You will have to look closely at this picture of a Jagged Ambush Bug to see exactly what is what. The camoflague on this insect […]
Green Lynx Spider – World of the Small
These gorgeous Green Lynx Spider photographs come to us from Penny Halstead, an employee at the Rogers Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Hutchins, Texas. Penny found […]
Little Blue Heron – Juvenile Stalking
A juvenile Little Blue Heron, still in the white plummage of youth, observed feeding in the west pond of Carrollton’s Nob Hill Greenbelt Park. Observation […]
Northern Harrier – VCDB
I caught just a glimpse of this Northern Harrier hunting over one of the water holding tanks at the Village Creek Drying Beds in Arlington, […]
Bobcat – VCDB
These Bobcats were observed at the Village Creek Drying Beds in Arlington, Texas. Strangely, I spotted the first one just minutes after photographing a Coyote […]
Steel-blue Cricket Hunter – Pokemon
Your eyes are not fooling you. This wasp appears to be made of shiny blue metal. Looking more like a creature from the Pokemon franchise […]
Cattle Egret – Grasshopper Bounty
Hundreds of Cattle Egrets feeding on grasshoppers in far southeast Dallas County. Observation Details County – Dallas City – Unincorporated Date – Aug 18, 2012 […]
Robber Fly – No Mimic
A pair of female Giant Robber Flies (Promachus hinei). One has captured an American Bumblebee, demonstrating unequivocally that Robber Flies are one of the most […]
Robber Fly – Captured Ladybug
A Bumblebee Mimic Robber Fly (Laphria macquarti) feeding on a captured Ladybug. Observation Details County – Dallas City – Dallas Date – Mar 6, 2012 […]
Robber Fly – The Hunter
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 […]
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 […]