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Bugs 37 images Created 12 Dec 2018

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  • Chinese Mantis (Tenodera sinensis) on old weed stalks.
    Chinese_Mantis-C7162.jpg
  • An immature female Autumn Meadowhawk dragonfly (Sympetrum vicinum) watches for passing prey from goldenrod flowers. The males are red; at sexual maturity (usually a month or two after emerging), the females lose the yellowish coloration for an overall tan/brownish, often with a tinge of red on the upper “tail.” Formerly called the Yellow-legged meadowhawk.
    autumn_meadowhawk-C2693.jpg
  • A Spangled-winged Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila pictipennis) places a larger pebble on its nest entrance to hide it from other insects. These wasps dig a brood tunnel and lay a single egg on a stung caterpillar. Then, before they leave to hunt for additional caterpillars (to ensure the larva has enough food until they pupate), they plug the brood chamber entrance with a larger pebble and hide it with the surrounding sand. Camouflaging the entrance prevents predation and parasitization of their larva by other insects.
    Spangled-winged_Thread-waisted_Wasp-...jpg
  • Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) blends in and waits for prey on a Early Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides).
    Crab_Spider-E52305.jpg
  • Red goldenrod aphids (Uroleucon nigrotuberculatum) feed on an Early Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides). Early-season aphids are generally wingless and don’t lay eggs; instead, they live-birth female nymphs (as seen here), who may also be already pregnant - without male involvement. <br />
Winged females usually develop later in the season, making it easier for them to travel to new plants. In addition, autumn brings on a phase of sexual reproduction, which produces eggs that survive the winter.
    Red_goldenrod_aphids-E52120.jpg
  • A young green grasshopper rests on a vibrant orange lily flower.
    grasshopper_lily-E51273.jpg
  • An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio glaucus) feeding on nectar from lilac flowers.
    Eastern_Tiger_Swallowtail_Butterfly-...jpg
  • Busy Eastern Yellowjackets (Vespula maculifrons) flying to and from the nest - one with a clump of soil it has excavated to enlarge the nest, and another returns with a caterpillar for the young.
    Yellowjackets-E25791.jpg
  • Butterflies showing us how to get along! A Peck's Skipper (Polites peckius) and a clouded sulphur (Colias philodice) share nectar on a thistle flower.
    sharing_butterflies-E17230.jpg
  • A foraging bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) returns to the nest with a load of food for the youngsters.
    bald-faced_hornet-E11347.jpg
  • Bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata) fanning the entrance to help cool the nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E7314.jpg
  • Female Wood Tick (Dermacentor variabilis) laying eggs, 2X lifesize (in camera)
    Wood_Tick_laying_eggs-B01.jpg
  • German Yellowjacket (Vespula germanicaxanthic) in flight, returning to nest with cricket leg.
    German_Yellowjacket-27289b.jpg
  • Male Golden Paper wasp (Polistes fuscatus) watching nearby nests, for unfertilized queens on mating flights.
    paper_wasp-24039.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjackets (Vespula maculifrons) midair collision at entrance to nest; one returning with food, the other leaving to forage.
    eastern_yellowjackets-22906L.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) at nest entrance
    eastern_yellowjacket-22760_crop.jpg
  • Spittlebug larvae (Philaenus sp.) building its protective sheild of bubbles; 5x lifesize in camera
    spittlebug-14518.jpg
  • The shed exoskeleton of a molted spider, on a blade of grass.  3 image focus stack
    spider_exoskeleton-4406-8.jpg
  • Female Striped mosquito (Ochlerotatus trivittatus) filling up on blood, 2x lifesize in camera
    biting_mosquito-10480.jpg
  • Second and third caterpillar instars of a Cecropia moth (Hyalophora cecropia), on lilac leaf
    cecropia_caterpillars_10212.jpg
  • Close-up of a Female Cecropia moth's (Hyalophora cecropia) wing. The image is a high magnification shot showing detail of the colorful scales that make up the "eye" on the moth's wing.
    cecropia_moth_wing-9238.jpg
  • First instar of Cecropia Moth caterpillar on the eggs it just emerged from.
    cecropia_eggs_caterpillar-9165.jpg
  • Female Cecropia moth (Hyalophora cecropia) showing upper wing surface, on a Common Lilac (Syringa vulgaris) branch, with the sky in the background.
    cecropia_moth-8793.jpg
  • Ambush Bug with Captured Bee
    Ambush_Bug_Wasp-C16.tif
  • A young Ambush Bug (Phymata sp.) waits for prey on a fleabane flower.
    ambush_bug-C11.tif
  • Female and male Velvet Mites at high magnification.
    velvet mites C08.tif
  • Green and Scarlet Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea) feeding on a leaf.
    Green-and-Scarlet Leafhopper C07.tif
  • An Ambush bug hunting on a cone flower.
    ambush_bug-C04.tif
  • Early morning sun on a dew covered spiderweb in long grass.
    spiderweb_4570.jpg
  • Flying Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) working Crabapple flowers
    Flying_Bee-1846.jpg
  • Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio glaucus) feeding on lilac flowers.
    Tiger_Swallowtail-C34.jpg
  • L-R: Two female Wood (or Dog) Ticks (Dermacentor variabilis), Female and Male Deer (or Black-legged) Ticks (Ixodes scapularis)<br />
Top: Male Wood Tick
    Wood_and_Deer_Ticks-B06L.jpg
  • Bowl and Doily Weaver Spider (Frontinella), Sheetweb Weaver Family (Linyphiidae), in Tamarack
    Bowl-and-Doily_Spider-B03.jpg
  • Goldenrod Crab Spider on Tall Cinquefoil.
    Crab_Spider-B02.jpg
  • Scarlet-and-green leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea) feeding on a milkweed leaf
    leafhopper.jpg
  • A colorful Green-striped Darner Dragonfly (Aeshna verticalis) takes a short break from its forays over the surrounding meadow.
    Green-Striped_Darner-C01.jpg
  • Aphid attacked by a predator (probably a parasitic wasp), exoskeleton with a hole in the back.<br />
Magnification on film: 6.2x
    Victimized_Aphid.jpg