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They are also known as long-horned grasshoppers, although they are more closely related to crickets than to grasshoppers. Many tettigoniids exhibit mimicry and camouflage, commonly with shapes and colors similar to leaves. The diet of tettigoniids includes leaves, flowers, bark, and seeds, but many species are exclusively predatory, feeding on other insects, snails or even small vertebrates such as snakes and lizards. Some are also considered pests by commercial crop growers and are sprayed to |
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Could be a Sandhills Hornet. |
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Males almost never bite humans. Males that escape being consumed by the females can go on to fertilize other females. It is a widely held misconception that females eat males after every mating. The markings of Black Widows change constantly and dramatically before they develop into adults. Both the males and females are born light brown. As they grow their markings change from spots to swirls to lines to crosses etc. It is difficult to identify black widows until they mature. |
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The two types of wasps most commonly seen attacking fruit are paper wasps and yellowjackets. Both are social insects that build paper nests in a sheltered location –– under building eaves for paper wasps and in the ground, or building wall or attic for yellowjackets. The workers from the colony travel up to a few hundred yards from the nest while looking for food. In the early summer the wasps forage for caterpillars and other “meat” items and are beneficial predators. However, in the fall the |
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Wolf spiders range from about 1/2 inch to 2 inches in length, hairy, and are typically brown to gray in color with various markings or lines. Wolf spider mothers carry their large egg sacs around with them. When the young spiderlings hatch they climb onto their mother's back and ride around until partially grown. The bite of the Wolf Spider is poisonous but not lethal. Although non-aggressive, they bite freely if provoked and should be considered dangerous to humans. The bite may be very painf |
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This is the caterpillar or larva of the Banded Tussock Moth. I found this little guy on my screen door. I placed it on a leaf and watched it in action. It lifted it's head up for a quick shot or two. I couldn't find a whole lot of information on the larva, but there is information on google and wiki on the adult moth. |
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This used to be called Vespula maculata. the "Dolicho" part was add to mean, "Long Face", which is what separates members of the genus Dolichovespula from Vespula. Dolichovespula maculata is not a true hornet. A better descriptions would be a black and white yellow jacket or a black and white Paper Wasp. Eats insects, rotting fruit, tree sap. Hornet stings are usually more painful than bee stings. They will try to aim for your eyes. This can cause major swellin |
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Most harvestmen can be recognized by their very long and slender legs, but some species have relatively short legs. Their carapace (upper body shield) is segmented indistinctly, if at all. The abdomen and cephalothorax are virtually fused and oval in shape, which visually distinguishes them from spiders. It's not easy to determine the gender of harvestmen. With some harvestmen there are no obvious secondary sexual characteristics, but with most of them there are differences in size, color |
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Grasshoppers are very hard to control. They can range in color from greenish to yellow-brown. They are often confused with katydids and crickets, which belong to the same family. There can be more than 50 species of grasshopper living within the same state. Most will eat grasses, but some prefer leafy vegetable plants. Most spend the winter in an egg pod about three inches underground. In late spring, a nymph emerges. It begins to eat. Other than the fact that it cannot fly, it looks a lot like |
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The members of Triatominae , a subfamily of Reduviidae, are also known as conenose bugs, kissing bugs, assassin bugs or triatomines. Most of the 130 or more species of this subfamily are haematophagous, i.e. feed on vertebrate blood; a very few species feed on other invertebrates. They are mainly found and widespread in the Americas, with a few species present in Asia, Africa and Australia. These bugs usually share shelter with nesting vertebrates, from which they suck blood. In areas where Chag |
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Earwig is the common name given to the insect order Dermaptera characterized by membranous wings folded underneath short forewings (hence the literal name of the order—"skin wings"). The abdomen extends beyond the wings, and frequently, ends in a pair of forceps-like structures called cerci. The order is relatively small among Insecta, with about 1,800 recorded species in 10 families. Earwigs are found around the world. There is no evidence that they transmit disease to humans or other |
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Ant working hard taking leafs away. Leaf Cutter with reddish head |
