Brown Thrasher

The Brown Thrasher is a large, skulking bird of thickets and hedgerows and has one of the largest song repertoires of any North American bird. It is a relative of the Northern Mockingbird.

Two Tigers

Two Tiger Swallowtails at the butterfly bush.

The one on the right has had a rough summer.

A Pair of Garden Spiders

The male garden spider is smaller than the female and builds a smaller web nearby the female's web.

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.