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Milbert's Tortoiseshell (Aglais milberti)Observer
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Neighbors extracted this from their unheated garage.
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Calligrapher Beetles (Genus Calligrapha)Observer
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On hosta stem in senescing perennial bed.
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Common Looper Moth (Autographa precationis)Observer
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On perennial sunflower
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European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)Observer
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On butterfly weed
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)Observer
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On tithonia
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European Woolcarder Bee (Anthidium manicatum)Observer
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On tithonia
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Squash Bugs (Genus Anasa)Observer
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On signpost in cucumber/zucchini patch
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Northern Paper Wasp (Polistes fuscatus)Observer
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On butterfly weed
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Fraternal Potter Wasp (Eumenes fraternus)Observer
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On Japanese indigo
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Genus NovisuccineaObserver
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I like how there’s a cave-painting of a snail on the shell
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Thick-legged Hover Fly (Syritta pipiens)Observer
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On Japanese indigo
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Spotted Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata)Observer
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On dahlia
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Globetails (Genus Sphaerophoria)Observer
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On marigold
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Eastern Hornet Fly (Spilomyia longicornis)Observer
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On cosmos
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
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On stick half-buried in fallen maple leaves
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Yellow-collared Scape Moth (Cisseps fulvicollis)Observer
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On aster
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Genus SiphonaObserver
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Sometimes it helps to be small. These little flies were the only ones bothering with barely-opened blossoms, I’d guess because they’re the only ones who fit.
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Eurasian Drone Fly (Eristalis arbustorum)Observer
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Are these both the same species? They are marked differently which makes this amateur think they’re different. This is what comes from being inadequately schooled in ID. I’m better with flowers.
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Common Flower Flies (Genus Syrphus)Observer
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On aster. I never noticed how some flies’ stripes are differently scalloped or otherwise detailed. Is it variation of individuals, or part of differentiating species?
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Genus SiphonaObserver
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On aster, with a partial posterior of a bigger drone fly for comparison in second image
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Metallic Sweat Bees (Subgenus Dialictus)Observer
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On aster, with a Bombus ternarius in the background for scale