This large caramel colored cicada is the Prairie Cicada (Tibicen dorsata), they are found throughout the Eastern United States. This speci...

This beautiful green dragonfly, busy chowing down on a tiny fly is the Eastern Pondhawk ( Erythemis simpliciollis ). Like all dragonflies th...

This pretty little black and orange fly is called a Feather-Legged Fly, I believe this particular one is Trichopoda pennipes. They are found...

This odd knobby-looking caterpillar is the offspring of the Question Mark Butterfly ( Polygonia interrogationis ). This year seems to be th...

The Common Buckeye ( Junonia coenia ) is found throughout most of the United States. The first broods are born in the Southern United States...

Spotted Bird Grasshoppers ( Schistocerca lineata NO TAXON- typical ) are one of 50 species in the same group of grasshoppers that are typi...

This gorgeous little leafhopper is Tylozygus bifidus. They are beautifully marked with bands of blue-green, white and yellow. The eyes are b...

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Each spring the young female paper wasp will begin nest building in anticipation of laying eggs. She would have been bred the previous fall...

 This odd looking little creature is a Bolas Spider ( Mastophora ). They are found worldwide with exception to temperate Eurasia and Antart...