My teen took this cool picture of a feather-legged fly (𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘴) while on our last hike at Thompson Park:

Striped deer fly (𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴), from the Wiley Trails:

(My teen with the ninja-like reflexes actually caught this fly as it was attacking their head. We decided it was kind of pretty so we took its picture and released it.)

With a little rain, fuchsia serves up shelter, water & nectar ️ #InsectThursday #nature #photography #gardening #pollinators #bees #bloomscrolling

Tomato protector.
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A monk named Modomnoc is said to have introduced bees to Ireland in the 6th century, #travelling by boat from Wales Native Irish words about bees emerged at this time such as beach (bee), mil (honey) & míodh (mead) #FolkloreThursday #Legend #Speirgorm #InsectThursday #IrishLanguage #Nature me

Eastern carpenter bee (𝘟𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢) enjoying some tufted vetch (𝘝𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘢), from the Wiley Trails:

Was barely able to tell this was an Eastern Tailed-Blue, evidently having had a hard life. This is a new species in my #garden, so I make sure I am supporting its lifecycle.

The caterpillars feed on the seeds, flowers, and (sometimes) leaves, of different kinds of legumes, including clover, which I have plenty of.

They also secrete a substance which is consumed by some ant species. The ants protect the caterpillars from predators to get the good stuff.

Once a small butterfly, they feed on low growing flowers. Good reason to break a common habit and keep these "weeds" around in your garden. I keep a lot of wild violets available to help.

I don't know but I've been told
Green dragonfly got a blue- wait a minute, that's not right. . .
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Today is day 3 of #30DaysWild During our evening #hedgewatch in our garden we discovered many #ladybird #larvae
They are very welcome in our place because they love to eat #aphids

A bumble with a purple crown for #InsectThursday #nature #photography #beauty #pollination #bloomscrolling #gardening #flowers #bees me

Another lepidopteran from yesterday's hike, a lovely pearl crescent (𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘴):

A photogenic little grapevine epimenis (𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘢 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘴), from yesterday's hike on the Wiley Trails:

Roofers helper
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Seven-spotted ladybug (𝘊𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘢), from the Wiley Trails:

Some days are better than others.
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