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The plum-size fruits of Purple Trillium, AKA Wake Robin, hang heavy below fading leaves.
The nymphal husk of a Dogday Harvest Fly (Cicada) hangs on a Maple tree. On the next hot afternoon the drawn out sizzling mating call of the fly will sound from the treetops.
And a thorn-mimicking Locust Treehopper sat immobile while I took its picture. Host plant for this hopper is Black Locust. Ants often tend members of this species and feed on the honeydew they secrete.
John

Purple Trillium fruit

Dogday Harvest Fly (cicada )nymphal husk

Locust Treehopper