Drinking in the sun ;0)

Pollinating Wild Aster

Nature Butterfly Insect Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

Richmond, Virginia - Chesterfield County

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Unlike so many Americans today..... this Paper Wasp has a JOB!!!!!!

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Yes I am job hunting..... got spare? Send ASAP!!!!! ;0)

Insect on Wild Aster

Nature Pollination Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

Fine Artist in Richmond, Virginia - Chesterfield County

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rusty metal and predator

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Blue Dasher Dragonfly - Pachydiplax longipennis

Odonata - Male

Nature Insect Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

Richmond, Virginia - Chesterfield County

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Bumblebee on lovely pink Bristly Locust Blossoms

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Bristly Locust - Robinia hispida - small shrub or tree
Bumble Bee - Bombus - pollinating insect

Nature Flower Pollination Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

Richmond, Virginia - Chesterfield County

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Damselfly Land is such a lovely place to be!

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Fragile Forktail - Ischnura posita - Odonata
(I think it is a juvenile female, correct me if I'm wrong please)

A tiny precious backyard creature.

I adore their gentle spirit but they also are fierce hunters ;0)

Have a wonderful week everyone!

Nature Odonata Insect Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

Richmond, Virginia - Chesterfield County

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Leaf-cutter Bee on Daisy Fleabane

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Leaf-cutter Bee - Megachile?

(Not sure of this id so please let me know if incorrect)

Daisy Fleabane - Erigeron annuus

Nature Insect Pollination Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

Richmond, Virginia - Chesterfield County

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Mosquito..... manufacturing misery ;0(

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She's on standing rainwater.

Dump the water and grab the DEET!!!!!

Mosquito - Culicidae

(female engorged with eggs)

Nature Backyard Insect Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

Richmond, Virginia - Chesterfield County

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under shade of petals

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Life supports life........ we're all connected in some fashion.
(rose & fly & bee in monochromatic unity)

Faux Vintage

Nature Sepia Tone Blossom Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

Richmond, Virginia - Chesterfield County

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breezy bug love

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The wind was whipping and twirling these wildflowers so it was a miracle that I was able to get even one image that wasn't a total blur ;0)

Family Rhopalidae - Scentless Plant Bugs

Genus Harmostes

Species reflexulus (Harmostes reflexulus)

Happy Tuesday!

Nature Mating Insects Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

Richmond, Virginia - Chesterfield County

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Blue Dasher Dragonfly..... female on Cudweed

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This is the first Dasher I have seen this season.

The rain barrel is but a few feet away ;0)
Blue Dasher Dragonfly - Pachydiplax longipennis
Odonata - Female

Nature Backyard Dragonfly Photograph by Carolyn Hietala
Richmond, Virginia - Chesterfield County
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nostalgic ant #2

.....it's busy eating pollen off flowers.....

Treasured in faux vintage sepia tones..... muted and soft ;0)

Nature Backyard Insect Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

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Asian Tiger Mosquito - Aedes albopictus..... known carrier of West Nile Virus

Faux Vintage Photograph

(side view)

My model is visibly tiring ;0)

(for full color images of this little predator click on images)

Nature Backyard Insect Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

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smooth operator..... at first you don't feel a thing THEN.....

OUCH!!!!!!

Biting Mosquito Image

Photo taken in Richmond, Virginia - Chesterfield County

Nature Insect Macro Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

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a spot of gold

Just like a little fly jewelry pin ;0)

Gold-backed Snipe Fly

Chrysopilus ornatus - male

This image made Front Page Explore May 19, 2010

Would the little critter care?

lol..... probably not!
My Mom so loved wearing fly and bee pins.

Nature Backyard Diptera Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

Photo taken in Richmond, Virginia - Chesterfield County

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Mantis Soft

A misty morning hunt in Mantid Land.

Chinese Praying Mantis nymph

Japanese Lace-leaf Maple Tree

Honestly, if I were a Mantis mother, I would not deposit my eggs on a red tree..... not the best camouflage for my green babies! They must be color blind ;0(

Nature Backyard Insect Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

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"be fruitful and multiply"

I wasn't feeling well yesterday so was relaxing on the deck when I noticed a cloud of insects emerging from an old stump, had to get my camera. I suppose they are winged termites or ants, heading out to infest some wood ;0(

In regard to not feeling well, A tick presented me with Lyme disease this past week and I am on 500mg (3xday) of Amoxicillin for 21 days. SO BE VIGILANT with removing those ticks IMMEDIATELY folks..........Please!!!!

I suppose those nightly visits to my yard from the deer have a darker side ;0(

Nature Insect Populations Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

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assuring us of future generations..... egg laying

American Painted Lady Butterfly

Depositing eggs on Cudweed plant

Vanessa virginiensis on (Gnaphalium spp.) Asteraceae

Nature Butterfly Garden Plant Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

Image taken in Richmond, Virginia - Chesterfield County

In My Backyard

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POLLEN GOT ME DOWN.............. ;0(

Well at least it won't be quite as bad today.

The rain here will settle it a bit ;0)

Fuzzy Gray Moth

Nature Insect Macro Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

Photo taken in Richmond, Virginia - Chesterfield County

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Love me, hate me, I don't care..... just keep that fly swatter nowhere near!

Well almost a poem ;0)

Green Bottle Fly on Queen Anne's Lace.....

and a smidgen of an aphid.

Happy Fly Day Friday! Have a great weekend everyone ;0)

Nature Diptera Insect Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

Richmond Virginia - Chesterfield County

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Mother Paper Wasp closely scrutizes my Rebel XT lens ;0)

Protective Motherhood

You might be surprised to learn that these wasps can be quite tame. I was able, on several occasions, to hand feed a caterpillar to a mommy last year. She, in turn, prepared it and fed it to her young. She only accepted green caterpillars though.... picky ;0)

Wild Insect Nature Photograph by Carolyn Hietala

Richmond, Virginia - Chesterfield County

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