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Papilio palamades, Palamedes swallowtail

Cirsium horridulum, bristle thistle (aka horrid thistle)

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A butterfly with black and yellow patterned wings perched on a yellow thistle flower with thistles leaves, buds and other foliage in the background. The butterfly is facing left and has its proboscis poking inside the top spines of the flower. The thistle flower is a green ball of spines with small spiny arugula-like leaves wrapped around the bud. On top of the green ball are numerous yellow spikes.
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    Syrphus ribesii, flower fly on Coccolaba spinescens

    First black swallowtail caterpillar of the season on fennel, Papilio polyxenes

    Dolichovespula maculata, bald-faced hornet

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    A close-up image of a tiny black caterpillar with a middle white stripe on fennel fronds. The tiny caterpillar has lots of spines. The image of the fennel is so close-up, it looks like the nervous system of an animal except completely green.
    A close-up of a bald-faced hornet on a wooden plank. The hornet has its head down and is scraping off bits of wood which you can see bc it is leaving a trail where it is scratching. The hornet is mostly black with yellow markings on its head, ventral side of its thorax and anterior of its abdomen. The wings are brown and translucent.

    A hoverfly with yellow and black stripes on the back of a leaf. Light is shining through the leaf so that the numerous veins glow neon green. The light also shines through the abdomen of the hover fly and makes the insect appear translucent. The background is blue sky with faded green from a large tree 
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    Please like these photos.

    This bug was so fast. Followed it around for 15’ and these were the best pics I got. Oh well.

    Hemaris deffinis, snowberry clearing (aka hummingbird moth) on Salvia lyrata, lyre leaf sage

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    A hummingbird moth feeding on lavender tube-shaped flowers with a green background. There are new buds of flowers at the top of the pic and those are dark purple. The thorax is very fuzzy and yellow, and the abdomen is black and fuzzy. Its wings are clear but with black veins. And the photo they’re rather blurry because they beat very fast. In this pic, the moth has pulled away and its proboscis is hanging out in front.
    A hummingbird moth with black and yellow coloring hovering near purple flowers. This is a download facing pic. Its head is in the flower.
    Close-up of a hummingbird moth feeding on purple flowers against a green grassy background. This pic the hummingbird moth is facing right with its head in a flower.

    A hummingbird moth feeding on lavender tube-shaped downward-facing flowers with a green, grassy background. The thorax is very fuzzy and yellow, and the abdomen is black and fuzzy. Its wings are clear but with black veins. And the photo they’re rather blurry because they beat very fast. The moth in this pic has its whole head in the flower and his clasping onto the flower from the sides.
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    🧵Signs of the 17-year are already showing up in . The city is a 25-min drive west of and had overwhelming numbers of these cicadas in 2006 and 1989. This year, sections of the state will also be hit with a 13-year brood, an event that hasn't happened since 1803.

    If you're wondering if you might be seeing them near you, this is what to look for in the soil.

    Zooming in on a small immature cicada (hard to see). Around the insect, there are holes in the ground. Each hole has a top that juts out of the ground, shaped like a topless muddy hut. (Photo credit Haley Hogan, Elmhurst, Illinois.) Note that I did not believe a content warning was warranted when posting these images, because the insects in these images are so incredibly difficult to discern.

    A woman's hand points to a small immature cicada (hard to see). Around her hand, there are holes in the ground. Each hole has a top that juts out of the ground, shaped like a topless muddy hut. (Photo credit: Haley Hogan, Elmhurst, Illinois.) Note that I did not believe a content warning was warranted when posting these images, because the insects in these images are so incredibly difficult to discern.
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    Eurytides marcellus, zebra swallowtail on Rubus allegheniensis, wild blackberry

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    A zebra swallowtail butterfly on leafy green blackberry brambles full of white buds and white flowers. This pic is taken more towards its side and is facing top left. The wings are mostly open and the left wing is pointed to the camera.

    A zebra swallowtail butterfly on leafy green blackberry brambles full of white buds and white flowers. The black stripes run parallel to its black body, except on the end of his wings where curves at an angle with the shape of its wings. At the end of its wings is an eye spot that looks more red-haired matryoshka doll head with black eyes nose and mouth. Above either side of the doll is dusted iridescent blue specks. The tips of the swallowtail’s tails are white.
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    Pelegrina galathea, peppered jumping spider

    Asimina triloba, pawpaw

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    Close-up of a maroon flower with deeply-veined petals with a blurred natural background. The pic is same flower and spider bug different angle. The flower hangs down on the branch and the pic is taken from the side and the spider is upside-down facing left. You can see it from the side and it is cast in shadow. The top of the flower is dusted with yellow pollen.

    Close-up of a maroon, deeply-veined flower with a blurred blue sky in the background. It has three large petals opposing directions like a triangle and three more curled petals between the gaps of the petals. Light is shiny through the petals casting deep shadows in the folds. On the left petal is a plump jumping spider facing down. It sort of has dessert camouflage.
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    Stopped by Christie Pits on my way back from a dentist appointment today. Wasn't really expecting to find much given how much foot traffic and how little "wild" space there is, but to my astonishment there were a few different kinds of bees making burrows in sandy patches on the sunny hillside!

    There were fluffy white-and-black mining bees (skittish, hard to get photos) and smaller, more docile metallic olive-green sweat bees.

    Full view of one of the mining bees. It's black with white fluff.
    The face of a metallic olive-green sweat bee as it climbs over a tiny clump of dirt in search of a good burrow site.
    One of the sweat bees as seen from above. It's a lovely metallic olive green with pale yellow fluff on its legs and around its head, but not quite as fluffy as the mining bees.

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