April 9th: Cabbage White
April 9th: Sylvanelater cylindriformis (I think)
April 9th: a small mining bee
April 9th: another unknown bee
April 10: American Lady
April 11th: mining bee (species unknown)
April 11th: Ichneumonidae wasp
April 12th: Cabbage Whites don’t waste time.
April 13th: Common Blue Darners, a migratory species, the first Odonata I’ve seen this year and already ovipositing.
April 13th: Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle
April 14th: Common Sun Beetle
April 14th: Crane Fly (Genus Tipula?).
Backyard and Beyond 
I’m going to look down not up in my walk today. Thank you!
I need more eyes.
It’s a treat to see the variety of living things emerging in the spring,. Thanks for your posts!
Witnessed a Morning Cloak butterfly today.
What are those white flowers?
Japanese Andromeda/Pieris japonica, a very early bloomer here. The flowers are pretty small, 1/4″ long, to give you a sense of how small these bees are.