Spring – Summer 2018

October 3

: Bumblebee on New England Aster

: Bumblebee on New England Aster

: Carpenter Bee on Aster

: Carpenter Bee on Lantana

: Paper Wasp on Goldenrod

: Honeybee on New England Aster

: Bumblebee on Goldenrod

: Paperwasp on Goldenrod

: Cup Plant

: Paperwasp on Goldenrod

: Cabbage White on New England Aster

: Cabbage White

: Cabbage White on New England Aster

: Cabbage White on NewEngland Aster

: Orange Sulphur on Aster

: Orange Sulphur on Aster

September 30

: Dogwood

: Wild Grape

: Virginia Creeper

: Ambush bug on Goldenrod

September 27

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Bumblebee on Salvia Royal Blue

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Beebalm

: Giant Pokeweed

September 26

: Hickory Tussock Mother

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Cabbage White on Lantana

: Cabbage White

: Sulphur on Buddleia

September 25

: Goldfinch

: Goldfinch on Purple Coneflower

: Goldfinch on Purple Coneflower

: Cabbage White on New England Aster

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Viceroy on Aster

: Viceroy on Aster

September 24

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Aster

: Giant Pokeweed

: Monarch on Buddleia

September 23

: Cabbage White Aster

: Cabbage White

: Cabbage White on Salvia

: Sulphur on Buddleia

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Monarch

: Eastern Comma on Goldenrod

: Eastern Comma on Goldenrod

September 22

: Button Bush

: Immature Bluets Narrow-winged Damselfy

: Grove Snail on Goldenrd

: Viceroy on Aster

: Great Spangled Fritillary on Grape Vine

September 21

: Monarch male on Buddleia

: Monarch

: Viceroy on Goldenrod

: Viceroy on Goldenrod

: Sulphur on Aster

: Sulphur on Echinacea

: Cabbage White on Aster

: Dejardin Canal at sundown

: Snowberry

: Cup Plant

September 19

: Giant Pokeweed

: Gray Squirrel

: Eastern Forktail Damselfly

: Sulphur on Buddleia

: Cabbage White on Aster

: Cabbage White mating

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Viceroy on Buddleia

: Viceroy on Fragrant Sumac

September 18

: Black Swallowtail on Buddleia

: Black Swallowtail on Buddleia

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Black Swallowtail on Buddleia

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Sulphur on Buddleia

: Sulphur on Buddleia

: Orange Sulphur on Buddleia

: Viceroy

: Viceroy on Buddleia

: Viceroys

: Viceroy on Goldenrod

: Monarch on Buddleia

September 17

: Eastern Comma on Grape Vine

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Eastern Comma on Grape Vine

: Cabbage White

: Viceroy on Privot

: Giant Poke Weed

: Giant Poke Weed

September 15

: Evening Primrose

: Giant Poke Weed

: Cabbage White on Apple Mint

: Viceroy on Goldenrod

: Sulphur on Buddleia

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Monarch on Buddleia

September 14

: Cabbage White on Lantana

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Caryopteris

: Sulphur on Buddleia

: Viceroy on Buddleia

: Viceroy on Buddleia

September 13

: Snowberry

: Cabbage White on Caryopteris

: Pearl Crescent

: Viceroy on Apple Mint

: Monarch on Caryopteris

: Monarch on Caryopteris

: Monarch on Caryopteris

: Monarch on Goldenrod

: Monarch on Caryopteris

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Unidentified Darner Dragonfly

: Monarch Caterpillar on Milkweed

: Unidentified Dragonfly

: Red-legged Grasshopper

September 12

: Monarch Caterpillar on Milkweed

: Monarch Caterpillar on Milkweed

: Unidentified Meadow Skimmer Dragonfly

: Cabbage White on Aster

: Viceroy on buddleia

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Monarch on Buddleia

September 11

: Cardinal

: Giant Poke Weed

: Monarch

: Cabbage White

: Cabbage White

: Monarch on Goldenrod

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Silver-spotted Skipper

: Red-legged Grasshopper

: Grasshopper on Goldenrod

: Unidentified Ord Weaver

September 7

: Cabbage White on Buddleia

: Mating Monrachs on Teasel

: Monarch on Buddleia

September 6

: Black-legged Meadow katydid

: Black-legged Meadow katydid

: Black-legged Meadow katydid

: Red-legged Grasshopper

: Milkweed Seeds

: Buddleia

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Monarch on Buddleia

September 5

: Peck’s Skipper on Salvia

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Red Spotted Purple on Buddleia

