An unusual variation Detail of purple Queen Anne's lace Big spider, big web, big catch Big spider, other side And a pollinator visits the purple-edged Queen Ann… Another pollinator Five-lined skink steps out Robber fly's supper Assassin bug with built-in warning Assassin bug, business end Indian strawberry Something we like to see Black-and-orange roughy If Picasso had been a scientific illustrator Too big to be a yellow jacket . . . Egg watch day 15: raided! Another assassin bug Romantic portrait of a robber fly A very tiny crane fly? Golden tortoise beetle, backlit Green scarab, ventral Green scarab Leaf hopper spreads its wings The kisser of the spider woman Dinky fly and extraordinary luck Networking Dangling from a hickory tree Streamlined, flying grasshopper Nervous red wasp on glass Egg watch, day 10: Hatchery? Egg watch, day 9: subtle changes Looks like what a bird left behind A Japanese beetle scrum Spider day continues Ghostly countenance Rainbow connection . . . Morning rebuild Egg watch day 8: an experiment The dreaded horsefly Hooverfly Why manual focus is better Fly prefers the purple one Oddly green pink-edged sulphur Eggs, day 7 Friendly neighborhood cicada killer