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The one in the back with white neck and blue bill. The male. I see a female to the right behind it.

swept from grasses and other ground veg.

?? Some kind of insect eggs? Several on needles in Eastern White Pine. In urban park.

grazing on Russula

Inside house. Photo taken by Clayton Harding.

Male.

The lesser-noticed - and much less spectacular - male.

On Red Raspberry

On Flat-top White Aster. Collected 23JUL2021, emerged 29JUL2021.

On Cakile edentula. Adult reared from mature larvae collected in field

Adults emerged within a few weeks of collecting the mine

I think... extremely long abdomen, dune habitat

On Symphyotrichum puniceum.
Mine collected 18JUL2022
Exited mine to wander in vial 20JUL2022
Pupation (Pupariation?) 23JUL2022
Emerged/Eclosed 27JUL2022

Bird Island, Malpeque Bay.