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Gallery of Garden Insects and Animals
Bombus perplexus
Perplexing bumble bee collecting pollen from hemp nettle
Pseudacris crucifer
Spring Peeper, a delightful chorus frog
Acronicta americana
American dagger moth
Melanoplus bivittatus
Green grasshopper as an immature adult
Misumena vatia
Crab spider, also known as a goldenrod or flower spider, poised in wait on a peony flower
Bombus ternarius
A ground nesting social bee known as the orange-belted or tricoloured bumble bee
Lithobates clamitans
Common frog enjoying the summer pond created by exposing the natural rock crevices in the landscape
Spilosoma virginica
Virginia Tiger Moth, known as the yellow wooly bear when a caterpillar
Patalene olyzonaria
A moth camouflaged as a dried leaf
Dolichovespula maculata
Bald-faced black and white hornet, a benefit to gardens as it preys on other insects and flies
Danaus plexippus caterpillar
Monarch caterpillar on milkweed pod
Acronicta americana caterpillar
American dagger moth caterpillar, known for its hairs producing a stingy feel if touched
Bombus
Bumble Bee in perfect form on top of milkweed
Vanessa cardui
Painted Lady butterfly
Lithobates clamitans
Green frog
Danaus plexippus
Monarch visiting a sprig of milkweed
Bombus
Bumble Bee collecting pollen from thistle
Anaxyrus americanus
American toad camouflaged against some barren rocks
Patalene olyzonaria
Juniper Geometer Moth looking very much like a dried leaf
Euphyes vestris
Dun skipper moth
Lampyridae
Larva stage of the firefly beetle
Anaxyrus americanus
American toad confidently sitting amongst stones and pottery
Limenitis arthemis
White admiral butterfly
Diachrysia balluca
Hologram Moth
Vespula alascensis
Predatory social wasp enjoying the pollen of a goldenrod
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