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Cicada is Latin for "Buzzer" Many people around the world regularly eat cicadas: the female is prized as it is meatier. Cicadas are eaten in China, Malaysia, Burma, Latin America, and the Congo (and Ancient Greece). Shells of cicadas are employed in the traditional medicines of China. Cicadas like heat and do their most spirited singing during the hotter hours of a summer day. among the loudest of all insect-produced sounds, 120 dB. The eggs are laid in cuts in twigs. 1 |
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The moose has the fastest growing bone in the world. It's antlers grow and fall off every year. |
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Centipede means "Hundred-feet" The Centipede is NOT an insect, it is an arthropod, related to insects spiders, lobsters etc. A key trait uniting this group is a pair of venom claws or forcipules formed from a modified first appendage. Within these habitats centipedes require a moist micro-habitat due to their rapid rates of water loss. Accordingly, they are found in soil and leaf litter, under stones and deadwood, and inside logs. In addition, centipedes are one of the largest |
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The larvae of the Western Tent Caterpillar Moth feeds on oak trees and shrubs. This caterpillar will strip the plant of it's leaves, sometimes killing it. |
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AKA: Cranefly, Daddy-Long-Legs (UK), Mosquito Hawk, Mosquito Eater, Skeeter Eater, Gallinipper, Gollywhopper, and Jimmy Spinner. The Skeeter Eater, doesn't actually eat Mosquitos. Their larvae is known as Leatherjackets, Leatherbacks, Leatherback Bugs or Leatherjacket Slugs. The larvae of the crane fly moves like a slug. They really love to attack Turf Grass. Crane Flys don't bite people. VIDEO: Film of a female crane fly vibrating as if she were dancing, to waft her pheromones |
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Biennial - Daucus carota Height: Up to 3 ft. Foliage: Alternate or basal, pinnately decompound, somewhat hairy, stem leaves sessile with a sheathing base, basal leaves long- petioled Flowers: Small white to pinkish flowers arranged in flat topped umbels which become concave as the fruits mature Bloom time: July to October Habitat: Dry fields, meadows, pastures, waste places, roadsides Soil: Prefers well drained, sandy soils "University of Vermont Extension" |
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Biennial - Arctium lappa Height: Up to 5 ft. Foliage: Large, petiolate, the first year forming a dense rosette, the 2nd year distributed alternately on the stem, larger leaves toward the base Flowers: Small red-violet disk flowers surrounded by numerous hooked bracts that later form a bur. Flower heads are arranged in raceme-like axillary clusters. Bloom time: July - October Habitat: Waste places where soil is fertile but undisturbed; neglected farmlands Soil: Moist rich soils &quo |
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Bloom: Summer Bloom (predominant season in USDA zone 4): sum=summer (July), fall (late Aug, early Sept) "University of Vermont Extension" |
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Height: Spreading by underground and above ground stems Foliage: Alternate, trifoliate, nearly obovate to oblong, serrate Flowers: Small spikelike racemes; perfect, white, irregular flowers with 5 petals Bloom time: June to October Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, fields Soil: Gravelly, sandy, well drained soil "University of Vermont Extension" |
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Bloom: Summer Bloom (predominant season in USDA zone 4): sum=summer (July), fall (late Aug, early Sept) "University of Vermont Extension" |
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Height: Up to 12 in. Foliage: Variable in shape from lobeless or entire to deeply lobed with soft points Flowers: Yellow, strap shaped ray flowers, 100-300 per head Bloom time: May to June Habitat: Lawns, overgrazed pastures and meadows, open fields and roadsides Soil: Moist rich soils "University of Vermont Extension" |
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Height: Up to 4 ft. Foliage: Alternate, simple, lanceolate, sessile, serrate Flowers: Yellow ray and disk flowers in a terminal broadly pyramid-like panicle with conspicuous recurved branches Bloom time: July to October Habitat: Open places, meadows and pastures Soil: Can grow in both moist and dry soils "University of Vermont Extension" |
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Height: Up to 3 ft. Foliage: Leaves broad, with nearly entire slightly wavy margin Flowers: Small greenish in dense clusters of ascending racemes Bloom time: June to September Habitat: Pastures, hayfields, meadows, waste areas Soil: Rich, moist or shaded soil "University of Vermont Extension" |
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Bloom: Summer Bloom (predominant season in USDA zone 4): sum=summer (July), fall (late Aug, early Sept) "University of Vermont Extension" |
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Height: Up to 8 in. Foliage: Alternate in rosettes, all basal, elliptic to broadly ovate, strongly ribbed and waxy Flowers: Small tubular flowers in short cylindrical spikes Bloom time: June to September Habitat: Pastures, meadows, lawns Soil: Rich, moist soil "University of Vermont Extension" |
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Soldier Bug - Plant Bug Stink bug family This isn't really a pest, it attacks insects like caterpillars. |
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Height: Up to 2 ft. Foliage: Opposite or in whorls of 3, sessile, lanceolate Flowers: Red-purple flowers arranged in terminal spikelike panicles Bloom time: June to September Habitat: Marshes, wet meadows, stream margins, shores of lakes Soil: Very moist soils, alluvial soils "University of Vermont Extension" |
