Tag Archives: Insects

Hornworm

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If you’ve grown tomatoes, then chances are you know what this is, or at least you think you do.  If you said tomato hornworm, then “BONK!”,  thanks for playing. This is actually the low-life  cousin of the tomato hornworn, the one … Read More

Electric Arachnid

If you have an interest in something, good friends respond with support.  My sister, Carla, and my brother-in-law, Roger, are always looking for cool insects for me to shoot.  They brought me this very  day-glow coloredMarbled Orb Weaver.  No photoshop trickery here, this spider was … Read More

Mystery Eggs…

I took the kids out “buggin” on Sunday.  (Buggin is when you go out with nets and mason jars, looking for cool bugs!)  I’m searching for one of these: THESE! I really want to photograph one, maybe the most intimidating multi-legged creature on the forest floor! … Read More

BLF seeking SBM (Bug Loving Family seeking Single Baby Mantis)

It was just over a year ago that I saw a tiny sliver of movement in a bushy hedge in my front yard.  My eyes have become trained to “tiny” vision…hours on your knees, peering into the undergrowth does that for you, and it’s a necessary skill … Read More