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.”

New Insect Sightings

Red-footed Cannibal Fly/Promachus rufipes. Fantastic name!

Formica subintegra (ID unconfirmed)

Anthrax argyropygus (ID unconfirmed)

Ceropales maculata. (I’ve seen these upstate, but not in the city before.)

North American Common Water Strider/Aquarius remigis.

Poison Ivey Leaf-miner Moth/Cameraria guffifinitella.

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