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Bumble Bees Genus BombusObserver
susanhewittDescription
Drowned in the swimming pool.
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Robust Ground Crickets Genus AllonemobiusObserver
susanhewittDescription
It had fallen into the swimming pool.
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Genus AphidiusObserver
susanhewittDescription
On Seaside Goldenrod.
The golden-colored aphid "mummies" visible here are dead individual aphids that were parasitized by a Braconid wasp.
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Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennisObserver
susanhewittDescription
This morning I was in the swimming pool (where dragonflies often cruise) and one came over to me, hovered, and looked me right in the face from a few inches away.
I was surprised, but I said "hello" to it out loud, and I raised my left hand up out of the water quite near my face.
It was a beautiful blue skimmer, and it sat itself down, right on my index finger, and stayed there for almost 5 minutes!
Needless to say I got a really good look at it.
What a treat!
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Genus UroleuconObserver
susanhewittDescription
On the stem of a Rudbeckia.
Possibly Black-eyed Susans, but I don't really know how to tell one Rudbeckia species from another.
