Insects
The captions give my best guess of the species based on my layperson’s guides, but they are probably obvious to any entomological enthusiast.
Common Water Strider: I cannot find a distinct name for this bug.
Blackjacket Wasp: My guide says this little wasp is common. The white dots on it's back may be pollen from my Hydrangea.
Common Water Strider: I photographed this while lying on a small wood-planked bridge over a stream in Franconia, NH.
Acraea moth caterpillar.
Great Spangled Fritillary: This butterfly was most accommodating, landing in many different aspects on my Black-eyed Susans.
Likely Tachinid Fly.
Mydas Fly: I photographed it in my hydrangeas. The brownish-bluish wings and red marking (visible in other photographs I took) identified it. Notice the colorful beaded veins on its head. They look like the beaded spider webs on this website.
Likely Drone Fly.
Unidentified fly and spider.
Unidentified Insect.
White Admiral: I shot this in my garden. I failed to get any detail of the black head in any photograph.
Yellow Swallowtail: I shot this in a field in Franconia, NH. No matter how much color enhancement I applied I could not bring out the yellow in the whole wings. I like the way green plant color occurs in the base of the right wing.
Yellow Jacket Worker.