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Spotted Touch-me-not; Jewel weed.
Impatiens capensis
One of my all time favorite plants. It has a seed pod you can prank people with. Ask them to pinch a swollen seed pod with two fingers. The pod will burst in their fingers and give a squirmy sensation as if its alive!
An annual that often occurs in dense stands, this species is especially adapted to humming bird visitation, but bees and butterflies are also important pollinators. If the leaves are submerged, they take on a silvery look. The sap of the stems and leaves is said to relieve itching from poison ivy and nettles (with which it often grows) and has also been used to treat athletes foot; scientific data confirm the fungicidal qualities. -national audubon society field guide to wildflowers
Its a crane fly for sure
Tent cater pillar it is search it on wiki,Not a caterpillar you want to spread
Its a Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Male Crane Fly who has lost a few legs on his journey
Had these things every where when I was growing up
That is a tent worm.I'll have the scientific name in a second.It is harmful to trees in summer.Something you don't want to see alot of.
If you could have or still can scare it a little(just a little) It should reveal the wings underneath with eye spots and pink colors.
Cerisy's Sphinx (Smerinthus cerisyi