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Ground Ivy, Creeping Charlie, Gill-over-the-ground, lierre terrestre Height: Spreading Foliage: Opposite, palmately veined, rounded kidney shaped, bright green, minty odor Flowers: Small bluish-purple, in axillary clusters Bloom time: May to July Habitat: Lawns and orchards, damp shaded areas, spreads from under shrubs and across ground rooting at nodes Soil: Rich moist soil Other: A member of the mint family. Brought by English settlers, used as a household herb. Used to flavor be |
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Bloom: Summer These perennials are especially appropriate for the East Coast, Plains and Central U.S., and Northwest, with many also tolerant of southern heat. Most are probably not best for USDA hardiness zones 9-10. Bloom (predominant season in USDA zone 4): sum=summer (July), fall (late Aug, early Sept) "University of Vermont Extension" |
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Bloom: Summer Bloom (predominant season in USDA zone 4): sum=summer (July), fall (late Aug, early Sept) "University of Vermont Extension" |
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Height: 12- 18 in. Foliage: Small, scalelike, whorled leaves forming sheaths at the joints with black tips Fruiting heads: Terminal cones containing masses of spores Habitat: Stream or road embankments, moist fields and meadows Soil: Wet sandy or gravelly soils "University of Vermont Extension" |
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Height: Up to 10 ft. Foliage: Alternate, simple, entire, ovate-oblong with cordate bases, long petioles Flowers: White or pink funnel shaped, perfect flowers, borne in the axils of leaves Bloom time: July to September Habitat: Grainfields, gardens and uncultivated areas Soil: Rich, sandy soils "University of Vermont Extension" |
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Height: Up to 4 ft. tall Foliage: Alternate, oblong or lancolate, crinkled edges and spiny margins, somewhat hairy underneath Flowers: Flower heads dioecious, compact in corymbose clusters, terminal and axillary, rose-purple disk flowers Bloom time: July to October Habitat: Pastures and meadows Soil: Likes rich, heavy soils "University of Vermont Extension" |
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Bloom: Summer Bloom (predominant season in USDA zone 4): sum=summer (July), fall (late Aug, early Sept) "University of Vermont Extension" |
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Height: Two to three ft. Foliage: Alternate, clustered at base, long petioles, irregularly toothed to deeply lobed Flowers: Perfect, strap shaped ray flowers, sky blue petals Bloom time: June - October Habitat: Roadsides, grasslands, waste ground and other uncultivated land Soil: Prefers neutral or limestone soils Other: May be considered a wildflower, depending on region. The young leaves can be eaten raw in salads, older leaves are bitter. Flowers can also be added to salads |
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Height: Up to 2 ft. Foliage: Dark green, glossy and thick; lower leaves have 1-4 pairs of lateral lobes with large terminal lobe. Upper leaves are alternate, toothed at base Flowers: Small, yellow, 4 petals, arranged in racemes Bloom time: May to August Habitat: New meadows, clover fields, and cultivated land Soil: Prefers rich alluvial soils Other: Young leaves are edible raw in early spring, but soon become bitter. The young flower heads look like small broccoli and can be eate |
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American dog tick or wood tick, is a species of tick that is known to carry bacteria that can cause Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Tularemia. |
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Red Ant with Black Head VIDEO: How to track Carpenter Ant Trails and see where they nest. Tracking carpenter ants can help identify nest locations so you can directly treat them for fast control. Carpenter ants will commonly have several nest sites and if you watch them foraging you can almost always find key locations that will need treatment. Remember, an active ant is either walking away or back to a nest so there is at least a 50% chance watching it will provide valuable information. |
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This catepillar hangs from little silk lines. |
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White-lined Sphinx Moth is a colorful large moth with striped wings. Member of the Hawk Moth Family. This family includes moths that have evolved the ability to hover. Only three other nectar-feeding creatures have obtained this ability. White-lined Sphinx Moths are related to Hummingbird Hawk moths (Macroglossum stellatarum), the moth most mistaken for hummingbirds. These moths are extremely agile flyers. They can instantly swing from side to side while hovering. They can also fly extreme |
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The Blue Garlic Snail is a member of the Glass Snail Family. It is a small, blue-skinned snail. The Oxychilus alliarius is called the Garlic Snail because when disturbed, it emits a strong garlic scent. The Garlic Snail eats decomposing plant material. The alliarius snail can be found alongside common garden snails, which are 3-4 times bigger than the Oxychilus alliarius or Garlic Snail. The shell seems to hang off balance to the side, as though it has fell over. This is normal for this t |
