Album Native Insects and Spiders from RHH

Moth and Rabbitbrush

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 14:43:27 +0000

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Taken along the Cathedral Lake trail in the Colorado Rockies.

Fly and Fringed Bluebells

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 14:44:36 +0000

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Taken at the top of Electric Pass in the Colorado Rockies when hiking there last summer with a grandson. And now we are home again after another trip to the other side of the state. We were gone four days to visit family and friends there and came home last night. We drove through the night to catch a window in the weather in the mountain passes.

California Tortoiseshell

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 13:32:31 +0000

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This is a California Tortoiseshell butterfly photographed at Fishtrap Lake in eastern WAshington.

Painted Lady

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 14:17:42 +0000

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A Painted Lady Butterfly photographed in Manito City Park, Spokane.

New Leaves and Ladybug

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:34:10 +0000

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Praying Mantis

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 11:37:14 +0000

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This Praying Mantis was photographed on our driveway. It is an example of the ability of these insects to change color with their habitat. After a dry summer with little greenery left this mantis is brown instead of green.

California Tortoiseshell

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 11:36:17 +0000

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Photographed on our back porch, these butterflies were coming to feed on the tomatoes that were left on the vines after a frost. It is a California Tortoiseshell if I am not mistaken.

Praying Mantis

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 12:41:26 +0000

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This Praying Mantis, not Preying Mantis, was photographed on my granddaughter's arm at Hog Lake, Washington. Meghan loves animals, insects, birds - any creatures.

Praying Mantis

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 12:41:45 +0000

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This Mantis is actually not native to our state nor to the USA but is an import from Europe sometimes known as the European Mantis. They are common across North America and were probably spread through gardeners releasing them for insect control. We found this one when hiking at Hog Lake with other family members. Our eight-year-old granddaughter, Meghan, wanted to hold it and it crawled up her arm. She loves animals, birds, insects (she had a pet Ladybug for a while and wept when it died). The other children were scared of it and would not even touch it.

There are about 2000 Mantis species world-wide, including a small gray mantis native to Washington State. They are fierce predators and the larger species sometimes catch and eat small reptiles, birds and mammals. The female will sometimes even start to eat the male while they are mating. They are sometimes incorrectly called Preying Mantises but the correct name comes from the prayer-like stance they take when resting.

Desert Millipede

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 14:58:37 +0000

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This millipede was about 15 cm long. We photographed it on the walls of Boquillas Canyong in Big Bend National Park.

Early Migrant

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 13:19:29 +0000

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While on the southeast end of Big Bend National Park we visited the hot springs area, though the springs themselves looked rather unappetizing to us. Hiking to the springs we found this lone Monarch butterfly, likely an early migrant from Mexico.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 20:19:10 +0000

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Photographed near the Forty Mile Point Lighthouse on Lake Huron's shore, this, I believe, is an Eastern Tiger Swwallowtail.

Swallowtails

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 20:18:15 +0000

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These Swallowtails were feeding on this animal scat. We rode right over them with the car and they did not move. There were as many as seven of them feeding at the same time.

Spring Azure

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 20:17:31 +0000

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Photographed along Lake Huron, I believe this is a Spring Azure.

Ebony Jewel-wing Damselfly

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:31:47 +0000

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Photographed on a recent camping trip to Turkey Run State Park in Indiana, I believe the id for this lovely insect is correct but would appreciate any help.

ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2011/11/turkey-run-...

Spotted Apatelodes

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:37:36 +0000

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This is another photo taken in Turkey Run State Park in Indiana. J.P Everett has tentatively identified it as the larva of the Spotted Apatelodes moth. I had never seen anything like it and was not even sure if I should touch it (and didn't) for fear that the hairs might be poisonous or something like that.

ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2011/11/turkey-run-...

Anise Swallowtail

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 04 May 2020 12:36:56 +0000

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Photographed at Hog Lake in eastern Washington, I've identified this butterfly as an Anise Swallowtail. It is feeding from a flower of Arrowleaf Balsamroot.

California Tortiseshell

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:10:35 +0000

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We haven't yet seen a lot of butterflies but this California Tortoiseshell was photographed at Fishtrap Lake when we hiked there recently. The insets are a miscellany from recent hikes.

Red Admiral

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 12:57:13 +0000

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As the Dutch would say, here is van alles en nog wat, a hodge-podge of photos, the last I'll be posting of San Antonio, Texas, and our visit there. This photo is of a Red Admiral butterfly, photographed near Mission San Jose, one of the old Spanish Missions for which San Antonio is famous.

Four-spotted Skimmer

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 01:04:28 +0000

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This is a common Dragonfly in our area, the Four-spotted Skimmer.