Nature photography by Mark Chappell:   insects and spiders

Click on a thumbnail to see a larger image. All images © Mark A. Chappell

Click here for a slide show of my favorite arthropod photos.

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robber fly	grasshopper on coneflower	grasshopper nymph	dogbane leaf beetle	mourning cloak	Argynnis aglaga	monarchs
small tortoiseshell	tiger swallowtail	queen butterfly	morpho at rest	red admiral	Painted ladies	California sister
arrowhead blue	Sierra blue	marine blue	small tortiseshell	peacock butterfly	Melanargia	sphinx moth
sphinx moth	green fly	native bee	sunflower bee	cactus bees	carpenter bees	Anthophorid bees
honeybee hive	bumblebees	Darwin's beetle	gray sanddragon	plains clubtail	Western pondhawk	Easterm pondhawk
great pondhawk	Mexican amberwing	wandering glider	varigated meadowhawk	black saddlebags	red saddlebags	red-tailed pennant
blue dasher	blue-eyed darner	green darner	flame skimmer	neon skimmer	red rock skimmer	roseate skimmer
widow skimmer	eight-spotted skimmer	12-spotted skimmer	spot-winged glider	band-winged dragonlet	crab spider	Habronattus pyrrithrix
jumping spider 2	Phidippus	Thiodina sylvana	jumping spider	Thiodina hespera	araneus face	pink-toed tarantula
Mexican fireleg	greenbottle blue tarantula	zebra tarantula	black widows	lynx spider	Neoscona crucifera	golden garden spider
banded argiope	silver argiope	orb spider	golden silk orb-weaver	ballooning spiders