A painted rock left for someone else to find and enjoy. A lady bug left on a stump in the park.
The American Bumblebee (Bombus pensylvanicus) is a threatened native species. Garner, North Carolina
Close up of an American Bumblebee (Bombus pensylvanicus), a threatened native species. Garner, North Carolina
A Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) rests on a leaf. Raleigh, North Carolina.
A Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) visits a Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum). Raleigh, North Carolina.
Close up of a female Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas) depositing eggs in a tiny bloom. Raleigh, North Carolina.
A Checkered Skipper (Burnsius communis) with its wings up. Raleigh, North Carolina.
A Checkered Skipper (Burnsius communis). Raleigh, North Carolina.
A Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) visits a Panicled Ticktrefoil (Desmodium paniculatum). Raleigh, North Carolina.
A female Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas) depositing eggs in a tiny bloom. Raleigh, North Carolina.
Black and white of a Green Anole or Carolina Anole (Anolis carolinensis). Raleigh, North Carolina.
A female Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile) carrying eggs perches on a sprig of grass.
A female Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile) perches on a sprig of grass.
A female Citrine Forktail (Ischnura hastata) perches on a twig.
A pair of Muscadines (Vitis rotundifolia). Raliegh, North Carolina.
A Fall Webworm Moth (Hyphantria cunea) on colorful foilage. Raleigh, North Carolina.
A Fall Webworm Moth (Hyphantria cunea). Raleigh, North Carolina.
This beautiful White-marked Tussock Moth (Orgyia Leucostigma) looks soft and fuzzy, but it can excrted ventom through its spines and cause significant pain. Raleigh, North Carolina.
Mornign sunshine falls upon the trees by the playground at White Deer Park in Garner North Carolina
A footbridge along the greenway winds around the shrubbery at White Deer Park in Garner North Carolina
Hiking along the greenway on a humid summer morning at White Deer Park in Garner North Carolina
A fun long slide streches down the hill in a wooded area at White Deer Park in Garner North Carolina
Two-spotted Scoliid Wasp (Scolia dubia) pollinates the goldenrod blooms. Raleigh, North Carolina.
A Corn Earworm Moth (Helicoverpa zea) is looking for some nectar on the tiny blooms of a grass seed head. Raleigh, North Carolina.