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.”

Scale

Eastern Carpenter Bee: one of our biggest bees. Bramble Mason Wasp: one of our a medium-sized wasps.

One of our smaller bees, about 5mm long: Dialictus subgenus of Lassioglossum.

There are a LOT of tiny wasp species. This one isn’t even that small. It’s twice as long as a 2mm long gall wasp. (Not counting antennae here…)

Back to the pace-setting Eastern Carpenter Bee, this time with a German Yellowjacket alongside.

Large Milkweed Bug/Oncopeltus fasciatus, nymph and adult.

One response to “Scale”

  1. Loving your bug pictures, especially the wasps.

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