Full Sun

At last, a shot of the primary parasite at work:

Every batch of larvae had an attendant female wasp.


The summer weather has been so bad that this is the first dragonfly I have seen this year. Red Darter, female:


And last night to light, along with several Dark Marbled Carpets and Frosted Orange moths, this Nicrophorus investigator beetle with its obligatory mites (notice the two behind the eyes).

New to me.