#carlschurzpark — Public Fediverse posts

A red milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus) in Carl Schurz Park in early June.

#redmilkweedbeetle #beetle #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #insects #bugs #entomology #carlschurzpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo

A red milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus) in Carl Schurz Park in early June.

#redmilkweedbeetle #beetle #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #insects #bugs #entomology #carlschurzpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo

A red milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus) in Carl Schurz Park in early June.

#redmilkweedbeetle #beetle #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #insects #bugs #entomology #carlschurzpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo

A red milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus) in Carl Schurz Park in early June.

#redmilkweedbeetle #beetle #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #insects #bugs #entomology #carlschurzpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo

A red milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus) in Carl Schurz Park in early June.

#redmilkweedbeetle #beetle #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #insects #bugs #entomology #carlschurzpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo

A furrow bee of some sort (g. Halictus). I think :-)

Carl Schurz Park in early June.

#furrowbee #Halictus #bees #pollinators #nature #wildlife #macro #canonphotography #luminarneo #carlschurzpark #nycparks

A moisture ant (g. Lasius) farming aphids in Carl Schurz Park in early June.

#moistureant #Lasius #aphids #farming #insects #cooperativebehavior #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #canonphotography #luminarneo #carlschurzpark #nycparks

A moisture ant (g. Lasius) farming aphids in Carl Schurz Park in early June.

#moistureant #Lasius #aphids #farming #insects #cooperativebehavior #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #canonphotography #luminarneo #carlschurzpark #nycparks

A moisture ant (g. Lasius) farming aphids in Carl Schurz Park in early June.

#moistureant #Lasius #aphids #farming #insects #cooperativebehavior #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #canonphotography #luminarneo #carlschurzpark #nycparks

A moisture ant (g. Lasius) farming aphids in Carl Schurz Park in early June.

#moistureant #Lasius #aphids #farming #insects #cooperativebehavior #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #canonphotography #luminarneo #carlschurzpark #nycparks

A moisture ant (g. Lasius) farming aphids in Carl Schurz Park in early June.

#moistureant #Lasius #aphids #farming #insects #cooperativebehavior #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #canonphotography #luminarneo #carlschurzpark #nycparks

A bold jumping spider (Phidippus audax) in Carl Schurz Park from late September.
#boldjumpingspider #PhidippusAudax #arachnids #jumpingspiders #spiders #macro #venusoptics #ultramacro #luminarneo #canonphotography #carlschurzpark #nycparks

A head shot and a booty shot of a Scolia Dubia (blue-winged wasp) from Carl Schurz Park in late September.
#ScoliaDubia #bluewingedwasp #wasps #insects #bugs #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #venusoptics #carlschurzpark #nycparks #luminarneo #canonphotography

Some sort of broad-headed bug (possibly a rice bug? Family Alydidae) in Carl Schurz Park.

#broadheadedbug #ricebug #Alydidae #macro #ultramacro #truebugs #nature #wildlife #insects #entomology #carlschurzpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo #venusoptics

A common eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) in Carl Schurz Park from late September.

#commoneasternbublebee #BombusImpatiens #carlschurzpark #nycparks #canonphotography #venusoptics #luminarneo #insects #bugs #Pollinators #bees #nature #wildlife

An Ambush Bug in Carl Schurz Park from late September (Phymata americana).
#ambushbug #PhymataAmericana #carlschurzpark #nycparks #entomology #bugs #insects #venusoptics #canonphotography #luminarneo

A portrait of a mantis from Carl Schurz Park in late September.

#mantis #mantid #mantidae #insects #bugs #entomology #Portrait #nature #wildlife #carlschurzpark #nycparks #canonphotography #venusoptics #luminarneo

An orange-legged furrow bee (Halictus rubicundus) wiping some pollen off its face in Carl Schurz Park. These are a type of sweat bee, and the same species can be either solitary or eusocial. Not sure which this one is, but it was covered in pollen and having a blast in some sunflowers.

