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Nature photography

My lifelong fascination with natural history has led not only to my professional career but also to a hobby of casual close-up photography, with a concentration on insects.  The exquisitely intricate adaptations displayed by diverse insect species highlight the challenge of understanding the genetic basis for animal morphology and behavior.

About these images

A sampling of my snapshots are displayed on this and the following pages.  Only a dozen or so of these photos were taken outside of southern Illinois; a majority were taken within the confines of the one-acre lot surrounding our home in Jackson County.

 

Image list for this page:

Luna moth	Aphid	Bristle fly	Pearly eye
Green snake	Green stinkbug	Gray hairstreak	Hungry slug
Red wasp	Pink Slug	Wolf spider	Dandelion
Gray treefrog	Rabbit	Robber fly	Tetragnatha
Green bee	Buttercup	Bee fly	Tiny treefrog
Button mushrooms	Little wood satyr	Clearwing moth	Orange sulfur
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Luna moth at Little Grand Canyon For still there are so many things that I have never seen: in every wood, in every spring there is a different green. B. Baggins, I Sit beside the Fire and Think from:  The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien   Top of page          Next image   Rough green snake Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Red wasp on goldenrod Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Gray treefrog   (related image) Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Green bee Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Slug with button mushrooms   (related image) Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Aphid with tomato hornworm (sphinx moth caterpillar) Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Green stinkbug   (related image) Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Pink slug on fungus Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Rabbit in May Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Buttercup with crab spider and prey (Maine, 1977; related image) Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Little wood satyr   (related image;  related image) Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Bristle fly Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Gray hairstreak butterfly   (related image) Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Wolf spider Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Robber fly   (related image) Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Bee fly (Bombylius major) Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Clearwing moth visiting milkweed   (related image) Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Pearly eye butterfly (gemmed satyr at right) Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Slug feeding on mushroom gills   (related image) Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Eastern tailed blue on dandelion Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Long-jawed orbweaver (Tetragnatha) Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Young gray treefrog   (related image) Previous image          Top of page          Next image       Orange sulfur butterfly Previous image                 Top of page            Next image (page 2)

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