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Echo Azure
Celastrina echo
Apr – Jul
A small, pale blue butterfly of streams and shrubby trail edges, flying from late winter into fall. Its underside is chalky gray…
Goldenrod Crab Spider
Misumena vatia
May – Aug
A small white or yellow spider that waits on flowers to ambush bees and flies, changing color to match its blossom.
Lorquin’s Admiral
Limenitis lorquini
May – Aug
A black butterfly with a white band and orange-brown wingtips that patrols streamsides, chasing off other butterflies.
Narrow-collared Snail-eating Beetle
Scaphinotus angusticollis
May – Jun, Aug – Nov
A large, night-active ground beetle with a long, narrow head that it pushes into snail shells to feed on the snail inside.…
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
Coccinella septempunctata
Mar – Oct
A large red-orange lady beetle with seven black spots and a pale spot on each side of the head, brought from Europe…