I’m not sure what plant this is. The purple plant in the back is the invasive plant, purple loosestrife.
Wasp and another insect on goldenrod
Mayfly on Autumn Olive(Autumn Olive is an invasive species).
I think this might be an early phase of a spicebush swallowtail caterpillar on spicebush leave(?). It looks like bird scat which is great camouflage. If this is a spicebush swallowtail then the silk that it’s sitting on will be used to seal up the leave as it transforms.
Here’s what it looks like with its antenae out:
Here’s a yellow jacket(upside down) eating a dead cicada(circle of life).
Here’s the after effects of a leaf miner on the shrubs by main beach.
Here’s a spring peeper.
Colorful Milkweed Tussocks Moth caterpillar(Euchaetes egle) on a milkweed plant.
Female praying mantis.