https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz en-us 2022-09-03 17:51:22 UTC 2022-12-06 04:06:43 UTC hello@padlet.com sydneyaldrich2 https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2285795493 Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Date: 9/6/2022
Time: 10:11pm
Temperature: 78 degrees F
Weather Condition: Clear Skies
Gps Location: Lat:29.437, Long: -98.754, Acc: 5m
Locality: Groveledge, San Antonio, TX, US, right on my front porch. 
Other Notable Information:
There are at least 250 described species in Diplotaxis distributed over North and Central America. ]]> 2022-09-07 04:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2285795493 sydneyaldrich2 https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2304041089 Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida 
Date: 9/19/22
Time: 8:45pm
Temperature: 84 degrees
Weather Condition: Clear skies
Gps Location: Lat:29.437 Lon:-98.753 Acc:10
Locality:  Groveledge, San Antonio, TX, US, In the side yard by my house. 
Other Notable Information: More common name is wolf spider in the family Lycosidae. Mostly found in the southern region of America.]]> 2022-09-20 02:13:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2304041089 sydneyaldrich2 https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2304174263 Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Date: 9/19/22
Time: 8:33 pm
Temperature: 84 degrees
Weather Condition: Clear Skies
Gps Location: Lat: 29.437 Lon: -98.7538 Acc: 4
Locality:  Groveledge, San Antonio, TX, US, On my back porch 
Other Notable Information: One of the most common tarantulas, can grow a leg span up to 4 inches, and weigh more than 3 oz as adults. ]]> 2022-09-20 04:02:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2304174263 sydneyaldrich2 https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2304176204 Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Date: 9/19/22
Time: 8:43 pm
Temperature:84 degrees
Weather Condition: Clear skies
Gps Location: Lat: 29.43718 Lon: -98.753587 Acc: 3
Locality:  Groveledge, San Antonio, TX, US, In a rain Gutter base by my front door.
Other Notable Information: Also known as warrior beetles, Pasimachus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae]]> 2022-09-20 04:04:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2304176204 sydneyaldrich2 https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2304176312 Phylum: 
Class: 
Date: 9/19/22
Time: 8:40 pm
Temperature: 84 degrees
Weather Condition: Clear skies
Gps Location: Lat: 29.43735 Lon: -98.753678 Acc: 6
Locality:  Groveledge, San Antonio, TX, US, Right next to my air conditioning unit in my back yard.
Other Notable Information: Incilius nebulifer, also known as the coastal plains toad or Gulf coast toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found on the coast of Gulf of Mexico from Veracruz in Mexico to Mississippi in the United States. It was removed from the synonymy of Incilius valliceps in 2000. It occurs in a wide range of habitats, both natural and human-altered: coastal prairies, barrier beaches, towns, etc. Breeding takes place in various kinds of pools, including roadside and irrigation ditches. This widespread and common toad is not threatened.]]> 2022-09-20 04:04:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2304176312 sydneyaldrich2 https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2331717331 Phylum: Arthropods
Class: Insecta
Date:9/20/2022
Time: 10:18pm
Temperature:71 degrees
Weather Condition: Clear skies
Gps Location: Lat:29.437345 Acc:23 Lon:-98.7533283333
Locality: Groveledge, San Antonio, Tx, US, on my cars windshield whipper
Other notable information: The Acrididae are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known because all locusts (swarming grasshoppers) are of the Acrididae. The subfamily Oedipodinae is sometimes classified as a distinct family Oedipodidae in the superfamily Acridoidea. Acrididae grasshoppers are characterized by relatively short and stout antennae, and tympana on the side of the first abdominal segment.]]> 2022-10-08 05:39:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2331717331 sydneyaldrich2 https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2331719190 Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Date: 10/3/2022
Time: 3:58 Pm 
Temperature: 96 Degrees
Weather Condition: Somewhat cloudy
Gps Location: Lat:24.5846283333 Lon:-98.618705 Acc:35
Locality: The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, US, In between the business and humanities buildings in the flowerbeds. 
Other notable information: The fox squirrel (Sciurus niger), also known as the eastern fox squirrel or Bryant's fox squirrel, is the largest species of tree squirrel native to North America. Despite the differences in size and coloration, it is sometimes mistaken for American red squirrels or eastern gray squirrels in areas where the species co-exist.]]> 2022-10-08 05:47:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2331719190 sydneyaldrich2 https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2343874831 Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Date: 10/13/22
Time:1:47pm 
Temperature: 93 degrees 
Weather Condition: Clear skies and sunny 
Gps Location: Lat:29.437 Lon:-98.754 Acc: 5m 
Locality: Groveledge, San Antonio, TX, US, on  my front door by the door knob 
Other Notable information: Glenoides texanaria, the Texas gray moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Massachusetts to Florida and from Missouri to Texas. The wingspan is 16–24 mm. The wings are grey with fine black lines. Both wings have warm brown shading in the subterminal area. Adults are mainly on wing from January to April and from June to December in Florida.]]> 2022-10-17 19:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2343874831 sydneyaldrich2 https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2344418933 Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Date: 10/17/22
