Some sort of cocoons. The apron has been hung up on the wall for months untouched.
Asterocampa celtis, the hackberry emperor, is a North American butterfly that belongs to the brushfooted butterfly family, Nymphalidae. It gets its name from the hackberry tree (Celtis occidentalis and others in the genus Celtis) upon which it lays its eggs. The hackberry tree is the only host plant for A. celtis and is the food source for larvae.
Larva on Malus sp. (Crabapple). Looking very much like a large bird dropping.
In leaf litter in an old planter; found dead. S. octona?
likely bald eagle holding something huge that I can't make heads or tails of
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Tardigrade found in rehydrated moss sample--Orthotrichum--collected (with permission) on 15 November 2023. Images via light microscopy at 100x and 400x, captured via cellphone camera.
Beautiful nest with purple... Is it from a painted wood source? Never seen anything like it!
On American elm
Sand/dirt structure built around a Fetterbush branch about chest height.
on Pachypsylla venusta gall
Small holes in a decorticated log, with sawdust around each hole
Yellow lichen (slightly wet) on marble grave marker.
Huge mud wasp nest