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May and June in Maryland. Last updated: 6/29/2013.
Above: An American Copper in Wicomico Co., Maryland (6/15/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Orange Milkwort blooming in Wicomico Co., Maryland (6/15/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Clasping Milkweed blooming in Wicomico Co., Maryland (6/15/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Amanita vaginata in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/23/2013). Identified by Lance Biechele. (View MBP)
Below: Amanita vaginata in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/23/2013). Identified by Lance Biechele. (View MBP)
Below: King of the Meadow blooming in Dorchester Co., Maryland (6/15/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Small's Ragwort in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/23/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Lyrate Rockcress blooming in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/23/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Yellow Star Grass blooming in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/23/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Indiangrass in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/23/2013). (View MBP)
Below: An Arrow-leaved Violet leaf in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/23/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Cladonia macilenta in Anne Arundel Co., Marland (6/12/2013). Identified by Lance Biechele, who points out the following characters to distinguish from British Soldiers: "If you look carefully at the podetia, they are thin and tapering with red apothecia only on a few plants. This is a nice picture of Cladonia macilenta Hoffm. var. bacillaris (Genth.) Schaer. Common throughout, usually on conifer wood." (View MBP)
Below: A Blackjack Oak trunk in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/23/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Leiobunum vittatum in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/23/2013). (View MBP)
Below: A Black-bordered Lemon Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/23/2013). (View MBP)
Below: An Eastern Red Damsel in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/23/2013). (View MBP)
Below: A Crossline Skipper in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/23/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Indiangrass in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/23/2013). (View MBP)
Below: A Robinson's Eucosma Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/22/2013). (View MBP)
Below: A Smoky Idia Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/22/2013). (View MBP)
Below: A Hollow-spotted Blepharomastix Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/22/2013). (View MBP)
Below: A White-headed Grape Leaffolder Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/22/2013). (View MBP)
Below: A Saddleback Caterpillar Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/22/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Lasioglossum vierecki in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/22/2013). Verified by Sam Droege. (View MBP)
Below: Lasioglossum vierecki in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/22/2013). (View MBP)
Below: A Mint Root Borer Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/22/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Abdomen and cerci of a male Hagen's Bluet in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Four-leaved Milkweed in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Tutelina elegans in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/15/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Tutelina elegans in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/15/2013). (View MBP)
Below: A Thiodina puerpera in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/15/2013). (View MBP)
Below: American Ipecac in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/15/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Whorled Yellow Loosestrife in Wicomico Co., Maryland (6/15/2013). (View MBP)
Below: A Wheel Bug nymph in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/15/2013). (View MBP)
Below: A recently emerged Swamp Darner in Wicomico Co., Maryland (6/15/2013). Note exuvia in background. (View MBP)
Below: A Bee Assassin at Soldier's Delight Natural Environment Area, Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/6/2005). "This insect pounces on Honey Bees and other pollinating insects. It holds the captive in its powerful legs, thrusts its cutting beak into the victim's back, injects an immobilizing digestive agent, then sucks out the body juices" (The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders). (View MBP)
Below: A Bee Assassin in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/15/2013). (View MBP)
Below: A Large Lace-bordered Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/15/2013). (View MBP)
Below: The fishing spider Dolomedes tenebrosus in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/15/2013). (View MBP)
Below: A female Orange-winged Grasshopper in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/15/2013). The bright blue inner thigh helps separate this species from other red-winged members of this genus. (View MBP)
Below: A female Orange-winged Grasshopper in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/15/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Shallow Sedge in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/15/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Jack go to Bed at Noon blooming in Wicomico Co., Maryland (6/15/2013). (View MBP)
Below: A Broad-headed Sharpshooter in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/15/2013). (View MBP)
Below: A Striped Hairstreak in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/15/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Annual Fleabane in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/12/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Common Buttonbush just starting to bloom in Dorchester Co., Maryland (6/15/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Field Clover (Low Hop-Clover) in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Inkberry leaves in Wicomico Co., Maryland (6/15/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Halberd-leaved Tearthumb in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/12/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Creeping Bluet in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Creeping Bluet in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). Note yellow eyes, hairy in center, and very different basal leaves than Azure Bluet. Overall very different impression of plant should be a useful clue. (View MBP)
Below: Cut-leaved Cranesbill in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Bristly Greenbrier in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Basal leaf of Common Speedwell in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Field Clover (Low Hop-Clover) in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: A Pumpkinseed in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/10/2012). (View MBP)
Below: An adult Red-spotted Newt in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Rabbitfoot Clover blooming in Wicomico Co., Maryland (6/15/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Quaking Aspen leaves in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Poke Milkweed blooming in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Poke Milkweed blooming in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: A White-margined Burrower Bug in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: A Gypsy Moth caterpillar in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/11/2006). (View MBP)
Below: The slime mold Didymium iridis growing on a single wet leaf in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/12/2013). Identified by Lance Biechele. (View MBP)
Below: Common Speedwell blooming in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Annual Fleabane blooming in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/12/2013). Petal count and lack of clasping leaves separate this species from Common Fleabane. (View MBP)
Below: Shallow Sedge in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/12/2013). Identified by Jim Stasz. (View MBP)
Below: Fowl Mannagrass in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/12/2013). Identified by Jim Stasz. (View MBP)
Below: Purple-headed Sneezeweed hosting a Pearl Crescent in Charles Co., Maryland (7/1/2007). (View MBP)
Below: Umbilicaria mammulata growing on a large boulder near the Potomac River in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). Identified by Lance Biechele, who points out that the similar U. muehlenbergii often has a more pitted surface. (View MBP)
Below: Smoky-eyed Boulder Lichen in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). Verified by Richard Orr. (View MBP)
Below: Spawning Horseshoe Crabs supporting spring migration along Delaware Bay (5/20/2006). (View MBP)
Below: Orange Hawkweed in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Fuligo septica in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Megalodacne heros, a Pleasing Fungus Beetle, in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). This species lacks the rows of fine punctures in the elytra found in M. fasciata. (View MBP)
Below: Pipevine in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: A Polyphemus Moth in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: A Hebrew Moth in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: A Delicate Cycnia Moth in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: A Yellow-collared Slug Moth in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: An Eastern Garter Snake in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: An Appalachian Tiger Beetle in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Jim Brighton considers his options for re-crossing a patch of Stinging Nettle in shorts - Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Climbing Nightshade blooming in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). (View MBP)
Below: Flowering Raspberry blooming in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/12/2011). (View MBP)
Below: A Chestnut Carpenter Ant in Pasadena, Maryland (6/1/2013). Verified by Ben Coulter. (View MBP)
