A Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) visits a Panicled Ticktrefoil (Desmodium paniculatum). Raleigh, North Carolina.

A Common Buckeye butterfly (Junonia coenia) finding nectar in old withered blooms. Raleigh, North Carolina.

A pair of thread-waisted wasps (Eremnophila aureonotata) performing some summertime copulation. Raleigh, North Carolina.