#orangeleggedfurrowbee #furrowbee #HalictusRubicundus #pollen #pollinators #bees #insects #bugs #entomology #sweatbees #nature #wildlife #carlschurzpark #nycparks #macro #ultramacro #venusoptics

House fly (Musca domestica Linnaeus) in Carl Schurz Park.

#housefly #flies #MuscaDomesticaLinnaeus #insects #entomology #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #venusoptics #canonphotography #luminarneo #carlschurzpark #nycparks

A flat-tailed leafcutter bee in Carl Schurz Park.

#flattailedleafcutterbee #bees #pollinators #MegachileMendica #insects #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #venusoptics #canonphotography #luminarneo #carlschurzpark #nycparks

A bee from the family Halictidae in Carl Schurz Park.

#bee #bee #pollinators #Halictidae #entomology #insects #bugs #macro #ultramacro #venusoptics #canonphotography #luminarneo #carlschurzpark #nycparks

A skipper (family Hesperiidae), sipping nectar on a sunflower in Carl Schurz Park. I wasn't bright enough to write down which kind it is.

#skipper #Hesperiidae #lepidoptera #butterflies #insects #wildlife #nature #entomology #macro #ultramacro #venusoptics #canonphotography #luminarneo #carlschurzpark #nycparks

A Pennsylvania ambush bug (Phymata pennsylvanica) in Carl Schurz Park.

#pennsylvaniaambushbug #ambushbug #jaggedambushbug #carlschurzpark #nycparks #insects #bugs #entomology #macro #ultramacro #wildlife #nature #venusoptics #canonphotography #luminarneo

Some sort of broad-headed bug (possibly a rice bug? Family Alydidae) in Carl Schurz Park.

#broadheadedbug #ricebug #Alydidae #macro #ultramacro #truebugs #nature #wildlife #insects #entomology #carlschurzpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo #venusoptics

A flat tailed leafcutter bee (Megachile mendica) on ornamental milkweed in Carl Schurz Park.

#flattailedleafcutterbee #leafcutterbee #bees #pollinators #MegachileMendica #insects #bugs #entomology #macro #ultramacro #wildlife #nature #carlschurzpark #nycparks #canonphotography #venusoptics #luminarneo

Sidewalk mites (genus Balaustium) in Carl Schurz Park in mid July. These are hunters of softer insects and can help to control pests.

#sidewalkmites #balaustium #mites #predatorymites #arachnids #carlschurzpark #nycparks #macro #ultramacro #luminarneo #venusoptics #canonphotography #luminarneo

A much lighter morph zebra jumping spider. This one has eaten recently, which you can tell by the size of the abdomen.

#zebrajumpingspider #jumpingspider #spiders #arachnids #cute #ultramacro #macro #venusoptics #luminarneo #canonphotography #carlschurzpark #nycparks

A Zebra Jumping Spider in Carl Schurz Park from early July.

#zebrajumpingspider #jumpingspider #spider #arachnids #luminarneo #venusoptics #canonphotography #macro #ultramacro #carlschurzpark #nycparks

A red milkweed bug in Carl Schurz Park. I think these are neat b/c they have compound eyes both above and bellow their antenna.

#redmilkweedbeetle #beetles #bugs #insects #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #luminarneo #canonphotography #carlschurzpark #nycparks #entomology #venusoptics

This critter (perhaps some sort of caterpillar or inchworm?) seems to have made a camouflage cover from silk and bits of dead leaves.

#inchworm #caterpillar #camouflage #insects #bugs #critters #macro #ultramacro #venusoptics #luminarneo #carlschurzpark #nycparks #canonphotography

A house fly of some sort. Taken in Carl Schurz Park.

#housefly #fly #insects #bugs #entomology #macro #ultramacro #carlschurzpark #nycparks #canonr5 #venusoptics #luminarneo

Cobweb spider in Carl Schurz Park.

#cobwebspider #spider #arachnid #macro #ultramacro #carlschurzpark #nycparks #luminarneo #venusoptics #canonr5