This is a male Giant Robber Fly (Promachus hinei). These large robber flies are predatory, and are easily capable of capturing and killing insects as […]
Bumblebee – Collecting Pollen
American Bumblebees (Bombus pennsylvanicus) collecting pollen from the yellow flowers of a Lindheimer’s Senna in unincorporated Denton County. Observations Details County – Denton City – […]
Robber Fly – Mating
A mating pair of Giant Robber Flies (Promachus hinei). The male is above and the female is below. The two insects were observed flying around […]
Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer – Juvenile
This is a juvenile Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer observed in a field of waist high Johnson Grass. This juvenile snake will lose this colorful pattern as […]
Robber Fly – Grabbed Grasshopper
Robber Fly (likely a Microstylum morosum) with a grasshopper. Both of these insects are very large. I spotted this Robber Fly as he flew across […]
Robber Fly – With Prey
A Bumblebee Mimic Robber Fly (possibly Laphria flavicollis) with prey. Observation Details County – Dallas City – Carrollton Date – Mar 30, 2012 Time of […]
White-tailed Deer – Three Mischief Makers
This doe and her three fawns were photographed in Unincorporated Denton County at Old Alton Bridge Park. A brief, but heavy, rain shower had just […]
My Wish List Part 2: Birds
Dateline – August 13, 2012 Have you ever made a to-do list and included tasks that you had already completed, just so you could mark […]
Eastern Yellow Jacket – Underground
Dateline – July 1, 2012 Eastern Yellow Jackets build large, paper nests underground. This colony was found under the canopy of trees ringing Lemmon Lake […]
Blanchard’s Cricket Frog – Plentiful
While walking the edges of Lemmon Lake in the late spring, dozens of these cricket frogs would leap ahead of me with each step I […]
Red-eared Slider – Lounging
A collection of Red-eared Sliders observed at our neighborhood Beaver pond. Wikipedia has this to say about Red-eared Sliders: Some dimorphism exists between males and […]
Feral Hog – Night Feeders
Lemmon Lake in the Joppa Preserve is a special place. This unique environment attracts and abundance and variety of wildlife rarely seen anywhere, much less […]