One of our favorite walks. The boardwalk is now open, too.
The Handsome Trigs were everywhere! Seriously, though, that’s their official name. This one seems to be eating some prey? As katydids, I assumed that they would eat plants. Perhaps a larva? [Edit — I learned that most Orthoptera are in fact opportunistic eaters of other insects or carrion, so this is certainly food. And armed with this knowledge, I can never look at locust swarms in the same way ever again.]
My first geometrid moth caterpillar ever! These are known for their spectacular camouflage. I would never have realized that this wasn’t a twig, except that it mistook the wooden railing for the branch of a tree, and so stood out:
In case you’re still not convinced, here’s a closeup of the head:
A beautiful spreadwing damselfly. This photo was taken on a stretch of the King Phillip’s Cave path that I call Damsel Alley; it’s never without its damselflies.
A shock of color.
It was late in the day, so I took the opportunity to get some backlit photos of this flower:
Pelecinid wasps are always a thrill:
I like this color combination:
There’s nothing very extraordinary about this photo. I just like something about the balance of it.
I haven’t posted in a while, so I’m going to add a mishmash of miscellaneous photos to this. Playing with the new telephoto (remind me, please, to crop this one better).
Reverse photo of an ambush bug (Phymatidae) on our window:
This photo of the crane fly reminds me of Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man drawing.
Wasp on our flowers:
Dolichopodidae (long-legged fly)
Borderland State Park:
a little wild 