I am a recently retired professional symphony musician (double bass), but have been a naturalist since I was born. I started as a birder, but expanded my horizon when I joined the Dragonfly Soc. of the Americas over 20 years ago, and love to attend as many of their meetings as I can. I have more recently become fascinated with diptera, and am astounded at the endless diversity of this order of insects. I have started an iNat project recording the diversity in my own small yard in Richmond, and am constantly learning.

I do the best I can to ID the photos I submit, but if you disagree with my ID, I will NOT take it personally. Please feel free to disagree. I am interested in learning, and it is part of the process.