tgpotterfield:
Syrphid fly on Packera aurea (golden ragwort)
tgpotterfield:
Syrphid fly on Rudbeckia hirta (black-eyed Susan)
tgpotterfield:
Ruellia humilis (fringeleaf wild petunia) with Syrphidae sp. (syrphid fly or hoverfly)
tgpotterfield:
Thlaspi alliaceum (garlic pennycress) with visiting syrphid fly
tgpotterfield:
Juriniopsis adusta (tachnid fly), a parasite of leps including Epargyreus clarus (silver-spotted skipper), on Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace)
tgpotterfield:
Juriniopsis adusta (tachnid fly), a parasite of leps including Epargyreus clarus (silver-spotted skipper), on Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace)
tgpotterfield:
Robber fly
tgpotterfield:
Robber fly
tgpotterfield:
Robber fly with prey
tgpotterfield:
Chrysopilus thoracicus (golden-backed snipe fly) [tentative ID]
tgpotterfield:
Physocephala tibialis (thick-headed fly) on Pycnanthemum muticum (short-toothed mountainmint)
tgpotterfield:
Phleum pratense (timothy) inflorescence with fly and nymph of ?Conocephalus brevipennis (short-winged meadow katydid)
tgpotterfield:
Phleum pratense (timothy) inflorescence with fly and nymph of ?Conocephalus brevipennis (short-winged meadow katydid)
tgpotterfield:
Solidago ?altissima (tall goldenrod) and Rubus sp. (blackberry) in the west meadow
tgpotterfield:
Ball gall caused by Eurosta solidaginis (goldenrod gall fly) on Solidago altissima (tall goldenrod)
tgpotterfield:
Unidentified fly (Diptera)
tgpotterfield:
Hieracium sp. (hawkweed), flower head with fly dusted with pollen
tgpotterfield:
Acer spicatum (mountain maple), inflorescence with numerous flies
tgpotterfield:
Chrysogonum virginianum (green and gold) with fly
tgpotterfield:
Diogmites sp. (hanging-thief)
tgpotterfield:
Diogmites sp. (hanging-thief)
tgpotterfield:
Tetanocera clara (marsh fly)
tgpotterfield:
Syrphid fly with pollen load
tgpotterfield:
Galls on bald cypress (Taxodium distichum), caused by the cypress twig gall midge, Taxodiomyia cupressiananassa.
tgpotterfield:
Syrphid fly (Toxomerus ?geminatus) on Helianthus verticillatus (whorled sunflower)
tgpotterfield:
Tipulidae sp. (large crane fly), ?Tipula longiventris