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Venus' looking glass
These flowers weren't open, surely because of the rain. Still, they must be clasping venus'-looking-glass.
beetle pollinates grey dogwood
I'm guessing this is in the Lygaeus genus, but the markings are simpler than any sample images I've found… That drop of sweet dew sure looks satisfying!
fox grape vines and grapelets
Quite a few grape vines grow on the east bank of the Coginchaug as it passes the picnic area… I think they're fox grapes because of the many tendrils (at most leaf nodes), but we'll have more evide...
prickly stage of lady beetle
This wild rose is hosting a lady beetle larva (fourth instar). It took only a quick search on "orange and black spiky bug" -- this distinctive appearance meant I didn't have to wade through long id...
Joe-pye weed
The tightly geometric whorls of four on this plant are dramatic, as are the red tones of its youngest leaves. Until it flowers, though, I’m not sure how to distinguish among Joe-pye weeds… This one...
wood sorrel
I grew up munching on this lemony herb whenever I found it — which was often!
Little hoppers
I mistook this critter for a cricket, at first. After following one for a few minutes, trying to get the macro lens focused on it before it hopped away, I realized there were a few of them. No, doz...
Fruiting linden (basswood)
This tree, abundant in the park, turns out to have quite a few uses as food! I missed the flowers, apparently; the young fruits are already showing along the stem that grows out of the bracts.