"المتجول المعدني"
Chalcophora liberta: Northeastern Sculptured Pine Borer
is a fancy type of wood burrowing beetle, native to North America.
Taken with iPhone 12
"جاثم"
A rice sized garden and meadow explorer, perched upon a blade of grass, cautiously surveying the area.
Taken with Canon T2i Rebel
الساق الحمراء
Melanoplus femurrubrum: This little critter, slightly larger than a grain of rice ( when the phot was taken ), is one of Maine's most common grasshoppers.
Taken with Canon T2i Rebel
"جلد جديد"
A Two-Striped Grasshopper that recently finished molting.
Nymphs' of the species are often green or yellow-brown, before and a few days after a fresh molt; once their skeleton hardens, these colors become more vibrant.
Taken with Canon T2i Rebel
نحل العسل الغربي
Apis Mellifera: Primarily managed for honey production and pollination, these busy bodies are the most well known, distributed variety of bee.
Taken with Canon T2i Rebel
النحل الغربي 2
النحل الغربي 3
النحلة الطنانة ثلاثية الألوان
Bombus ternarius: This fuzzy multicolored nectar collector is also known as, "The Orange Belted Bumble Bee." These critters are social insects, nesting in ground burrows, with a colony cycle of one season.
Only newly mated queens undergo the overwintering process.
Taken with Canon T2i Rebel
"وصول الملك" (وقت تشاو)
Most likely in the fourth or fifth stage of its life-cycle; this healthy chunker has since moved on from this plant, to enter its final stage of evolution.
Taken with Canon T2i Rebel
ملك نابض بالحياة
There are three subspecies of Monarchs, Danaus plexippus plexippus being the most well known of the three.
These colorful winged nectar collectors undergo a long-distance migration traveling thousands of miles; breeding in Northern parts of the US, before over wintering in Mexico and California.
"وعد الكاردينال"
Cardinal Flower: Lobelia cardinalis
A striking perennial with a habit of attracting hummingbirds, while sporting a vibrant red flower, when in bloom.
Taken with Canon T2i Rebel
قبطان السفينة
Euphyes vestris: often found in wetland areas, woodlands, meadows and roadside ditches; are widespread across North America, including Maine and Canada.
Taken with Canon T2i Rebel
زاحف القمر (عثة القمر)
Actis luna: Gorged After variously feeding, it journeys across the all purpose trail, in search of a place to begin its transformation into a beautiful moth.
Depending on the climate they stay in there pupal staged from anywhere to a few weeks, go several month.
Taken with Canon T2i Rebel
عناكب صغيرة "مجموعة توليب"
A lovely little hoard of European Garden Spiderlings, gathering to consume the sack they emerged from, along with a well needed drink.
Taken with Canon T2i Rebel
العناكب الصغيرة "الأطفال العطشى"
Newly hatched garden spiders, chilling out on a tulip; I’m positive that they're Araneus Diadematus, crowding around the sack they emerged from.
The weather was rainy, so it was a mixture or eating, drinking and trying to out run the water droplet winding down the Tulip's face.
Taken with Canon T2i Rebel
نبات الآس
Euphorbia Rigida: this is a macro shot taken in Boothbay, Maine at the Coastal Botanical Gardens. It thrives in sunlight and well drained soil, making it great for any rock garden or pot.
Side note; the plant is highly toxic, if consumed. Its sap can also cause eye irritation and skin rashes.
Taken with Canon T2i Rebel
جبل كولومبين
Aquilegia caerulea: this perennial does best in sun and partially shaded environments, with well drained soil; in areas with cooler temperatures.
The name "Columbine" comes from the Latin word, meaning Dove. ( This refers to the shave of the flower.
Taken with Canon T2i Rebel