Thank you to our amazing Big Backyard BioBlitzers! You shared an incredible 54,000+ observations & spotted over 5,900 species during #NCCBioBlitz 2025! Big thanks to Manulife for making it possible.
Closeup of larvae on a leaf
Closeup of larvae on a leaf
Closeup of larvae on a leaf
Closeup of larvae on a leaf
Do you think it's Datana larvae or Sawfly larvae? 🧐🤔
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A small Woodpecker in a tree
Downy Woodpecker in a tree from below
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescent) part 2 since I am limited to 4 photos per post
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A small Woodpecker in a tree
A small Woodpecker in a tree upside down
A small Woodpecker in a tree
A small Woodpecker in a tree from the back
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescent)
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Closeup of a little dragonfly holding onto a plant and looking directly into the camera
Closeup of a little dragonfly holding onto a plant and looking directly into the camera
Closeup of a little dragonfly holding onto a plant and looking directly into the camera
Pond Spread wings (Genus Lestes)
Lestes is a genus of damselfly in the family Lestidae.
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Closeup backside and partial profile view of a fly
Root-maggot Flies (Anthomyiidae)
The Anthomyiidae are a large and diverse family of Muscoidea flies.
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#NCCbioblitz thanks for the week. Most of it exploring nature with two of my grandkids, just like these pied-billed grebes. It has been fun.
Last day: Hairy & metallic blue - Fall webworm moth (Hyphantria cunea) & Common blue mud dauber wasp (Chalybion californicum). #NCCBioBlitz
It’s the final day of NCC’s Big Backyard BioBlitz, sponsored by Manulife. 🔍🐛
Today’s featured observation is an osprey with its supper, snapped by djholland2022 in Alberta. www.inaturalist.org/observations...
We hope you’re enjoying a day outdoors! #NCCBioBlitz
Closeup photo of a tiny leafhopper on the stem of a flower
Meadow Spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius)
I cannot express how much I adore these frogular little friends
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Closeup of a dragonfly looking at the camera while holding onto the end of a stem or branch
Small Pennants (Genus Celithemis)
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Closeup of a green weevil standing on the end of a branch
Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil (Polydrusus formosus)
(sorry for all the posts; trying to get them all in before bioblitz ends)
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Closeup view of a Wide-footed Treehopper (Enchenopa latipes) on a plant
Wide-footed Treehopper (Enchenopa latipes)
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Closeup of a bee on a flower
Bombus
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Closeup side view of a Wide-footed Treehopper (Enchenopa latipes) on a plant
Wide-footed Treehopper (Enchenopa latipes)
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Closeup of a Buffalo treehopper walking along the stem of a plant
buffalo treehopper (Stictocephala bisonia)
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Closeup side view of a Wide-footed Treehopper (Enchenopa latipes) on a plant
Wide-footed Treehopper (Enchenopa latipes)
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Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica)
Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica)
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Last day for #NCCBioBlitz !
Gorgeous cardinal singing in our tree!!
A pale Common Candy-striped Spider perched on a plant
Common Candy-striped Spider (Enoplognatha ovata)
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Sphinx kalmiae, the laurel sphinx, a moth of the family Sphingidae. At Torbay History House, Torbay, NL. www.inaturalist.org/observations... @ncccnc.bsky.social #NCCBioBlitz
Closeup of a bunch of baby caterpillars under a leaf with their arms reaching up
weeeeeee!
The siblings want uppies
anyone know which species of Lepidoptera these larvae belong to?
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Gray Hooded Owlet Moth (Cucullia florea) green caterpillar with head resting on white fleabane flower head.
Day 7: Gray Hooded Owlet Moth (Cucullia florea) caterpillar drinking dew / feasting / sleeping on fleabane… #NCCBioBlitz
It’s Day 7 of #NCCBioBlitz, and we’re nearing the finish line! 🏁
Today’s featured observation: Eastern phoebe, spotted by scaup in Nova Scotia. www.inaturalist.org/observations...
There’s still time to participate. Sign up and help track Canada’s biodiversity: brnw.ch/21wUBqK
Dog-Day Cicada that has emerged from exoskeleton.
Red Admiral butterfly nectaring on Common boneset.
Day 6: Dog days of summer. Dog-Day Cicada (Neotibicen canicularis) & Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta). #NCCBioBlitz
Butterfly at the tip of a tall orange flower
Butterfly on an orange red Zinnia
Hard to see butterfly in a sea of tall grass and plants that have gone to seed
Bush with green and orange leaves as well as bright, red, small berries
It’s Day 6 of #NCCBioBlitz! Today’s featured observation: golden crab spider, spotted by Kathlin Simpkins in Saskatchewan. www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Haven’t started yet? There’s still time: brnw.ch/21wUBp5
Closeup view of the underside of a flowering plant, where a Common candy-striped spider is eating its prey, a wasp.
Common candy-striped spider (Enoplognatha ovata) eating a wasp (if anyone knows the species please tell me)
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