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Roseate Skimmer dragonfly in Estero Llano Grande State Park south of Westlaco, Texas. Sept. 28, 2006.
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| Blue dasher dragonfly in Cullinan Park, Suger Land, Texas. March 25, 2025.
Viewed: 123 times.
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| River Jewelwing (Calopteryx aequabilis) on the Toppenish NWR southwest of Toppenish, WA. May 29, 2021.
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| Black Widow spider, the bane of home inspectors, in a crawlspace in Yakima, WA. July 23, 2014.
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| Yellow garden spider at Pollywog Pond west of Corpus Christi, Texas. September 25, 2006.
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| Cross Orb Weaver in Juanita Beach Park, Kirkland, WA. October 6, 2020.
Viewed: 433 times.
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| Praying Mantis on a fence in Yakima, WA. Oct. 7, 2014.
Viewed: 1943 times.
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| Praying Mantis on our screen door southwest of the Yakima, WA, airport. Sept. 11, 2013.
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Praying Mantis on our driveway southwest of the Yakima, WA, airport. Oct. 6, 2013.
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| Interesting insect at Wenas Lake north of Selah,, WA. The head and body were almost an inch long. Oct. 3, 2017.
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| Cicada on an ocotillo stalk in Sabino Canyon northeast of Tucson, AZ. We heard cicadas on nearly every hike we took in southeast Arizona. June 23, 2010.
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| Wild bee hive at the Saguaro National Park East on the east side of Tucson, AZ. June 14, 2010. Digiscoped.
Viewed: 3054 times.
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| Black and Yellow Mud Dauber at Wenas Lake north of Selah, WA. This is an interesting wasp. I suggest you google it and learn all about it. Aug. 12, 2018.
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| A - you're not going to believe this! - grasshopper hunter wasp with a grasshopper it had killed in our garden southwest of the Yakima, WA airport. I watched the wasp carry the grasshopper about six feet from the spot where it caught it to the rock they are on. Amazing! July 9, 2018.
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| Magnificent Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla magnifica) on a road north of The Highlands Mobile Home Park in Oro Valley, Arizona. This is actually a wasp. The females of this species, which this is, are flightless. It was just over an inch long. November 18, 2021.
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| Gray Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca nitens) in Huachuca Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona. It was about 2 1/2 inches long. It is named "Bird" because it flies very well. This species is closely related to the locusts in Africa. December 24, 2022.
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Female Norton's Giant Ichneumon Wasp (Megarhyssa nortoni) - The long stinger-looking apendage is actually used to inject eggs into tree bark on or near the egg of a Horntail Wasp. The Horntail Wasp larva becomes food for the larva of the Norton's Giant Ichneumon Wasp. Forest Road 1706 south of SR 410, Yakima County, WA. July 12, 2023.
Viewed: 451 times.
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| Wild bee hive in a hole in a cliff near the Cactus Forest South Trail in Saguaro National Park East, Tucson, Arizona. February 24, 2024.
Viewed: 318 times.
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| Wild bee hive in a hole in a cliff in Honey Bee Canyon Park, Oro Valley, Arizona. March 30, 2024.
Viewed: 328 times.
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Album: Bumblebees and Miscellaneous Insects 
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