Album Bugs

[Curt]

Time to post some more bugs. Thought I'd do some dragonflies and a damselfly.
Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly


Variegated Meadowhawk


12 Spotted Skimmer


Halloween Pennant


Common White Tail


Band-winged Meadowhawk


Widow Skimmers


Common Pondhawk


Plains Clubtail

 

[Artemus]

Time to post some more bugs. Thought I'd do some dragonflies and a damselfly.
Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly
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Variegated Meadowhawk
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12 Spotted Skimmer
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Halloween Pendant
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Common White Tail
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Band-winged Meadowhawk
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Widow Skimmers
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Common Pondhawk
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Plains Clubtail
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Wow, outstanding pics of Odonata!

 

[Artemus]

Who is who?

Ms. Bug? Google image search yields it is the family Leaf Beetle but there are 37,000 species so I have no idea..

 

[IntrepidXJ]

Ms. Bug? Google image search yields it is the family Leaf Beetle but there are 37,000 species so I have no idea..

I was told it was a Yellow Beetle

 

[Miya]

Butterfly!

 

[Yvonne]

Bee feasting on an Elkweed flower

 

[Yvonne]

Painted Lady Butterfly on a dandelion flower

 

[Titans]

Rick took some photos of a tiny Monarch caterpillar eating Milkweed.

 

[Wanderlust073]

 

[Ugly]

When I was a kid I had a jumping spider all summer that I fed little lawn moths. Ran into this pretty hefty guy on the porch yesterday.

 

[Titans]

Never seen one before, a Katydid

 

[Ugly]

Never seen one before, a Katydid

That's because of the camouflage
in the aspens in my yard we have a battle of three armies going on in late summer over our heads... Katydids, Mantids, and birds.
Luckily some of them survive each year. I like the calls of the Katydids at night.

 

[Miya]

Hey guys...no time for trip reports lately, but had to share some these ladybug pictures.

Bobbie and I had hiked this trail before and a person was kind enough to point out that there were thousands of ladybugs EVERYWHERE. On the ground, covering the bushes, they all just blended in so well we didn't notice them. I didn't get great photos when we originally went a couple years ago and I have been determined to go back and try again! They hibernate there every year.

I took this opportunity to train with my pack AND make a second attempt at photos.

It kinda looks like this for an entire ~1000sqft area. You gotta watch where you step, sit, or drop your pack.

 

[zionsky]

very cool pics!

 

[Janice]

Cicada - Brood X

 

[Ugly]

Came home to this death match on my front porch.
Never seen a "wasp"? like this.
We have lots of sand wasps, but they are more iridescent blue or green normally.

 

[greenlizard456]

Came home to this death match on my front porch.
Never seen a "wasp"? like this.
We have lots of sand wasps, but they are more iridescent blue or green normally.

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That's a Robber Fly! Asilidae Family. I don't know a ton about bugs but here's what I do know:
I like bugs but These guys Freak Me Out. They prey on other bugs and insects with a powerful bite and sometimes a paralyzing toxin? Then they they suck out the poor critters guts through the bite hole they've made, usually on the base of the head. Sometimes you can find dead bugs with a hole in them like this. Last week I saw one catch a cicada mid-air!!!

 

[TractorDoc]

Caught this cicada emerging from its shell last night.

 

[Janice]

I enjoyed this visitor to our garden. It kept a close eye on me while I was taking its picture.