Another Boring Day

Spiders & Bugs

Another Boring Day

Another Boring Day

19 Mar 2015 1 305
A Valley Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa varipuncta) in a hole she bored into a piece of firewood. In my backyard, Phoenix, Arizona.
Red Dragon

Red Dragon

04 Sep 2017 145
Flame Skimmer dragonfly (Libellula saturata) at Tortilla Flat, AZ.
Double Dragon

Double Dragon

01 Oct 2016 122
Mating dragonflies at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Superior, Arizona.
A Bug's Work

A Bug's Work

08 Jul 2020 116
Small Praying Mantis helping me adjust my Crescent wrench.
Praying Mantis

Praying Mantis

23 Apr 2023 158
Recently hatched from an egg case.
Plains Lubber Grasshopper

Plains Lubber Grasshopper

14 Sep 2013 339
At an I-10 rest stop near the Arizona-New Mexico border.
Plains Lubber Grasshopper

Plains Lubber Grasshopper

14 Sep 2013 307
Mormon Cricket

Mormon Cricket

14 Aug 2018 155
Female Mormon Cricket. One in a hoard of them inundating Austin, Nevada. Despite it's name it is not actually a cricket. It is a shieldbacked katydid.
Mormon Cricket

Mormon Cricket

14 Aug 2018 146
Male Mormon Cricket. One in a hoard of them inundating Austin, Nevada. Despite it's name it is not actually a cricket. It is a shieldbacked katydid.
Pipevine Swallowtail Caterpillar

Pipevine Swallowtail Caterpillar

18 Oct 2015 253
The larva of the Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly. They feed on this Pipevine plant which makes them poisonous, so if you see one don't eat it. : P
Pipevine Swallowtail Caterpillar

Pipevine Swallowtail Caterpillar

18 Oct 2015 303
The larva of the Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly. They feed on this Pipevine plant which makes them poisonous, so if you see one don't eat it. : P
Two-Tailed Swallowtail Butterfly

Two-Tailed Swallowtail Butterfly

03 Aug 2014 1 303
Seen in Jerome, Arizona. This is the state butterfly of Arizona.
Two-Tailed Swallowtail Butterfly

Two-Tailed Swallowtail Butterfly

03 Aug 2014 2 332
Seen in Jerome, Arizona. This is the state butterfly of Arizona.
Two-Tailed Swallowtail Butterfly

Two-Tailed Swallowtail Butterfly

03 Aug 2014 1 275
Seen in Jerome, Arizona. This is the state butterfly of Arizona.
Red Admiral

Red Admiral

10 Feb 2019 159
Red Admiral butterfly at the top of Camelback Mountain in Phoenix, Arizona.
American Lady Butterfly

American Lady Butterfly

21 Nov 2021 118
On Camelback Mountain in Phoenix, AZ.
The Huddle

The Huddle

26 Oct 2012 255
Yellow Paper Wasps tending their larvae in the nest.
The Break

The Break

26 Oct 2012 237
Yellow Paper Wasps tending their larvae in the nest.
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