Net-winged beetles (Lycidae)

These two are either Calopteron recitulatum or Calopteron discrepans. Found at Rockwood Park in June 2015.

Nodding flowers

Flowers with too many stamens at Rockwood Park in May 2015. They're really hard to ID because I didn't get a good enough picture of the leaves.

White inflorescence

A bunch of white flowers at Rockwood Park in May 2015. Not sure about the ID!

Black and yellow beetle [Carrion Beetle)

 beetle with a bee mimic coloring and can bend its"head" down 90 degrees!  little smaller than a dime (1/2")
I looked up this beetle and it is an American Carrion Beetle Necrophila americana

Red Velvet Mite (Trombidiidae)

The first thing you now associate with the phrase "red velvet."

These are the same individual, at Rockwood Park in May 2015.

Bee Mimic Hummingbird Moth

notice the spiral proboscis in one of these pics. Only moths and butterflies have them.

Great Close-up of a Damsel Fly

Another butterfly

Cool Black and White Wasp or Hornet

at the gardens in rockwood park

Beautiful Butterfly

Photo taken at Rockwood park gardens 8-8-2015

Sporophytes

A species of moss with a very tall sporophyte generation. They have a little capsule at the top for dumping spores out. The green moss we all know and love is the gametophyte generation. Let's all read up on the moss life cycle.

Ebony Jewelwing (Calopterygidae)

There were a lot of these broad-winged damselflies at Rockwood Park in May 2015. This is a female of the species Calopteryx maculata. The males look the same but without the white spots.

Beetle Larvae (Chrysomelidae)

An unflattering shot of beetle larvae at Rockwood Park in May 2015. I think they're in the family Chrysomelidae. I could probably ID them further than the family level if I had paid attention to what kind of leaf they're eating... haha...

Solomon's Seal (Liliaceae)

A lily-looking plant with flowers that hang down under the leaves at Rockwood Park in May 2015. I think it's Polygonatum sp., either Smooth Solomon's Seal or Hairy Solomon's Seal.