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A Fly’s Breakfast at Well’s Lake

November 30, 2025November 3, 2023 by Steve Creek
Housefly Eating Breakfast

A close-up look at a housefly eating breakfast on a pier at Well’s Lake. A small but interesting macro moment during a morning walk.

Categories Arkansas River Valley Nature Center, Arkansas Wildlife Locations, Insect Photography Tags housefly, Insect, macro photography, nature, Wildlife Photography

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Garden Spider’s Grasshopper Feast Captured

October 21, 2025October 8, 2023 by Steve Creek
Garden spider wrapping grasshopper prey in web

I photographed a garden spider wrapping a grasshopper in silk at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge. Learn how and why these orb-weavers hunt.

Categories National Wildlife Refuges, Oklahoma Wildlife Locations, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Spiders Tags Eating, Feeding, garden spider, Insect, nature, orb weaver, spider, Web, Wildlife Photography 1 Comment

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Dew-Covered Damselfly at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

February 12, 2026October 1, 2023 by Steve Creek
Dew-Covered Damselfly at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

I photographed a dew-covered damselfly at Sequoyah NWR in Oklahoma. See my Wildlife and Photography Notes from this peaceful morning shoot.

Categories Insect Photography Tags damselfly, dew, Insect, macro photography, Nature Photography, water droplets, Wildlife Photography

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Spotting a Horsefly at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

April 10, 2026September 19, 2023 by Steve Creek
Horsefly perched on a blade of Johnson grass at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

Horsefly at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, photographed on Johnson grass with close-up notes on behavior, habitat, and camera settings.

Categories Insect Photography, National Wildlife Refuges, Oklahoma Wildlife Locations, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge Tags fly, horsefly, Insect, nature, wildlife, Wildlife Photography

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Red-headed Meadow Katydid In Oklahoma

April 12, 2026September 8, 2023 by Steve Creek
Red-headed Meadow Katydid

Steve Creek documents a sighting of a Red-headed Meadow Katydid in Oklahoma, including details on its identification and natural history.

Categories Insect Photography, National Wildlife Refuges, Oklahoma Wildlife Locations, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge Tags Insect, katydid, Nature Photography, Oklahoma wildlife, Orchelimum erythrocephalum, rare sighting, red-headed meadow katydid 1 Comment

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Mystery Damselfly Sighting on My Favorite Road

December 22, 2025September 5, 2023 by Steve Creek
Mystery Damselfly

Wildlife photographer Steve Creek describes his encounter with an unidentified damselfly species while walking a road at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge.

Categories Insect Photography, National Wildlife Refuges, Oklahoma Wildlife Locations, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge Tags Biodiversity, damselfly, Insect, nature, species identification, Wildlife Photography

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A Chance Encounter with a Cottonwood Borer

November 9, 2024August 7, 2023 by Steve Creek
Cottonwood Borer Beetle Top View

A wildlife photographer encounters and photographs a Cottonwood Borer beetle while leaving the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

Categories Insect Photography, Oklahoma Wildlife Locations, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge Tags Beetle, cottonwood borer, Insect, Wildlife Photography

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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher’s Wasp Feast

November 9, 2024August 4, 2023 by Steve Creek
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher With Wasp

A photo I took recently of a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher with a wasp in its beak. I captured this shot at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

Categories Bird Photography, Oklahoma Wildlife Locations, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge Tags bird, butterfly, Cricket, flycatcher, Insect, scissor-tailed flycatcher, wasp, Wildlife Photography 2 Comments
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