: Giant Poke Weed

: Red Spotted Purple on Buddleia

: Grove Snail

: Black Swallowtail Caterpillar

September 4

: Honeybee on Buddleia

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Monarchs on Buddleia

: Pearl Crescent

: Cabbage White mating on Redbud leaf

: Black Swallowtail on Buddleia

: Grove Snail

: Hickory Tussock Moth on Dogwood

: Black Swallowtail Caterpillar on Parsley

: Scissor Grinder Cicada on Aster

: unidentified spider

: Unidentified Ord Weaver

: Aster

: Buddleia

: Giant Poke Weed

September 3

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Cabbage White on Caryopteris

: Viceroy on Buddleia

: Black Swallowtail Caterpillar on Parsley

September 2

: Cat Bird on Cup Plant

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Viceroy on Buddleia

: Cabbage White on Apple Mint

: Paper Wasp on Goldenrod

: Bumblebee on Golden Honey Plant

: Bottle Fly on Rudbeckia Triloba

: Common Green Bottle Fly

: Honeybee on Golden Honey Plant

: Stink Bug

: Black Swallowtail Caterpillar on Parsley

: Japanese Anemone

: Giant Poke Weed

August 30

: Viceroy on Buddleia

: Giant Poke Weed

: Monarh on Buddleia

: Pearl Crescent

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Viceroy on Buddleia

: Viceroy on Buddleia

: Black Swallowtail Caterpillar on Parsley

: Black Swallowtail Caterpillar on Rue

: Banded Argiope (Argiopa trifasciata)

: Paper Wasp on Goldenrod

: Paper Wasp on Cup Plant

August 29

: Grove Snail on Rudbeckia

: Black Swallowtail Caterpillar on Parsley

: Black Swallowtail Caterpillar on Oregano

: Grove Snail on Cone Flower

: Peck’s Skipper

August 28

: Milbert’s Tortoiseshell on Buddleia

: Peck’s Skipper on Bee Balm

: Milbert’s Tortoiseshell on Buddleia

: Viceroy on Buddleia

: Monarch on Buddleia

: Black Swallowtail Caterpillar on Rue

: Leafhopper on Dogwood

: Bee Fly on Caryopteris

: Stink Bug on Giant Poke Weed

August 27

: Golden Digger Wasp on Apple Ming

: Peck’s Skipper on Black-Eyed Susan

: Peck’s Skipper on Buddleia

: Silver-spotted Skipper on Buddleia

August 26

: Red-legged Grasshopper photo by Michelle Sharp

: photo by Michelle Sharp

: Red-legged Grasshopper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Cabbage White on Buddleia photo by Michelle Sharp

: Paper Wasp photo by Michelle Sharp

: Japanese Anenome photo by Michelle Sharp

: Estern Comma on Buddleis photo by Michelle Sharp

: Tiger Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: photo by Michelle Sharp

: Giant Swallowtail on Bottlebrush Buckeye photo by Michelle Sharp

: Giant Swallowtail on Lantana

: Monarch on Buddleia photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monarch on Buddleia photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monarch on Buddleia photo by Michelle Sharp

: Peck’s Skipper on Parsley photo by Michelle Sharp

: Viceroys on Buddleia photo by Michelle Sharp

: Viceroy on Buddleia photo by Michelle Sharp

August 25

: Monarch on Buddleia photo by Michelle Sharp

: Black Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Cabbage White and Hoverfly on Apple Mint

: Bumblebee on Caryopteris photo by Michelle Sharp

: Praying Mantis eating a Katydid photo by Michelle Sharp

: Red Spotted Purple on Buddleia photo by Michelle Sharp

: Black Swallowtail Caterpillars on Rue photo by Michelle Sharp

: Bumblebee on Turtlehead photo by Michelle Sharp

: Bumblebee on Turtlehead photo by Michelle Sharp

: Black Swallowtail on Buddleia photo by Michelle Sharp

: Northern Crescent on Buddleia photo by Michelle Sharp

: Viceroy on Buddleia photo by Michelle Sharp

: Cosmopepla Lintneriana or Twice-stabbed Stink bug or Wee Harlequin Bug on Oregano photo by Michelle Sharp