Time: 10:10 pm 
Temperature: 62 degrees 
Gps Location: Lon: 29.43718 Lat: -98.753608 Acc: 18m
Locality: Rolling Grove, San Antonio, TX, US, on my front door step. 
Other Notable information: Neonemobius is a genus of crickets in the subfamily Nemobiinae. All species are recorded from North America.]]> 2022-10-18 04:06:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2344418933 sydneyaldrich2 https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2344422993 Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta 
Date: 10/17/22
Time:  10:17 pm
Temperature: 62 Degrees 
Gps location: Lon: 29.437145 Lat: -98.753708 Acc: 4m
Locality: Rolling Grove, San Antonio, TX, US, on the foundation of my house outside. 
Other Notable Information: Eleodes goryi is a species of desert stink beetle in the family Tenebrionidae.]]> 2022-10-18 04:11:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2344422993 sydneyaldrich2 https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2367348389 Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Date: 10/ 22/2022
Time: 10:10 pm 
Temperature: 74 degrees 
Weather Conditions: clear skies 
Gps Location: Lon: -98.742967 Lat: 29.42725 Acc: 15m
Locality: McKnight Ranch, San Antonio, TX, US, Outside of my boyfriends house by his front door. 
Other Notable information: Bulia deducta is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Herbert Knowles Morrison in 1875.[1][2] It is found from central Mexico north to central California, Utah, Wyoming and Nebraska, east to Arkansas and Alabama.
Its wingspan is 34–38 mm. Adults are on wing from March to October in the southwest.
The larvae feed on Prosopis.]]> 2022-11-02 20:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2367348389 sydneyaldrich2 https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2367351887 Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Date: 10/31/2022
Time: 11:11 am
Temperature: 82 degrees
Weather Conditions: Sunny Skies
Gps Location: Lon: -98.743133 Lag: 29.427288 Acc: 26m
Locality: Coal Mine Rise, San Antonio, TX, US, In my boyfriends front yard.
Other Notable information: The Gulf fritillary or passion butterfly (Dione vanillae) is a bright orange butterfly in the subfamily Heliconiinae of the family Nymphalidae. That subfamily was formerly set apart as a separate family, the Heliconiidae. The Heliconiinae are "longwing butterflies", which have long, narrow wings compared to other butterflies. Dione vanillae is most commonly found in the southern areas of the United States, specifically in many regions of Florida and Texas. Gulf fritillaries have a chemical defense mechanism in which they release odorous chemicals in response to predator sightings. As a result, common predators learn to avoid this species. Pheromones play a critical role in male-female courtship behaviors, with male gulf fritillaries emitting sex pheromones that contribute to mate choice in females. The scientific name Papilio vanillae was given to the gulf fritillary by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, based on a 1705 painting by Maria Sibylla Merian (The Metamorphosis of the Insects of Surinam, Plate XXV), which shows the adult and caterpillar of the gulf fritillary on a vanilla orchid, Vanilla planifolia. However, It is now known that the gulf fritillary caterpillar does not use the vanilla plant. The species was moved to the genus Agraulis in 1835 by Boisduval & Le Conte. A phylogenetic analysis reported in 2019 placed Agraulis as a sub-genus of Dione.]]> 2022-11-02 20:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2367351887 sydneyaldrich2 https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2367353098 Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Date: 10/24/2022
Time: 10:20 pm
Temperature: 78 degrees
Weather Conditions: clear skies
Gps Location: Lon: -98.753312 Lat: 29.43735 Acc: 29m
Locality: Groveledge, San Antonio, TX, US, On my front door
Other Notable information: The Erebinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae erected by William Elford Leach in 1815. Erebine moths are found on all continents except Antarctica, but reach their greatest diversity in the tropics. While the exact number of species belonging to the Erebinae is not known, the subfamily is estimated to include around 10,000 species. Some well-known Erebinae include underwing moths (Catocala) and witch moths (Thermesiini). Many of the species in the subfamily have medium to large wingspans (7 to 10 cm, 3 to 4 inches), up to nearly 30 cm in the white witch moth (Thysania agrippina), which has the widest wingspan of all Lepidoptera. Erebine caterpillars feed on a broad range of plants; many species feed on grasses and legumes, and a few are pests of castor bean, sugarcane, rice, as well as pistachios and blackberries.]]> 2022-11-02 20:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2367353098 sydneyaldrich2 https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2372498644 Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Date: 11/3/2022
Time: 10:17 pm
Temperature: 70 degrees 
Weather Condition: clear skies
Gps Location: Lon: Lat: Acc:
Locality: N Rolling Oaks Ln, San Antonio, TX, US, On the frame of my backdoor. 
Other Notable Information: The Surinam cockroach or greenhouse cockroach (Pycnoscelus surinamensis) is a species of burrowing cockroach. It is a common plant pest endemic to the Indomalayan realm that has spread to tropical and into subtropical regions around the world, and in isolated populations to temperate climates where protective habitat such as greenhouses provide shelter for individuals inadvertently shipped in the soil of plants. Its populations are almost exclusively female, and it reproduces through parthenogenesis, having evolved several clonal strains from its sexual progenitor P. indicus.

