David

The only time I ever see them is when they come out of the trees to breed. This guy is grey, but some of them are a beautiful pale green...

Looks like skunk cabbage just coming up. I posted a photo of the flower earlier today.

Cool. Do they sleep in orange trees?

Looks like the one - and it says the range extends to southern Canada. I have only ever seen this one individual around here. I would love to see the caterpillar - weird! Thanks for your help.

They leave a pheremone trail to the best food sources so that their tent-mates are guaranteed a good meal.

Great shot. That's an Eastern tent caterpillar. They leave their tents around that size and look for places to pupate. Amazing animals.

That looks like a crane fly to me. There are a number of different species, all with those great long legs.

Isn't that the coolest? So if you ever get lost in the Maine woods in the spring, you can keep your fingers warm in the skunk cabbage flowers ;)

Great shot - the lighting (and the barbed wire) are perfect.

I think it's a vespid wasp of some kind.