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A colorful Aplos planthopper nymph. Crawling over a seedpod: a Crematogaster ant.

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.

Sphaerophoria genus fly Mediterranean Katydid/Phaneroptera nana nymph Greater Anglewing/Microcentrum rhombifolium nymph Carolinian Elegant/Meromacrus acutus–a wasp-mimicking fly usually found further south. This is the second NY state iNat observation, the first being seen a bit further up the Hudson two days earlier. Emerald Jumping Spider/Paraphidippus aurantius (honorary “bug”) Twice-stabbed Stink Bugs/Cosmopepla lintneriana Villa genus fly. Inactive…

Sightings of female and male American Kestrel about 45 minutes and a 1000 feet apart.

Male perching on Common Milkweed pod. Female ovipositing on Common Milkweed pod. Have not seen this before: usually they lay on the underside of the leaves. Especially on young plants, before they flower, much less fruit. A couple more eggs. I spotted this one for my last Green-Wood Members’ walk. A couple of days later,…

Best-dressed Invasive. Spotted Lanternfly/Lycorma delicatula Color splotch! Black Swallowtail/Papilio polyxenes Pure killer. Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp/Sphecius speciosus Off the rack? Apantesis moth wing. Can’t touch this. Great Golden Digger Wasp/Sphex ichneumoneus Pin-stripe equivalent Macaria genus moth. Red Milkweed Beetle/Tetraopes tetrophthalmus resort wear. True bug formal. Lygaeidae family. Geometric… Oblique Streaktail/Allograpta obliqua Basics… Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp/Sceliphron caementarium