Creature!

February 11th, 2012 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Desert

Creature!

What is this? Does anyone know? Now I know! It’s a Wheel Bug!!! ~ The wheel bug has characteristic dorsal armor, shaped like a wheel or cog. It moves and flies slowly, and in flight produces a buzzing sound. It has one of the most developed set of mouth parts …

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Blue

January 24th, 2012 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Desert

Blue

I find damselflies nearly impossible to identify, but that takes nothing away from their beauty…This was subsequently identified by Bob Behrstock as a male of the Aztec Dancer, Argia nahuana.

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Peck’s skipper

January 23rd, 2012 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Desert

Peck's skipper

Peck’s Skipper, Polites peckius, is easily identified when you get a clear look at the underside of its wings.

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Almost there

January 7th, 2012 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Desert

Almost there

Flickr Friend Mindy and I headed out for a day of photo fun in Anza Borrego Desert, a nice drive out on a beautiful SoCal day, top down in the Mustang. It was well worth the trip, we saw lots of great color with all the spring time blooms and …

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Poolside breakfast

December 6th, 2011 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Desert

Poolside breakfast

A monarch at the Phoenix’ Desert Botanical Garden’s butterfly collection feasts near a lily pad-dotted pond. Not a true macro shot, but close to the desired effect with an 18-55mm at short range.

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Exploring in unknown lands

October 21st, 2011 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Desert

Exploring in unknown lands

My friend again :) (Her flickr is The CrimsonChin123) We had an adventure today in the woods behind our old school. Quite a fun day despite the bugs! View On Black

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Three-lined potato beetle

October 10th, 2011 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Desert

Three-lined potato beetle

Leaf beetles are known to be quite host-specific in many cases. This Lema daturaphila feeds only on members of the nightshade family.

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Fatal metalmark

October 9th, 2011 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Desert

Fatal metalmark

The metalmarks get their name from the metallic markings which many species bear on the underside of the wings. This is top view of a Fatal Metalmark, Calephelis nemesis. There were scores of them along a ditch in a railroad bed.

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Forest view

October 8th, 2011 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Desert

Forest view

On the 21st of April me and 3 friends went to Tollymore forest park. It turned out to be a fantastic sunny day apart from the haze which really spoiled some of the landscape shots however the forest shots turned out fantastic. It was a 14km walk roughly and quite …

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Male blue dasher

September 26th, 2011 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Desert

Male blue dasher

Pachydiplax longipennis Apalachicola National Forest, Liberty County, FL

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