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The goldenrod soldier beetle or Pennsylvania leatherwing (Chauliognathus pensylvanicus) is a species of soldier beetle (Cantharidae).
Verbesina occidentalis is a flowing plant in the Asteraceae family. The common names for Verbesina occidentalis are yellow crownbeard and stick weed. Verbesina occidentalis is often considered a weedy plant of disturbed areas, due its presence in managed agricultural areas such as hayfields.
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prickly fanpetals (Sida spinosa)
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beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens)
Perilla frutescens, commonly called perilla or Korean perilla, is a species of Perilla in the mint family Lamiaceae. It is an annual plant native to Southeast Asia and Indian highlands, and grown in the Korean peninsula, Southern China and India. Known as deulkkae (๋ค๊นจ) in Korean, the plant was introduced into Korea before the Unified Silla era, when it started to be widely cultivated.
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white vervain (Verbena urticifolia)
Verbena urticifolia, known as nettle-leaved vervain or white vervain, is a herbaceous plant in the vervain family (Verbenaceae). It belongs to the “true” vervains of genus Verbena.
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Leopard Slug (Limax maximus)
Limax maximus (literally, “biggest slug”), known by the common names great grey slug and leopard slug, is a species of slug in the family Limacidae, the keeled slugs. It is among the largest keeled slugs, Limax cinereoniger being the largest.
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cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Lobelia cardinalis (syn. L. fulgens, cardinal flower) is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family Campanulaceae native to the Americas, from southeastern Canada south through the eastern and southwestern United States, Mexico and Central America to northern Colombia.
Neoscona domiciliorum, commonly known as the spotted orbweaver or redfemured spotted orbweaver, is a spider in the family Araneidae. The specific epithet domiciliorum means “of dwellings” in Latin and refers to the fact that this species is often found living on buildings. It is endemic to the United States southeast of a line joining Texas, Indiana and Massachusetts.
Today in Petersburg another home has collapsed, and my question is, where is the municipal government, state government, and the federal government? These buildings are collapsing all over the historic city of Petersburg, Virginia, a city with over 3,200 blighted and vacant structures, putting it into the top ten percent of abandoned and empty cities in the United States of America.
Microcentrum retinerve is a species in the family Tettigoniidae (“katydids”), in the order Orthoptera (“grasshoppers, crickets, katydids”). A common name for Microcentrum retinerve is “lesser angle-winged katydid”. Microcentrum retinerve is found in North America.
Just a quick parking lot flight after work…the sky was lovely