Marc is so good at finding Preying Mantids. I did not know what the first one was. It was over an inch in size. Prompted by Rudi at Picpholio I went to bugguide.net and in craneflies I found one like it labeled Large Crane Flies (Tipulidae)
Calvert Vaux Park : NYC Parks (nycgovparks.org) is a park consisting mostly of ball fields by Coney Island Creek in Gravesend, Brooklyn. It has seme nice shorefront areas. This is one of 3 posts. Marc found the preying mantis in the wildflower area. The locust borer is a new one for me.
After a short stop at Jamaica Bay I decided to visit the community gardens at Floyd Bennett Field to look for butterflies.
I think the flesh fly is smartly dressed.
A couple of decent butterflies.
The Sweetbriar Nature Center (sweetbriarnc.org) does animal rescue. The long-eared owl is a rescue. The other two are local residents. I had fun with the chipmunk photograph. It represents our burning forests. Fun fact.: There are more trees on Earth than there are stars in the milky way – there were.
Only two. I didn’t try very hard.
We stopped briefly at our favorite little nature sanctuary. Walked to the cliffs and said hello to the turkeys.
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