"Metallic Wanderer"
Chalcophora liberta: Northeastern Sculptured Pine Borer — a fancy type of wood burrowing beetle, native to North America.
Equipment:
iPhone 12
Year: 2023
"perched" ( Red Leg Grasshopper )
A rice sized garden and meadow explorer, perched upon a blade of grass, cautiously surveying the area.
Equipment: Canon T2i Rebel
Year: 2025
Red Leg
Melanoplus femurrubrum: This little critter, slightly larger than a grain of rice ( when the photo was taken ), is one of Maine's most common grasshoppers.
Equipment: Canon T2i Rebel
Year: 2025
"New Skin"
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.
Equipment: Canon T2i Rebel
Year: 2025
Western Honeybee
Apis Mellifera: Primarily managed for honey production and pollination, these busy bodies are the most well known, distributed variety of bee.
Equipment: Canon T2i Rebel
Year: 2025
Western Honeybee 2
Equipment: Canon T2i Rebel
Year: 2025
Western Honeybee 3
Equipment: Canon T2i Rebel
Year: 2025
Tricolor Bumble Bee
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.
Equipment: Canon T2i Rebel
Year: 2025
"Monarch's Arrival" ( Chow-time )
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.
Equipment: Canon T2i Rebel
Year: 2025
Vibrant Monarch
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.
Equipment: Canon T2i Rebel
Year: 2025
"Cardinal Promise"
Cardinal Flower: Lobelia cardinalis
A striking perennial with a habit of attracting hummingbirds, while sporting a vibrant red flower, when in bloom.
Equipment: Canon T2i Rebel
Year: 2025
The Dun Skipper
Euphyes vestris: often found in wetland areas, woodlands, meadows and roadside ditches; are widespread across North America, including Maine and Canada.
Equipment: Canon T2i Rebel
Year: 2025
Lunar Crawler ( Luna Moth )
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.
Equipment: Canon T2i Rebel
Year: 2025
Spiderlings "Tulip Hoard"
A lovely little hoard of European Garden Spiderlings, gathering to consume the sack they emerged from, along with a well needed drink.
Equipment: Canon T2i Rebel
Year: 2025
Spiderlings "Thirsty Kids"
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.
Equipment: Canon T2i Rebel
Year: 2025
Myrtle Spurge
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.
Equipment: Canon T2i Rebel
Year: 2025
Mountain Columbine
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.
Equipment: Canon T2i Rebel
Year: 2025