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At least the trees get to do it, even if people can’t. The perks of not having a respiratory system, I guess. (I edited this week’s photos in a less than ideal working situation, specifically...

https://bugphoto.net/2020/05/29/hanging-out-silver-maple-acer-sacharrinum/

The dandelions have been out a while and the first wave of seedy puffballs have already taken to the wind. I’m not sure if these twisted blossoms ever unfurl, but they certainly look interestin...

https://bugphoto.net/2020/05/27/with-a-twist-dandelion-taraxacum-sp/

Time comes, time goes, and so do we.

https://bugphoto.net/2020/05/25/forget-me-not/

Not really sure what this one is, except to say it’s a honeysuckle bush. Happy Friday to us.

https://bugphoto.net/2020/05/22/friday-flower/

This beautiful caterpillar seems to be praying, here at the altar of what I assume are parsley seeds or seed pods. I’d settle for a pain-free back, but let’s face it, my back is much less int...

https://bugphoto.net/2020/05/20/bow-your-head-black-swallowtail-papilio-polyxenes/

I shot this very small longhorn beetle in July of 2019, just a little over two years after the last time I had photographed a bug or anything else with my macro kit. A few phone camera shots here...

https://bugphoto.net/2020/05/18/long-time-coming-longhorn-beetle-urgleptes-querci/

For some reason, I came to know these wasps as “digger wasps.” What they might dig, I never bothered to investigate, but it appears that I’ve found a sturdier classification and common name...

https://bugphoto.net/2020/05/15/square-headed-wasp-crabroninae/

This moth has no shortage of interesting features. The tiny reduced feather duster hind wings might be the best. The spiny legs surely stick out (no, but really). But I think I like the split, fe...

https://bugphoto.net/2020/05/13/t-shaped-plume-moth-pterophoridae/

Hanging in there, during these trying times. Wish I had some grappling hooks for feet like this beetle; they look mighty handy. Or footy, as the case might be.

https://bugphoto.net/2020/05/11/delta-flower-scarab-trigonopeltastes-delta/

Time for whichever drink of your choice! This hawk moth picked the nectar from a butterfly bush. There was a lot of activity on this bush, including multiple snowberry clearwings and hummingbird ...

https://bugphoto.net/2020/05/08/t-g-i-f-sphinx-moth-sphingidae/