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.”

It’s Still Mountain Mint Time

Bombus away! This was two days after the visit detailed yesterday. It was less humid and windier.

Two-spotted Bumble Bee/Bombus bimaculatus

European Drone Fly/Eristalis arbustorum

Eastern Carpenter Bee/Xylocopa virginica

An unknown skipper.

Great Black Digger Wasp/Sphex pensylvanicus

Great Golden Digger Wasp/Sphex ichneumoneus

Euodynerus hidalgo ssp. hidalgo

Painted Lady/Vanessa cardui

One of those sweat bees…

Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp/Sphecius speciosus

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