- Bull Thistle & Virescent Metallic Bee (closeup)
Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) Virescent Metallic Bee (Agapostemon virescens) - Leafcup & Sweat Bee
Leafcup (Smallanthus uvedalius) Sweat Bee (genus Agapostemon) - Silvery Checkerspot & Leafcup
Silvery Checkerspot (Charidryas nycteis) Leafcup (Smallanthus uvedalius) - Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Spotted Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) - Downy Woodpecker
We saw both the male and the female Downy Woodpecker together on this tree, but I was only able to get a distant photo of one of them here. - Wheel Bug
Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus) member of the Assassin Bug family - Gallery 0190
- Common Buttonbush & Silver-spotted Skipper
Common Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) - Common Buttonbush & Ailanthus Webworm Moth
Common Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) Ailanthus Webworm Moth (Atteva punctella) - Viceroy
Viceroy (Limenitis archippus) Viceroy can be distinguished from Monarch by the black line across the middle of the hind wings - Viceroy
Viceroy (Limenitis archippus) Viceroy can be distinguished from Monarch by the black line across the middle of the hind wings - Silver-spotted Skipper
Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)