Insects, NAz
Familiar bluet damselflies
Enallagma civile in mating season; FrancesShortPond, Flagstaff
Question mark butterfly
Polygonia interrogationis; The Arboretum; Flagstaff, Arizona;
Phylum ArthropodaClass Insecta unranked AmphiesmenopteraOrder LepidopteraFamily Nymphalidae
"Small White" (aka "Cabbage") Butterfly
Pieris rapae; Rio De Flag, Flagstaff, Arizona
Phylum ArthropodaClass Insecta unranked AmphiesmenopteraOrder LepidopteraFamily Pieridae
Tri-colored bumblebee;
Bombus ternarius; On Mahonia; Cheshire neighborhood; Flagstaff, Arizona;
Unknown insect
The Arboretum of Flagstaff, Flagstaff, Arizona
Queen Butterfly and Bee
Danaus gilippus; Sedona Wetlands Preserve, Sedona, Arizona
Phylum ArthropodaClass Insecta unranked AmphiesmenopteraOrder LepidopteraSubfamily DanainaeFamily NymphalidaeBrushfooted butterflies
Queen Butterflies
Sedona Wetlands Preserve, Sedona, Arizona
Phylum ArthropodaClass Insecta unranked AmphiesmenopteraOrder LepidopteraFamily NymphalidaeBrushfooted butterflies
Damselfly
Page Springs Fish Hatchery, Cornville, Arizona
Order OdonataSuborder ZygopteraArizona Game and Fish Department
Grasshopper
Bubbling Ponds, Cornville, Arizona
Arizona Game and Fish DepartmentVerde ValleyOrder OrthopteraSuborder Caelifera
Fiery Skipper
Hylephila phyleus; Flagstaff, Arizona
Phylum ArthropodaClass Insecta unranked AmphiesmenopteraOrder LepidopteraFamily Hesperiidae
Butterfly
On aster flower, Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Phylum ArthropodaClass Insecta unranked AmphiesmenopteraOrder Lepidoptera
Common Checkered Skipper
Rio de Flag, Flagstaff, Arizona
Phylum ArthropodaClass Insecta unranked AmphiesmenopteraOrder LepidopteraButterfliesFamily Hesperiidae
Common Checkered Skipper
Rio de Flag, Flagstaff, Arizona
Phylum ArthropodaClass Insecta unranked AmphiesmenopteraOrder LepidopteraButterflies
Ladybird Beetle
On Russian sage flowers; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Monarch Butterfly
Danaus plexippus, on thistle flower; Buffalo Park, Flagstaff, Arizona
Phylum ArthropodaClass Insecta unranked AmphiesmenopteraOrder Lepidoptera NymphalidaeBrushfooted butterflies
Red Bee-Fly
Adejeania vexatrix, on blue knight flower; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Red-Belted Bumblebee
Bombus rufocinctus, on blue knight flower; Flagstaff, Arizona
Little Moth and Bigger Butterfly
On echinacea; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Phylum ArthropodaClass Insecta unranked AmphiesmenopteraOrder Lepidoptera
Arizona Red-Spotted Purple Butterfly
Limenitis arthemis arizonensis, underside; Rio de Flag, Flagstaff, Arizona
Phylum ArthropodaClass Insecta unranked AmphiesmenopteraOrder LepidopteraAdmiral butterfliesFamily NymphalidaeBrushfooted butterflies
Arizona Red-Spotted Purple Butterfly
Limenitis arthemis arizonensis, top side; Rio de Flag, Flagstaff, Arizona
Phylum ArthropodaClass Insecta unranked AmphiesmenopteraOrder LepidopteraFamily NymphalidaeBrushfooted butterflies
White Admiral Butterfly
Limenitis arthemis arthemis, on echinacea; Flagstaff, Arizona
Veined Ctenucha Moth
Ctenucha venosa; Rio de Flag, Flagstaff, Arizona
Clouded Sulphur Butterfly
Colias philodice; Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona
Veined Ctenucha Moth
Ctenucha venosa; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Flame Skimmer Dragonfly
Flame Skimmer Dragonfly (Libellula saturata): Rio de Flag, Flagstaff, Arizona
InvertebratesOrder OdonataSuborder AnisopteraFamilyLibellulidae
Common Buckeye Butterfly
Common Buckeye Butterfly (Junonia coenia); Rio de Flag, Flagstaff, Arizona
InvertebratesPollinatorsOrder LepidopteraFamily NymphalidaeBrushfooted butterfliesWetlands in SuburbiaStreams
Yellow and Black Swallowtail Butterfly
Western Tiger Swallowtail? (Papilio rutulus?); Flagstaff, Arizona
InvertebratesInsectsPollinatorsOrder LepidopteraFamily ArctiidaeNorthern Arizona
Ladybird Beetle
Ladybird Beetle On Tritoma (red hot poker) flower; Flagstaff, Arizona
InvertebratesInsectsLadybugsFamily CoccinellidaeTritoma Genus KniphofiaFamily AsphodelaceaeSubfamily AsphodeloideaeGenus Kniphofia
Spider on Potentilla
Spider on white potentilla; Flagstaff, Arizona
Red Admiral Butterfly
Vanessa atalanta; Rio de Flag, Flagstaff, Arizona
InvertebratesInsectsOrder LepidopteraFamily NymphalidaeBrushfooted ButterfliesPollinatorsWetlands in Suburbia
Butterfly (White Admiral?)
White Admiral? (Limenitis arthemis arthemis); Rio de Flag, Flagstaff, Arizona
InvertebratesInsectsOrder LepidopteraFamily NymphalidaeBrushfooted butterflies
Butterfly (White Admiral?)
White Admiral Butterfly? (Limenitis arthemis arthemis?); Flagstaff, Arizona
InvertebratesInsectsOrder LepidopteraFamily NymphalidaeBrushfooted butterflies
Western Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio rutulus, on coreopsis flower; Flagstaff, Arizona
Dragonfly: Flame Skimmer
Libellula saturata; On mullein flower stalk; Rio de Flag, Flagstaff, Arizona
InvertebratesInsectsOrder OdonataSkimmers Family LibellulidaeNorthern Arizona
James Wilce
on May 19, 2017Your comments are moving and heartening, Christina and Paula!
Christina Vojta
on May 19, 2017Thanks for opening my eyes to the beauty of insects! The color and details of these photos are stunning. My favorites are the dragonfly wing detail at Frances Short Pond, the veined ctenucha moth, and the fly-and-beetle. That one really speaks to the diversity of scale in nature. I can almost sense the third, unseen insect, even more diminutive than the fly and beetle.
Paula Larkin
on August 24, 2015Besides the sharp clarity, colors, compositions, and satisfying repetitive natural patterns, you have captured so many creatures in perfect split second actions. My favorites are the insect photos-- I've always loved looking at insects. Your photos give such precise and fine glimpses of the various types, glimpses that we are rarely allowed to see.