catching up... for now

so, i got bit by a cleaning bug (still in the midst of it, actually) and have been deep cleaning and purging stuff from my house....  which means this project has gotten shoved to the backburner a bit.
i'm still taking photos (although not daily), and will hopefully get back on track in the next couple of weeks after tackling the office/junkroom and laundry room.

until then, here are some of the shots i took through the rest of may:

124: threat

Grass Crab Spider on Beautyberry Bush, Callicarpa americana

107: ravagers

Cankerworms making a buffet of the Waxleaf Privet, Ligustrum sp.
(most likely L. japonicum 'Variegata')

camouflaged inchworms

wreak havoc on the privet

leave nothing behind

102: apple bee

Honey Bee (Apis sp.) on Apple blossom, Malus domestica

99: wistful

Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica) and Honey Bee (Apis sp.) on Wisteria sp.

88: visitor

Ant on Mock Strawberry, Potentilla indica

61: bees knees

Honey Bee, Apis sp., on Purple Deadnettle, Lamium purpureum

47: night intruder

Earwig (>shudder<) next to leaf buds on Lilac, Syringa vulgaris

10: mistaken identities

for several years we have assumed that these seedpods belonged to some Morning Glory vines, the bane of our existence in our garden area:

Honeyvine Milkweed, Ampelamus albidus

however, we apparently have two different vines~ Bindweed/Morning Glory and Milkweed, to which this pod belongs.

also, we thought the insect was a Box Elder Bug, but it is actually the very similarly colored Milkweed Bug.