Messor cephalotes
This close-up portrait of an African harvester ant head is a composite of 900 separate photographs. Kenya.
Dicromantispa sayi
The raptorial forelegs of mantisflies are used, like those of a preying mantis, to capture prey. This Dicromantispa has caught a small moth. Austin, Texas, USA.
Dermatobia hominis
The infamous human botfly. Belize.
Eacles imperialis
An imperial moth caterpillar feeds on an oak leaf. Stengl Lost Pines Field Station, Texas, USA.
Polistes carolina
A late-season nest of Carolina paper wasps tucked into the needles of a loblolly pine. Stengl Lost Pines Field Station, Texas, USA.
Lasioglossum sp.
A sweat bee vists the first spiderwort of spring in an urban prairie garden. Austin, Texas, USA.
Cyphomyrmex rimosus
Portrait of a small fungus-farming ant. Brackenridge Field Lab, Austin, Texas, USA.
Aphid live birth
A winged sexual morph of an aphid gives live birth. Stengl Lost Pines Field Station, Texas, USA.
Plecia nearctica
Lovebugs from a fall emergence mating on goldenrod. Stengl Lost Pines Field Station, Texas, USA.
Loxosceles reclusa
In nature, brown recluse spiders spin small webs in secluded, covered areas. I found this one living under an old log in an oak/pine forest. Stengl Lost Pines Field Station, Texas, USA.
Portrait of a brown recluse. Stengl Lost Pines Field Station, Texas, USA.
Aedes vexans
An Inland Floodwater Mosquito takes a blood meal from the photographer. Austin, Texas, USA.
Stiretrus anchorago
A predatory stink bug sucks the juices out of a caterpillar. Austin, Texas, USA.
