Barry took this great shot of a bumble bee on a goldenrod plant. I can't see the entire bee, but the red seems to indicate Bombus rufocinctus. However, I'll leave it as Bombus sp. for now.(CH)

Fortunately Barry's dog Misti is not being strangled by this noxious weed which can if not strangle, at least twine around one's legs and make walking through it difficult (CH).

One of our smallest treehoppers, appearing in mid-summer.

Evening Primrose seeds are sought after by many bird species. A couple of Black-capped Chickadees were wrestling with the wildly swinging seed heads of these tall plants in the woods today.

This tiny fungus (6-8 mm in diameter), possibly Cyathus striatus, is hard to find, but the edge of the trail through the woods was covered with them today. You can see different stages of development here, from a rough little knob to fully open "nest" with "eggs." Those eggs are filled with spores that are dispersed when raindrops hit the nest and bounce the spore sacs into the air. See MushroomExpert.com for more about this fungus.

Laurie spotted, not one, but two Giant Swallowtail butterflies in the Old Woodlot during our nature walk on Sunday. Unfortunately the camera wanted to focus on the White Snakeroots, rather than the butterfly behind them.