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note the long antennae

Potter wasp collecting clay balls to make her potter nest.

rescue from the pool

longhorn flower beetle on plum thicket. 10-12mm

on rattlesnake master

Note the milkweed pollenia on the legs

This is under the leaves of a nut tree I think. I'm not at all sure what this is.

Sunny day 70 after a week of rain. Bees all over the mountain laurel in full bloom.

Green eyed wasp on rattlesnake master

Love is in the air.

Powdered dancer???

American Bumble Bee on Orange Milkweed (A. Tuberosa)

red spotted purple

mantis fly found in pool.

Scorpion Fly - about 1 inch - male specimen because of elongated tail that they use in mating.

Found trapped inside the butterfly house.

Does not sting.

Robber fly

Hibernating on top of volcano Capulin . Worth a visit if you are near.

First Ever I have seen at my house in Collin County. There is a storm blowing in from the South and suppose it got a push.

Note the leg tag. Based on this web site I think it was tagged in Peru.

https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/homepage/paspflag.cfm