Caught a frog out of the pond again, though still unsure as to what species it is. It looks to be younger than the previously photographed one. Caught a couple of bees gathering from our clover which comes right back after being mowed. Japanese honeysuckle is in bloom and you can smell it all around.
Posting early today, heading up to Newark, DE for the weekend again. Hopefully I’ll be able to catch the “super moon” tomorrow but it looks like we might have overcast skies 😦 Anyway, today more butterflies and a bee for you. Turns out the red admirals are everywhere now, and I think I saw a black tiger swallow tail but wasn’t able to catch it at rest. Also a painted lady that I wasn’t able to catch with wings open and a little pear crescent.
Snapped a picture of a clover only to see a honey bee nearby so switched to taking pictures of it as it gathered nectar. Our grape vines are starting to leaf out and hopefully we’ll get some more grapes this year. We have a couple different varieties of Japanese maples in our yard as you can see the fringed leaves on this one.
Decided to work on some macros. This has led me to discover that I may be miss-identifying our maples on our property. I’m going to have to wait till they leaf out more.
Aside from a couple shots of an unknown pine tree, today’s theme was bees. I need to find a better resource for identifying the pine, which is likely loblolly, shortleaf, longleaf or possibly a hybrid 🙂 The bees on the other hand I’m pretty sure the smaller ones are the honey bees which are not native and were brought over by Europeans for honey production. The larger bee is a carpenter bee which can be confused with a bumble bee due to their size and yellow/black coloring. The carpenter bee has a smooth abdomen (back end of an insect) which if you look at the carpenter bee in flight picture you can tell is shiny and hairless.
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