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Small feline brought in by a trapper. It was accidentally caught in a trap for raccoons. He was wondering if this was in fact a normal cat or a sort of cross breed between lynx or bobcat. I don’t know enough to tell. It has a little stump for a tail and pointy ears.

28 May 2017.
Buckingham Springs, Bucks Co, PA.
Eggs on the upper surface of a leaf of Acer rubrum.
ID to genus courtesy of Ross Hill:
bugguide.net/node/view/1379162

All observations of these individuals over time:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?verifiable=any&place_id=any&field:Same%20specimen%20over%20time=6506281.

08 Jun 2017.
Buckingham Springs, Bucks Co, PA.
Found on the upper surface of a leaf of Acer rubrum.
I originally found these eggs on 5/28/17, 11 days previously. When I next looked, on 6/8/17, I found 10 1st instars (the first of 4-5 nymphal stages). At 10 AM, the nymphs were in a huddle next to the eggs, but at 5 PM, they were on top of the egg mass. The same movement was noted the next day. I read that they actually consume the unhatched eggs until they molt to the 2nd instar.

All observations of these individuals over time:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?verifiable=any&place_id=any&field:Same%20specimen%20over%20time=6506281.