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Mining Bees (Genus Andrena)Observer
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A number of these bees have dug holes in our lawn. They hop and hover around and then alight on the lawn , sometimes entering the holes. I am fairly sure these are mining bees, iNaturalist Computer Vision suggests Miserable Mining Bee for osme of these pictures.
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Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)Observer
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At least three of these swallowtails were flitting around; only this one came to rest where I could get a picture.
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Sunflowers (Genus Helianthus)Observer
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Volunteer that came up from striped or black oil sunflower bird seed
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Plant Bugs (Family Miridae)Observer
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Tiny; on a sunflower. I did not see this tiny bug until I examined pictures of the sunflower O was photographing.
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Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies (Order Hymenoptera)Observer
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Red abdomen, banded antennae (yellow, white. black) and legs (alternating black and white).
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White-tipped Sawfly (Taxonus terminalis)Observer
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Mostly reddish orange body; distinctive white antenna tips. Here shown resting on a late boneset leaf. See https://bugguide.net/node/view/928192 and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76381034.
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Sunflowers (Genus Helianthus)Observer
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The kind that comes up from striped or black oil sunflower seed. This is a volunteer.
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
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Sun Beetles (Genus Amara)Observer
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This specimen appears to have in its grasp the larva of another insect.
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Dance Flies (Family Empididae)Observer
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Perhaps Empis clausa as suggested by iNat Computer Vision. @mabuva
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Genus PeckhamiaObserver
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Ant-like coloration and overall appearance; distinctive shape.
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Genus CaliroaObserver
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Feeding on bur oak; apparently an instar earlier than the sixth instar - lacks black spots that look like sunglasses on the head
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Common Sawflies (Family Tenthredinidae)Observer
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Interesting triangular or heart-shaped blacking marking on this specimen's head. Feedoing on late boneset.
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Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus)Observer
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Still here. On April 16, a much larger Texas Spint and a comparably sized green anole briefly shared this wall. On April 17, when this picture was taken, this small Texas spiny held the place it has been occupying for quite some time.
