Cicindela sexguttata, Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle. This insect was a gift from a five-year-old girl who lives across the street and who knows that I like to photograph arthropods.
Pselliopus cinctus, Assassin bug, on an apple blossom. Made at the Robinson Nature Center, Howard County, Maryland, on April 26, 2014. I have not identified the ant.
Chalybion californicum, Blue Mud Dauber Wasp
It's not at all certain that this species daubs mud to make its brood cells. It may just use old nests that were made by other species of wasps.
Leptoglossus oppositus, Leaf Bug
This animal gets its popular name from the leaf-shaped appendages on its hind legs.
Phidippus audax, Bold Jumping Spider
This little lady has excellent eyesight relative to other spider species. Instead of trapping her prey in a web she lies in wait, perhaps among the petals of a flower, and jumps on her prey. Her eight eyes are linked to a huge visual cortex. Her chelicerae (fangs) appear green/aqua due to interference between light waves reflecting from several layers of translucent chitin.
Anatrytone logan, Delaware Skipper
Diestrammena asynamora, Greenhouse Stone Cricket
This photo appears in the Kaufman Field Guide to Nature of New England
Papilio glaucus, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Dragonfly Wings
Polistes annularis, Jack Spaniard Wasp, Wing Detail. Photomacrograph and Photomicrograph.
