The Baltimore oriole was named because of its similarity to the colors on the heraldic crest of Lord Baltimore.
The modern day Lord Baltimore loves grape jelly.
I love plants with plenty of insect appeal, like this swamp milkweed.
I sometimes think of aphids as ant cows, but these oleander aphids, which apparently love swamp milkweed, don’t spend much time being farmed by ants.
A jagged ambush bug waits in, what else, ambush to prey upon unwary insects.