Nature photography by Mark Chappell: insects and spiders
Click on a thumbnail to see a larger image. All images © Mark A. Chappell
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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