Insects - Traditional Ant Aphids Backswimmer Black fly Bumblebee & Honey Bee Butterflies & Moths Crane fly Please go to Insects 2 for the remaining pictures of our traditional insects.
Ant Hill
Red Ant
Ants on ant hill
Carpenter Ants
Ants and Aphids
Winged Aphid
Aphid
Backswimmer - two of them with the two long arm like appendages that they stroke to aid in propelling them through the water.
Bumblebee on Marigold
Images - Flowers and hot summer days. Stinging and danger. A busy, buzzing , bumbling bee. An image of strength. Perception by Ray W
On Sow Thistle Flower
On Chive Flower
Bumble bee nest
Honey bees emerging from their hive.
Red Admiral Butterfly
White Admiral Butterfly
Alfalfa Butterfly
Buckeye Butterfly
Cabbage Butterfly
Purplish Copper Butterfly
Meadow Fritillary Butterfly
Milbert's Tortoise Shell
Monarch Butterfly
Mourning Cloak Butterfly
Painted Lady Butterfly
Northern Pearl Crescent Butterfly
Red-Spotted Purple
European Skipper Butterfly
Fiery Skipper Butterfly
Spring Azure Butterfly
Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
Variegated Fritillary Butterfly
Viceroy Butterfly
West Coast Lady
Western White Butterfly
Common Wood Nymph Butterfly (dying)
Can you identify this butterfly ? It was seen in the Castle Mountain area of S.W. Alberta, and is not large - a medium sized butterfly.
Moths Police Car Moth - seen in the far North West of Alberta
Police car moths mating
None of the following five moths here have been identified. Any ideas ?
Bedstraw Hawkmoth
Big Poplar Sphinx Moth (taxidermy)
Snowberry Clearwing Moth (taxidermy)
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth (taxidermy)
Tent Caterpillar Moth (taxidermy)
Tiger Moth (taxidermy)
This is what appears to be a Spotted Tussock Moth, but it is dead and floating in some water.
Spotted Tussock Moth Caterpillar
White Spotted Sable Moth Seen at the Castle Mountain Campground in S.W. Alberta. It is very, very small.
What is it ? Not yet identified larva.
Crane Fly
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