Pollen Covered Native Bee
Native bee caught in flight leaving Ratibida pinnata flower
Great Vista Point
Treehopper (Ceresa alta/taurina) on Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Hopper on Heliopsis
Taken at night, Planthopper (Acanalonia conica) resting on False Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides) stem
Posed fly
American Snout Fly (Rhingia nasica) on Blue Star flower (Amsonia x Blue Ice)
Bee-mimic Flower Fly
Marsh Fly (Helophilus fasciatus) feeding on Aromatic Aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium)
Waiting for Meal
Goldenrod Crab Spider waiting for prey on Upland Ironweed flower (Vernonia glauca)
Cuckoo Bee on Holly Flower
Cuckoo bee (Nomada sp) on Inkberry Holly (Ilex glabra) flower
Ant-mimic Beetle on Avens
Ant-mimic beetle (Enoclerus rosmarus) on White Avens flower
Ladybug Bud
Native Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle on Butterfly Weed bud (Asclepias tuberosa)
Migrating Buckeye
Common Buckeye butterfly nectaring on Smooth Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)
Tiny flower fly
Wrinklehead fly (Chrysogaster antitheus) on Goatsbeard (Aruncus dioicus)
Feeding on Senna
Bumble bee working Senna marilandica flowers
Less threatening looking?
Northern Paper Wasp feeding on Aster flower
Stop for Pickerel
Migrating monarch nectaring on Pickerel Weed flower
Crawling in
American Snout Fly (Rhingia nasica) feeding in Wild bergamot flower (Monarda fistulosa)
