Insects on the hunt
Insects in love
Birds on the hunt
Insects in flight
Western Spotted Orbweaver
eating European Honey Bee
Neoscona oaxacensis
Nov 9, 2025
Montebello
Northern Crab Spider
eating Bombyliinae Bee Fly
Mecaphesa asperata
Jul 3, 2014
McDowell Grove Forest Preserve
Goldenrod Crab Spider
eating European Honey Bee
Misumena vatia
Jun 5, 2017
San Francisco Botanical Garden
Xysticus Ground Crab Spider
eating Sunflower Headclipping Weevil
Xysticus
Jun 23, 2009
Russell R. Kirt Prairie
Chinese Mantis
male eating Widow Skimmer
Tenodera sinensis
Aug 8, 2013
Cantera Commons
Black-thighed Flower Fly
female nectaring
Syrphus vitripennis
Sep 28, 2025
Sinaia
Stable Fly
sucking blood
Stomoxys calcitrans
Sep 23, 2014
Danada Forest Preserve
Sand Hammertail
female feeding
Efferia albibarbis
Sep 7, 2025
Desert Botanical Garden
Brownish Deer Fly
female sucking blood
Chrysops brunneus
Jun 17, 2015
Russell R. Kirt Prairie
Plains Floodwater Mosquito
sucking blood
Aedes trivittatus
Jul 7, 2015
Russell R. Kirt Prairie
Inland Floodwater Mosquito
female sucking blood
Aedes vexans
Jun 17, 2015
Russell R. Kirt Prairie
Jagged Ambush Bug
eating Eastern Yellowjacket
Phymata americana
Sep 8, 2014
Danada Forest Preserve
Eastern Cicada Killer
dragging Swamp Cicada
Sphecius speciosus
Aug 10, 2014
Sugarland Run
Myrmica Furrowed Ant
dragging Eight-lined Leafhopper
Myrmica
Aug 19, 2023
Naperville
California Digger Bee
nectaring
Anthophora californica
Sep 7, 2025
Desert Botanical Garden
Common Digger Bee
nectaring
Anthophora
Mar 26, 2023
Dan Jerusalem Hotel
European Honey Bee
nectaring
Apis mellifera
Mar 26, 2023
Dan Jerusalem Hotel
Mourning Bee
nectaring
Bombus funebris
Jul 21, 2015
Cusco
Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee
robbing nectar
Bombus mixtus
Jul 11, 2025
Ketchikan
Western Bumble Bee
nectaring
Bombus occidentalis
Jul 14, 2025
Victoria
Sonoran Carpenter Bee
female robbing nectar
Xylocopa sonorina
Jun 3, 2014
Kauai
Xylocopa Carpenter Bee
robbing nectar
Xylocopa
Jul 21, 2015
Cusco
Andrena Mining Bee
nectaring
Andrena
Mar 28, 2023
Dan Jerusalem Hotel
Leafcutter Bee
feeding
Megachile
Jul 31, 2024
Montebello
Four-banded Stink Bug Hunter
feeding
Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus
Jul 22, 2020
Naperville
Arg. Square-headed Wasp
hunting Japanese Burrowing Cricket
Liris argentatus
Jul 28, 2020
Wildlife Prairie Park
Thisbe's Tarantula-hawk Wasp
male nectaring
Pepsis thisbe
Jun 21, 2025
Boyce Thompson Arboretum
Mexican Grass-carrying Wasp
feeding
Isodontia mexicana
Jul 22, 2020
Naperville
Hidalgo Mason Wasp
feeding
Euodynerus hidalgo
Jul 27, 2024
San Diego
European Paper Wasp
eating grasshopper
Polistes dominula
Jul 16, 2016
Chicago Lurie Garden
Cinerea Field Ant
dragging European Firebug
Formica cinerea
Sep 21, 2025
Sofia
Variable Field Ant
hunting Fall Field Cricket
Formica pallidefulva
Sep 13, 2014
COD Seed Collection
Weaver Ant
biting
Oecophylla smaragdina
Jan 19, 2016
Siem Reap
Rough Harvester Ant
foraging
Pogonomyrmex rugosus
May 13, 2025
Encore at Eastmark
Rough Harvester Ant
hunting Tripartite Sweat Bee
Pogonomyrmex rugosus
Jun 2, 2025
Encore at Eastmark
Rough Harvester Ant
foraging
Pogonomyrmex rugosus
Jun 2, 2025
Encore at Eastmark
Structor Harvester Ant
foraging
Messor structor
Sep 23, 2025
Belgrade
Silver-spotted Skipper
nectaring
Epargyreus clarus
Jul 24, 2014
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve
Silver-spotted Skipper
puddling
Epargyreus clarus
Aug 5, 2014
Sugarland Run
Fiery Skipper
nectaring
Hylephila phyleus
Sep 7, 2025
Desert Botanical Garden
Fiery Skipper
nectaring
Hylephila phyleus
Nov 6, 2025
Montebello
Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth
hovering nectaring
Macroglossum stellatarum
Oct 9, 2023
Thessaloniki
Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth
hovering nectaring dorsal
Macroglossum stellatarum
Sep 28, 2025
Sinaia
Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth
hovering nectaring lateral
Macroglossum stellatarum
Sep 28, 2025
Sinaia
Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth
hovering nectaring profile
Macroglossum stellatarum
Sep 28, 2025
Sinaia
Squash Vine Borer Moth
hovering nectaring
Eichlinia cucurbitae
Jul 5, 2016
Naperville
Echo Azure
cinerea puddling
Celastrina echo
Jan 19, 2023
Superstition Wilderness
Summer Azure
puddling
Celastrina neglecta
Jun 22, 2014
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve
Great Spangled Fritillary
puddling
Argynnis cybele
Jun 22, 2009
Schulenberg Prairie
American Snout
puddling
Libytheana carinenta
Jan 22, 2026
Encore at Eastmark
Pearl Crescent
male puddling
Phyciodes tharos
May 29, 2013
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve
Pearl Crescent
male puddling underside
Phyciodes tharos
Aug 24, 2014
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve
Eastern Comma
summer form puddling
Polygonia comma
Jun 21, 2014
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve
Painted Lady
puddling underside
Vanessa cardui
Jun 22, 2014
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve
Painted Lady
puddling upperside
Vanessa cardui
Jun 22, 2014
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve
Broad-banded Swallowtail
male puddling
Heraclides astyalus
Oct 17, 2019
Iguazu Falls Argentina
Thoas Swallowtail
puddling
Heraclides thoas
Oct 17, 2019
Iguazu Falls Argentina
Tiger Swallowtail
male puddling
Papilio glaucus
May 29, 2013
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve
Tiger Swallowtail
male puddling
Papilio glaucus
Jun 29, 2015
Sugarland Run
Eastern Forktail
female teneral eating
Ischnura verticalis
Jul 17, 2013
Russell R. Kirt Prairie
