Bugs

"Bug" is slang for terrestrial Arthropods and includes, insects, arachnids (spiders), scorpions, centipedes, millipedes, etc. At the moment I have only insects and spiders but am on the lookout for scorpions, millipedes and centipedes to photograph.

Tule Bluet With Tiny Green Aphid, Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Ridgefield Washington

Enallagma carunculatum (Morse, 1895)

Variegated Meadowhawk (Female) on Dry Bearded Iris Flower -- My Back Yard -- San Jose, California

Sympetrum corruptum (Hagen, 1861)

Flame Skimmer Dragonfly -- My Back Yard -- San Jose, California

Libellula saturata ( Uhler, 1857)

European Garden Spider -- Lateral View

Araneus diadematus diadematus (Clerck, 1757) -- Other Common Names : Cross Orbweaver & Cross Spider --My front yard, San Jose California.

European Garden Spider -- Dorsal View

Scientific Name: Araneus diadematus diadematus (Clerck, 1757) -- Other Common Names : Cross Orbweaver & Cross Spider --My front yard, San Jose California

European Garden Spider -- Ventral View

-- Scientific Name: Araneus diadematus diadematus (Clerck, 1757) -- Other Common Names : Cross Orbweaver & Cross Spider -- My front yard, San Jose, California.

Western Yellow Jackets -- Observation Blind -- Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge -- Ridgefield Washington

Vespula pensylvanica (Saussure, 1857)

Bee Leaving Zinnia -- My Back Yard -- San Jose, California

Bumble Bee: Bombus spp. (Latreille, 1802) -- Flower: Zinnia elegans (C. Linnaeus, 1759) --variety "scarlet flame"

Painted Meadow Grasshopper Sitting on Coastal Variety of California Poppy

Painted Meadow Grasshopper: Chimarocephala pacifica incisa (Caudell, 1906) -- California Poppy, Coastal Variety: Eschscholzia californica californica var. maritima (E.L. Greene, 1887) --Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove California.