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.”

The Mountain Mints Have Peaked

But are still feeding ’em. False Milkweed Bug/Lygaeus turcicus

Four-toothed Mason Wasp/Monobia quadridens

Rusty Spider Wasp/Tachypompilus ferrugineus

Coelioxys sharp-tailed bee male

Coelioxys sharp-tailed bee female

Margined Leatherwing Beetle/Chauliognathus marginatus

! Northern Italian Fence Lizard/Podarcis siculus ssp. campestris. A ringer: not so much feeding on the flowers are using as a lookout, and perhaps hunting for visiting insects.

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