Nectar

 Today I saw almost exclusively bees and wasps. The number of flowers in bloom is dwindling, and these pollinators are out looking for every last drop of nectar they can find.

There were many more, these are just the ones I was able to photograph.

The last of the large milkweed bugs, or at least the only one I could find today. In fact, one of the few non-Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, and ants) that I saw today.

Arachnid Appreciation:

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A beautiful spider; an orb weaver, I think, though it did not have a web: