Wolf Spider

From Horicon National Wildlife Refuge:

Wisconsin is home to some BIG spiders….including 40 species of Wolf spiders. The largest wolf spiders are the members of the genus Hogna, with five species found in Wisconsin. Hogna carolinensis is the biggest of them, with females reaching up to 1 1/2 inches in body size. Wolf spiders are hunters, and sometimes dig burrows on the ground to wait for insects and other prey. Can you see the eight eyes? They are the black spots that make up the “face” that looks like eyebrows, eyes, and mouth. Photo of Hogna carolinensis wolf spider by A.J. Kitchen 

#arachnids #Spiders #Wisconsin #WI #nature 

Mountain Death Camas (Anticlea elegans)

From Morris Wetland Management District:

Mountain death camas on a native prairie in Pope County

Alex Galt/USFWS 

#Plants #Wildflowers #Minnesota #MN 






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Great Blue Heron

From USFWS National Wildlife Refuge System:

Standing tall and elegant, this great blue heron was photographed by Bryn, a volunteer naturalist with the Portland-Vancouver Urban Refuge Program (https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Tualatin_River/Urban/) at Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge (https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Tualatin_River/) in Oregon. The urban program works to introduce residents in the metro area to the nature of their community. 

#animal #bird #GreatBlueHeron #nature #wildlife #Oregon #OR #WildlifeRefuge 




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Wildflower Meadows at Mount Rainier National Park

From U.S. Department of the Interior:

Mount Rainier National Park in Washington boasts some of the most beautiful wildflower meadows in the country, and nowhere in the park are they better than at Tipsoo Lake. Here you’ll find lupine, paintbrush, corn lilies, sitka valerian and American bistort. Photo from last year courtesy of Derek Culver. — with Derek Culver at Mount Rainier National Park. 

#MountRainier #NationalPark #MountRainierNationalPark #Washington #WashingtonState #WA 

#wildflowers 


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NASTIEST Bugs Found Inside Your Food !

#Insects #Food

#Pests

The Creole Pearly-eye (Enodia creole) Butterfly

From Congaree National Park:

One of the rarer butterflies that one might find at #Congaree, the Creole Pearly-eye (Enodia creole) can be found in the canebrakes of southern bottomland forests, where they feed and lay their eggs. The loss of habitat could put this #butterfly at risk of extinction, as canebrakes like those found in the park are becoming less and less prevalent. What butterflies have you been seeing lately?#flutterbybutterfly #findyourpark

#animals #insects #butterflies #nature #wildlife #NationalPark

#SouthCarolina #SC




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Polyphemus Moth

From Isle Royale National Park:

Polyphemus moth flashing #isleroyalecolors along the Windigo Nature Trail. 

#animal #insect #moth #nature #wildlife #NationalPark 

#Michigan #MI 






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