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This page displays an assorted collection of photos which, for one reason or another, were not included in my better-organized "Nature photography" pages.

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Butterflies Hairstreak w/ bee            Variegated fritillary         Variegated fritillary Black swallowtail (?)            Spicebush swallowtail            Spicebush swallowtail         Buckeye butterfly         Buckeye         Zebra caterpillar Zebra swallowtail egg Comma         Question-mark         Question-mark         Zebra butterfly         Monarch         Tawny emperor Tawny emperor            Tawny emperor         Tawny emperor         Hackberry emperor Mailbox emperor         Little yellow         Orange sulfur         Orange tip butterfly Red Admiral         Pearly eye         Checkered white Red spotted purple

Skippers Skipper w/ bee         Checkered skipper         Dusky wing skipper Peck's skipper            Hoary-edge skipper #1 Hoary-edge skipper #2            Zabulon skipper         Zabulon skipper           Moths Pandora sphinx         Webworm moth?         Colorful caterpillar         Catalpa worm            Webworms         Polyphemus moth           Dipteran flies Dolichopodid            Fly vs. fly         Syrphid fly         Horse fly            Horse fly

Hymenoptera Bee w/ hairstreak            Bee w/ Skipper         Honeybee Bumblebee            Velvet ant            Velvet ant           Beetles Grapevine beetle         Fungus beetles         Net winged beetle         Stag beetle         Giant stag beetle         Cow-pasture selfie         Tumblebug   Hemiptera Brown stinkbug         Ambush bug         Annual cicada         Brown treehopper         Wooly scale

Other insect orders Cockroach / plaintain         Mantis            Brown dragonfly Green + blue dragonfly Owlfly         Spotted-winged antlion           Arachnids Opilionid #1            Opilionid #2               Other misc. critters Swift lizard         Softshell turtle Softshell turtle Red milk snake         Brown snake            Brown snake         Marmot         Squirrel Flying squirrel         Raccoon in dumpster         Raccoon in tree

Sequential listing (left-to-right)
Hairstreak w/ bee	Skipper w/ bee	Giant stag beetle	Checkered skipper	Dusky wing skipper
Dolichopodid	Fly vs. fly	Fungus beetles	Grapevine beetle	Hackberry emperor
Velvet ant	Mailbox emperor	Variegated fritillary	Flying squirrel	Softshell turtle
Spicebush swallowtail	Red milk snake	Pandora sphinx	Buckeye butterfly	Zebra caterpillar
Peck's skipper	Comma	Question-mark	Cockroach / plaintain	Softshell turtle
Mantis	Zabulon skipper	Zebra butterfly	Spicebush swallowtail	Hoary-edge skipper
Hoary-edge skipper	Buckeye	Monarch	Annual cicada	Tawny emperor
Tawny emperor	Tawny emperor	Webworm moth?	Spotted-winged antlion	Zebra swallowtail egg
Spicebush swallowtail	Velvet ant	Syrphid fly	Brown treehopper	Honeybee
Horse fly	Marmot	Colorful caterpillar	Cow-pasture selfie	Tumblebug
Opilionid1	Opilionid2	Orange sulfur	Owlfly	Orange tip butterfly
Brown snake	Raccoon in tree	Swift lizard	Question-mark	Brown dragonfly
Bumblebee	Brown stinkbug	Red Admiral	Pearly eye	Checkered white
Catalpa worm	Tawny emperor	Webworms	Net winged beetle	Variegated fritillary
Horse fly	Red spotted purple	Stag beetle	Ambush bug	Blue dragonfly
Wooly scale	Raccoon in dumpster	Zabulon skipper	Brown snake	Squirrel
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Hairstreak w/ bee Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Skipper w/ bee Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Giant stag beetle Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Checkered skipper  Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Dusky wing  Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Dolichopodid Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Robber fly w/ prey Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Fungus beetles Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Grapevine beetle Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Hackberry emperor Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Velvet ant Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Hackberry emperor on mailbox Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Variegated fritillary Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Flying squirrel Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Softshell turtle (with deer flies) Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Spicebush swallowtail Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Red milk snake Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Pandora sphinx Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Buckeye butterfly Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Zebra swallowtail caterpillar (This pic was taken shortly after dawn, as the caterpillar was heading down the pawpaw trunk to spend daytime hiding in leaf litter.) Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Peck's skipper Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Comma butterfly Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Question-mark butterfly Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Cockroach Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Softshell turtle Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Mantis Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Zabulon skipper Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Zebra butterfly (I chased this butterfly into an oak thicket on a shell-midden near the Florida coast, on July 15, 1969, while we were awaiting the Apollo 11 lunar launch the following morning.  When I looked up from chasing this butterfly, I found that I was surrounded by large Nephila orb webs.) Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Spicebush swallowtail Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Hoary-edge skipper Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Hoary-edge skipper Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Buckeye Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Monarch Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Annual cicada Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Tawny emperor Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Tawny emperor Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Tawny emperor Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Unidentified white moths, perhaps fall webworm Hyphantria cunea? Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Spotted-winged antlion Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Zebra swallowtail egg on pawpaw leaf Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Black swallowtail (?) Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Velvet ant Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Syrphid fly Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Treehopper on hazelnuts Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Honeybee on crocus Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Horse fly Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Marmot (Utah, 2008) Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       White flannel moth caterpillar Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Cow-pasture selfie  (Kentucky, 1967), posing as if to photograph this tumblebug Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Tumblebug dung beetle in cow pasture   (Kentucky, 1967, at site of this selfie) Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Daddy long legs (opilionid) Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Daddy long legs (opilionid) Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Orange sulfur butterfly Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Owlfly Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Orange tip butterfly Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Brown snake Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Raccoon in maple tree (Raccoons raised a family of kits in this maple tree.) Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Swift lizard (Utah, 2008) Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Question mark butterfly Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Brown dragonfly Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Bumblebee on thistle in meadow Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Brown stinkbut Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Red admiral butterfly Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Pearly eye butterfly Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Checkered white Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Catalpa worm (sphinx) Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Tawny emperor (This butterfly visited our eclipse-viewing picnic a few minutes after totality on Aug. 21, 2017.) Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Webworms Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Net winged beetle (Lycidae) Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Variegated fritillary Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Horse fly Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Red spotted purple Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Stag beetle Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Ambush bug Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Green dragonfly Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Wooly scale Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Raccoon trapped in dumpster (I helped this critter escape by fetching a log ramp from the nearby woods.) Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Zabulon skipper Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Brown snake Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Squirrel Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Polyphemus moth Previous image                 Top of page            Next image       Little yellow Previous image                 Top of page

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