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Found near streams and creeks. These were hopping from lily
this dragonfly was drying its wings and ...
wings. The females have a striped
I saw this bird flying over the lake in the early evening. It landed on a lily ...
The moorhen has dark feathers with a patch of white under its tail and on its ...
This is a large grasshopper but it appears to still have
Young larvae are red with a black pattern. Older larvae resemble adults, but ...
This is an older nymph since the wing
this beauty, about 3 cm wingspan Blue color whit some red and transparent ...
bodies are oval-shaped & they also have short, nonfunctional
translucent wings with spots of milky white ...
This wasp flew in, landed on a Lily pad, ...
An unusual cricket, beige with brown stripes. It has developing
Large dark brown cockroach with some lighter spots. Female. Vestigial
segmented into numerous thin, flat, round to egg-shaped
thorax to abdomen. The hind leg "knees" were black. It has no indication of ...
look with a small wing cap. Here you can ...
This small brown grasshopper hopped away with no signs of flight. Was not able ...
to the river. The first two pictures are of small nymphs. The development of ...
clear black-ish wings with a black spot on ...
Not sure what this species is... It had an injured
behind. The chicks are often seen tucked into the
One of the biggest flies I have ever seen. It had a mostly-black body, clear ...
Body mainly light orange, with a red abdomen. Three black dots on the abdomen, ...
Brown and white cocoon. You can see the silk
yellow stripes on his thorax. It holds its
This male Blue Dasher dragonfly turned to look at the camera and smiled! With ...
clear black-ish wings with a black spot on ...
when placed on the bark of a pine tree, he disappears! This must still be a ...
2 weeks.
In the pupa or chrysalis stage, the caterpillar spins a silk
-headed katydids and the angular-winged ...
-headed katydids and the angular-winged ...
lines running lengthwise. Immatures or nymphs are red and develop black ...
, vegetables, flowers, herbs, and cucurbits. When nymphs first hatch, they are ...
of trees where they run about very fast in groups (lice-like). The developing ...