Raccoon Creek (Week 11)

At our weekly visit to Raccoon Creek State Park Wildflower Reserve on June 7, the periodical cicadas were ridiculously loud! Their song dominated most of the reserve. In 17 years, may they will return in all their glory!

Periodical cicada.
Periodical cicadas.
Orchard orbweaver spider.
Ebony jewelwing damselfly.
Raccoon tracks.
Trillium seed pod.
American toad.
Ebony jewelwing.
Heal-all.
Silvery checkerspot butterfly.
Moth mullein.
At home, trying to look up what kind of beetle this is, I am finding Asian longhorn beetles and feeling sad. I hope it isn't out to eat all the maples at Raccoon Creek.

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