June 29th. Poke Milkweed (Asclepias exaltata).

 

 

 

 

 

A male Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus).

 

 

 

American Hazelnut (Corylus americana).

 

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) exhibiting "gular flutter" a cooling behavior...

 

...which is simply explained and includes a brief video, here: https://www.stevekaye.com/bird-videos/

 

 

 

 

 

Pasture or Carolina Rose (Rosa carolina).

 

A Net-winged Beetle (Family Lycidae, best guess Calochromus perfacetus).

 

Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata).

 

Fragrant Water-lily (Nymphaea odorata) with attendant flies and...

 

...snails.

 

July 1st. At a narrow cut-through to bypass Route 2. Sweet Peas (Lathyrus odoratus).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black Raspberries (Rubus occidentalis),

 

Evening Lychnis (Lychnis alba) covered in tiny...

 

...Thrips (Order Thysanoptera). "Thrips" is both singular and pleural. One thrips, many thrips. Go figure.

 

Queen-Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) just opening its umbel of flowers.

 

 

 

 

 

Weevils on Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea stoebe).

 

They're Canada Thistle Bud Weevils (Larinus planus).

 

Introduced to control Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense), they also feed and reproduce on native thistles.

 

July 2nd. A short walk at Lyman Viaduct. Small Milkweed Bug (Lygaeus kalmii).

 

Stilt Bug (Most likely Neoneides muticus).

 

Oriental Beetle (Exomala orientalis, a scarab.)

 

Rabbit's-foot Clover (Trifolium arvense).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea quadrisulcata). Elegant name for a nasty little burr-seeded plant.

 

 

 

July 3rd. Canada Lily (Lilium canadense).