Mid spring, first bug walk of the season in the US.
Diptera
Sciaroidea, maybe a fungus gnat
Is this Microdon? Brachypalpus? I don’t really know.
EDIT: iNaturalist says Brachypalpus oarus.
what a stunning stunning Tipulid. Could be Tipula, Nephrotoma, or something else.
EDIT: iNaturalist says Tipula collaris
Anthomyiidae?
Maybe Syrphus?
Spiders
Leucauge venusta and prey. Leucauge venusta is an early season staple.
Naphrys pulex
Another early season staple. Cyclosa conica
Coleoptera
Elateridae, with a mite
no bugs
So many, many, many skunk cabbages
a little wild 
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