Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
Honeybee in the poppy - Mexican poppy (Argemone mexicana), Saguaro National Park West, Tucson, Feb 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
What a red "ear"! Red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans), Reid Park, Tucson, Feb 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
Warming up - Sagebrush checkerspot (Chlosyne acastus) butterfly, Molino Basin, Tucson, March 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
So graceful! - Arizona powdered skipper (Systasea zampa) butterfly, Molino Basin, Tucson, March 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
Honey bee (Apis) with Santa Catalina prairie clover (Dalea pulchra), Molino Basin, Tucson, March 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
Just resting - Funereal duskywing (Erynnis funeralis) skipper butterfly, Molino Basin, Tucson, March 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
Such eyes! Common buckeye (Junonia coenia) butterfly, Molino Basin, Tucson, March 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
Beautiful wing underside - Sagebrush checkerspot (Chlosyne acastus) butterfly, Molino Basin, Tucson, March 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
Sagebrush checkerspot (Chlosyne acastus) butterfly, on manzanita, Molino Basin, Tucson, March 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
Going hiking with a tiny friend - Acmon blue (Plebejus acmon) butterfly on a hiking stick, Molino Basin, March 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
Psamatodes everiata, a geometrid moth, our yard, Tucson, March 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
A golden teddy bear! Male valley carpenter bee (Xylocopa varipuncta), Tucson, April 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
Mesquite looper moth, Tucson, April 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
So delicate! Crane fly, Molino Basin, Tucson, March 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
Wings like aluminum foil - Common streaky skipper (Celotes nessus) butterfly, Molino Basin, Tucson, March 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
Beetle convention - Whirligig beetles (family Gyrinidae), Molino Basin, Tucson, March 2106
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
Lighting up the wings - Sheep skipper (Atrytonopsis edwardsi), Molino Basin, Tucson, March 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
Native bee in a prickly pear flower, our yard, Tucson, April 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
Marine blue (Leptotes marina) butterfly on a prickly pear pad, Tucson, April 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
Such a lovely wing pattern - Moth (species unknown), Molino Basin, Aug 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
How beautiful is that creature?! Caterpillar of the moth Automeris cecrops pamina, Molino Basin, Aug 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
Hanging on for dear life! Caterpillar of the moth Automeris cecrops pamina, Molino Basin, Aug 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
Surrounded by leafy green - Bordered patch (Chlosyne lacinia) butterfly, Molino Basin, Aug 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
Mostly green - Caterpillar of the White-lined sphinx moth, Molino Basin, Aug 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
What's that? A toothpick grasshopper! Lively Mermiria (Mermiria picta), Molino Basin, Aug 2016 - In Explore 9/2/16
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
Sharing space with a beetle and a flower - Reakirt's blue (Echinargus or Hemiargus isola) butterfly, Madera Canyon, Tucson, Aug 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
Dreamtime - Marine blue (Leptotes marina) butterfly, Madera Canyon, Tucson, Aug 2016 - in Explore 9/18/16
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
This tiny bug looks like an ear of corn! Beetle (perhaps Acmaeodera amplicollis?) on a yellow wildflower, Madera Canyon, Tucson, Aug 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
Lights! Camera! Action! Red satyr (Megisto rubricata) butterfly, Madera Canyon, Tucson, Aug 2016
Judith B. Gandy (on/off):
Holding on - Bee fly, genus Villa, Madera Canyon, Tucson, Aug 2016