Insects, NAz
Zebra Butterfly
Heliconius charithonia; Butterfly House, the Arboretum, Flagstaff, Arizona;
Family NymphalidaeParksInvolving public in sciencenature observatories
(Male?) Monarch
Danaus plexippus; Sedona Wetlands Preserve
Order LepidopteraBrushFootedButterfliesFamily NymphalidaeTribe Danaini
Monarch
Danaus plexippus; Sedona Wetlands Preserve
Order LepidopteraBrushFootedButterfliesFamily NymphalidaeTribe Danaini
Monarch
Butterfly on blanket flower near Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Order LepidopteraBrushFootedButterfliesFamily NymphalidaeTribe Danaini
Insect
On Rocky Mountain Bee Plant (Cleome serrulata); On Property of Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona;
beautiful weedsplantanimal interactionalpine flora and fauna
Painted Lady on (Catmint?)
Vanessa (Cynthia) virginiensis; Sustainability Garden, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Order LepidopteraFamily NymphalidaeGenus VanessaSubgenus CynthiaUniversitiesUniversity GardensSustainabilityNorthern Arizona
Carpenter Bee
Genus (possibly Xylocopa californica, California Carpenter Bee); Sustainability Garden, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona; Hovering near catmint
CarpenterBeesGenus XylocopaFamily ApidaeUniversity gardensPlants in the mint family
Eastern Tailed Blue?
Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Order Lepidopteraplantanimal interactionpollinatorssuburban wildlife photography
Bee Hovering By Columbine
OrderHymenoptera; (SweatBee or Wasp); Arboretum, Flagstaff, Arizona
Social insectsOpen spacesGardensPollinatorsnorthern ArizonaOrder Hymenoptera
Chipping Sparrow Pair
Spizella passerina; one bird may be offering insect to partner; Anasazi Ridge, Flagstaff, Arizona
Family EmberizidaeSuburban birds
From Birds, NAz
Damselfly
Pacific Forktail (Ischnura cervula)?; Kachina Wetlands Preserve, Flagstaff, Arizona
DamselfliesPond Damsels ForktailsOrderOdonataSuborder ZygopteraFamily Coenagrionidae
Common Darter?
Sympetrum striolatum?; Rio de Flag channel, Flagstaff, Arizona
Family Libellulidaeimportances of preserving wetlandsFlagstaffnorthern Arizona
Common Whitetail Dragonfly;
Plathemis lydia; The Arboretum Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Suborder AnisopteraFamily Libellulidaeimportance of wetlands
Buckeye Butterfly And Veined Ctenucha Moth
Lepidoptera On Liatris; Junonia coenia and Ctenucha venosa; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Order LepidopteraTwoFamiliesBuckeye belongs to Family NymphalidaeMoth belongs to Family ErebidaeLiatris genus in Family Asteraceae