A nice morning dog walk with all of the usual characters. I'm getting better at identifying bird song. Today: White-eyed vireo, yellow breasted chat, northern parula and cardinals.

    Also, flowers: Queen Anne's Lace A cluster of very tiny white flowers with a deep red magenta flower at the center

    Chicory and a green bee, perhaps Agapostemon virescens.

    A tiny green bee is collecting pollen from the center of a vibrant blue flower set against a blurred green field

    the large brown moth is on a tree. The lower wings are marked by prominent and very dark circles that look like eyes a large brown moth is on a tree the photos take it from the side the moth is very furry

    Antheraea polyphemus, the Polyphemus moth, one of the giant silk moths. A beautiful moth, and so furry! 

    A furry white caterpillar with light orange eyes and orange tufts near the head

    Orange Tufted White Caterpillar - Halysidota harrisii Image quality holds up pretty well given that photo was taken with an iPhone 7 Plus, 2017-9-9.

    Growing in the sunny spots around the garden, garlic chives, sweet coneflowers and western ironweed are current favorite feeding spots for bees and butterflies. 😍

    A bumblebee feeds from white clusters of small flowers. Yellow and purple flowers in the background. A butterfly feeds from white clusters of small flowers. Yellow and purple flowers in the background.

    Found this pretty lady in her web on my front screen door. Safely relocated to a sheltered area in my garden. Venomous yes, but easy to scoop her and her egg sack into a container without any danger to either of us. 🤓 🕷️🕸️

    Black spider, a black widow, red spots on back of abdomen

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio glaucus, feeding on nectar from Vernonia baldwinii, the western ironweed.

    Top: Bantus Philemon, pipevine or blue swallowtail feeding from Monarda fistulosa, wild bergamot . Bottom: Scutellaria ovations, heart leaf skullcap a native mint.

    Recorded several years ago. I was recording the waterfall, the dragonfly was a happy accident.

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    Melanoplus punctulatus, known generally as the pine tree spur-throat grasshopper or grizzly spur-throat grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae.

    Busy bee pollinating a wild geranium. #nature #macrophotography #insect #flower

    Black bee pollinating a pink flower