Bugs & small animals, including spiders & snakes. More science based than my main blog, CelestialPhotography. My bird photos are now at OccasionallyBirds.
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Two female New World Banded Thynnid wasps
Myzinum obscurum (top) and
Five-banded Thynnid Wasp (Myzinum quinquecinctum)
July 24 and 27, 2025
Southeastern Pennsylvania
#Spellcheck does not like the word “thynnid”#bug#bugs#photographers on tumblr#New World Banded Thynnid wasps#Myzinum obscurum#Five-banded Thynnid Wasp#Myzinum quinquecinctum#bugblr#entomology#insects#insect#nature#animals#hymenoptera#wildlife photography
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A Wilke's Mining Bee (Andrena wilkella) taking a break to blow some bubbles concentrate some nectar
July 15, 2025
John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Tinicum, Pennsylvania
#bee#bees#photographers on tumblr#bug#bugs#Andrena wilkella#Wilke's mining bee#bugblr#entomology#insects#insect#nature#animals#wildlife photography#hymenoptera
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Beautiful creature
Ichneumon ambulatorius
July 10, 2025
John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Tinicum, Pennsylvania
#bug#bugs#photographers on tumblr#Ichneumon ambulatorius#bugblr#wasp#wasps#ichneumon#entomology#insects#insect#nature#animals#hymenoptera#wildlife photography
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More cuckoo wasps!
Genus Hedychrum
June 29 and July 4, 2025
Southeastern Pennsylvania
#bug#bugs#photographers on tumblr#cuckoo wasps#hedychrum#bugblr#entomology#insects#insect#wasp#wasps#nature#animals#wildlife photography
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Snowberry Clearwing moth (Hemaris diffinis)
July 5, 2025
Southeastern Pennsylvania
#bug#bugs#photographers on tumblr#Hemaris diffinis#Snowberry clearwing#moth#moths#bugblr#entomology#insects#insect#nature#animals#wildlife photography
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Nothing to see here. Just another thorn on a branch
Two-marked Treehopper (Complex Enchenopa binotata)
July 6, 2025
Southeastern Pennsylvania
#bug#bugs#photographers on tumblr#Complex Enchenopa binotata#two marked treehopper#bugblr#entomology#insects#insect#nature#animals#wildlife photography
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Squash Vine Borer Moth (Melittia cucurbitae)
June 21, 2025
Southeastern Pennsylvania
#A moth that looks like it was designed by a 7-year-old#bug#bugs#photographers on tumblr#Squash Vine Borer Moth#Melittia cucurbitae#bugblr#entomology#insects#insect#nature#moth#moths#animals#wildlife photography
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Orchard Orbweaver (Leucauge venusta)
June 13, 2025
Southeastern Pennsylvania
#bug#bugs#photographers on tumblr#orchard orbweaver#Leucauge venusta#bugblr#entomology#spider#spiders#nature#animals#wildlife photography#arachnids
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Macrophya sp. (Probably Macrophya formosa), a typical sawfly
June 1, 2025
Southeastern Pennsylvania
#bug#bugs#photographers on tumblr#Macrophya formosa#sawflies#sawfly#bugblr#entomology#insects#insect#nature#animals#wildlife photography
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Ironweed Curculio or Cocklebur Weevil (Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus)
June 1, 2025
Southeastern Pennsylvania
#bug#bugs#photographers on tumblr#Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus#ironweed curculio#cocklebur weevil#bugblr#entomology#insects#insect#nature#animals#wildlife photography#weevil#beetle
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Caenochrysis doriae, a member of the cuckoo wasps
May 29, 2025
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Cuckoo wasps rarely stay still for me, but this one was very intent on whatever was in that crevice.
#Only 24 of these on iNat#This is the first record in Pennsylvania#There is one on BugGuide in PA but it was taken in 2008#bug#bugs#photographers on tumblr#bugblr#entomology#insects#insect#nature#animals#cuckoo wasps#wasps#wildlife photography#green#metalic green
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Eastern Yellow-backed Laphria (Laphria thoracica)
May 23, 2025
Southeastern Pennsylvania
A robber fly that hunts bees (and other insects)
#I really have to do a double-take in the field (literally) to tell if these are bumble bees or flies#bug#bugs#photographers on tumblr#Laphria thoracica#eastern yellow-backed laphria#robber flies#fly#flies#diptera#bugblr#entomology#insects#insect#nature#animals#wildlife photography
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Recent weevils
Glyptobaris lecontei
Clover Weevil (Sitona hispidulus)
Lignyodes fraxini
Mid April to early May, 2025
Southeastern Pennsylvania
#bug#bugs#photographers on tumblr#weevils#weevil#bugblr#entomology#insects#insect#nature#animals#wildlife photography#beetles#coleoptera
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The Republicans have decided we no longer need bees and are defunding the USGS Bee Lab. Please tell your friends, your representatives, local beekeepers, crafting clubs, your classmates, and everyone who has ever seen a bee that this is happening and that the Republicans are behind it. Scream about this. We in the professional bug world make fun of the bee people for having some of the only consistent funding and support in the whole field, but now even that is going away. Write it on your car. Tell someone at the store. Email your professor. Make a tiktok. Draw it on the sidewalk. Do NOT let them sneak this by.
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Clavate Tortoise Beetle (Helocassis clavata)
May 6, 2025
Southeastern Pennsylvania
First time I've found this species of tortoise beetle. Had no idea they were so cute when they are walking.
#bug#bugs#photographers on tumblr#Helocassis clavata#tortoise beetles#clavate tortoise beetle#beetle#beetles#bugblr#entomology#insects#insect#nature#animals#bee#wildlife photography
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Four-spotted Sap Beetle (Glischrochilus quadrisignatus)
March 31, 2025
Southeastern Pennsylvania
#bug#bugs#photographers on tumblr#Glischrochilus quadrisignatus#Four-spotted Sap Beetle#beetle#beetles#bugblr#entomology#insects#insect#nature#animals#wildlife photography
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Here are the highlights from the City Nature Challenge for those of you who participated or who are curious.
My city, Philadelphia, found about 100 more species than last year but didn't quite surpass the 1,000 participant mark like last year.
Set your calendars for the last weekend in April for 2026!
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