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Can you identify our mystery photo?

  • Location: central New York State
  • Habitat: field
  • Size: about 16mm (1/2") in length
  • Behavior: feeding on Common Milkweed flowers
  • Unusual Feature: sucking mouthparts
Photo credit: Solon Morse

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Balancing Act

Balancing Act

January 5, 2009

Organisms must keep a balance in their bodies

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Wolf Spider (Lycosa sp)

  • Location: western Ohio
  • Habitat: rocky area along creek
  • Size: 20cm (8") in length
  • Behavior: carrying an egg sac under abdomen
  • Unusual Feature: running along ground - no web
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The mission of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History is to continue the legacy of Roger Tory Peterson by promoting the teaching and study of nature, and thereby to create knowledge of and appreciation and responsibility for the natural world.

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