Hydrophyllum appendiculatum at Happy Hollow Park

Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum appendiculatum) along the main trail at Happy Hollow Park, West Lafayette.  Photos taken May 19, 2020. 

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Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halis).  On an indoor window sill.  West Lafayette.  Photo taken March 25, 2020.

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Sandhill cranes

Sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) at Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area, September 30, 2019.  There were about forty sandhill cranes in this field when I got there.  After a few minutes most of them flew off.   This is a view from the crane observation deck overlooking the Goose Pasture Viewing Area.

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These two sandhill cranes were seen at Prophetstown State Park, October 5, 2019.  This near a prairie burned area.

Eastern Tailed-Blue butterfly

Eastern Tailed-Blue butterfly (Cupido comyntas) perched on a smartweed (Persicaria sp.).  Faint orange spots at the bottom of the hindwing.  Warren County, August 21, 2019.

According to Belth's Butterflies of Indiana, the Eastern Tailed-Blue is "The most frequently encountered blue butterfly in Indiana."

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Pearl Crescent

Pearl Crescent butterfly (Phyciodes tharos).  Warren County, August 21, 2019.

According to Belth's Butterflies of Indiana, the Pearl Crescent is "abundant statewide in virtually any open habitat where asters grow."

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Fowler's toad

Fowler's toad (Anaxyrus fowleri) at Kankakee Sands Nature Preserve, on the trail that goes up the sand hill next to the bison viewing parking lot.  Lots of these little toads were hopping around here.  Newton County.  Photo taken August 14, 2019.

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Cottonweed

Cottonweed (Froelichia floridana) at Kankakee Sands Nature Preserve, Newton County.  This is on the sand hill next to the bison viewing parking lot.  Photo taken August 14, 2019.

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