18-JUN-2008
Spreadwing Skipper
This is the only shot I got of this one, and the only one I have seen. Could it be the species Dreamywing?
18-JUN-2008
Fritillary and Wasp
I believe this is the same species of wasp taken previously...still working on ID. I'm fairly confident that it is a Mason Wasp, Monodia quadridens. Notice how the thistle is starting to mature now?
18-JUN-2008
Himmelman's Plume Moth
This is a small moth, and difficult to photograph. This is a slightly cropped image taken when I was using the B-Macro.
18-JUN-2008
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
The larger butterflies are alreadry beginning to become scarce. This is the last image of this species I took in the thistle patch.
18-JUN-2008
Bumble Bee
This is one of the Bombus genus and probably difficult to ID to species from this one picture.
18-JUN-2008
Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly
Close-up with face detail.
18-JUN-2008
Northern Paper Wasp
These are starting to become a little more numerous now.
19-JUN-2008
Five Butterflies and a Bumble Bee
...perhaps I should have said 4 1/2 Butterflies?
19-JUN-2008
Honey Bee
I'm seeing more and more of these now, very encouraging considering the CCD [Colony Collapse Disorder] event that has been occuring for the last couple of years.
19-JUN-2008
Woolly Aphid
This is another first for me...very tiny and looks like a puff of cotton when flying. We have these everywhere this year!
19-JUN-2008
Tiny Sweat Bee
One of the species from the Halictidae family.
19-JUN-2008
Treehopper- Ceresa basalis
This has been confirmed to species ID by Dr. Andy Hamilton.