Portrait of a honeybee. Incredible sharpness and detail on this one.

Cicada at night. He flew into my house, then landed on an artificial plant that I took outside.

Red wasp

Red wasp mandibles and proboscis

Tarsus ("foot") of a red wasp

This is a live mosquito!  Furry, huh?

Seed head from bermuda grass.  What I think of as a weed is quite stunning up close.

Mosquito biting my leg.  One leg up, as if to say "check, please!"

A baby fly

Water droplets on the grass

A beautiful damselfly

Ant growling at me

Pollen pods from an oak tree

I think this is a striped lynx spider. Love the "war paint" on her head.

A mountain laurel scarlet mirid that was hanging out on our mountain laurel.

Polyphemus moth caterpillar. About the size of my finger.

Polyphemus moth caterpillar snarling at me. Check out the vertical "teeth"!

Feet "suckers" of the polyphemus moth caterpillar.

This was a gumball from a tree -- check out the amazing texture!

Regular housefly, with a tiny mite next to his middle leg.

This shiny flea beetle says "whatchu lookin at??"  There is a mite on his eye.

Guttation droplet on the tip of a tiny blade of grass.

This bee is a messy eater

Planthopper, I think. This guy was TINY, maybe 1mm.

This is a june bug.  Also the stuff of nightmares. Hairy little fella!

Tiny shell I found in my front yard.  Maybe 6-8mm wide.

Tiny planthopper.  About the size of the comma on your keyboard.

Fly drinking from a flower, with an ant trying to stay hidden on the other side

"Peakaboo!"  

Beautiful aphid, body was about 1mm long. Barely saw it on the leaf!

Cute little weevil. About 6-8mm long. Looks like diamonds on his antennae.

Tiny crab spider.  Maybe 2 mm, barely noticed him! Colorful eyes.

Folded leaf, made by a leaf-tying insect, probably a caterpillar. 

The caterpillar likely got out through that hole on the right.

Polyphemus moth clinging to a tree

Polyphemus moth on the ground. He was about as big as my hand!

Ox beetle, a type of rhino beetle. Female, based on the smaller horns

Ox beetle face. The black & white things are her eyes

Ox beetle leg

Tipula (crane fly).  Looks like a Star Wars character on a speeder bike.

A double water guttation droplet on the grass in our front yard

A little family of mushrooms

Honeybee coming in for a landing!

Honeybee showing off his neck (yes, they do have a neck)

Phaon Crescent butterfly

Phaon Crescent butterfly

Lizard who appeared on our kitchen bar stool

Oak leaf galls

Oak leaf gall