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Entering JR from Mapache Gate on a cold spring morning, I discovered rare plants, many flowers, and insects in abundance. Springtime activities of insects & spiders, including a bee waking up from being comatose all night.

Thanks to all of you who appreciated these images and helped with IDs. Carl Cheney recalls William Blake:
"To see a World in a Grain of Sand,
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,
And Eternity in an hour."
- William Blake, Auguries of Innocence


PLEASE HELP with more IDs! Leave a comment if you know a plant, insect, spider, or anything interesting about an image. (Thank you, Toni Corelli, Stu Koretz, & Brooke Fabricant, for your help!)