Insects on the hunt

Insects in love

Birds on the hunt

Insects in flight

(Northern Crab Spider eats Bee Fly)
Northern Crab Spider
Mecaphesa asperata
Jul 3, 2014 inaturalist bugguide facebook
McDowell Grove Forest Preserve
(Goldenrod Crab Spider eats European Honey Bee)
Goldenrod Crab Spider
Misumena vatia
Jun 5, 2017 inaturalist facebook
San Francisco Botanical Garden
(Xysticus Ground Crab Spider eats Sunflower Headclipping Weevil)
Xysticus Ground Crab Spider
Xysticus
Jun 23, 2009 inaturalist facebook
Russell R. Kirt Prairie
(Chinese Mantis male eats Widow Skimmer)
Chinese Mantis
Tenodera sinensis
Aug 8, 2013 inaturalist facebook 維基百科
Cantera Commons
(Stable Fly) sucking blood
Stable Fly
Stomoxys calcitrans
Sep 23, 2014 inaturalist bugguide 維基百科
Danada Forest Preserve
(Brownish Deer Fly) female sucking blood
Brownish Deer Fly
Chrysops brunneus
Jun 17, 2015 inaturalist
Russell R. Kirt Prairie
(Plains Floodwater Mosquito) sucking blood
Plains Floodwater Mosquito
Aedes trivittatus
Jul 7, 2015 inaturalist
Russell R. Kirt Prairie
(Inland Floodwater Mosquito) female sucking blood
Inland Floodwater Mosquito
Aedes vexans
Jun 17, 2015 inaturalist
Russell R. Kirt Prairie
(Jagged Ambush Bug eats Eastern Yellowjacket)
Jagged Ambush Bug
Phymata americana
Sep 8, 2014 inaturalist facebook
Danada Forest Preserve
(Common Digger Bee) nectaring
Common Digger Bee
Anthophora
Mar 26, 2023 inaturalist
Dan Jerusalem Hotel
(European Honey Bee) nectaring
European Honey Bee
Apis mellifera
Mar 26, 2023 inaturalist
Dan Jerusalem Hotel
(Mourning Bee) nectaring
Mourning Bee
Bombus funebris
Jul 21, 2015 inaturalist wikipedia
Cusco
(Sonoran Carpenter Bee) female robbing nectar
Sonoran Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa sonorina
Jun 3, 2014 inaturalist wikipedia
Kauai
(Andrena Mining Bee) nectaring
Andrena Mining Bee
Andrena
Mar 28, 2023 inaturalist
Dan Jerusalem Hotel
(Eastern Cicada Killer drags Swamp Cicada)
Eastern Cicada Killer
Sphecius speciosus
Aug 10, 2014 inaturalist facebook
Sugarland Run
(Liris Square-headed Wasp hunts Japanese Burrowing Cricket)
Liris Square-headed Wasp
Liris
Jul 28, 2020 inaturalist facebook
Wildlife Prairie Park
(Variable Field Ant hunts Fall Field Cricket)
Variable Field Ant
Formica pallidefulva
Sep 13, 2014 inaturalist facebook
COD Seed Collection
(Variable Field Ant) hunts fly
Variable Field Ant
Formica pallidefulva
Jul 2, 2022 inaturalist
Naperville
(Weaver Ant) biting
Weaver Ant
Oecophylla smaragdina
Jan 19, 2016 inaturalist facebook 維基百科
Siem Reap
(Myrmica Furrowed Ant drags Eight-lined Leafhopper)
Myrmica Furrowed Ant
Myrmica
Aug 19, 2023 inaturalist
Naperville
Xylocopa Carpenter Bee robbing nectar on Qantu
Xylocopa Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa
Jul 21, 2015 inaturalist
Cusco
(Silver-spotted Skipper) nectaring
Silver-spotted Skipper
Epargyreus clarus
Jul 24, 2014 inaturalist
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve
(Silver-spotted Skipper) puddling
Silver-spotted Skipper
Epargyreus clarus
Aug 5, 2014 inaturalist
Sugarland Run
(Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth) hovering nectaring
Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth
Macroglossum stellatarum
Oct 9, 2023 inaturalist wikipedia
Thessaloniki
(Squash Vine Borer Moth) hovering nectaring
Squash Vine Borer Moth
Eichlinia cucurbitae
Jul 5, 2016 inaturalist facebook wikipedia
Naperville
(Echo Azure) cinerea puddling
Echo Azure
Celastrina echo
Jan 19, 2023 inaturalist wikipedia
Superstition Wilderness
(Summer Azure) puddling
Summer Azure
Celastrina neglecta
Jun 22, 2014 inaturalist
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve
(Great Spangled Fritillary) puddling
Great Spangled Fritillary
Argynnis cybele
Jun 22, 2009 inaturalist
Schulenberg Prairie
(Pearl Crescent) male puddling
Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos
May 29, 2013 inaturalist
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve
(Pearl Crescent) male puddling underside
Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos
Aug 24, 2014 inaturalist
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve
(Eastern Comma) summer form puddling
Eastern Comma
Polygonia comma
Jun 21, 2014 inaturalist
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve
(Painted Lady) puddling underside
Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
Jun 22, 2014 inaturalist
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve
(Painted Lady) puddling upperside
Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
Jun 22, 2014 inaturalist
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve
(Broad-banded Swallowtail) male puddling
Broad-banded Swallowtail
Heraclides astyalus
Oct 17, 2019 inaturalist 維基百科
Iguazu Falls Argentina
(Thoas Swallowtail) puddling
Thoas Swallowtail
Heraclides thoas
Oct 17, 2019 inaturalist 維基百科
Iguazu Falls Argentina
(Tiger Swallowtail) male puddling on poop
Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus
May 29, 2013 inaturalist 維基百科
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve
(Tiger Swallowtail) male puddling
Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus
Jun 29, 2015 inaturalist youtube
Sugarland Run

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