spring spring springtails

 

on the sunspot by the tree

jumping dots litter the snow covered ground

the fleas of warm winter days

 

(by julia mlynarek)

 

predators of spring

 

under crumbling snow

the winter chilled wolf spiders

wait to feel the sun

 

the life of a chewing louse

 

i rode a snow goose

south from the autumn tundra

in her warm down breast

 

sympetrum

 

tiny dragonflies

glitter on goldenrod shores

of an autumn lake

 

 

whirligigs in autumn

 

whirligig beetles

slowly trace a cool morning

leisurely chaos

 

 

recipe for science

 

once collecting is done

once the bugs have been identified, classified and databased

it’s time to tell the story

 

(by julia mlynarek)

 

the threat of a bombardier beetle

 

with abdomen in the air

ready to spray

keep poking, i dare you

 

(by julia mlynarek)

 

cold windy day in may

 

clumps of bright green sedges scattered on the forest floor

gently swaying leaves decorated with closed gray wings

mayflies dreaming of warming before swarming

 

(by marcia waterway)

 

morpho release

 

swirling the greenhouse, elusive blue

ringed eyes in formation watching from closed wings

sipping on papaya

 

(by marcia waterway)

desert pollination

 

carpenter bees in the morning

honey bees in the afternoon

creosote bush doesn’t seem to care