Tree Frogs

These little frogs were on some leaves and grasses on a warm summer day.  You would only see them in the shade.  They are about 20mm long (size of a quarter)

Margined Blister Beetles

Epicauta Funebris in the Meloidae family of beetles.  We saw a whole bunch of these devouring a plant at the Dutch Gap Conservation Area.

Net-winged beetles (Lycidae)

These two are either Calopteron recitulatum or Calopteron discrepans. Found at Rockwood Park in June 2015.

Stinkbug 2.0 (Pentatomidae)

A stinkbug at Bryan Park on the same day we saw that other stinkbug at Bryan Park. I wanted to ID it, but brown stinkbugs are no fun to ID because there's tons of them and they all just look like brown stinkbugs.

Flower

A white flower of unknown origin. I think it belongs to that triplet of leaves right next to it, not to the wild grape growing directly behind it or the monocot in front of it. Maybe Fragaria sp.?

Sootywing skipper (Hesperiidae)

A Pholisora catullus on an unusual background in Chesterfield County in June 2015. That antenna shape is called "recurved hook." Check out those recurved hooks!

Nodding flowers

Flowers with too many stamens at Rockwood Park in May 2015. They're really hard to ID because I didn't get a good enough picture of the leaves.

Agreeable Tiger Moth caterpillar (Erebidae)

A Spilosoma congrua caterpillar at Robious Landing Park in June 2015.

White inflorescence

A bunch of white flowers at Rockwood Park in May 2015. Not sure about the ID!

Bee Assassin on Mint (Reduviidae)

Bees like mint flowers, and she knows it. This is Apiomerus crassipes on spearmint in Chesterfield County in August 2015. Take a closer look at that beak!

Long Beetle on Flower

Super Mario Mushroom toadstool!

the ultimate poison mushroom found at Robius Landing Park

Ugly Beetle Larvae

Black and yellow beetle [Carrion Beetle)

 beetle with a bee mimic coloring and can bend its"head" down 90 degrees!  little smaller than a dime (1/2")
I looked up this beetle and it is an American Carrion Beetle Necrophila americana

Stink bug (Pentatomidae)

A stink bug at Bryan Park in May 2015. My best guess for an ID is Hymenarcys nervosa.

Preening goose

A Canada goose at Midlothian Mines Park in spring 2014 wiping her head all over her body.

Giant tadpole

A tadpole by the floating docks at Dodd Park in early spring 2015. Can you see it, right in the middle there?

It was big, at least walnut-sized.

Red Velvet Mite (Trombidiidae)

The first thing you now associate with the phrase "red velvet."

These are the same individual, at Rockwood Park in May 2015.

Vertical Frog

A frog clinging above a leafy pool next to Reedy Creek at Forest Hill Park in fall 2014. My best guess at an ID would be Acris crepitans, the Eastern Cricket Frog.

Bee Mimic Hummingbird Moth

notice the spiral proboscis in one of these pics. Only moths and butterflies have them.

Great Close-up of a Damsel Fly

possibly a Cricket Nymph

Another butterfly

Cool Black and White Wasp or Hornet

at the gardens in rockwood park

Beautiful Butterfly

Photo taken at Rockwood park gardens 8-8-2015

Bee Mimic Moth

This is a beautiful bee-mimic moth at Maymont Park. photo by Claudia Schulze.

Aphids

Jumping Spider

Broad-headed sharpshooter (Cicadellidae)

A little true bug (Oncometopia orbona) taking evasive action on a leaf in Chesterfield County in 2015.

Golden-backed Snipe Fly (Rhagionidae)

A snipe fly (Chrysopilus thoracicus) hanging out on a brick wall in Chesterfield County in June 2015.

Wood Nymph (Nymphalidae)

A common wood nymph (Cercyonis pegala) nearby some oak trees in Chesterfield County in June 2015.

Weird Spider

I've seen these odd looking spiders in books but never in real life.  This one is very small.

Hummingbird Video

I shot this video this morning from inside our back door and did a quick edit.  Added bird and frog sounds from a sound effects CD and also slowed down a section at the end. 
This is a red breasted hummingbird [the only species found in the Richmond area]
Cool!

Lichen with red bits

It looks like this lichen is making some red globs. Maybe they're fruiting bodies? It's time to study up on lichen.

Red-spotted purple (Nymphalidae)

Limenitis arthemis at Belle Isle in fall 2014

Sporophytes

A species of moss with a very tall sporophyte generation. They have a little capsule at the top for dumping spores out. The green moss we all know and love is the gametophyte generation. Let's all read up on the moss life cycle.