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Pipevine Swallowtail #butterfly on larkspur, taken near #Austin, #Texas.

#SilentSunday #flowers #bloomscrolling #insect #photography #naturephotography

Color photo of a black butterfly with blue on the outer part of the lower wings and orange and pale yellow spots on the blue. The butterfly is feeding on a stalk of pink larkspur flowers.

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I’ve not seen any #monarch #butterflies so far this spring but they’ve obviously been here. Spotted these two monarch #caterpillars yesterday on the one milkweed in my front #garden, a survivor that has regrown after dying back to the soil following our big winter freeze. Hope these make it to adulthood, the ones I saw last year disappeared before pupating.

#ThickTrunkTuesday #butterfly #insect #nature #naturephotography #photography

Color photo of two monarch butterfly caterpillars on a milkweed plant, one on the main stem and the other on the underside of a leaf.

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Did a blacklight night at my house, but the coolest bug by far wasn’t at the light!

#mothstodon #LunaMoth #insect

A large, freshly emerged luna moth perches on a person’s arm - the moth is as wide as the arm. It is mostly pale green, with dark front edges of its forewings and small eyespots. Its antennae are finely serrated but short for the size of the moth. On each side it has a slightly twisted tail on the hindwing.

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I think this is a band-winged dragonlet (Erythrodiplax umbrata), perched on the tip of one of our obedience plants in the front garden yesterday evening.

#dragonfly #insect #garden #photography #insectphotography

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Can anyone ID this flying insect? It looks really neat. It was hard getting a photo of it and it didn't stay very long before it flew away.

Edit to add- thanks for the help everyone! :) It looks like it is a Sphecid/Sceliphron/Mud Dauber wasp. It came back and is enjoying more of the Sarracenia nectar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceliphron

#insect #carnivorousplants #savagegarden #gardening #plants #florespondence

Orange and black flying insect at the lip of a Sarracenia pitcher plant.

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Sarracenia pitcher plant on balcony with a river in the background and a flying insect under the lid.

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