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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

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Crab spider on a Cutleaf coneflower

Crab spider

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

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Eastern Bumble Bee landing on a Swamp Rose Mallow flower

Eastern Bumble Bee

(Bombus impatiens)

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Small brown rabbit on edge of grassy area

Eastern Cottontail

(Sylvilagus floridanus)

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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on purple Field Thistle

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

(Papilio glaucus)

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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.)

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Large Milkweed Bug

Large Milkweed Bug

(Oncopeltus fasciatus)

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Margined Calligrapher fly on Blue Flax flower

Margined Calligrapher fly

(Linum perennial)

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the bottom side of a Mesostenus thoracicus

Pollen Goblin

Mesostenus thoracicus

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Spined Stilt Bug on Seedbox (Ludwig alternifolia)

Spined Stilt Bug

(Jalysus spinosus)

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Two female white-tailed deer standing in the woods

White-tailed Deer

(Odocoileus virginianus)

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