What's a Dewlap?

A dewlap is a large pink fan of skin on the neck of green anoles. Male anoles will bob their heads and extend their dewlap as a territorial defense to warn an intruder or in courtship.

Pearl Crescent

The Pearl Crescent is a fairly small butterfly and one of the most common meadow butterflies.

Hummingbird

Hummingbird visiting the butterfly bush.

Wasp

This wasp was identified as a Scolia nobilitata
by the folks at bugguide.net.

Nesting Time

A Brown Thrasher nesting in the Loropetalum.

Catch of the Day

A fly caught in the web and wrapped in silk.

A two-lined spittlebug all wrapped up,

Black-eyed Susan

A partly cloudy sky adds a nice backdrop
to this Black-eyed Susan.

Molting

Garden spiders go through several molts (shedding their exoskeleton) before they are fully grown.

Black and yellow garden spider and the shed exoskeleton.
With each molting their color becomes more pronounced.
See previous photo posted on June 24th.

Red Canna

Fun at the Playground

Jack and Annaka enjoy time at the playground.