We drove two friends to Ward Pond Ridge, Westchester County, New York yesterday. It was too hot to walk much. We enjoyed a picnic by Cross River. There were butterflies, dragonflies, other insects, and one snake up a tree. It was resting after having just shed its skin.
Ebony Jewelwing (caloteryx muculata), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020 
Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020 
Common Whitetail (Libellula lydia), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020 
Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020 
Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020 (excuse focus) 
Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020 
Little Wood Satyr (Hermeuptychia hermes), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020 
Appalachian Brown (Satyrodes appalachia), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020 
Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020 
Crossline Skipper (Polites origenes), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020 
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020 
Small Bee-like Fly (Toxomerus marginatus), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020 
Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020 
Black Rat Snake (Pantherophis obsoletus)?, Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020
Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020 
Meadow at Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020 
Meadow at Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020 
Berries at Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020 Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020 
Cross River, Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020 
Cross River, Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020 
Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020 
Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020 
Covered bridge, Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020 
Covered bridge, Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020