What kind of hat is UFO Teammate wearing? Looks like a pilgrim buckler
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I think it’s a Safari hat with a belt.
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ENHANCE!
His partner appears to be wearing a gold foil headband.
Also, their website is broken.
ETA: It’s Michael W. Hall, Founder/Director The UFOiTEAM, “The Paranormal Lawyer.” The hat is definitive:
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I think this thread may have slashdotted their website 
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Spotted yesterday. It was starting to rain but I’m not even sure this car has a top to put up…
Spotted a moment ago, among the milkweed:
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Bees making a mess. I have so many bees visiting the flowers but none have taken up residence in the bee house 
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We’re getting bees all day, every day (except today, for some reason; a lot of skippers, instead) – not sure which kinds of bees; most of them are rather large but I don’t know if they’re bumblebees. None of them bother (or seem bothered by) me; the monarch I posted yesterday was the one insect that seemed pissed off (I went out to shake out a plastic bag; that’s how I discovered it because it was going nuts after I’d done that)
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My cousin had one of those; built from a kit, mind. Got a ticket for going 25 mph. When he complained the cop said that it was for, “the appearance of speed.”
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My first assumption is that that’s what I saw, because how many Cobras were there, and how many are left? But when I passed it, it actually said “Ford Cobra” and that looked a bit weathered (i.e. like it was approaching 60 years old). (Unless he bought a used logo and attached it…)
I used to have a Honda Express II*. It topped out at 35 mph, maybe 37 down a hill. I passed a house in our neighborhood while doing 30 (the speed limit) and the guy standing out front (fists on hips) yelled “slow down!” It was pretty loud, though, so I guess it just sounded fast. (Narrator: “It wasn’t.”)
*(Legally, these were “mopeds” which meant one only needed to pass the motorccyce written test to get a license. If one bothered at all (I did).)
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If they are big like bumblebees but without fuzzy stripes, they are probably mason bees. The bees around here give no fucks as long as I don’t accidently touch them.
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Would an AC Shelby be called a “Ford Cobra”, even with a Ford engine? Did it have a mustang on it?
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I wondered about that, but that’s what it said – the word “Ford” with the word “Cobra” underneath it. No Mustang that I saw, nor the blue Ford logo. Granted I was driving, looking, and trying to take photos all at the same time…
Sounds like this one (who finally showed up). The abdomen looks more like that of a hard-shelled beetle. Seemed more ornery than normal, possibly it’s photography-averse.
Here’s a smaller bee, similar in that it’s not striped, either:
Saw some kind of swallowtail go toward that same patch of milkweed but couldn’t get a photo in time.
We do get striped bees, though I don’t believe they’re honeybees, also one kind with a noticeable schnoz.
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Some Missouri springs seen on a recent trip…
Welch Spring, 8th largest in the state, 78 million gallons (295 million liters) per day:
Cave Spring, 18th largest in the state, 21 million gallons (80 million liters) per day. You can paddle inside, but I didn’t because of my mild thalassophobia.
Pulltite Spring, 16th largest in the state, 29 million gallons (111 million liters) per day.
Fire Hydrant Spring, so called because it gushes out of a hole just above water level:
A couple of very small unnamed springs right next to each other. One is a “bubbler” about the size of an extra large pizza; the other is a small pool just behind it.
Also cool: Akers Ferry, an old 2-car ferry that’s mostly powered by the river’s flow. I’m a ferry nut, (as I’ve mentioned before), but I’ve never ridden this one, because I’ve never needed to cross here, and they don’t allow pedestrians.
All of this on a 35-mile reach of the fabulous Current River in Shannon County, MO.
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I remember seeing (unfortunately, not riding) a ferry like that in Basel, about 14 years ago.
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I just looked it up – they’re called reaction ferries, and this might be the last one left in the USA. There are four in Basel.
ETA: I should have read your whole comment
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I assume these are some kind(s) of Sphingidae (or, at least the first one hovering in the flower; the second one’s at rest)
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Common buckeye visiting the clover blooms out front. Interestingly, I had thrown the pieces of a buckeye out there the night before (the buckeye had gone though the laundry in my pants pocket).
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I think this is an American bumble bee. 1 inch long. If anyone can identify the plant she’s on, I would appreciate it. It just appeared in the bed and we kept it bc the bees like it.
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Perhaps this?
“In its native range S. rostratum is pollinated by medium- to large-sized bees including bumblebees”
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