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Milbert's Tortoiseshell (Aglais milberti)

Date

November 16, 2023 06:44 PM EST

Description

Neighbors extracted this from their unheated garage.

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Muscoid Flies (Superfamily Muscoidea)

Date

November 4, 2023 02:55 PM EDT

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Calligrapher Beetles (Genus Calligrapha)

Date

October 27, 2023 03:31 PM EDT

Description

On hosta stem in senescing perennial bed.

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Common Looper Moth (Autographa precationis)

Date

October 8, 2023 02:47 PM EDT

Description

On perennial sunflower

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Date

October 8, 2023 02:37 PM EDT

Description

On tithonia

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European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)

Date

October 7, 2023 10:52 AM EDT

Description

On butterfly weed

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Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)

Date

October 7, 2023 08:08 AM EDT

Description

On tithonia

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European Woolcarder Bee (Anthidium manicatum)

Date

October 7, 2023 08:08 AM EDT

Description

On tithonia

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Squash Bugs (Genus Anasa)

Date

October 7, 2023 12:23 PM EDT

Description

On signpost in cucumber/zucchini patch

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Date

October 7, 2023 11:34 AM EDT

Description

On dahlia

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Northern Paper Wasp (Polistes fuscatus)

Date

October 7, 2023 10:52 AM EDT

Description

On butterfly weed

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Fraternal Potter Wasp (Eumenes fraternus)

Date

October 7, 2023 11:34 AM EDT

Description

On Japanese indigo

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Date

October 7, 2023 11:35 AM EDT

Description

I like how there’s a cave-painting of a snail on the shell

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Thick-legged Hover Fly (Syritta pipiens)

Date

October 7, 2023 11:38 AM EDT

Description

On Japanese indigo

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Spotted Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata)

Date

October 7, 2023 11:36 AM EDT

Description

On dahlia

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Globetails (Genus Sphaerophoria)

Date

October 6, 2023 10:44 AM EDT

Description

On marigold

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Yellow-legged Flower Fly (Syrphus rectus)

Date

October 6, 2023 10:42 AM EDT

Description

On marigold

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Date

October 6, 2023 10:42 AM EDT

Description

On hosta

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Eastern Hornet Fly (Spilomyia longicornis)

Date

October 5, 2023 10:59 AM EDT

Description

On cosmos

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Date

October 5, 2023 11:00 AM EDT

Description

On zinnia

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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

Date

October 1, 2023 07:53 PM EDT

Description

On stick half-buried in fallen maple leaves

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Yellow-collared Scape Moth (Cisseps fulvicollis)

Date

October 1, 2023 04:11 PM EDT

Description

On aster

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Date

October 1, 2023 04:12 PM EDT

Description

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)

Date

October 1, 2023 04:14 PM EDT

Description

On aster

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Eurasian Drone Fly (Eristalis arbustorum)

Date

October 1, 2023 04:14 PM EDT

Description

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)

Date

October 1, 2023 04:15 PM EDT

Description

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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Yellow-legged Flower Fly (Syrphus rectus)

Date

October 1, 2023 04:16 PM EDT

Description

On aster

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Date

October 1, 2023 04:18 PM EDT

Description

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)

Date

October 1, 2023 04:19 PM EDT

Description

On aster

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Metallic Sweat Bees (Subgenus Dialictus)

Date

October 1, 2023 04:19 PM EDT

Description

On aster, with a Bombus ternarius in the background for scale

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