A Colorful Bush and a Beautiful Butterfly Make Spring Wonderful shows readers a gorgeous zebra swallowtail butterfly as it feeds on a clump of butterfly weed. To the author/artist these species and their colors are a perfect representation of the spring season.
Interesting Wasps Were Imported to Weed Out Mole Crickets shows readers some Larra bicolor wasps. These wasps were imported from South America to help control an invasive species of mole crickets.
Beautiful Butterflies and Colorful Flowers are Here for Summer shows readers a beautiful male fiery skipper feeding from an Indian blanket flower. It also explains why the author/artist was so taken by the colors at the scene.
The Mimic One of the prettiest butterflies that we have around here, in my opinion, is the red spotted purple...
Fiery Skippers Love the Nectar in Spring Flowers shows a couple of examples of these pretty, active little butterflies. It goes on to give some basic facts about them and the author/artist’s experience with them.
Ligated Furrow Bees are an Interesting Type of Sweat Bee tells readers some basic facts about these little, social bees. It also compares them to some other types of sweat bees as well as providing photographic images.
Colorful Little Shield-Backed Bugs are True Bugs, Not Beetles discusses the beautiful shield-backed bugs, often also called jewel bugs. It shows several photos of one particular species of these insects.
Brown-Winged Striped Sweat Bees Have Beautiful Colors shows readers a female brown-winged striped sweat bee. It discusses a few facts about these pretty little bees and explains how to tell males from females.
Sometimes Good Things Come in Small, Colorful Packages shows readers a beautiful little grey hairstreak butterfly. It was looking for nectar among the blackberry flowers.
Grasshopper Bee Flies are One Cute and Speedy Bug shows readers several images of these adorable and harmless little flies. It discusses how the author/artist came across these and touches on their feeding habits.
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