Invertebrates

Common Name	Scientific Name	Details	Photos
Black Winged Damselfly	Calopteryx maculata	Common along park streams in summer..
Polyphemus Moth	Antheraea polyphemus	Type of giant silkworm moth.
Beech Gall Midge	Hartigola annulipes	Small elongated galls are created by the sap-sucking midge larvae.
Eastern Tent Caterpillar	Malacosoma americanum	This moth is a small and inconspicuous as an adult but as a social caterpillar they are very noticeable in their silken tents in the crooks of tree branches. These tents can be seen in the spring and can vary in number from year to year.
Eriophyid mite (Willow Blister Gall)	Family: Eriophyidae	These tiny insects feed on the leaves of the willow and cause the plant to curl and distort to form a protective chamber. The galls tend to be red/rust colored.
Golden Paper Wasp	Polistes fuscatus	Usually found solitary, this non-aggressive wasp is seen in the summer tending its paper nests. Here pictured on a Chinese chestnut.
Water strider	Family: Gerridae	Seen in large numbers on the streams in summer striding on the waters surface. Currently genus and species are unknown, probably a few different ones.