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  1. Carolina Chickadee

    Carolina Chickadee

    Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis atricapilloides)
  2. Carolina Chickadee

    Carolina Chickadee

    Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis atricapilloides)
  3. Tumbling Flower Beetle

    Tumbling Flower Beetle

    Tumbling Flower Beetle (Glipa sp.: Mordellidae) This very small beetle ranges in size from 3-7mm (0.12-0.28 in) long. Photographed on the flowers of peppervine.
  4. Ruby-throated Hummingbird

    Ruby-throated Hummingbird

    Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) nectaring Turk’s Cap.
  5. Carolina Chickadee

    Carolina Chickadee

    Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis atricapilloides)
  6. Fiery Skippers

    Fiery Skippers

    Fiery Skippers (Hylephila phyleus: Hesperiidae) Wingspan 2.5- 3.5 cm (1.0-1.4 in). Nectaring Gregg’s Mist Flower (Conoclinium greggii: Asteraceae).
  7. Eastern Leaf-footed Bugs

    Eastern Leaf-footed Bugs

    Eastern Leaf-footed Bugs (Leptoglossus phyllopus: Coreidae) 1.6-1.9 cm (0.6-0.8 in) long. On the fruits of Red Yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora: Asparagaceae).
  8. Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp

    Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp

    Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp (Isodontia auripes: Sphecidae) 1.9 cm (0.75 in) long. On an apiaceae.
  9. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (female dark morph)

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (female dark morph)

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus: Papilionidae) or just Tiger Swallowtail, female dark morph. Interesting that only the females have a dark morph. Wingspan 8.9-14.0 cm (3.5-5.5 in). Nectaring buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis: Rubiaceae).
  10. Oblique Streaktail, A Hoverfly

    Oblique Streaktail, A Hoverfly

    Oblique Streaktail (Allograpta obliqua: Syrphidae) 6-7 mm (0.24-0.28 in) long. A hoverfly. Foraging on green poinsettia (Euphorbia dentata: Euphorbiaceae)
  11. Scaly Bee Fly

    Scaly Bee Fly

    Scaly Bee Fly (Lepidophora lepidocera: Bombyliidae) also known as a Hunchback Bee Fly. 1.0-1.4 cm (0.39-0.55 in) long.
  12. Ruby-throated Hummingbird (male)

    Ruby-throated Hummingbird (male)

    Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) male.
  13. Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Male

    Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Male

    Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) male
  14. Ruby-throated, juvenile male perched in a Yaupon

    Ruby-throated, juvenile male perched in a Yaupon

    Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 1st year male. This little pollen-head was perched in a yaupon at a place it could ambush other hummingbirds coming by (lol).
  15. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, females

    Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, females

    Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) females exchanging pleasantries (lol).
  16. An Ant that is not an Ant

    An Ant that is not an Ant

    Red Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis: Mutillidae) female. It goes by several other common names including Cow Killer eluding to its painful and toxic sting. Like most wasp and bees only the female stings. The female mutillidae wasp lacks wings and looks like a large fuzzy ant from where it...
  17. Six-spotted Flower Strangalia

    Six-spotted Flower Strangalia

    Six-spotted Flower Strangalia (Strangalia sexnotata: Cerambycidae) a wasp mimic.
  18. Inca Dove

    Inca Dove

    Inca Dove (Columbina inca)
  19. Cuckoo Wasp (Chrysis angolensis: Chrysididae).jpg

    Cuckoo Wasp (Chrysis angolensis: Chrysididae).jpg

    Cuckoo Wasp (Chrysis angolensis: Chrysididae) 8.0-12.0 mm (0.31-0.47 in) long.
  20. Wasp-like Hover Fly.jpg

    Wasp-like Hover Fly.jpg

    Wasp-like Hover Fly (Spilomyia longicornis: Syrphidae) 1.1-1.5 cm (0.43-0.59 in) long.
  21. Ruby-throated Hummingbird.jpg

    Ruby-throated Hummingbird.jpg

    Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) female.
  22. Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1st yr male).jpg

    Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1st yr male).jpg

    Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) juvenile male.
  23. Indigo Bunting (1st yr female).jpg

    Indigo Bunting (1st yr female).jpg

    Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) 1st yr female.
  24. Downy Woodpecker (female).jpg

    Downy Woodpecker (female).jpg

    Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens pubescens) female.
  25. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.jpg

    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.jpg

    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea caerulea).
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