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To my knowledge, this is the first record of this species that has been confirmed by an image in the Canadian Maritimes. The only other record of this species accepted by ADIP (the Atlantic Dragonfly Inventory Project headed by Paul Brunelle) was of a sight record by Karl Dexter on June 26th, 1995 in Saint John County, New Brunswick.
For the record, this species was observed by Jim Bell, Rebecca McCluskey, and Denis Doucet. The species was also observed by Daniel Sinclair and Evan Houlahan on the previous day in the same location, but they were unable to capture it. Duplicate observations on iNaturalist are as follows: https://inaturalist.ca/observations/126749394 and https://inaturalist.ca/observations/126819592. Location accurate to within 15 m

FYI @neilvinson @laura_clarke @sinclvan6 @evan_houlahan @flyersmith

Shows same stripe at the rear of the scape as this individual. If ID correct, then new for the park

Edit. This is a female as pointed out by John Ascher, so my reference to the other individual (which was supposed to be linked by a hyperlink) is incorrect anyway and also in error, as the pale stripe is not visible either. (Two errors in one ID: that may be a new record on my part. Doh!)

Nevertheless, this is still a new species for the park, albeit a different one, so heads up @neilvinson and @laura_clarke

New for the park **
Individual #3 seen (Based on elytral markings)
@neilvinson @laura_clarke @jdee @stubirdnb @becksinsects @sinclvan6 @johnklymko @bobharding

Update, Aug 24th: This one is actually the THIRD individual I photographed that day. I will post the other two separately.

In a great big Dogwood (Pagoda?) growing next to the pking lot. This was a good-sized wasp, larger than any Ancistrocerus I have seen. Presuming my ID is correct, has this species ever been reported in Atlantic Canada? @matthias22 @johnklymko @heatherholm

Heads up, @neilvinson @laura_clarke
I am awaiting further info on this wasp. It may be new for all of Atlantic Canada. As far as I know, it was only known for southern Ontario in Canada as of 2008. I saw it on the big Dogwood next to the pking lot at the VRC.

Many thanks to @jdee for bringing me to this spot and sharing a great day in the field where we saw so much, despite the temps not getting above 15C during the day. It was only around 12C when we saw the tiger beetles.

In the Pollinator Garden
This native species is known to use commercial bee houses put out for the introduced Alfalfa Leafcutter Bees (A. rotundata). This female was seen several times over a two-hour period returning to this house and using this particular hole frequently, the fourth hole from the left in the bottom row of the northernmost bee house. She was also observed using Flat-topped Goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia) repeatedly and also two of the Aster species @neilvinson @mdblax Check it out!

On Solidago. Just maybe(e) Melissodes druriellus female?
@neilvinson I thought this chonky bee was pretty cool. New for the garden and park, I think (but maybe not). Several other new ones pending (see other recent observations in same location). It would be neat if the others involved with this pollinator project would also join iNat so I could tag them too @laura_clarke. In the meanwhile, I will continue trying to give weekly or bi-weekly updates. It's just hard to keep up as new things are popping up almost daily (when I can check, that is). The garden is just buzzing with cool things now, as so many more flowers are opening. Pretty exciting!

New for the park
in the pollinator garden
On Pearly Everlasting
@neilvinson @laura_clarke Heads up
Nice bluish eye on this tiny Digger Wasp.
@matthias22 @susanna_h @johnascher It sure looks similar to this Oxybelus found in Edmunston by Richard Migneault in 2013:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/881202