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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 …
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.
Peck’s Skipper, Polites peckius, is easily identified when you get a clear look at the underside of its wings.
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 …
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.
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!
Leaf beetles are known to be quite host-specific in many cases. This Lema daturaphila feeds only on members of the nightshade family.
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.
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 …
