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1 2 Flower Fly

Flower Fly

by beacantorVirginia, USA

3 1 Flower fly

Flower fly

by bealeidermanVirginia, USA

0 0 Yellowjacket Hover Fly

Yellowjacket Hover Fly

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Large, colorful syrphid fly with yellow, ...

1 1 Transverse Flower Fly

Transverse Flower Fly

by MelindaRhotenFlemingVirginia, USA

Another small bee I don't recognize.

1 0 Small hover fly

Small hover fly

by drpalombellaVirginia, USA

Tiny hover fly (no idea what the

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by AshleyAkersPratt, West Virginia, USA

Small fly with bee-like coloration, big red ...

0 0 Flower Fly

Flower Fly

by Greg ShchepanekVirginia, USA

Fuzzy yellow & black, has a buzz similar to a bumblebee.

1 0 Fly Poison

Fly Poison

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Plant with grass-like leaves. Single stalk with whitish

1 0 Yellow-collared Scape Moth

Yellow-collared Scape Moth

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Day flying moth with slate gray wings. ...

0 0 Virginia flower fly

Virginia flower fly

by AliciaBorisonikOttawa, Ontario, Canada

This flies look and behave like hornets but ...

3 3 Golden dung fly

Golden dung fly

by drPVirginia, USA

At the time I took this picture, I was much more interested in IDing the

0 0 Virginia Flower Fly

Virginia Flower Fly

by MarkFrazierKansas City, Missouri, USA

Audible buzz, stayed close to plants, in the under story. Did not appear ...

0 0 Large Crane Fly

Large Crane Fly

by ForestDragonVirginia, USA

Large crane fly with very long legs. ...

2 0 Bloodroot

Bloodroot

by Candice TrimbleVirginia, USA

The flowers are produced from March to May, ...

3 1 Virginia Bluebell

Virginia Bluebell

by SteffiDayton, Ohio, USA

Clusters of blue/purple flowers, fairly ...

0 0 Crane-fly orchid

Crane-fly orchid

by drPVirginia, USA

Spring leaves of a small-flowered native ...

1 3 White Cabbage Butterfly

White Cabbage Butterfly

by AshleyAkersWest Virginia, USA

Medium-sized white butterfly with black on the upper tip of its wings and a ...

1 1 Virginia Ctenucha

Virginia Ctenucha

by Brian ParsonsMentor, Ohio, USA

The largest and most broad-winged of wasp moths in North America. Body metallic ...

1 1 Potter wasp

Potter wasp

by ScottLewisVirginia, USA

They feed on flower nectar and small ...

0 0 Early Saxifrage

Early Saxifrage

by QWMomGeorgia, USA

This species flowers in the spring and is ...

2 0 Black and White Sand Wasp

Black and White Sand Wasp

by mary.gallo.mVirginia, USA

and white. It is a solitary type of wasp called Bembix speciosis. It mainly ...

1 0 Early Saxifrage

Early Saxifrage

by KenCheeksNorth Augusta, South Carolina, USA

of fragrant white flowers. Ontario to ...

0 0 White-tailed deer (male)

White-tailed deer (male)

by GeodialistVirginia, USA

, especially Photos 3-4: Notice the large

2 1 Early Saxifrage

Early Saxifrage

by QWMomCanton, Georgia, USA

Saxifraga virginiensis (Early saxifrage,[2][3]

1 2 Yellow-collared Scape Moth

Yellow-collared Scape Moth

by TinaProperCenterville, penna, USA

often confused with Virginia Ctenucha and ...

0 0 Reticulated Net-winged Beetle

Reticulated Net-winged Beetle

by James A McNairTitusville, Florida, USA

thorax is black with a distinct reddish-brown patch. Adults are found resting ...

0 1 Yellowjacket Hoverfly

Yellowjacket Hoverfly

by GeodialistVirginia, USA

A Yellowjacket Hoverfly, a member of the Syrphidae family of

0 1 Bee and Hoverfly

Bee and Hoverfly

by GeodialistVirginia, USA

A pair of pollinators feeding on Swamp Rose: The larger insect (shown on

1 1 Eight-Spotted Forester Moth

Eight-Spotted Forester Moth

by Carol Snow MilnePennsylvania, USA

Family: Noctuidae, Subfamily: Agaristinae. (Wood-Nymphs and Foresters) A common ...

3 1 Snowberry clearwing moth

Snowberry clearwing moth

by AngelaReneaLawsonWest Virginia, USA

The Snowberry Clearwing Moth is a small hummingbird moth which more closely ...

0 0 Goldenrod

Goldenrod

by joanbstanleyDenton, Texas, USA

Goldenrods are very common wildflowers throughout

1 0 Pandorus Sphinx Moth

Pandorus Sphinx Moth

by DsPinkstonHuntsville, Alabama, USA

The Pandorus Sphinx Moth is a large, greenish gray moth with darker patches and ...

0 0 Bloodroot

Bloodroot

by werdgentArlington, Virginia, USA

flowers are pollinated by small bees and ...

0 0 Black and Yellow Argiope

Black and Yellow Argiope

Poquoson, Virginia, USA

The males tend to grow about 3/4 inch long with the female spiders growing ...

5 2 Nessus sphinx moth

Nessus sphinx moth

by Sphingid_MattSouth Windsor, Connecticut, United States

there is only one band visible. Adults nectar from many different

2 1 Pipevine Swallowtail (female)

Pipevine Swallowtail (female)

by nexttogoneBandera, Texas, USA

AKA Blue Swallowtail - Butterflies of America lists 5 subspecies, of which 2 ...

1 2 Pipevine Swallowtail (Larva)

Pipevine Swallowtail (Larva)

by nexttogoneBandera, Texas, USA

or three flights per year in North Carolina.

8 3 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

by KenCheeksGeorgia, USA

common in many different habitats. It

8 6 Eastern tiger swallowtail

Eastern tiger swallowtail

by LucBertrandSherbrooke, Québec, Canada

many different habitats. It flies from ...

5 5 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

by JimJohnson2Pennsylvania, USA

common in many different habitats. It

2 5 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

by jgorneauNew York, USA

common in many different habitats. It

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