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Vespa crabro, the European Hornet, was introduced to North America by the 1840s. It seems to have naturalized. This time of year, bunches of males are on the wing, waiting for females. This is a scrum of several males around around a (larger) female, hoping to mate. One succeeds. They’re attached for a few minutes.…

Across the street in the early morning. This one was jockeying with a crow for pole position on field lights: This one was being chased around by another male and a couple of Blue Jays.

Let’s get closer… Eggs. Nymphs. Baby stink bugs?

Some late summer and early fall butterflies.

Why yes, that is the abdomen of a Honey Bee.

There’s a notable blotch on this large Eastern Poison Ivy leaf. Look closer. And you can see the actual larvae of the moth Cameraria guttifinitella. Two of the four inside mining away (eating the internal layers of leaf).