Before Long All of Our Colorful Insects Will be Returning
Amber Jewel. Before the winter starts a bright dragonfly enjoys the sun. Winter arrives and he has gone, but has...
Lately I’ve Been Missing All of Our Colorful Insects
Fall Dasher The weather is finally starting to warm up (not that we couldn’t end up with more cold before...
Beautiful Ammophila pectipennis Wasps Love the Nectar of Fall Wildflowers
Wasp with an Appetite. Until 2023, I had never seen, or at least never noticed these beautiful Ammophila pectipennis wasps....
Robber Flies Can be Unpredictable and Interesting
Up, Up, and Away Yesterday I decided to take what I call a “bug walk” around my property. After several...
Carpenter Ants are Surprisingly Tidy Little Insects
Clean Feet Most of us tend to think of insects are dirty, germ infested animals that have very little intelligence....
The Tiny and Beautiful Male Familiar Bluet is Quite Colorful
Familiar You never know what you might come across wandering around in the wetlands around the cattle egret rookery. In...
Where There Are Insects, There Are Also Colorful Predators
Prime Perch When I was photographing the chaste trees and the many types of pollinators that were attracted to them,...
The Ilia Underwing is a Beautiful Summer Moth
Ilia Underwing This little beauty was taking her afternoon siesta on the wall of my dog house one afternoon. I...
Gulf Fritillaries are Some Really Colorful Butterflies
Flitting Fritillary A short time ago I showed everyone the spiky orange caterpillar of the gulf fritillary butterfly (Agraulis vanillae),...
Blue Dashers are Incredible Gems of the Dragonfly World
Blue Deluxe Along with numerous flowers, come numerous insects, and along with insects come predators. One type of highly successful...
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