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Step Into Your

Backyard Field Guide

Discover the hidden stories of the

plants and wildlife around you.

bobcat sitting in grassy area

Bobcat

Lynx rufus

Crab spider on a Cutleaf coneflower

Crab spider

Family Thomisidae (many species, e.g., Misumena vatia — Goldenrod Crab Spider)

Eastern Bumble Bee landing on a Swamp Rose Mallow flower

Eastern Bumble Bee

(Bombus impatiens)

Small brown rabbit on edge of grassy area

Eastern Cottontail

(Sylvilagus floridanus)

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on purple Field Thistle

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

(Papilio glaucus)

Green Katydid on a dark-green crab apple leaf

Katydid (also called Bush Cricket or Long-Horned Grasshopper)

Family Tettigoniidae
(Neoconocephalus, Amblycorypha, and other genera are common in Virginia.)

Large Milkweed Bug

Large Milkweed Bug

(Oncopeltus fasciatus)

Margined Calligrapher fly on Blue Flax flower

Margined Calligrapher fly

(Linum perennial)

the bottom side of a Mesostenus thoracicus

Pollen Goblin

Mesostenus thoracicus

Spined Stilt Bug on Seedbox (Ludwig alternifolia)

Spined Stilt Bug

(Jalysus spinosus)

Two female white-tailed deer standing in the woods

White-tailed Deer

(Odocoileus virginianus)

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