#insectthursday

#InsectThursday #BloomScrolling #BloomScrollingWithInsect #BloomScrollingWithBee #Bee #Wildflowers #Flowers

This friendly meadowhawk (Sympetrum sp.) took a few moments to pose for us while we were hiking the Wiley Trails: #InsectThursday #dragonfly #Odonata #insects

Common drone fly (Eristalis tenax), spotted in a neighborhood flower garden: #InsectThursday #BloomScrollingWithInsect #fly #Diptera #insects

Alfalfa plant bug (Adelphocoris lineolatus) on ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare), from Thompson Park: #InsectThursday #BloomScrollingWithBugs #Hemiptera #TrueBugs #BloomScrollingWithInsect #insects

I caught this wrinkled soldier beetle (Podabrus rugosulus) just as they were popping their elytra to fly off: #InsectDanceMoves #ReadyForTakeOff #InsectThursday #beetle #Coleoptera #insects

This black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) was very busy exploring a leafy plant, but I was still able to get some glamor shots with my macro lens: #InsectThursday #ant #ants #hymenoptera #insects