Pictures and research by Summit Steward Aubrey

2025

American toad
(Anaxyrus americanus)

American toad
(Anaxyrus americanus)

American toad
(Anaxyrus americanus)

 

Some sort of Stonefly

Found on the Fire Tower

Common Snapping Turtle
(Chelydra serpentina)

Found on Keese Mills Road

Garter snake (genus Thamnophis)

Found at the summit

Inchworm
(species unknown)

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Many of these fly around the summit.

North American Elm Sawfly
(Climbex americanus)

Found on the Fire Tower.

Chalk-fronted Corporal Dragonfly
(Ladona julia)

Found at the parking area

Green Frog
(Lithobates clamitans)
Green Frog
(Lithobates clamitans)

Arctic Skipper
(Carterocephalus mandan)

Moth
(possibly genus Melanolophia)

Mourning Cloak
(Nymphalis antiopa)

Laugher Moth
(Charadra deridens)

7.9.17 (photographer unknown)
Deer hair

A lot can be found around the start of the trail.

I suspect deer make their beds there.

 

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Two-striped Grasshopper (Melanoplus bivittatus)

on milkweed

Confused Haploa Moth (Haploa confusa)

on milkweed

The spotted patterns of the Confused Haploa Moth

 

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindella sexguttata)

American Toads

The trail had hundreds of these tiny. Be careful where you step!

Mimic Fly (genus Mallota)

A fly that looks like a bee and still pollinates our plants

 

This Mimic Fly was hanging out on the fire tower

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

White-Throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)

 

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Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

silhouette in the sky

Mantleslug (genus Philomycus)

Dusky Slug (Arion fuscus)

White tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

St. Lawrence Tiger Moth (Arctia parthenos).
This little guy will be very beautiful when they grow up!

Some sort of Comb-footed Spider (Family Theridiidae)

Capturing a hickory tussock moth caterpillar.
Mosaic Darner (Genus Aeshna)
Hickory Tussock Moth Caterpillar (Lophocampa caryae)

Banded Tussock Moth Caterpillar (Halysidota tessellaris)

Balsam Fir Sawyer (Monochamus marmorato)