#99: Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
I heard chipping sparrows throughout the day, but couldn't get a picture - until I cheated and called one in with Merlin.
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2023年05月26日
2023年05月25日
#97: Microchrysa sp.
A soldier fly (Stratiomyidae)
On spirea bush
#96: Microchrysa sp.
A cuckoo bee (Cyrsididae)
On ninebark bush.
2023年05月20日
#95: Typical Potter Wasps
Eumenes sp.
On snow berry leaf.
2023年05月19日
#94 Listrus sp.
Observed on May 17
A soft-winged flower beetle (Melyridae)
On the wall of the shed.
2023年05月18日
#93: Goldenrod Crab Spider
(Misumena vatia) Male
Looks like this guy lost one of his long pairs of legs.
#92: European Drone Fly
(Eristalis arbustorum)
Front garden
2023年05月17日
#91: Early Tachinid Fly
Epalpus signifer
The early tachinid flies (Epalpus signifer) are a lot later than usual this year. This is the first one I've seen this spring.
#90: Diplolepis sp.
Likely Mossy Rose Gall Wasp
I've reared many mossy rose gall wasps from galls that I've collected nearby, but never found one in the yard before. Until today. I'm not sure that it's Diplolepis rosae, but looks right. (#509 for the yard)
