Among the few insects stirring in Pima Canyon on April 3, 2010 were honey ants. I believe this species is Myrmecocystus mendax, but I am not positive.
Lonely locust
March 25th, 2011 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Desert 
A locust in the Bug House at ZSL London Zoo. Nikon D5000 f /5.6 – 1/125 s ISO 1400 Nikon 55 – 200mm @ 2180mm00mm
Pipevine swallowtail cats
March 1st, 2011 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Desert 
I know! What are these colorful Pipevine Swallowtail caterpillars (Battus philenor) doing out in broad daylight, and away from their host plant? Well, pipevine is a sprawling groundcover plant, and during the heat of the day the air can be cooler just above the ground by several degrees of magnitude.
Firefly trail 螢火蟲小徑
February 16th, 2011 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Desert 
nikon d700 sigma 50mm，f 2.0~3.4，30 sec，iso 800~1000 nikon NX2 +1.0 ev ，white balance 4100 K photoshop 5 photo
Gulf fritillary caterpillar
February 15th, 2011 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Desert 
The Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, is quite beautiful as a caterpillar, too. This one at the Tucson Botanical Gardens had made short work of its passionflower vine host plant.
Everyone uses their bbq grill as a work bench, right?
February 13th, 2011 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Desert
Can you find the bug?
February 1st, 2011 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Desert 
This one may be difficult. I had to keep lowering my camera to try and find this bug. Good Luck! This is actually the easier photo of the 4 photos I took to see the bug.