With dark green, arrowhead shaped leaves, pretty little purple flowers with bright yellow stamens forming a tube, and bright red,…
Eight-spotted Skimmers are one of our most common species of dragonfly, found almost everywhere there is still or slow moving…
Wall Lettuce is a 2-4’ tall, multi branched plant in the chicory tribe (Cichorieae) of the family Asteraceae. Members of…
Once you have identified this plant you will see it everywhere. It is a common roadside plant, often growing in…
With its orange, abstract French horn flowers, a blooming Cape Jewelweed isn’t likely to be confused with any other plant.…
This is a fairly good sized (13-17mm) True Bug (Hemiptera), mostly black with an orange border along the wings and…
This is a rarity for me, an easy to identify grasshopper, due to the fact that it is the only…
This is a large (12” tall) brown (with black barring and speckles) woodpecker of forest edges and openings, with a…
This large, sprawling, yet often bushy and very common wildflower is easily identifiable by its large and showy white, pink,…
The common name of this plant is derived from the, probably apocryphal, story that Queen Anne (which could be Anne,…