Why manual focus is better Hooverfly The dreaded horsefly Egg watch day 8: an experiment Morning rebuild Rainbow connection . . . Ghostly countenance Spider day continues A Japanese beetle scrum Looks like what a bird left behind Egg watch, day 9: subtle changes Egg watch, day 10: Hatchery? Nervous red wasp on glass Streamlined, flying grasshopper Dangling from a hickory tree Networking Dinky fly and extraordinary luck The kisser of the spider woman Egg watch, day 13: more subtle changes An unusual variation Detail of purple Queen Anne's lace Big spider, big web, big catch Big spider, other side Oddly green pink-edged sulphur Eggs, day 7 Friendly neighborhood cicada killer An unremarkable fly Crab spider on a web Fly disguised as owl What goes on here? Playing around after a rainstorm After a morning rain Day 5: something new Hopper to go, hold the flies Red velvet mite vs. something Marmorated stink bug It's pretty clearly a wasp Like cattle in a field Leopardoptera Hoveringfly World in a web 7: Away with its prize World in a web 6: The head is the delicacy World in a web 5: Checking for ripeness? World in a web 4: No, the ant is here on business World in a web 3: the proprietress