Gumweed beasties

In the meadow at Oyster Bay, I stopped to look at gumweed. And the critters it harbours.

Big bee, little fly. Gumweed, Grindelia sp.

And a tiny jumping spider, keeping her eye on the big round eye above.

Isn't she cute?

Unidentified moth

I've spent hours trying to find this moth. It looks so familiar, but I can't remember where I've seen it before. It looks sort of like a hawk moth.

*UPDATE: It's a woodland skipper, a butterfly. Thanks, Sara!

And not on the gumweed; on the path nearby:

Grasshopper, watching me closely. One step more, and he was gone.

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En la pradera de Oyster Bay, me detuve a mirar las flores de Grindelia (hierba goma) y los animalitos que las frecuentan.

Una abeja, y una mosca. Una araña saltarín (¡Tan curiosa; daba vueltas para siempre estar mirando ese ojo grande!) y una mariposa nocturna que no pude identificar. Muy activa; botaba de flor en flor y por fin la perdí.

Y un saltamontes en el camino entre las flores.