Ambush Bugs

Ambush Bug, Genus Phymata.
Found on a raspberry bush,
Upper Arlington, Franklin County, Ohio.
Summer, 2006.

Image: Dave Schreiber.

I have been receving some gorgeous images from you, dear readers, images that I can hardly wait to share with you! If you have a high-resolution digitized nature image that you'd like to share with your fellow readers, feel free to email it to me, along with information about the image and how you'd like it to be credited.

.

More like this

Chrysalis of Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, Nelson Farms Preserve, Katy Prairie Conservancy, Texas. NABA Butterfly Count, 10 September 2006. This is a case of mimicry where the chrysalis resembles bird poop. Image: Biosparite. I am receiving so many gorgeous pictures from you, dear readers…
Woodland Skipper, Poanes melanae, puddling at a seep in the Deschutes National Forest on 18 July 2006. Skippers are ubiquitous. This is a fairly small, compact butterfly. When a large number are nectaring in a concentrated fashion, one can hear the fast flutter of their wings. Image: Biosparite…
Least Skipper, Ancyloxypha numitor. Brazos Bend State Park SW of Houston, Texas, 24 May 2003. Image: Biosparite. This is another "Get Welll Soon" nature picture from one of my readers that I am sharing with all of you! I am receiving so many gorgeous pictures from you, dear readers, that I am…
Mystery moth species, Houston, Texas. 20 December 2006. I use the zoom macro feature on the Finepix to take the photo from about three feet away since if I get close with the standard macro, I get lots of flash-back. I rarely get to photograph a moth with natural light. The wingspan on this lep…