Critters spotted:

1. Fireflies!
2. Polka-dot beetles! (I have since come to understand that these are the nascent, dread lanternflies.)
3. Raccoons!
4. Spider-eating wasps. (I kid you not. I saw SOME kind of hymenoptera dragging a frikkin’ GIANT wolf spider along as takeout. I tried to get a picture of this clash of the Titans, but then the wasp dropped its meal and stated menacing ME. Got the hell out of there.)
5. Deer everywhere!
6. Monarch butterflies!

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“American Deer,” Anthony Devis, 18th Century