Insects



Praying Mantis
Praying Mantis



Praying Mantis
Female Praying Manits



Stick Insect
Pair of Mating "Walking Sticks"
Males are the small ones (brown one on the right)
(Stick Insects - Commonly called "Walking Sticks")



Stick Insect
Walking Stick



Sphinx larvae
Sphinx Moth larvae



Hornet
A giant Hornet, over 2" long that I wouldn't grab!




Buprestid/Chickory
Buprestid on Skeleton Plant



Fig Beetle
Peach or Fig Beetle



Fig Beetle
Peach or Fig Beetle



Cerambycid
Cerambycid (Long-horned Beetle)
Plinthocoelium suaveolens

Thanks to Ed Gage, Mike Quinn, Dennis Paulson and others for expert ID opinion.)



Cerambycid
Cerambycid (Long-horned Beetle)




Cerambycid
Cerambycid - Long Horned Beetle
a small one - about 3/4" body




Cerambycid
Cerambycid - Long Horned Beetle - pair copulating
Stenaspis verticalis insignis - Oct. 14, '05 near Utopia
Thanks to Mike Quinn and Doug Yanega for the identification.



Acilid
Acilid - Robber Fly - with green eyes !




Acilid
Acilid - Robber Fly
(A Texas sized 1.5"+)




Lady Beetles
Japanese (Asian) Lady Beetles




Mosquito   Mosquito
Mosquito (male) ... (only females bite)
(males often feed on plant juices, pollen, nectar)



Super Fly
Super Fly



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