Black Swallowtail Caterpillar

Swallowtail. Black Swallowtail Caterpillar on Bronze Fennel. Athens, Georgia. 2018.

Transverse Flower Fly

Transverse Flower Fly on New England Aster. Athens, Georgia. 2018.

Transverse Flower Fly

Transverse Flower Fly on New England Aster, side view. Athens, Georgia. 2018.

Red Banded Hairstreak

Hairstreaks. Red Banded Hairstreak on Mountain Mint. Athens, Georgia. 2018.

Orchard Orbweaver Spider

Orchard Orbweaver Spider. Georgia State Botanical Garden, Athens, Georgia. 2018.

Sensitive Briar

Mimosa microphylla (Sensitive Briar). Fabaceae (Legume family). Georgia State Botanical Garden, Athens, Georgia. 2018.

Newly Emerged Stink Bug Nymphs and Empty Eggshells

Newly emerged stinkbug nymphs next to the empty eggshells. I found these on the leaf of some River Oats. The eggs were about the size of the head of a sewing pin. Georgia State Botanical Garden, Athens, GA. 2018.

Tiger Swallowtail Caterpillar

Swallowtail. Tiger Swallowtail Caterpillar. Georgia State Botanical Garden, Athens, Georgia. 2018.

Prairie Smoke

Geum triflorum (Prairie Smoke). Rosaceae (Rose family). Riverbend Nature Center, Faribault, MN. 2018.

Hooded Merganser Ducklings

ANSERIFORMES. ANATIDAE. Lophodytes cucullatus. Hooded Merganser. Riverbend Nature Center, Faribault, Minnesota. 2018.

Hooded Merganser Ducklings

ANSERIFORMES. ANATIDAE. Lophodytes cucullatus. Hooded Merganser. Riverbend Nature Center, Faribault, Minnesota. 2018.

Hooded Merganser female and ducklings

ANSERIFORMES. ANATIDAE. Lophodytes cucullatus. Hooded Merganser. Riverbend Nature Center, Faribault, Minnesota. 2018.

Hooded Merganser female and ducklings

ANSERIFORMES. ANATIDAE. Lophodytes cucullatus. Hooded Merganser. Riverbend Nature Center, Faribault, Minnesota. 2018.

Tree Swallow, Male

PASSERIFORMES. HIRUNDINIDAE. Tachycineta bicolor. Tree Swallow (M). Riverbend Nature Center, Faribault, MN. 2018.

Tree Swallow on a Nest Box

PASSERIFORMES. HIRUNDINIDAE. Tachycineta bicolor. Tree Swallow (M). Riverbend Nature Center, Faribault, MN. 2018.

Indigo Bunting

PASSERIFORMES. CARDINALIDAE. Passerina cyanea. Indigo Bunting. Riverbend Nature Center, Faribault, MN. 2018

Common Yellowthroat

PASSERIFORMES. PARULIDAE. Geothlypis trichas. Common Yellowthroat. Riverbend Nature Center, Faribault, MN. 2018

Red-winged Blackbird, Male

PASSERIFORMES. ICTERIDAE. Agelaius phoeniceus. Red-winged Blackbird. Riverbend Nature Center, Faribault, MN. 2018

Red-winged Blackbird, Male

PASSERIFORMES. ICTERIDAE. Agelaius phoeniceus. Red-winged Blackbird. Riverbend Nature Center, Faribault, MN. 2018

Prairie Spiderwort

Tradescantia bracteata (Prairie Spiderwort). Commelinaceae (Spiderwort family). Riverbend Nature Center, Faribault, MN. 2018.