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Tag: identifying insects

immature Large Milkweed Bugs (Oncopeltus fasciatus) on Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) in my garden.
October 19October 18 Donna L. Long

The Mysteries of Large Milkweed Bugs

Blue Dasher dragonfly at Schuylkill Center - Photo by Donna L. Long
August 3August 1 Donna L. Long

Common Green Darner

Bee sipping nectar from a Sienna
July 21September 24 Donna L. Long

Bee or Fly?

Egg case of the European Mantis or Praying Mantis (Mantis_religiosa)
July 13November 11 Donna L. Long

Whose Egg Case? The European Mantis (Mantis religiosa)

Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa Atalanta) sipping salts from human skin.
June 29November 17 Donna L. Long

Red Admiral Butterfly and Flowers That Attract Them.

Colorado Potato Beetle laying orange eggs on stressed tomato plants
June 15June 15 Donna L. Long

Colorado Potato Beetles and How to Predict Garden Pest Infestations

Aster and Large Carpenter Bee (Xylcopa spp.) with new blossoms, fertiilized and blossoms going to seed of a New England Aster (Symphyotricum novae-angliae) in my garden.
September 29November 17 Donna L. Long

New England Asters, a Pollinator Magnet for Your Garden.

Bee sipping nectar from a Sienna
April 7September 24 Donna L. Long

Pollinator Syndromes: How to Predict Which Flowers Insects Will Like

Yellowjackets nest in the tree in front of my house.
September 20February 15 Donna L. Long

The Yellowjackets And The Squirrels

Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) Butterfly. Lycaenidae Butterfly Family). By Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth! [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
June 9October 3 Donna L. Long

Observing Butterflies At Home and Far Away

March 25September 24 Donna L. Long

Insects Head, Thorax, and Abdomen – drawing to learn. 

Aster and Large Carpenter Bee (Xylcopa spp.) onn a New England Aster (Symphyotricum novae-angliae) blossom in my garden.
October 31July 26 Donna L. Long

New England Asters are a Buffet for Pollinators

A sunflower (Helianthus spp.) in my garden illuminated by the sun. Photo by Donna L. Long.
October 3November 17 Donna L. Long

Fall Sunflowers, Bees, Flies and Pollination

Eastern Tailed-Blue (Everes comyntas) - Lycaenidae Family. Photo from Wikimedia Public Domain.
September 2September 24 Donna L. Long

Gossamer Butterfly Family (Lycaenidae)

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus). Swallowtail butterfly family. Photo by Donna L. Long.
August 25September 24 Donna L. Long

Swallowtail Butterfly Family

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