Insects

Ward Pound Ridge Res

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On the second day with the rental car, after a later than desired start, we arrived at the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation around 9:30 am on May 21st.

The highlight of the day was the Pileated Woodpecker deep in the woods on the FH trail by Fox Hill. It was very far away. I was lucky to get a blurry couple of photos at 600mm. We saw about 26 species of birds, but not many butterflies. Tiger Swalllowtails, Cabage Whites, Silver-spotted Skipper, and a Mourning Cloak.

The second gallery is landscapes and plants. I would like to know the names of all the insects. I sent some of the pictures to bugguide.net.

Tomorrow I’ll show part two of the trip – Jamaica Bay.

  • Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus), Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020
  • Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus), Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020
  • Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis), Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020
  • Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura), Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020
  • Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020
  • Tiny grasshopper on Buttercup(Ranuncula), Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020
  • Spider, Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020
  • Tiny fly, Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020
  • Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus), Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020

Wisteria Garden and Bees

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Last week the Wisteria was in full bloom on the roof garden that I see from our kitchen window.
Churchill Garden is a small park on Bleecker Street and 6th Avenue. I like the weathered painted sign and lamp.
A bee swarm settled on a tree guard by Abingdon Square Park.

  • Wisteria, my kitchen windown, Horatio Street 5/7/2020
  • Winston Churchill Square, 5/13/2020
  • Winston Churchill Square, 5/13/2020
  • Winston Churchill Square, 5/13/2020
  • Bees by Abingdon Square 5/13/2020
  • Bees by Abingdon Square 5/13/2020

Gov Island Wildlife

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A small assortment of wildlife on Governors Island. Do you see the spider? I didn’t see it until I opened the image at home. Bugguide.net helped me with some of the identifications.

  • Crab Spider (Thomisidae) on Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense), Governors Island 8/27/2019
  • Flower Wasp (Scolii), Governors Island 8/26/2019
  • Flower Wasp (Scolii), Governors Island 8/26/2019
  • Four-toothed Mason Wasp (Monobia quadridens), Governors Island 8/26/2019
  • Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus), Governors Island 8/27/2019
  • Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia), Governors Island 8/26/2019
  • Barn Swallow, Governors Island 8/27/2019

Richmondtown Insects

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It was a grand day for insects at Staten Island.

  • Spiney-rob-weaver, Richmondtown Restoration, Staten Island 8/10/2019
  • Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia), Richmondtown Restoration, Staten Island 8/10/2019
  • Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia), Richmondtown Restoration, Staten Island 8/10/2019
  • Zabulon Skipper (Poanes zabulon), Richmondtown Restoration, Staten Island 8/10/2019
  • Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta), Richmondtown Restoration, Staten Island 8/10/2019
  • Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta), Richmondtown Restoration, Staten Island 8/10/2019
  • Common Whitetail (Libellula lydia), Richmondtown Restoration, Staten Island 8/10/2019
  • Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans), Richmondtown Restoration, Staten Island 8/10/2019
  • Golden-winged Skimmer (Libellula auripennis), Richmondtown Restoration, Staten Island 8/10/2019

Insects in St Luke’s

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BugGuide.net helped me ID the fuzzy one.

  • Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) on Allium (Allium hollandicum), St Luke’s Garden 5/18/2019
  • Drone Flower and Hover Flies (Syrphidae), St Luke’s Garden 5/18/2019
  • Bluebottle fly (Calliphora vomitoria), St Luke’s Garden 5/18/2019
  • Picture-winged fly (Ceroxys latiusculus), St Luke’s Garden 5/18/2019