]]> 2022-11-07 05:50:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2372498644 sydneyaldrich2 https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2372500543 Phylum: Chrordata
Class: Reptilia
Date: 11/6/2022
Time: 11:46 pm
Temperature: 69 degrees 
Weather Condition: Partly cloudy
Gps Location: Lon: -98.753787 Lat: 29.437297 Acc: 23m
Locality: Rolling Grove, San Antonio, TX, US, On the ledge of my back porch. 
Other Notable Information: The Mediterranean house gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) is a species of house gecko common to the Mediterranean area which has spread to many parts of the world. It is commonly referred to as the Turkish gecko as represented in its Latin name and also as the moon lizard because it emerges in the evening.[citation needed] A study in Portugal found H. turcicus to be totally nocturnal, with the highest activity peak around 02:00. They are insectivorous, rarely exceeding 15 cm (5.9 inches) in length, have large, lidless eyes with elliptical pupils, and purple - or tan-colored skin with black spots, often with stripes on the tail. Their bellies or undersides are somewhat translucent. It is currently unknown what impact the geckos have on native wildlife in the regions they have been introduced to. In many parts of the world the range of H. turcicus is increasing, and unlike many other reptiles, they appear to be highly resistant to pesticides. The increase may be explained as a consequence of having few predators in places where they have been introduced, and also of their tendency to take shelter in the cracks and unseen areas of human homes, for example inside walls. Reliance on human habitation has thus contributed to their proliferation, similar to rodents. In some Eastern Mediterranean countries such as Turkey and Cyprus it is a taboo to harm them due to their benign nature and they are often kept as house pets.]]> 2022-11-07 05:52:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2372500543 sydneyaldrich2 https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2410096054 Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta 
Date: 10/ 27/2022
Time: 3:20 pm 
Temperature: 77 degrees 
Weather Conditions: clear skies 
Gps Location: Lon: -98.74315 Lat: 29.427438 Acc: 6m
Locality: McKnight Ranch, San Antonio, TX, US, Outside of my boyfriends house in a bush by the front window.
Other Notable information:Bombus sonorus, commonly known as the Sonoran bumble bee, is a species of bumble bee in the family Apidae. It is found in Central America and western and southwestern North America. Considered uncommon, it is sometimes categorized as a subspecies of Bombus pensylvanicus.]]> 2022-12-06 03:34:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2410096054 sydneyaldrich2 https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2410106040 Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammaila 
Date: 11/ 30/2022
Time: 10:48 pm 
Temperature: 54 degrees 
Weather Conditions: clear skies 
Gps Location: Lon: -98.751062 Lat: 29.437333 Acc: 4m
Locality: Gorden Haven, San Antonio, TX, by a drain in my neighborhood  
Other Notable information: The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), also known as the whitetail or Virginia deer, is a medium-sized deer native to North America, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia. It has also been introduced to New Zealand, all the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico), and some countries in Europe, such as the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Romania and Serbia. In the Americas, it is the most widely distributed wild ungulate.

