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Acanalonia bivittata - Two-striped Planthopper Nymph With Mites Two-striped Planthopper Acanalonia bivittata (Species) White Vervain Verbena urticifolia (Species)		VIEW LARGE IMAGE & PHOTO DETAILS

Bee On Nodding Onion Nodding Wild Onion Allium cernuum (Species)		VIEW LARGE IMAGE & PHOTO DETAILS

Anthrenus verbasci (a Carpet Beetle) On Oxeye Daisy Carpet Beetle (Name for entire Dermestidae family.) Anthrenus verbasci (Species) Oxeye Daisy Chrysanthemum leucanthemum (Species)		VIEW LARGE IMAGE & PHOTO DETAILS

Ailanthus Webworm Moth, Atteva punctella Indianhemp Apocynum cannabinum (Species) Ailanthus Webworm Moth Atteva punctella (Species)		VIEW LARGE IMAGE & PHOTO DETAILS

Six- Spotted Tiger Beetles Copulating Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle Cicindela sexguttata (Species)	These attractive beetles were constantly moving about making photography difficult. Only when they began to copulate did they remain still. This didn't last long though for while still attached to the male the female chased an ant across the rock, caught and ate it.	VIEW LARGE IMAGE & PHOTO DETAILS

Orange- collared Scape Moth (Cisseps fulvicollis) on Indian Hemp Yellow-collared Scape Moth Cisseps fulvicollis (Species)		VIEW LARGE IMAGE & PHOTO DETAILS

Seven- spotted Lady Beetle On Grass With Dew Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata (Species)		VIEW LARGE IMAGE & PHOTO DETAILS

Eastern Tailed Blue Butterfly Eastern Tailed Blue Everes comyntas (Species)		VIEW LARGE IMAGE & PHOTO DETAILS

Red- banded Leafhopper, Graphocephala coccinea Red-banded Leafhopper Graphocephala coccinea (Species)		VIEW LARGE IMAGE & PHOTO DETAILS

Elegant Stinkhorn Top With Flies Elegant Stinkhorn Mutinus elegans (Species)	You are likely to smell the well named Stinkhorns before you see them. They have a very distinctive and unpleasant odor that attracts flies to the spore containing slime. There are many common species of Stinkhorns with some striking weird forms. See: http://mushroomexpert.com/mutinus_elegans.html	VIEW LARGE IMAGE & PHOTO DETAILS

Tiphiid Wasp On Grass With Dew (Family Tiphiidae, Myzinum Spp.) Tiphiid Wasp, family Tiphiidae Myzinum Spp. (Genus)		VIEW LARGE IMAGE & PHOTO DETAILS

American Carrion Beetle On Opossum Carcass American Carrion Beetle Necrophila americana (Species)	Carrion Beetles are major players in the decomposition of dead animals. They not only eat the decaying flesh but the adults eat fly larva or maggots which would otherwise compete with their own larva. These beetles lay their eggs in the carcass and their larva live on the carrion then pupate in the ground for several month to emerge and fly off in search of another dead body to begin the cycle again. We have these beetles to thank for some what reducing the fly population and cleaning up carrion.	VIEW LARGE IMAGE & PHOTO DETAILS

Rice Stink Bug - Oebalus pugnax Rice Stink Bug Oebalus pugnax (Species)		VIEW LARGE IMAGE & PHOTO DETAILS

Dragonfly - Side View Blue Dasher Dragonfly Pachydiplax longipennis (Species)		VIEW LARGE IMAGE & PHOTO DETAILS

Pearly Crescentpot Butterflies Landing On Butterfly Milkweed Buterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa (Species) Pearly Crescentspot Phyciodes tharos (Species)	Note the spider lurking in the lower right.	VIEW LARGE IMAGE & PHOTO DETAILS

Common Whitetail Dragonfly, Close Common Whitetail Dragonfly Plathemis lydia (Species)		VIEW LARGE IMAGE & PHOTO DETAILS

Polistes metricus Polistes metricus (Species)		VIEW LARGE IMAGE & PHOTO DETAILS

Giant Robber Fly - Promachus hinei Giant Robber Fly Promachus hinei (Species)		VIEW LARGE IMAGE & PHOTO DETAILS

Scudderia furcata Nymph On Verbain Scudder's Bush Katydid Scudderia furcata (Species)		VIEW LARGE IMAGE & PHOTO DETAILS

Partridge Pea With Matching Spider With Prey Partridge Pea Chamaecrista fasciculata (Species) Crab Spider Thomisidae (Family)	I have two frames of the spider with no bee then, suddenly, the spider is on a different petal with the bee. Clever of the spider to match the colors of the flower. Note that this is actually a composite of two images. I had two almost identical frames. In one the spider was in fairly good focus and another the head of the bee was in focus. Neither image was very pleasing so I took the head of the bee from one and placed it in the other resulting in a nice image. One way to deal with depth of field. If anyone knows this spider please let me know. Have the word 'photo' in the subject line.	VIEW LARGE IMAGE & PHOTO DETAILS

Cicada Newly Emerged With Discarded Skin (Exuvia) In Background Annual Cicada Tibicen spp (Genus)		VIEW LARGE IMAGE & PHOTO DETAILS

Carolina Saddlebags Dragonfly Carolina Saddlebags Tramea carolina (Species)		VIEW LARGE IMAGE & PHOTO DETAILS

Tersa Sphinx Moth Caterpillar Tersa Sphinx Xylophanes tersa (Species)	Though this is considered a fairly common species in the eastern U. S. there is no record of it in Tennessee (where this photo was taken). Thanks to my sister-in-law JoAnne Advey for locating these in her yard and providing them with her Pentas to eat. I should also note that these caterpillars are about the size of a person's finger.	VIEW LARGE IMAGE & PHOTO DETAILS

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