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Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris
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Another of my favorite species is our largest , Eastern cicada killer, speciosus. Ground-nesters, females dig out impressive mounds of dirt, often the only evidence of their presence.

Males of this species also emerge before females in the Spring. Territorial, they will also fly right at you! Again, harmless; males have no stingers.

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Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris
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Our largest , the Eastern carpenter ( verginica ssp. virginica) is well-known to those in proximity to outdoor wooden structures. Females carve out long tunnels underneath protected wood, e.g. porch rails, eaves.

Males emerge first in Spring. Territorial, they will fly right at you! Harmless to us.

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Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris
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iNaturalist - Greater Anglewing (Microcentrum rhombifolium)

@loren @jencmars
Most of my () observations are nymphs of the introduced Meditteranean katydid ( nana). I have one nymph observation of our native greater anglewing ( rhombifolium). The antennae!

I hear a lot of them in the trees during the summer. I'll have to upload some recordings.

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Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris
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thoracicus, rufous-chested () is another species making its home in my . Ground-nesters, each generation lives just one year. I've tracked this population since 2008, 14 generations!

inaturalist.org/observations/4

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Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris
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transversa, transverse-banded () is my "spark bug". When I first noticed it in my backyard in 2009, I thought it was a bee! When I learned it was a (, "two-winged"), I was hooked.

When I saw how many different insects my attracted, I devoted my entire to .

inaturalist.org/observations/9

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Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris
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iNaturalist - Pure Green Sweat Bee (Augochlora pura)

A beautiful native is pura, pure green . Like most of our , they are tiny!

This is one of my favorites. Aside from its beauty, its one of at least 5 bee species that nest in my yard. These nest in rotting wood, provided by logs I place in my for this purpose.

inaturalist.org/observations/1

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Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris
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Wow that got the most likes of any of my pachy posts so far, and just wthn a few minutes! So let's keep it going.

Most of my observations are from my own garden in Brooklyn, NYC. axyridis, multi-colored lady , is the 2nd most common species. This one is infected with a recently described host-specific Hesperomyces harmoniae.

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Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris
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Happy !

Most of my observations, and much of my , are of , especially /"". (Not all who visit, pollinate. Some are hunting!)

In the spirit of the season, I'll share some fave .

My most frequently observed is impatiens, the Eastern bumble .

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