Category Archives: Insects & Spiders

She’s the Fairest of Them All

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Butterfly Psyche

A Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) pauses to admire herself in the mirrored tile of a mosaic wall.

Posted in Blue, Brown, Butterflies and Moths, Green, Insects & Spiders, Nature, Orange | Tagged blue, brown, butterfly, mirror, mosaic, orange, red admiral, silver | Leave a comment

Wasps at Work

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Butterfly Psyche

European Paper Wasps, Polistes dominula

Posted in Bees and Wasps, Black, Colors, Gray, Insects & Spiders, Nature, Orange, Yellow | Tagged angle, animal, black, brown, bug, European paper wasp, gray, insect, orange, paper wasp, Polistes dominula, wasp, white, wood, yellow | 1 Comment

Ready for Takeoff

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Butterfly Psyche

Posted in Animals, Brown, Butterflies and Moths, Green, Insects & Spiders, Nature, Orange | Tagged brown, butterflies, grass skippers, green, orange, skippers | Leave a comment

Heads or Tails?

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Butterfly Psyche

Cross-striped Cabbageworm caterpillars on broccoli.

Posted in Animals, Black, Butterflies and Moths, Caterpillars, Green, Insects & Spiders, Nature, White, Yellow | Tagged black, caterpillars, cryptic, green, heads or tails, orange, stripes, trompe l'oeil, white, yellow | Leave a comment

The Very Hairy Caterpillar

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Butterfly Psyche

Posted in Butterflies and Moths, Caterpillars, Green, Insects & Spiders, White | Tagged bug, caterpillar, fluffy, fuzzy, green, hairy, insect, moth, sycamore tussock moth, white | Leave a comment

In the Pink

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Butterfly Psyche

Posted in Black, Colors, Flowers, Insects & Spiders, Lady Beetles, Orange, Pink, Plants | Tagged beetle, bud, bug, flower, insect, lady beetle, ladybug, lily, orange, pink, pink spotted lady beetle, spots | Leave a comment