Great Black Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus) Ants in a discussion Boneset Birdfoot trefoil Teasels The tallest Mullein Possibly Knotweed? Never seen before, Centauria, pure white. Late summer landscape The Stony Creek Evening peace. A tiny grasshopper What plant is this? Tunnel entrance of a Sphex pensylvanicus, Great Bl… Purple Loosestrife The tunnel Blue eye Red. Goat's Beard (Tragopogon), Aster family Thunderstorm mood at 7:00 p.m. Thunderstorm puddle The old sycamore. Wasps mating. Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes), fem… Belted Kingfisher This was 'our' female hummingbird.*** The eye! Watching Culvert's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum) Polyphemus Moth (Antheraea polyphemus) Polyphemus adult moth. Polyphemus moth caterpillar. A garden for us. Tornado devestation Mountain bike trails at Stony Creek Metropark, MI. Stony Creek Metropark Intiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) Sandhill Cranes The new meter reader. Unusual visitors. Cicada killer (Sphecius speciosus) Words fail. The grumpy old trunk.