Southern Monterey Co., CA

Tags:   Pepsis Wasp tarantula hawk

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Southern Monterey Co., CA

Tags:   Grasshopper Acrididae

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Near Arroyo Seco Creek, southern Monterey Co., CA

Tags:   Katydid Tettigoniidae

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This large insect has very long antennae and I am only showing about half the length. The bluish color in the wings is reflected sunlight.
Near Arroyo Seco Creek, southern Monterey Co., CA

Tags:   California Dobsonfly Neohermes californicus Dobsonfly

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"I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new."--Ralph Waldo Emerson

I am extremely grateful for all my friends and acquaintances who took time to attend my flower photography program yesterday.

When I took this photo I was so excited thinking, "Tiger Swallowtail on Tiger Lily." Well, the flower is often called "Leopard Lily," and my lepidopterist friend, Bill, says it is extremely hard to tell two species of swallowtail apart, but it may very well be Western Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio rutulus. Western Sierra Nevada, late 1990's.

Tags:   Lilium pardalinum Western Tiger Swallowtail tiger swallowtail Leopard Lily

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