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Common Green June Beetle

Common Green June Beetle (left), Condylostylus sp. (above right of the beetle), and a Common Greenbottle FLy

Mating Common Green June Beetles

Band-winged Meadowhawk

Blue-fronted Dancer

Another Blue-fronted Dancer

Lady beetle pupa. It may be dead or in the process of being eaten alive by a parasitoid wasp larva

Oleander Aphids

European Paper Wasp

Black Diabrotica. Quite the name for such a petite beetle

Large Milkweed Bug

Large Milkweed Bug (blurry) and Louisiana Painted-Dark Bee

Showy Tick-trefoil flower in a really weird shape. The one on the right is what it should look like

Eastern Kingbird

Cutie-pie. Also an aerial serial killer of insects. Humans see many large-eyed animals as cute, but many animals use those big eyes to hunt for prey.

Unidentified beetle (top, brownish) and Black Diabroticas


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