Left to right: either a chocolate lily or a speckled (probably the latter), a gall (I got an ID on it but idr), aster (not blooming but maybe soon?), pacific sideband, a big carpenter ant (a guard/drone), variegated trailing blackberry, beetle, dense flowered rein orchid (finally got an ID!!), ground cone (parasitic plant)
A fluffy little one, Mallophora orcina (Diptera: Asilidae) is a species of robber fly that predates bees and also mimics bumblebees and carpenter bees. 🐝🦟
Cicada season is upon us here in middle Georgia!! They have been emerging in large numbers for about a week (that I’ve been paying attention to anyway). One of my FAVORITE insects!! Enjoy a few photos and a video I’ve snapped recently!