In North America, the species is widely distributed east of the Rocky Mountains as well as in southwestern Arizona and most of Mexico, except Lower California. It is mostly displaced by the black-tailed or mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) from that point west except for mixed deciduous riparian corridors, river valley bottomlands, and lower foothills of the northern Rocky Mountain region from Wyoming west to eastern Washington and eastern Oregon and north to northeastern British Columbia and southern Yukon, including in the Montana valley and foothill grasslands. The westernmost population of the species, known as the Columbian white-tailed deer, was once widespread in the mixed forests along the Willamette and Cowlitz River valleys of western Oregon and southwestern Washington, but current numbers are considerably reduced, and it is classified as near-threatened. This population is separated from other white-tailed deer populations.

Texas is home to the most white-tailed deer of any U.S. state or Canadian province, with an estimated population of 5.3 million. High populations of white-tailed deer exist in the Edwards Plateau of central Texas and all of Pennsylvania. Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Illinois, Wisconsin, Maryland, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, and Indiana also boast high deer densities. The conversion of land adjacent to the Canadian Rockies to agriculture use and partial clear-cutting of coniferous trees, resulting in widespread deciduous vegetation, has been favorable to the white-tailed deer and has pushed its distribution to as far north as Yukon. Populations of deer around the Great Lakes have expanded their range northwards, also due to conversion of land to agricultural use, with local caribou, elk, and moose populations declining.]]> 2022-12-06 03:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2410106040 sydneyaldrich2 https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2410107445 Phylum: Mollusca
Class:  Gastropoda
Date: 12/2/2022
Time:  11:12 pm 
Temperature:  52 degrees 
Weather Conditions: foggy 
Gps Location: Lon: -98.753638  Lat: 29.437288 Acc: 7m
Locality:   Rolling Grove, San Antonio, TX, On the steps to my front door. 
Other Notable information: Physella acuta is a species of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae. Common names include European physa, tadpole snail, bladder snail, and acute bladder snail. In addition, Physa acuta, Physa heterostropha (Say, 1817) and Physa integra (Haldeman, 1841) are synonyms of Physella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805).]]> 2022-12-06 03:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2410107445 sydneyaldrich2 https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2410107663 Phylum: Chordata
Class:   Mammaila 
Date: 12/5/2022
Time:  8:01 pm
Temperature: 64 degrees 
Weather Conditions: foggy 
Gps Location: Lon: -98.72258  Lat: 29.437267  Acc: 4m
Locality:  Groveledge, San Antonio, TX, On my neighbors front porch 
Other Notable information:The raccoon (/rəˈkuːn/ or US: /ræˈkuːn/ (listen), Procyon lotor), sometimes called the common raccoon to distinguish it from other species, is a mammal native to North America. It is the largest of the procyonid family, having a body length of 40 to 70 cm (16 to 28 in), and a body weight of 5 to 26 kg (11 to 57 lb). Its grayish coat mostly consists of dense underfur, which insulates it against cold weather. Three of the raccoon's most distinctive features are its extremely dexterous front paws, its facial mask, and its ringed tail, which are themes in the mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas relating to the animal. The raccoon is noted for its intelligence, as studies show that it is able to remember the solution to tasks for at least three years. It is usually nocturnal and omnivorous, eating about 40% invertebrates, 33% plants, and 27% vertebrates.

The original habitats of the raccoon are deciduous and mixed forests, but due to their adaptability, they have extended their range to mountainous areas, coastal marshes, and urban areas, where some homeowners consider them to be pests. As a result of escapes and deliberate introductions in the mid-20th century, raccoons are now also distributed across central Europe, the Caucasus, and Japan.

In Europe, the raccoon is included since 2016 in the list of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern (the Union list). This implies that this species cannot be imported, bred, transported, commercialized, or intentionally released into the environment in the whole of the European Union.

Though previously thought to be generally solitary, there is now evidence that raccoons engage in sex-specific social behavior. Related females often share a common area, while unrelated males live together in groups of up to four raccoons in order to maintain their positions against foreign males during the mating season and against other potential invaders. Home range sizes vary anywhere from 3 hectares (7 acres) for females in cities, to 5,000 hectares (12,000 acres) for males in prairies. After a gestation period of about 65 days, two to five young known as "kits" are born in spring. The kits are subsequently raised by their mother until dispersal in late fall. Although captive raccoons have been known to live over 20 years, their life expectancy in the wild is only 1.8 to 3.1 years. In many areas, hunting and vehicular injury are the two most common causes of death.


]]> 2022-12-06 03:49:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2410107663 sydneyaldrich2 https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2410107758 Phylum: Mollusca
Class:  Gastropoda
Date: 12/5/2022
Time:  9:27 pm
Temperature: 64 degrees
Weather Conditions: foggy
Gps Location: Lon: -98.753647 Lat: 29.43737  Acc: 4m
Locality:   Rolling Grove, San Antonio, TX, on the foundation of my house by the AC unit
Other Notable information: The decollate snail, scientific name Rumina decollata, is a medium-sized predatory land snail, a species of terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.^[2] It is a European species that has been introduced in a number of areas worldwide.]]> 2022-12-06 03:49:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sydneyaldrich2/6k72l8b4v8ulzqcz/wish/2410107758