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348 351 324 323 EXPLORE 344 358 BIODIVERSITY 357 286 Oven Bird Nest (Passerina cyanea) 360 361 287 Pole Borer (Parandrinae) 359 288 Ground Beetle (Carabidae) 289 - 292 Tiger Beetle (Cicindelidae) 362 356 293 Darkling Beetle (Tenebrionidae) 294 Beetle (Coleoptera) 350 295 Darkling Beetle (Tenebrionidae) 341 352 355 296 342 346 347 353 354 Tiger Beetle (Cicindelidae) 343 344 345 325 297 Woodchuck (Marmota monax) 348 349 351 323 - 324 298 Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) 326 336 329 299 - 301 Metalic Wood Borers (Buprestidae) 331 337 335 327 322 340 334 332 302 Tarantula (Theraphosidae) 330 333 328 321 303 Acorn Weevil (Curculio spp.) 339 316 304 Parasitic Insect (Stylopidae) 305- 306 Hunchback Beetle (Omophron nitidum) 320 319 307 Snout Beetle (Curculionidae) 308 Badger (Taxidea taxus) 318 309 - 313 317 Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) 338 315 314 Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) 315 Eland (Taurotragus oryx) 316 Baleen Whale (Mysticeti) 317 Big Scale (Poromitra sp.) 318 298 Hatchetsh (Argyropelecus) 319 Metallic Orchid Bee (Exaerete spp.) 320 - 321 Giant Metallic Orchid Bee (Exaerete frontalis) 314 322 Fossil Turtle (Testudinata) Eocene 56 - 40 mya 323 Luna Moth (Tropaea luna) 324 Sphinx Moth (Xylophagus tersa) 325 Buttery (Lepidoptera) 286 308 326 Rippon’s Birdwing Buttery (Troides spp.) 297 327 - 328 Buttery (Lepidoptera) 329 Vireo (Vireo) 330 Orange-Barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea) 302 331 Great Orange-Tip (Hebomoia glaucippe) 287 - 293 332 Common Map (Cyrestis thyodamas) 309 - 313 299 - 301 303 - 307 333 Vireo (Vireo) 287 294 - 296 334 303 309 Yellow Orange-Tip (Ixias pyrene) 289 299 300 301 305 294 295 296 335 304 311 Chocolate Albatross (Appias lyncida) 291 306 310 288 293 336 Vireo (Vireo) 307 313 290 312 337 Water Monitor Lizard (Varnus salvator) 292 338 Leopard (Panthera pardus) 344 350 356 339 House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) White Morpho Virgina Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) Ringtail Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) Sawtooth Eel (Serrivomer spp.) 345 351 357 - 358 340 Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Sand Tiger Shark (Carcharias taurus) Fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta) 346 352 359 Sunsh (Lepomis) 341 Summer Tanager (Piranga olivacea) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 347 Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 353 Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 360 Lemon Shark (Negaprion brevirostris) 342 Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) 361 348 Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) 354 Black Necked Stilt (Hiantopus mexicanus) Perch (Perca) 343 Blue Jay (Cyanocitt cristata bromia) 362 349 Brandt’s Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) 355 Field Sparrow (Spizella pusill) Crappie (Pomoxis) .

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