by Dave | Sep 7, 2008 | Fauna
by Dave | Sep 4, 2008 | Fauna
Easily the prettiest spider around in her dressed-to-kill gown, fur collar and long black stockings. These beauties are also known as “writing spiders” because of the trademark zigzag pattern in their webs (shown just below her). They have three...
by Dave | Sep 3, 2008 | Fauna
This old hopper looks like he just left the wildflower buffet, pollen crumbs all over his chin and clothes. On the edge of highway 99, north of Emporia, a thicket of sunfowers is in full bloom. Grasshoppers pop and buzz across my path as I walk. But this big hopper...
by Dave | Aug 27, 2008 | Fauna, Garden
Here he is again, mugging in front of a blackeyed susan, and he brought friends. Here’s a quick sampling of critters busy in my yard this month. There are LOTS of grasshoppers too. I still don’t know what this is, but I’m looking for some kind of...
by Dave | Jul 31, 2008 | Fauna
This was a young praying mantis, the body only about an inch long. He was, though, a very quick hunter. The mantis was mugging for a solo shoot until a bee showed up on the scene, then he forgot all about me and concentrated on lunch.a few seconds earlier . . .
by Dave | Jul 27, 2008 | Fauna, Kansas
No, that probably isn’t his real name. The fleabitten gray (that’s really what they call it) coloring gives him that look.
by Dave | Jul 21, 2008 | Fauna
These little buggers were really glowing in the sunlight along a creek yesterday afternoon. In direct sunlight they’re like flying jewels. They’re good guys, feeding on mosquitoes, flies, and other small insects. Read more about damselflies on...
by Dave | Jul 21, 2008 | Fauna
I like the tones of this image, the structure of the wings, and the way the pollen flakes catch the light. It’s a large bumble bee in the golden light of a back-lit crop sunflower. Learn more about bees at Bees on Wikipedia.
by Dave | Jun 10, 2008 | Fauna
by Dave | Oct 14, 2007 | Fauna
Here’s the source photograph of the image. The swan was just minding it’s own business at the Emporia Zoo this weekend. I was tweaking the photo this evening, bringing out the detail in the feathers, and got a little carried away… but the...
