Over the last couple of days, I had the chance to take a few hikes along the banks of a local river. On the way, I came across a variety of fascinating and colorful insects.
I've done my best to offer identifications for each species I was able to photograph, but I welcome your suggestions if you believe I have misidentified anything.
Enjoy!
Eastern Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes):
Little Wood Satyr (Megisto cymela):
Northern Crescent (Phyciodes cocyta):
Red-spottted Purple (Limenitis arthemis ssp. astyanax):
Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata):
Male
Female
Delta-spotted Spiketail (Cordulegaster diastatops):
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata):
White Slant-line (Tetracis cachexiata):
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia):
Male
Female
Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus):
Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura):
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile):
Differential Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis):
Ocellate Gall Midge [microscopic] (Acericecis ocellaris):
Bumble Bee (Genus Bombus):
Nomad Bee (Genus Nomada):
Orange-tipped Leaf-footed bug (Acanthocephala terminalis):
Allegheny Mound Ants (Formica exsectoides):
Gypsy Moth [caterpillar] (Lymantria dispar):
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