I thought I was taking a picture of the bumble bee foraging on Carolina rose. In the end I also got a lovely shot of a caterpillar that had been eating this gorgeous native rose. Look for the evidence near the caterpillar: chewed petal margins, and a nice piece of pink frass!
Green-headed coneflower with two tiny black shining flea beetles! (Asteraceae: "Rudbeckia laciniata").
Male fawn-breasted brilliant hummingbird with the tip of his tongue sticking out. Behind a branch, the way we see most birds in the Amazon rain forest. "Heliodoxa rubinoides", family Trochilidae.