: Black Swallowtail caterpilllar on Rue Photo by Michelle Sharp

: Eastern Comma and Carpenter Bee photo by Michelle Sharp

: American Toad photo by Michelle Sharp

: Peck’s Skipper photo by Michelle Sharp

August 24

: Rudbeckia Triloba photo by Michelle Sharp

: Grove Snail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Black Swallowtail Caterpillar on Rue photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monarch on Buddleja photo by Michelle Sharp

: Giant Pokeweed photo by Michelle Sharp

: Red Osier Dogwood photo by Michelle Sharp

: Grove Snail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Black Swallowtail Caterpillar on Rue photo by Michelle Sharp

: Peck’s Skipper on Lantana photo by Michelle Sharp

: Pecks’ Skipper on Lantana photo by Michelle Sharp

: Stink bug Photo by Michelle Sharp

: Honeybee photo by Michelle Sharp

August 23

: White Aster photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monarch on Buddleja photo by Michelle Sharp

: Giant Swallowtail on Buddleja photo by Michelle Sharp

: Mating Monachs on Goldenrod photo by Michelle Sharp

: Common Buckeye photo by Michelle Sharp

: Mating Monarchs on Goldenrod photo by Michelle Sharp

: Black Swallowtail Caterpillar on Rue photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monarch on Buddleja photo by Michelle Sharp

: Japanese Anemone photo by Michelle Sharp

: Buddleja photo by Michelle Sharp

: Giant Pokeweed photo by Michelle Sharp

: Mating Monarchs on Goldenrod photo by Michelle Sharp

: Black Swallowtail Caterpillar on Rue photo by Michelle Sharp

: Black Swallowtail Caterpillar on Rue photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monarch on Red Osier Dogwood photo by Michelle Sharp

: Black Swallowtail Caterpillar on Rue photo by Michelle Sharp

: Black Swallowtail Caterpillar on Rue photo by Michelle Sharp

: Pecks’ Skipper on Joe Pie Weed photo by Michelle Sharp

: Red spotted Purple on Buddleja photo by Michelle Sharp

: Sulphur on Buddleja photo by Michelle Sharp

: Tawnyedged Skipper on Lantana photo by Michelle Sharp

August 20

: Candy Striped Leafhopper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Hickory Tussock Moth photo by Michelle Sharp

: Candy striped Leafhopper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Giant Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Bumblebee photo by Michelle Sharp

: Banded Garden Snail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monarch on Buddleia photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monarch photo by Michelle Sharp

: Peck’s Skipper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Peck’s Skipper on Oregano photo by Michelle Sharp

: Peck’s Skipper photo by Michelle Sharp

August 22

: Monarch on Blackeyed Susan photo by Michelle Sharp

: Giant Pokeweed photo by Michelle Sharp

: Shiny Flower Beetles on Goldenrod photo by Michelle Sharp

: Black Swallowtail Caterpillar on Rue photo by Michelle Sharp

: Black Swallowtail Caterpillar on Rue photo by Michelle Sharp

: Black Swallowtail Caterpillar photo by Michelle Sharp

: Bumblebee on Turtlehead flower photo by Michelle Sharp

: Black Swallowtail Caterpillar on Rue photo by Michelle Sharp

: Peck’s Skipper on Lantana photo by Michelle Sharp

: Peck’s Skipper on Lantana photo by Michelle Sharp

: Tawny Edged Skipper on Thyme photo by Michelle Sharp

August 18

: Chipmunk on Cup plant photo by Michelle Sharp

: Chipmunk on Cup plant photo by Michelle Sharp

: Meadowhawk photo by Michelle Sharp

: Katydid photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monarch on Buddleja photo by Michelle Sharp

