American Sweetgum seed pods getting larger.
European Beech nuts.
While we’re on the beech, a mess of woolly aphids. Note, by the way, the downy hairiness on these leaves!
Black cherry in bloom.
Being farmed by a Nomada bee (I think).
Peach leaf curl, caused by a fungus.
Aromatic sumac.
Feeding a Silver-spotted Skipper.
And a Fraternal Potter Wasp. This past winter, I found two of the mud pot nests these wasps make in this patch.
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