An early September walk in the woods in Jones Gap State Park with my 60mm macro lens:
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| Banded net-winged beetle (Calopteron reticulatum) |
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| Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) fruit. |
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| Red maple (Acer rubrum), a harbinger of autumn, senescing already! |
I spotted this beautiful sweat bee among some mountain goldenrod (Solidago curtisii). This solitary bee was tough, but fun, to photograph with the macro lens.
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| Umbrella magnolia (Magnolia tripetala) |
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| Northern watersnake (Nerodia sipedon) |
I spotted this northern watersnake below some understory shrubs. From this range in the photographs it's quite deceiving, because but it was actually camouflaged very well against the leaves and in the shadows, and I almost walked right past it while I was bushwhacking to a creek.