: Red Spotted Purple on Buddleja

: Chipmunk on Cup plant photo by Michelle Sharp

: Tiger Swallowtail on Buddleja photo by Michelle Sharp

: Paper Wasp on Pearly Everlasting

: Pearl Crescent on Blackeyed Susan photo by Michelle Sharp

: Peck’s Skipper on Lavender photo by Michelle Sharp

: Viceroy on Buddleja photo by Michelle Sharp

: Chipmunk on Cup plant photo by Michelle Sharp

August 17

: Photo by Michelle Sharp

: Photo by Michelle Sharp

: Common Green Bottle fly photo by Michelle Sharp

: Slug photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monarch on Buddleja photo by Michelle Sharp

: White Planthopper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Leafhopper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monarch on Goldenrod photo by Michelle Sharp

: Paper wasp on Pearly Everlasting photo by Michelle Sharp

August 16

: Peck’s Skipper on Apple mint photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monarch photo by Michelle Sharp

: Black Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Grape Plume Moth photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monarch photo by Michelle Sharp

: Black Swallowtail on Buddleia photo by Michelle Sharp

: Black Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Peck’s Skipper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Applemint photo by Michelle Sharp

: Long-jawed Ord Weaver photo by Michelle Sharp

: Long-jawed Orb Weaver photo by Michelle Sharp

: Bumblebee on Cutleaf Coneflower photo by Michelle Sharp

: Hickory Tussock Caterpillar photo by Michelle Sharp

: Eastern Forktale photo by Michelle Sharp

August 15

: Hummingbird Moth photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monarch photo by Michelle Sharp

: Hickory Tussock Moth photo by Michelle Sharp

: Locust Borer on Goldenrod photo by Michelle Sharp

: Immature female Eastern Forktail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Pecks Skipper on Goldenrod

: Pearly Everlasting photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monarch on Joe Pie Weed photo by Michelle Sharp

: Horsefly photo by Michelle Sharp

: Black Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Black Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Cabbage White on Buddleia photo by Michelle Sharp

: Silken Fungus Beetle on Honeybee photo by Michelle Sharp

: Bumblebee yoga photo by Michelle Sharp

: Common Ringlet photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monarchphoto by Michelle Sharp

: Stink bug photo by Michelle Sharp

: Green Bottle fly Red Oisier Dogwood photo by Michelle Sharp

: Silver Spotted Skipper on Geranium photo by Michelle Sharp

August 14

: White Planthopper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Cabbage White on Mint photo by Michelle Sharp

: Eastern Tailed Blue photo by Michelle Sharp

: Fly photo by Michelle Sharp

: Gold Finch photo by Michelle Sharp

: Hickory Tussock Moth Caterpillar photo by Michelle Sharp

: Jagged Ambush Bug on Queen Anne’s Lace

: Male Eastern Amberwing Dragonfly on Buddleia photo by Michelle Sharp

: White-faced Meadowhawk Dragonfly on Buddleia photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monarch on Buddleia photo by Michelle Sharp

: Black Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Pecks Skipper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Slug on Purple Cone Flower photo by Michelle Sharp

: Grove Snail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Viceroy on Buddleia photo by Michelle Sharp

: Viceroy on Buddleia photo by Michelle Sharp

August 13

: Orange Sulphur photo by Michelle Sharp

: Giant Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Honeybee photo by Michelle Sharp

: Giant Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monkshood photo by Michelle Sharp

: Pecks Skipper on Buddleia photo by Michelle Sharp

August 12

: Grapevine photo by Michelle Sharp

: Candystriped Leafhopper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Tigers Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Grove Snail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Bumblebee on Queen Anne’s Lace photo by Michelle Sharp

: Cabbagewhite on Buddleia photo by Michelle Sharp

: Eastern Chipmunk photo by Michelle Sharp

: photo by Michelle Sharp

: Tawny Edged Skipper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Giant Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

August 10

: Black Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Cabbage White photo by Michelle Sharp

: Eastern Comma photo by Michelle Sharp

: Tiger Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Garden Roach photo by Michelle Sharp

: Meadowhawk photo by Michelle Sharp

: Meadowhawk photo by Michelle Sharp

: Meadowhawk photo by Michelle Sharp

: Pecks Skipper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Red Spotted Purple photo by Michelle Sharp

: Red Spotted Purplephoto by Michelle Sharp

: Stink bug photo by Michelle Sharp

: Tawny Edged Skipper photo by Michelle Sharp

August 9

: Silver Spotted Skipper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Black Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Cabbage White photo by Michelle Sharp

