Wednesday, August 16, 2023

A Drenching

Monsoon-like downpours

Pound our rooves, yards and shoreline

Loud and unnerving 



Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Busy Sweat Bee or Sweaty Busy Bee

A busy bi-colored female sweat bee with leg pockets full of pollen on my Spiraea tomentosa (steeplebush).


How lovely to see! Her bulging thighs of pollen make her look quite buff!

Monday, August 14, 2023

Monarchy


Monarchs flit lightly

Above towering cattails

Swamp milkweed's the lure.



Sunday, August 13, 2023

Beauty Abounds

Wood nymph moth caterpillar

Trumpet honeysuckle



Utricularia radiata
Broad-leaved Enchanter's Nightshade


Rosy maple moth caterpillar


Tomentose burying beetle