A bee coming in for a landing on a purple thistle.
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Bugs & Slugs
Closeup of a blue dragonfly on a pinecone.
Twin Falls, Idaho
Closeup of a blue dragonfly on a pinecone.
Twin Falls, Idaho
Blue dragonfly on a pine tree.
Twin Falls, Idaho
A vacant paper wasp nest held in my fingertips. The nest is constructed of open hexagonal cells in which the young develop.
Twin Falls, Idaho
A vacant paper wasp nest held in the palm of my hand. The nest is constructed of open hexagonal cells in which the young develop.
Twin Falls, Idaho
Red and black ladybug on a green leaf.
Back of a yellow sunflower with ants.
Golden bumblebee or carpenter bee with green eyes.
California
Closeup of a black carpenter bee with iridescent wings on purple wisteria flowers.
California
Bumblebee on a purple columbine flower.
California
Macro of a fly, bright green acorns and oak leaves.
Alviso Salt Marshes, Don Edward San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
A brown butterfly with several red and yellow eye spots rests on a green leaf. This could be a "Painted Lady," but I'm not sure.
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, USA
A brown butterfly with several red and yellow eye spots rests on a green leaf. This could be a "Painted Lady," but I'm not sure.
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, USA
I believe this is a blue morpho butterfly, resting on gray concrete. His poor wings look a little ragged.
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, USA
A brown-and-cream-colored moth with a curved body clings to a wall.
Twin Falls, Idaho, USA
Macro of a sunlit spider web (sans spider).
Santa Clara, California, USA
Macro of a sunlit spider web (sans spider).
Santa Clara, California, USA
A handsome grasshopper.
Santa Clara, California, USA
A black and white spotted beetle on a morning glory stem. (If you know the species, please let me know and I'll add the info!)
Santa Clara, California, USA
A green, red, and black spotted bug on a Celosia leaf. (If you know the species, please let me know and I'll add the info! Maybe some kind of shield beetle?)
Santa Clara, California, USA
A green, red, and black spotted bug on a Celosia flower. (If you know the species, please let me know and I'll add the info! Maybe some kind of shield beetle?)
Santa Clara, California, USA
A green, red, and black spotted bug on a Celosia leaf. (If you know the species, please let me know and I'll add the info! Maybe some kind of shield beetle?)
Santa Clara, California, USA
A black and white spotted beetle on a morning glory stem. (If you know the species, please let me know and I'll add the info!)
Santa Clara, California, USA
A black and white spotted beetle on a morning glory leaf. (If you know the species, please let me know and I'll add the info!)
Santa Clara, California, USA
A big carpenter bee diving into the morning glory.
Santa Clara, California, USA
A big black carpenter bee diving into the morning glory.
Santa Clara, California, USA
A silhouette of a wasp grasping a thin weed. (Taken through a chain-link fence.)
Santa Clara, California, USA
A wasp grasping a thin weed. (Taken through a chain-link fence.)
Santa Clara, California, USA
An empty snail shell impaled on a stick and covered with spider webs.
Santa Clara, California, USA
This fellow looks like a bee, but may be a hoverfly, AKA flower fly. Any entomologists out there are most welcome to correct me!
Santa Clara, California, USA
This fellow looks like a bee, but may be a hoverfly, AKA flower fly. Any entomologists out there are most welcome to correct me!
Santa Clara, California, USA
Green Shield Bug (Palomena prasina) -- I think! Any entomologists out there are most welcome to correct me.
Santa Clara, California, USA
Green Shield Bug (Palomena prasina) -- I think! Any entomologists out there are most welcome to correct me.
Santa Clara, California, USA
A live cicada on my house.
Santa Clara, California, USA
A live cicada on my house.
Santa Clara, California, USA
A shed cicada skin among orange Marigold flowers.
Santa Clara, California, USA
A shed cicada skin among orange Marigold flowers.
Santa Clara, California, USA
Millipede on a dead leaf.
Santa Clara, California, USA
Millipede on a dead leaf.
Santa Clara, California, USA
A black and purple wasp-like creature with red legs and a long stinger or ovipositor (egg-laying organ). Possibly a female Ichneumon wasp -- Pimpla? If someone knows for sure, I'd love to be enlightened!
Santa Clara, California, USA
An empty sun-bleached snail shell.
Santa Clara, California, USA
A snail checks out the purple wisteria flowers.
Santa Clara, California, USA
A snail checks out the purple wisteria flowers.
Santa Clara, California, USA
A snail checks out the purple wisteria flowers.
Santa Clara, California, USA
A snail climbs a purple wisteria plant.
Santa Clara, California, USA
This pair of snails appear to be looking at something over my right shoulder.
Santa Clara, California, USA
A pair of snails meet on a wood post.
Santa Clara, California, USA
A snail reaches for the sky while climbing out of a cardboard box.
Santa Clara, California, USA
A snail -- or, as I like to call them, a snailien -- shows off translucent skin.
Santa Clara, California, USA
A garden snail examines the rings on a wood post.
Santa Clara, California, USA
Macro shot of a bee on a purple flower.
Morro Bay, California, USA
A bee hovering over a purple flower at the beach in Morro Bay, California.
Morro Bay, California, USA