Net-winged beetles (Lycidae)

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

Agreeable Tiger Moth caterpillar (Erebidae)

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

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!

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.

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.

Red-spotted purple (Nymphalidae)

Limenitis arthemis at Belle Isle in fall 2014

Ebony Jewelwing (Calopterygidae)

There were a lot of these broad-winged damselflies at Rockwood Park in May 2015. This is a female of the species Calopteryx maculata. The males look the same but without the white spots.

Checkerspot (Nymphalidae)

A nice orange butterfly posing at the bug garden at Reedy Creek in May 2015. My best guess at a species ID is Chlosyne harrisii, Harris's Checkerspot. I like the striped antennae.

Oak sapling gall (Cynipidae)

At Bryan Park in May 2015, there were a couple of these things on the end of some low-to-the-ground little oak saplings. They were kind of horrifying. They turned out to be galls. There's larvae in there.

This type of gall is made by a wool sower wasp (Callirhytis seminator).

Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle (Carabidae, Cicindelinae)

Cicindela sexguttata at Bryan Park in May 2015

Handsome Meadow Katydid (Tettigoniidae)

Orchelimum pulchellum on the floating boardwalk at Dodd Park in fall 2014

Common whitetail (Libellulidae)

Plathemia lydia at Bryan Park in May 2015

Grasshopper (Acrididae)

A short-horned grasshopper at Dodd Park in late 2014

Big Bug-eyed Black Fly

This black fly is about 1" long.
Biggest fly I ever saw. 
This was at Three Lakes Park in Henrico County in 2013.

Tiny Fly that looks like a bee

This tiny fly is only about 3/16" long  (approx 3 to 4 mm) .
It is sitting on a mint leaf in my front garden.  I took the picture this morning!

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