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Tetranychus urticae (an animal with over 60 common names, including red spider mite and two-spotted spider mite) is one of many species of plant-feeding mites found in dry environments, and generally considered a pest. It is the most widely known member of the family Tetranychidae or Spider mites. T. urticae is extremely small, barely visible with the naked eye as reddish or greenish spots on leaves and stems; the adults measure about 0.5 mm. The red spider mite, which can be seen in greenhous |
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Every gardener knows this one, the infamous barking neighborhood dog. Any and every sound sets them off, and they bark like there's no tomorrow. Which one's worse? The little yapper dog that barks incessantly, or the big booming woofer dog? Both are terrible. |
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The flowers look like that of a sage plant. its pollen produces severe and widespread allergies. Common Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) is the most widespread plant of the genus Ambrosia in North America. AKA Annual Ragweed, Bitterweed, Blackweed, Carrot Weed, Hay Fever Weed, Roman Wormwood, Stammerwort, Stickweed, Tassel Weed, Wild Tansy and American Wormwood. can produce yield losses in soybeans as high as 30%. Ambrosia is derived from the Ancient Greek term for the perfumed nou |
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Spikey Daisy AKA Curlycup, curly-top gumweed, curly-cup gumweed It had been used by Great Plains Tribes as a medicinal herb. |
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Plumage is typically dark with a metallic sheen. Most species nest in holes, laying blue or white eggs. Starlings have diverse and complex vocalizations, and have been known to imbed sounds from their surroundings into their own calls, including car alarms, and human speech patterns. |
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Video of a snail going home. |
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The sparrow is a bully bird that attacks less aggressive pest killing birds. It is smaller than the birds it attacks, so it isn't possible to narrow entrance holes to nests to exclude them. House Sparrows kill adult bluebirds and other native cavity nesters and their young, smash their eggs, and take over their nesting sites The male is orange-brown with white cheeks and black lines around its eyes. The female starling is gray-brown with a white stripe that extends back from the eye, outlined |
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Video of snails with their pedals to the metal. Timelapse of snails zipping around as they hurry to destroy everything that you've just planted. |
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AKA Cornu aspersum and Cantareus aspersus. Snails are Gastropoda, belonging to the phylum Mollusca. Snails are hermaphroditic. All snails can be pregnant and get other snails pregnant. snail is a common name for almost all members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage Snails are related to oysters, mussels, clams, squid and the octopus. Helix pomatia is the species of snail that the French use in their gormet escargot. The facial |
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This is the Dandelion in it's seed stage. Kids love to blow these seeds into the wind and make wishes while the air carries these little weed parachutes into the middle of your lawn. The leaves are high in vitamin A, vitamin C and iron, carrying more iron and calcium than spinach. make dandelion wine, the greens are used in salads, the roots have been used to make a coffee like drink and the plant was used by Native Americans as a food and medicine. |
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The hind femora are typically long and strong, fitted for leaping. |
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Strange Flat White Leaf or Seed Bug Sycamore Lace Bug Corythucha ciliata Sycamore Lace Bug Stephanitis pyrioides Sycamore lace bug (Corythucha ciliata) Hawthorn lace bug (Corythucha cydoniae) Hackberry lace bug (Corythucha celtidis) Oak lace bug (Corythucha arcuata) Basswood lace bug (Gargaphia tiliae) Azalea lace bug (Stephanitis pyriodes) Rhododendron lace bug (Stephanitis rhododendri) Andromeda lace bug (Stephanitis takeyai) |
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This bug can grow rather large as insects go. It can really deflate your plant's chances of growing, as he slurps out all of the liquid. If he goes to work on your plants, it will seem like your plant is a dwarf or is just not a producer. The plant will have an uphill battle with the Brown Stinkbug. If you mess with him for too long he will turn around, and flatulate right in your face. It smells much like a skunk because of the sulphur. |
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Horseweed, Canadian Horseweed, Canadian Fleabane, Coltstail, Marestail and Butterweed. |
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very aggressive grass Spreads from place to place with seeds and invasive underground stems, or rhizomes, which are yellow-white, with brown sections, and sharp, pointed ends. |
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reddish-purple stems wider blades and a lighter green color than bluegrass |
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These are very small spiders that inhabit different plants. They have beautiful designs on their back, although not extremely colorful. They have a hexagon pattern of eyes, the two on the front are the most advanced. These spiders are very nimble and can jump and run extremely fast to catch their prey. They are good at keeping the aphids at bay on your plants. They aren't poisonous. |
