Howard County Bird Club

Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society

 Mount Pleasant Habitat Discovery:
Caterpillars & Spiders (and more…)

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Trip leader: Bonnie Ott
Bird Recorder: Kurt Schwarz
Date of trip: September 8, 2022
Location: Mount Pleasant Number attending: 8
Details: Caterpillars, larvae, and insects under leaves, curled up in leaves, suspended between plants, or (birds) flying overhead:

Harris’ Three Spot

Bonnie Ott

Toadlike Bolus Spider

Bonnie Ott

Marbled Orb Weaver

Wendy Crowe

Yellow Garden Spider

Kurt Schwarz

Emerton’s Bituberculed Cobweaver

Kurt Schwarz

Slender Ant-mimic Jumping Spider

Kurt Schwarz

White-banded Jumping Spider

Kurt Schwarz

Oblique Heterocampa Moth

Kurt Schwarz

Lattice Orbweaver

Kurt Schwarz

Orange Assassin Bug

Kurt Schwarz

Keeled Treehopper

Kurt Schwarz

Drab Prominent

Kurt Schwarz

Buffalo Tree Hopper

Kurt Schwarz

Butternut Woolyworm Sawfly

Kurt Schwarz

Sawflylarva (unknown species #1)

Kurt Schwarz

Sawflylarva (unknown species #2)

Kurt Schwarz

Turkey Vulture  7
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3
American Kestrel  2
White-eyed Vireo  2
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  5
American Crow  3
House Wren  1

Carolina Wren  3
Gray Catbird  4
Eastern Bluebird  6
House Finch  4
American Goldfinch  30
Common Yellowthroat  2
Northern Cardinal  8
Blue Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  3