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Black hairy first instar larva is the first ...
and the the second picture even later ...
and along the sides. Similar to second ...
The black swallowtail caterpillar goes through a number of stages or "
nymph has just molted and is a second ...
Bright green caterpillar with black bands and yellow spots (last
I love searching for these at the end of each summer. =) First photo is the ...
Arizona Bordered Mantis, second or third ...
About 1/4 of an inch long. Dark green with thin black stripes.
Tiny caterpillar. Warm brown coloration, black head, white band across middle ...
: emergence - (1st instar) - first molt - ...
These baby spiders are in their second ...
one a couple days later in the second ...
Small caterpillar. Mainly black body with a white band in the middle. Dark ...
Small (from 3 to 5 cm long), ribbed, silken case attached to the underside of ...
Larger, predominantly black butterfly. Underside of hind wings have orange, ...
I've been debating posting these: I've been raising them in a bowl on my desk ...
The pale green eggs are round and sculptured.
Not sure which instar but this measures ...
variations or different instars of the ...
Later instar of Spicebush Swallowtail ...
wide open; Several hopper nymphs, in different phases of growth (
A small grasshopper hatchling with stripey legs. The last image is probably a ...
Pretty brown moth emerged today.
Before I could take a
A small but very ornate brown caterpillar with eight tufts of spines and a ...
One of the mantids I'm keeping. It just molted for the first time. In some of ...
length of about 10 mm during the first
Swallowtail caterpillars have a defense mechanism, called an osmeterium, ...