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Perched at an angle

To be confirmed

Had such a great week at the Texas Chapter of Wildlife Society Conference down in Houston. On the way back up north, I stopped at a couple of parks to break up the trip a bit.

wild lime

near Lupinus perennis 463 11mm

On Heuchera sp.

(These pictures are probably useless enough that I'll probably delete this observation at some point.)

On beach plum flowers

In motion. Couldn't get a clear picture

Observed near top of Lookout Mountain, at approximately 11,400 feet elevation.

At Solidago sp.

On steel beam under Abies grandis (Grand Fir). It looks kind of like a grand fir needle.

Hilltopping on White mountain

Hilltopping on White mountain

Hilltopping on White mountain

Hilltopping on White mountain

Among ant brood in a nest under the bark of a fallen log.

On some kind of Red Oak (176556086).
ID tentative.

Governor Thompson State Park

Pinkish coloured larva ~12mm long on fireweed (Chamerion augustifolium) flower. The flower had a couple of dark grey aphids and was speckled with white crusty material.

Larval stage

Less than a centimeter long.