Insects, NAz
Flame Skimmer Dragonfly
Libellula saturata; FrancesShortPond, Flagstaff
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Libellula pulchella, Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Orange Dragonflies Mating
Flame skimmers? (Libellula saturata?); Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Mourning Cloak
Video of Mourning Cloak butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa); in our home, Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
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
Black Swallowtails Mating
Papilio polyxenes; Sustainability Garden, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
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
Bumblebee (Probably Morrison)
Bombus morrisoni; SLUG Garden, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona; Pollinating a catmint flower
Eastern Tailed Blue?
Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Order Lepidopteraplantanimal interactionpollinatorssuburban wildlife photography
Common Buckeye
Junonia coenia; Rio Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Painted Ladies
Ventral Side of Wing; Vanessa cardui; Sustainability Garden, NAU, Flagstaff, Arizona
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
Veined Ctenucha Moth On Liatris
Ctenucha venosa; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
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
Dragonfly Between Earth and Clouds
I-10 Freeway, Southern California
Flame Skimmer?
Libellula saturata?; On Pond Reed, FrancesShortPond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Perched Dragonfly
Meadowhawk; RioDeFlag, Flagstaff, Arizona
Blue-Eyed Darner Hovering
Rhionaeschna multicolor; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Blue-Eyed Darner
Rhionaeschna multicolor; Rio De Flag, Flagstaff, Arizona
Mexican Fritillary
Euptoieta hegesia; RioDeFlag, Flagstaff, Arizona
Dancer
Genus Argia; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
California Sister Butterfly
Adelpha californica; Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Autumn Meadowhawk
Sympetrum vicinum; Rio De Flag, Cheshire, Flagstaff, Arizona
Blue Fly On Yarrow
Achillea millefolium; Common yarrow; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Painted Lady and Queen Butterflies
Genus Vanessa (subgenus Cynthia P. Lady) and Danaus gilippus (Queen); Sedona Wetlands Preserve, Sedona, Arizona
Sweat Bees
Sweat bees by crab apple; Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Sweat Bee (?) on dewy leaf
Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Bee And Painted Lady On Blanket Flower;
The Arboretum, Flagstaff, Arizona
Julia Longwing
Dryas iulia; Southwest Butterfly House, theArboretum, Flagstaff, Arizona
