Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Various Things

Margined Leatherwing Beetle (Chauliognathus marginatus)
Hackberry Nipplegall Psyllid (Pachypsylla celtidismamma)
Orchard Orbweaver (Leucauge venusta)
Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
Summer Azure (Celastrina neglecta) presumably. Ovipositing on sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum).
Fragile Forktail (Ischnura posita) and Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera)

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