- Flower Weevils on Common Yarrow
Flower Weevil (Baris genus) Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) - Hymenoptera on Green-and-Gold
Green-and-Gold (Chrysogonum virginianum) unidentified metallic bee or wasp - Delta Flower Scarab on White Wood Aster
Delta Flower Scarab (Trigonopeltastes delta) White Wood Aster (Eurybia divaricata) - Flower Hover Fly on Hairy Cat's Ear
Flower Hover Fly (Toxomerus geminatus) Hairy Cat's Ear (Hypochaeris radicata) - Beetle on Yellow Thistle
unidentified beetle Yellow Thistle (Cirsium horridulum) Pea Island Refuge - Virescent Metallic Bee on Chicory
Virescent Metallic Bee (Agapostemon virescens) Chicory (Chichorium intybus) - Pennsylvania Leatherwing on Whorled Rosinweed
Pennsylvania Leatherwing (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus) Whorled Rosinweed (Silphium trifoliatum) - Syrphid Fly on Branched Foldwing
Syrphid Fly (Ocyptamus fuscipennis) Branched Foldwing (Dicliptera brachiata) - Clouded Skipper on Japanese Honeysuckle
Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius) Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) - Spotted Cucumber Beetle & Field Thistle
Spotted Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) Field Thistle (Cirsium discolor) - Yellow-collared Scape Moth & Common Milkweed
Yellow-collared Scape Moth (Cisseps fulvicollis) Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) The Scape Moth was found by Mom on the milkweed. I previously had it listed as a Virginia Ctenucha, with which it shares many visual similarities. - Lesser Meadow Katydid & Wild Basil
Lesser Meadow Katydid (Conocephalus genus) [nymph] Wild Basil (Clinopodium vulgare)