BUGS / INSECTS / SPIDERS
Dew drops caught in a spider web. (Scenic234)
Lodgepole pine killed by bark beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae). (080828-0702)
Wasp fossil. (Scenic068)
Tiger beetle (Cicindela theatina) up-close. (AsstCritters041)
Horsefly (Hippobosca equina) close up. (080813-1138)
Butterfly ceylon. (AsstCritters106)
Sign at butterfly pavillion. (AsstCritters120)
Pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) killed trees. (080928-3514)
Damselfly. (AsstCritters119)
Pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) killed trees. (080928-3503)
Pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) killed trees and aspen. (080928-3513)
Grasshopper. (AsstCritters118)
Entrance to wolf spider hole in sand, San Luis Valley, Colorado. (Dunes120)
Butterfly on leaf. (AsstCritters006)
Butterfly on flower. (AsstCritters086)
Honeybee swarm. (AsstCritters121)
Ruddy copper butterfly. (AsstCritters081)
Bordered patch butterfly on flower blossom. (Texas020)
Cecropia moth caterpillar. (AsstCritters013)
American dipper catching bugs in stream. (Birds179)
Inch worm. (AsstCritters026)
Pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) killed trees. (080928-1721)
Rock wren holding insect. (Birds192)
Sand treader camel cricket, Great Sand Dunes National Park, San Luis Valley, Colorado. (Dunes078)
Lodgepole pines killed by bark beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae). (080828-1697)
Golden tortoise beetle. (AsstCritters092)
Orange-bordered blue butterfly. (AsstCritters109)
Wasp nest. (111004-3248)
Grasshopper. (SEColorado0483)
Tiger swallowtail butterfly sunning. (AsstCritters037)
Camouflaged moths on tree bark. (AsstCritters083)
Clear wing butterfly. (AsstCritters096)
Wood tick on human skin. (AsstCritters101)
Great sand dunes tiger beetle (Cicindela theatina), Great Sand Dunes National Park, San Luis Valley, Colorado. (Dunes076)
Camouflaged moths on tree bark. (AsstCritters093)
Tiger beetle (Cicindela theatina). (AsstCritters042)
White-lined sphinx landing on wavy-leafed thistle. (AsstCritters021)
Honeybee swarm. (AsstCritters004)
Burrowing owl holding insect (Athene cunicularia). (Owl026)
Butterfly on wildflower. (AsstCritters085)
White-lined sphinx landing on wavy-leafed thistle. (AsstCritters022)
Grasshopper. (SEColorado0472)
Praying mantis. (AsstCritters087)
White-lined sphinx on wavy-leafed thistle. (AsstCritters018)
Camouflaged moth on tree bark. (AsstCritters082)
American dipper catching bugs in stream. (Birds178)
Butterfly wings close-up. (Scenic069)
Moth on tree. (SEColorado7118)
Tiger beetle (Cicindela theatina). (AsstCritters040)
"Baskets" on legs of sand treader camel cricket, Great Sand Dunes National Park, San Luis Valley, Colorado. (Dunes079)
Beetle tunnels. (Scenic240)
Butterfly ceylon. (AsstCritters105)
Katydid. (AsstCritters038)
Tick on human skin. (AsstCritters091)
Spider web. (100917-0976)
Katydid. (AsstCritters084)
Butterfly. (AsstCritters036)
Cecropia moth caterpillar eating leaf. (AsstCritters014)
The Great Sand Dunes tiger beetle (Cicindela theatina) is endemic to the Valley. (AsstCritters044)
White-lined sphinx on wavy-leafed thistle. (AsstCritters023)
Wasp standing on water. (AsstCritters078)
American dipper catching bugs in stream. (Birds181)
Scudder's willow sulphur on flower petals. (AsstCritters012)
Dragonfly. (AsstCritters025)
Butterfly perched on blade of grass. (AsstCritters103)
Bark beetles. (AsstCritters102)
Swallowtail butterfly on flower petal. (AsstCritters017)
Spider web. (100917-0979)
Lynx spider on leaf. (AsstCritters027)