2024 August 28

   Aziza Cooper writes, on August 27:  Here is a dragonfly seen on August 27 along Nelthorpe Avenue, next to Swan Lake. I also saw eight Woodland Skippers.   Thanks to Dr Rob Cannings for identifying the dragonfly as Sympetrum pallipes.

Striped Meadowhawk  Sympetrum pallipes  (Odo.: Libellulidae)   Aziza Cooper

Today, August 28, Aziza writes:  Today, at Whiffin Spit, there were six Cabbage Whites and three Woodland Skippers. Here are a few other insects:

Carolina Grasshopper  Dissosteira carolina  (Orth.:  Acrididae)  Aziza Cooper

Drone Fly  Eristalis tenax  (Dip.:  Syrphidae)  Aziza Cooper

Honey Bee Apis mellifera  (Hym.: Apidae)  Aziza Cooper