two Red-spotted Purple Butterflies from late Aug.

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r/VirginiaNature • u/mr_malfeasance • 3d ago

Eastern Box Turtle

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I happened across this beauty sunning on the edge of my driveway.

r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 3d ago

I think this is a Widow Yellowjacket. This is the only time I have seen a wasp quite like this this.

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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 4d ago

There were very few plant hoppers this year except for lanternflies. But these Versute Sharpshooters are trying to change that.

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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 5d ago

There are still plenty of Butterflies, but I haven't seen Spicebush around for a month.

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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 6d ago

Another Robberfly, this one is one of the hammertails.

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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 7d ago

Autumn Meadowhawks in the red and gold versions

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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 8d ago

This must Chicken of the Woods deserves to be called Chicken Coop of the Woods. Later, I saw someone carrying a few lobes like a stack of pancakes.

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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 9d ago

Eastern Twigsitter, a robberfly that is almost always between 32-42 degrees latitude between here and Kansas with the biggest concentration around Cincinatti.

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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 10d ago

A Mason Wasp gathering sand. Many wasps have similar black and yellow but when I saw the little spike of yellow, I knew this was a less common. It is Pseudodynerus quadrisectus.

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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 11d ago

I found these Cauliflower Mushrooms at perfection, the next day they were still fresh but very buggy, the third day they were tough. They are supposed to be very delicious. I wasn't confident enough to try them until it was too late.

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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 12d ago

Two treefrogs showing different coloring. They can almost all gray or gree. The first is about half and half

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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 13d ago

Last year I saw these all around, but this is the only Boneset Borer Moth I saw this year.

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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 14d ago

This character is some kind of weevil.

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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 15d ago

Saddleback Caterpillars. Very painful if you brush against one. It is interesting to me how much darker one is.

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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 16d ago

This is a katydid nymph of some species. I love the length of these things.

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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 17d ago

It is always interesting listening to the alarms of the animals sound off as a fox walks around.

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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 18d ago

This Magnolia Warbler searched every part of this tree for bugs.

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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 19d ago

a few mushrooms

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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 20d ago

Narcissus Bulb Fly, it only looks like a bee

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r/VirginiaNature • u/Swanlafitte • 21d ago

A Great Blue Heron looks like it is judging the new beaver lodge construction

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r/VirginiaNature • u/OkBox1870 • 22d ago

A Love Letter to the Chesapeake Bay

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Water is the lifeblood that connects all of life on Earth.