Insects on the hunt
Insects in love
Birds on the hunt
Insects in flight
Northern Crab Spider
eats Bee Fly
Mecaphesa asperata
Jul 3, 2014
McDowell Grove Forest Preserve
Goldenrod Crab Spider
eats European Honey Bee
Misumena vatia
Jun 5, 2017
San Francisco Botanical Garden
Xysticus Ground Crab Spider
eats Sunflower Headclipping Weevil
Xysticus
Jun 23, 2009
Russell R. Kirt Prairie
Chinese Mantis
male eats Widow Skimmer
Tenodera sinensis
Aug 8, 2013
Cantera Commons
Stable Fly
sucking blood
Stomoxys calcitrans
Sep 23, 2014
Danada Forest Preserve
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
eats Eastern Yellowjacket
Phymata americana
Sep 8, 2014
Danada Forest Preserve
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
Sonoran Carpenter Bee
female robbing nectar
Xylocopa sonorina
Jun 3, 2014
Kauai
Andrena Mining Bee
nectaring
Andrena
Mar 28, 2023
Dan Jerusalem Hotel
Eastern Cicada Killer
drags Swamp Cicada
Sphecius speciosus
Aug 10, 2014
Sugarland Run
Arg. Square-headed Wasp
hunts Japanese Burrowing Cricket
Liris argentatus
Jul 28, 2020
Wildlife Prairie Park
Variable Field Ant
hunts Fall Field Cricket
Formica pallidefulva
Sep 13, 2014
COD Seed Collection
Variable Field Ant
hunts fly
Formica pallidefulva
Jul 2, 2022
Naperville
Weaver Ant
biting
Oecophylla smaragdina
Jan 19, 2016
Siem Reap
Myrmica Furrowed Ant
drags Eight-lined Leafhopper
Myrmica
Aug 19, 2023
Naperville
Xylocopa Carpenter Bee
robbing nectar
Xylocopa
Jul 21, 2015
Cusco
Silver-spotted Skipper
nectaring
Epargyreus clarus
Jul 24, 2014
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve
Silver-spotted Skipper
puddling
Epargyreus clarus
Aug 5, 2014
Sugarland Run
Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth
hovering nectaring
Macroglossum stellatarum
Oct 9, 2023
Thessaloniki
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
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
