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Tiny flies (?) in flower of Slender Toothwort (Cardamine angustata). Not sure what they are--detail not great.
Also posted at:
bugguide.net/node/view/2450828
Suggestion there--one possibility:
Scatopsidae - Minute Black Scavenger Flies
- BugGuide bugguide.net/node/view/37474
Update: iNaturalist CV suggests
Trigrammia quadrinotaria - Four-spotted Angle - Hodges 6360
That does look good!
References
- BugGuide bugguide.net/node/view/57143
- Covell, Field Guide to Eastern Moths (Houghton-Mifflin, 1984) p. 350, plate 48(9)
- MPG mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=6360
Cuckoo Bee - Nomada species (male?, and mating pair in one image)
Tentative ID--opinions welcome!
Nomada bees are kleptoparasites, laying their eggs in the burrows of ground-nesting bees such as Andrena. Females lack pollen baskets, so resemble wasps. They are quite diverse--the genus has ~280 North American species.
Also uploaded at:
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References
- BugGuide bugguide.net/node/view/5211
Cuckoo Bee - Nomada species (male?, and mating pair in one image)
Tentative ID--opinions welcome!
Cuckoo Bee - Nomada species (male?, and mating pair in this image)
Tentative ID--opinions welcome!
Cuckoo Bee - Nomada species (male?, and mating pair in one image)
Tentative ID--opinions welcome!
Purple Meadow Parsnip - Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum
Purple Meadow Parsnip - Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum
Philadelphia Fleabane - Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus
Philadelphia Fleabane - Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus
Stem and leaves pubescent, leaves clasp the stem.
Philadelphia Fleabane - Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus
Wood Betony, Lousewort - Pedicularis canadensis
Wood Betony, Lousewort - Pedicularis canadensis
Wood Betony, Lousewort - Pedicularis canadensis
Lettuceleaf Saxifrage - Micranthes micranthidifolia
A lot of this was growing in seeps/along small streams.
Lettuceleaf Saxifrage - Micranthes micranthidifolia
A lot of this was growing in seeps/along small streams.
Slender Toothwort - Cardamine angustata
Slender Toothwort - Cardamine angustata
Opiliones, Phalangidae, I think!
Also posted at:
bugguide.net/node/view/2450821
Beetle larva tunnels, perhaps.
Also posted at:
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