This green leafhopper finally found a place where he won’t blend in with the surroundings
Love the eyes!!
beautiful! lost in the eyes!
Melopsittacus undulatus Budgerigar. The green shines in the late afternoon sun in a way that’s impossible for me to capture on film but they’re really green.
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/26364806Massive obscure bird grasshopper, around 2.5 to 3 inches in size, and very pretty. It flew away in panic when I got too close, which is how I found it.
This stink bug: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/311394090
ahhh! thanks @mkanimallover for giving it an ID! it’s been languishing unloved for a bit.
This shiny little beetle.
Okay, I’ve sized these copies back in an effort to reduce server strain.
This Green Stink Bug nymph looked like it stepped right out of an old sci-fi movie.
This orbweaver was sporting a distinctive hue that I never saw on one before. It was hiding near a lakeshore so I wondered if that had something to do with it.
Jacked! My favorite weevil shot. It’s an Immigrant Green Weevil just astrutting along a fence post. Check out those abs, eh?
Thericlesiella meridionalis - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/325463502
Undescribed mantophasmatodean - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/317519521
Those lovely spiders would also qualify for
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/show-us-your-spots/59254
and
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/winning-at-camouflage/59324/258
(especially the second one, who is clearly winning)
Indeed they would. Funny you should bring up the camouflage topic. The only reason I saw the spider in the 2nd photo was because of the dark bee. I spotted the bee from inside of our car and asked my husband to stop the car. I didn’t know what the dark matter was until I got the photo home. But, it drew my eye and made me wonder what the dark mass was then finding the spider through my camera lens. We were inside a State Forest.
I often find spiders when I am actively looking for bumblebees, like this observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/126144681
The bee had been freshly caught and the spider was actively spinning it and wrapping it up.
I felt sorry for the bee, but glad for the spider. Circle of life…
tomatoe worms ![]()













