Shameless Boasting: 1st place Insects category, 2012 Maryland DNR Photo Contest American lady (Vanessa virginiensis) on red clover (Trifolium pratense) Frederick County, MD
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![Jacaranda (<i>Jacaranda mimosifolia</i>), the <a href="http://thehorticult.com/purple-haze-jacaranda-fever-hits-san-diego/" target="_blank">official urban flower of San Diego</a> <span class="nonNative">[non-native]</span>
San Diego, CA](https://photos.smugmug.com/Photo-Galleries/All-Geographic-Areas/All-Insects-1/i-RDB3LtX/0/2834baad/Ti/2015_S5290370-Ti.jpg)
![Unidentified beetle taking off from yarrow (<I>Achillea millefolium</I>) <span class="nonNative">[arguably non-native]</span>
McKee-Beshers Wildlife Mgt Area, Poolesville, MD](https://photos.smugmug.com/Photo-Galleries/All-Geographic-Areas/All-Insects-1/i-PRJHz7w/0/33ad937a/Ti/2013_P1060127-Ti.jpg)
