Insects

Katydid With Parasite

by Steve Creek on September 18, 2007 · 0 comments

Katydid With Parasite

If you look close you will see something coming out of this Katydid’s forehead. It looks to be some type of parasite.

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Hummingbird Hawk-moth

The Hummingbird Clearwing, hover in midair while they feed on nectar from flowers and are sometimes mistaken for hummingbirds.

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Butterflies On Animal Scat

by Steve Creek on September 16, 2007 · 0 comments

Butterflies

Some butterfly species do not only feed on nectar. They like decayed fruit, tree sap, animal scat (feces) and carrion as well.

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Eastern Pondhawk Dragonfly

Dragonflies are completely harmless – they do not sting or bite. Indeed, they are beneficial in the same respect spiders and other predators are beneficial – they keep the burgeoning insect population in check.

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Two Yellow Butterflies

by Steve Creek on August 22, 2007 · 2 comments

Yellow Butterflies

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Bumblebee With Pollen

Once they have collected nectar and pollen, bumblebees return to the nest and deposit the harvested nectar and pollen into brood cells, or into wax cells for storage.

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