Best of the Fortnight

Here's my selection of favorite photos taken during the first two weeks of August, 2025. Enjoy and comment, if you'd like:

Peruvian Lilies

Great Black Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus)

Dogbane Tiger Moth (Cycnia tenera)

Juvenile Striped Skunk

Fem. Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)

Long-jawed Orb Weaver

Zabulon Skipper (Poanes zabulon)

Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius)

Monarch (Danaus plexippus)

Painted Skimmer (Libellula semifasciata)

Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

Smiling Eastern Gray Squirrel

Groundhog (Marmota monax) razzing me

White-breasted Nuthatch

Eastern Kingbird