HARVESTER BUTTLEFLY? If you don't agree, give me your guess . . . please
GARDEN SPIDER HATCHLINGS
GARDEN SPIDER HATCHINGS
BLACK SWALLOWTAIL ON THISTLE
BLACK SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLIES ON THISTLE. WHO WOULDN'T ENJOY FINDING THESE TO WATCH?
TIGER SWALLOWTAIL ON WHITE BLOSSOMS
TIGER SWALLOWTAIL ON DAINTY BLOSSOMS
BLACK SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
TIGER SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
ADMIRAL BUTTERFLY
MEXICAN BLUEWING BUTTERFLY
FRITILLARIES COPULATING
SKIMMER DRAGONFLY
POLICE CAR MOTH - Yes! Just a simple 'black and white'.
QUEEN BUTTERFLY ON GRASS
TIGER SWALLOWTAIL ON RED COLUMBINE
DRAGONFLY
WHITE PEACOCK BUTTERFLY
A Pearl Crescent?
GULF FRITILLARY BUTTERFLY
BLUE BUTTERFLY
SILVER-BORDERED FRITILLARY BUTTERFLY ON A DAISY
A CHECKERSPOT??
MONARCH ON A WHITE BLOSSOM
A CUTWING? A COMMA?
GIANT SILKWORM MOTH (Cecropia)
A DUSKYWING?
MONARCH CATERPILLAR ON LOOK-ALIKE PLANT - ANTELOPE HORNS MILKWEED - HOW FUN IS THAT!
I GIVE UP! WHICH ONE IS IT? OK, THIS IS A BEDSTRAW HAWK MOTH CATERPILLA.R (Hyles gallii) . . . whew!! That only took about ten years!
LIZARD TAKEDOWN. THIS WAS A BATTLE TO THE DEATH AND VERY DRAMATIC DURING A MIDDAY LUNCH BREAK IN THE DESERT.
BLISTER BEETLE - look but don't touch! THE NAME SAYS IT ALL, DOESN'T IT?!
A TARANTULA HAWK, MAYBE? WELL, GIVE ME A BETTER BUG NAME . . .
DUNG BEETLES ROLLING PRAIRIE DOG SCAT - SUCH DEDICATED, HARD WORKERS. THEY NEVER TOOK A BREAK AS WE WATCHED.
GIANT WATER BUG. THIS IS A HUGE BUG, AT LEAST 3 INCHES LONG, MAYBE A BIT LONGER. IT FLEW IN AND HIT ROBERT IN THE HEAD! THAT CERTAINLY GOT HIS ATTENTION! KONK!
GREEN SEARCHER BEETLE
HERE THE GARDEN SPIDER IS UNWRAPPING THE SILK FROM THE GRASSHOPPER TO - WELL, WE GUESS - TO HAVE A BIT OF LUNCH . . . REMEMBER, IT'S A GOOD THING AND SPIDERS MUST EAT, TOO!
JUST DOING ITS JOB! A QUEBEC GARDEN SPIDER, BENEFICIAL TO GARDENERS BY REMOVING CROP DESTROYING PESTS, WRAPS A RED-LEGGED GRASSHOPPER IN SILK
AN APTLY NAMED QUEBEC GARDEN SPIDER (the fleur de lis pattern) WRAPPING ITS PREY, A RED-LEGGED GRASSHOPPER, IN SILK
HANGING BY A THREAD OF IT'S WEB, A QUEBEC GARDEN SPIDER BINDS A RED-LEGGED GRASSHOPPER IN SILK
AND THE GARDEN SPIDER, JUST LOOK AND ENJOY THAT PATTERN - IT IS BEAUTIFUL, ISN'T IT?
GARDEN SPIDER WITH PREY WRAPPED IN SILK
A GARDEN SPIDER ON A DEWY WEB
ONE OF OUR YELLOW GARDEN SPIDERS ALL GROWN UP AND PUTTING TOGETHER IT'S OWN WEB
ROBERT WAS PHOTOGRAPHING THE AJO LILY (IT'S A VERY RARE BLOOMER IN THE DESERT) WHEN THE SPHYNX MOTH SUDDENLY LANDED ON THE LILY AND APPEARED IN HIS CAMERA VIEWFINDER! WHAT A KICK!
SPHINX MOTH PROBING A BLOSSOM
WHITE-LINED SPHINX MOTH
