Insects, NAz
Chipping Sparrow Pair
Spizella passerina; one bird may be offering insect to partner; Anasazi Ridge, Flagstaff, Arizona
Family EmberizidaeSuburban birds
From Birds, NAz
Bee Hovering By Columbine
OrderHymenoptera; (SweatBee or Wasp); Arboretum, Flagstaff, Arizona
Social insectsOpen spacesGardensPollinatorsnorthern ArizonaOrder Hymenoptera
Painted Ladies
Ventral Side of Wing; Vanessa cardui; Sustainability Garden, NAU, Flagstaff, Arizona
Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui on native thistle; Picture Canyon Natural and Cultural Preserve, Flagstaff, Arizona
Common Buckeye
Junonia coenia; Rio Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Eastern Tailed Blue?
Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Order Lepidopteraplantanimal interactionpollinatorssuburban wildlife photography
Bumblebee (Probably Morrison)
Bombus morrisoni; SLUG Garden, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona; Pollinating a catmint flower
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
Painted Lady on (Catmint?)
Vanessa (Cynthia) virginiensis; Sustainability Garden, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Order LepidopteraFamily NymphalidaeGenus VanessaSubgenus CynthiaUniversitiesUniversity GardensSustainabilityNorthern Arizona
Black Swallowtails Mating
Papilio polyxenes; Sustainability Garden, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Insect
On Rocky Mountain Bee Plant (Cleome serrulata); On Property of Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona;
beautiful weedsplantanimal interactionalpine flora and fauna
Monarch
Butterfly on blanket flower near Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Order LepidopteraBrushFootedButterfliesFamily NymphalidaeTribe Danaini
Monarch
Danaus plexippus; Sedona Wetlands Preserve
Order LepidopteraBrushFootedButterfliesFamily NymphalidaeTribe Danaini
(Male?) Monarch
Danaus plexippus; Sedona Wetlands Preserve
Order LepidopteraBrushFootedButterfliesFamily NymphalidaeTribe Danaini
Ladybug; SedonaWetlands; 3649
Zebra Butterfly
Heliconius charithonia; Butterfly House, the Arboretum, Flagstaff, Arizona;
Family NymphalidaeParksInvolving public in sciencenature observatories
Mourning Cloak
Video of Mourning Cloak butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa); in our home, Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff, Arizona
Orange Dragonflies Mating
Flame skimmers? (Libellula saturata?); Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Sulphur butterfly
Sulphur butterfly; Cheshire Park, Flagstaff, Arizona
Phylum ArthropodaClass Insecta unranked AmphiesmenopteraOrder LepidopteraSulphur Butterfly
Wasp In Potentilla (Photo #0214)
Wasp Curled Inside Red Potentilla
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Libellula pulchella, Frances Short Pond, Flagstaff, Arizona
Flame Skimmer Dragonfly
Libellula saturata; FrancesShortPond, Flagstaff
Bee in flower
(Apis mellifera?) In (strawberry?) flower; Cheshire, Flagstaff;
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
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.