Eastern Washington

[zonbonzovi]

Umtanum Creek Canyon

Gryllus sp?

Other Orthopterans

Mrs. Z playing with a bull snake

aphids?

some sort of raptor

Paruroctonus boreus, refusing to pose

Platypedia areolata? A very accomodating cicada

?

stinker

Pacifasticus leniusculus(I think)

thrip?

Lytta nutalli?

Why yes, that sac is blue:}

Mantis religiosa

'pillar

Is this Rana catesbeiana?

Surprising to see so many of these in such a dry place...Vantage, WA

There were spastics everywhere!

 

[Big B]

Awesome pictures! You must have been in Eastern Washington, I actually see sunshine.

 

[zonbonzovi]

Thanks, Big...many untapped biological secrets in them thar hills...

 

[beetleman]

nice pics:clap:very cool place,yeah the weather looks great too,i think the thrip is a ladybug larva. those black crickets can be really aggressive,the'll eat anything.

 

[Big B]

What type/kind of camera did you use to take those pictures?

 

[zonbonzovi]

Pete, thanks for the ID...I've never seen one before. Those little black Gryllus are usually surrounded by Tenebrionid carcasses of one form or another & the scorpions weren't nearly as prevalent as they should have been...but man, they're movements would make for the perfect feeder!

Big, it's a Panasonic Lumix FZ250, circa 2005

 

[tarcan]

nice selection of bugs! that aphid branch is epic!