: Hummingbird Clearwing Moth photo by Michelle Sharp

: Pecks Skipper photo by Michelle Sharp

: photo by Michelle Sharp

: Tiger Swallowtail

: Bumblebee photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monarch photo by Michelle Sharp

: Leafhopper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monarchs photo by Michelle Sharp

August 7

: Cabbage White photo by Michelle Sharp

: Tiger Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Eastern Comma photo by Michelle Sharp

: Eastern Comma photo by Michelle Sharp

: Giant Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monarch photo by Michelle Sharp

: Pecks Skipper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Red Spotter Purple photo by Michelle Sharp

: Red Admiral photo by Michelle Sharp

: Wild Indigo Duskywing photo by Michelle Sharp

: Black Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

August 6

: Ruby Throated Hummingbird Female photo by Michelle Sharp

: Pecks Skipper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Muskrat photo by Michelle Sharp

: Katydid photo by Michelle Sharp

: Tawny Edged Skipper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Tiger Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Viceroy photo by Michelle Sharp

: Giant Pokeweed photo by Michelle Sharp

: Hickory Tussock Moth photo by Michelle Sharp

: Tawny Edged Skipper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Ruby Throated Hummingbird Female photo by Michelle Sharp

: Gold Digger Wasp photo by Michelle Sharp

: Honeybee photo by Michelle Sharp

: Hummingbird Clearwing Moth photo by Michelle Sharp

: Ruby Throated Hummingbird Female photo by Michelle Sharp

August 5

: Jagged Ambush Bug photo by Michelle Sharp

: Pecks Skipper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Red Admiral photo by Michelle Sharp

: Silver Spotted Skipper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Tawny Edged Skipper

: Black Swallowtail caterpillar photo by Michelle Sharp

August 4

: Photo by Michelle Sharp

: Photo by Michelle Sharp

: Cabbage White photo by Michelle Sharp

: Tiger Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Green Planthopper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monarch photo by Michelle Sharp

: Pecks Skipper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Red Sptted Purple photo by Michelle Sharp

: Silver Spotted Skipper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Viceroy photo by Michelle Sharp

August 3

: Wild Indigo Duskywing photo by Michelle Sharp

: Snowberry Clearwing moths mating photo by Michelle Sharp

: Giant Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Red Admiral photo by Michelle Sharp

: Goldfinch Female photo by Michelle Sharp

: Eastern Forktale photo by Michelle Sharp

: Goldfinch male photo by Michelle Sharp

: Gray Spring Moth photo by Michelle Sharp

: Giant Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Giant Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Honeybee photo by Michelle Sharp

: White Planthopper photo by Michelle Sharp

August 2

: Cabbage White photo by Michelle Sharp

: Leafhopper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Tiger swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Grasshopper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Hickory Tussock Moth Caterpillar photo by Michelle Sharp

: Snail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monarchs mating photo by Michelle Sharp

: Snail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Pecks Skipper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Pecks Skipper photo by Michelle Sharp

: Snowberry Clearwing Moth photo by Michelle Sharp

: Slug photo by Michelle Sharp

: Snowberry Clearwing Moth photo by Michelle Sharp

August 1

: Ambush Bug photo by Michelle Sharp

: Eastern Forktail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monarch photo by Michelle Sharp

: Bee Balm photo by Michelle Sharp

: Fallen Elderberry flowe photo by Michelle Sharp

: Snowberry Clearwing moth photo by Michelle Sharp

: Wild Indigo Duskywing photo by Michelle Sharp

July 28

: Tiger Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Eastern Comma photo by Michelle Sharp

: Eastern Comma photo by Michelle Sharp

: Tiger Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Black Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Monarch photo by Michelle Sharp

: Cabbage White photo by Michelle Sharp

: Yarrow photo by Michelle Sharp

: Spicebush Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: photo by Michelle Sharp

: Spicebush Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

: Bumblebee photo by Michelle Sharp

: Beefly photo by Michelle Sharp

: Red Admiral photo by Michelle Sharp

: Wild Indigo Duskywing photo by Michelle Sharp

: Spicebush Swallowtail photo by Michelle Sharp

July 27

: Great Black Wasp photo by Michelle Sharp

: Bumblebee photo by Michelle Sharp