Female Dobsonfly

Very large and startling in appearance, these interesting creatures emerge from an aquatic existence as a larvae called a hellgrammite in early summer. The male has very long pincers that are not able to bite, but the female certainly can cause a painful pinch if threatened.

Parasitized Tomato Horn Worm

Viceroy

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Cicada Molt

Blue Azure Butterfly on vetch

Autumn Meadowhawk

Ladybug Larvae Eating Aphids

Milkweed Tussock Moth Caterpillar

Assassin Bug Eating Fly

Meadowhawk

Dog Day Cicada

Shield Bug (Immature)

Potato Bug Larvae

Ladybug Eating Aphids

Narceus americanus

Narceus americanus (Giant Millipede)

Meadow Grasshopper

Inch Worm

Ambush Bug