Net-winged beetles (Lycidae)

These two are either Calopteron recitulatum or Calopteron discrepans. Found at Rockwood 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!

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.

Great Close-up of a Damsel Fly

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!