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The domesticated house cat is the most common pet in the world. It is also considered one of the most skilled hunters in the world. They are great for catching mice, and other vermin. But when they come lay on top of you freshly planted sprouts, or continually dig up an area of your garden to poop in, they become Gardening Pests. They also scare off birds, which can be great Gardening Helpers as they consume tons of bugs. The cat doesn't notice up and down movement, but even the slightest mo |
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Prickly Lettuce, like other Lactucas, bleeds a milky sap when you break it. It is considered a weed in most places. The leaves alternate up the stem. The stem is prickly mature leaves are deeply lobed with pokey prickles along the edges. The flowers of Prickly Lettuce are yellow in color. Leaves have a row of spines along the mid-vein of the lower surface. The plant is edible, although bitter. Use medicinally as a remedy for eye ulcers. It may be used fo |
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Family: Oxalidaceae Foliage: Alternate, on long petioles, divided into 3 heart shaped leaflets Height: 4-6 in. Flowers: Small perfect yellow flowers Bloom time: May to October Other: Grows well in shade, leaves fold up in full sun. Can be used as a salad green and is rich in vitamin C. "University of Vermont Extension" |
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The flower typically lasts for a single morning and dies in the afternoon. New flowers bloom each day. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, most of the time they are white with tinges of pink, blue, violet, purple or yellow. # Calystegia # Convolvulus Morning glory was first known in China for its medicinal uses, due to the laxative properties of its seeds. It was introduced to the Japanese in the 9th century, and they were f |
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Common names for Woodlouse include: Armadillo bug, Cheeselog, Doodlebug, Pill bug, Roly-poly, Potato bug, Sow bug, Roll up bug, Chuggypig, Slater, and Gramersow. The Potato bug or Woodlouse is a crustacean with a rigid, segmented, long exoskeleton and fourteen jointed limbs. There are over 3,000 known species of Woodlice. Woodlice in the genus Armadillidium can roll up into an almost perfect sphere as a defensive mechanism, hence some of the common names such as pill bug or roly-po |
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A Thrips is a very small bug that can just barely be seen by the naked eye. Some may have wings and some may not. Thrips reproduce rapidly. They thrive in small, tight places. The thrips uses it's adapted mandible to pierce the cell walls of the plant and consume the chlorophyll inside. This takes all of the green out of the leaf leaving it silvery white. Plants that are damaged by thrips can't be fixed, so as the thrips attack, it becomes harder for the plant to absorb energy from s |
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Horseweed can be taken for diarrhea. |
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Three leaflets partially toothed towards the tip and a hops-like yellow flower. It is also one of the flowers that can be used to create honey. Looks like: Least Hops Clover - Yellow Shamrock Fabaceae | Trifolium dubium Least Hops Clover, Small Hops Clover, Lesser Trefoil, Yellow Shamrock, Kleiner Klee, Least Hops Trefoil, Suckling Clover This plant actually helps the soil by adding nitrogen. Medicago polymorpha -Burclover |
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Common Weed Tiny 4 petalled white flowers. Heat-Shaped lobed seed packets called 'silicles' that resemble the purse sack that a Shepard may have once worn. Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Brassicales Family: Brassicaceae Genus: Capsella Species: C. bursa-pastoris Binomial name Capsella bursa-pasto |
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Medicinal: In 1931 it was recommended as a diaphoretic, an antiscorbutic, a purgative, a diuretic, an anthelmintic, and a cure for epilepsy. Caged birds fond of the seeds, but many animals eat the leaves. More recent studies show that the lethal amount that cattle or horses need to consume is 7% of their body weight (example: a cow weighing 700 pounds would need to eat 50 pounds.) Common Groundsel: Senecio vulgaris Grows early spring, before the last snowfall. Y |
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The Goathead is an Flowering Annual. Many pinnately compound leaflets per leaf. Small yellow flowers with five petals. The seeds are very trecherous, and cause the barefoot gardener a great deal of agony. The shoed gardener can't escape the tribulation either, for these spikey burrs stick in bunches to your shoes, and you can walk on them for miles without destroying the seeds. Then they fall off of your shoes when you take them off in your house providing fun for the |
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The Redroot Pigweed is a type of Amaranth, that creates thousands of little black seeds. These seeds are edible, but the hard seed casing isn't very easy to cook with, as there is more undigestible seed coat then there is food material. Pigweed is very hardy plant that can grow in poor soil conditions. It is easy to pull out, but should be done before it goes to seed. |
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