Photographs From Nature: Insect Gallery
© Jay Cossey - All rights reserved
April 15, 2004
Please note: Do not assume these names are accurate!
Titles below photographs may or may not be officially recognized common names.
Jay would be delighted if you can supply proper common and/or Latin names.
jcossey@uoguelph.ca

Ant_Brown Bee_Agapostemon Bee_Agapostemon_Thistle Bee_Bumble_Aster Bee_Bumble_Chickory
Brown Ant Bee Agapostemon sp. Bee Agapostemon sp. on Thistle Bumble Bee on Aster Bumbe Bee on Chickory
Bee_Bumble_Goldenrod Bee_Honey Bee_Honey_Orchid Bee_Honey_Rose Bee_Leaf_Cutting
Bumble Bee on Goldenrod Honey Bee in flight Honey Bee on Orchid Honey Bee in Rose Leaf Cutting Bee in flight
Beetle_Blister Beetle_Boring_Rose Beetle_Caligraphic Beetle_Carrion Beetle_Corn_Root_Worm
Short-winged Blister Beetle Long-horned Beetle Calligraphic Beetle Carrion Beetle Corn Root Worm Beetle
Beetle_Elder_Borer Beetle_Eyed_Click Beetle_Flower_Iris Beetle_June Beetle_Lady_Twice_Stabbed
Elder Borer Eyed Click Beetle Flower Beetle on Iris June Beetle Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle, black phase
Beetle_Lady_White Beetle_Stag Beetle_Tiger_12_Spotted Beetle_Tiger_6_Spotted Beetle_Tiger_6_Spotted_Mating
White Lady Beetle Male Stag Beetle Twelve-spotted Tiger Beetle Six-spotted Tiger Beetle Six-spotted Tiger Beetles mating
Beetle_Tiger_6_Spotted_portrait Beetle_Tiger_Mating Beetle_Tiger_Mating_CU Beetle_Tiger_Smooth Beetle_Tortise
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle Portrait Mating Tiger Beetles Tiger Beetle Embrace Smooth Tiger Beetle Tortoise Beetle
Bug_Ambush Bug_Ambush_with_Fly Bug_Ambush_with_wasp Bug_Leaf_Footed Bug_Leaf_Hopper_Red_Banded
Ambush Bug Ambush Bug with fly Ambush Bug with wasp Leaf-footed Bug Red-banded Leaf Hopper
Bug_Leaf_Tree_Hopper_Trio Bug_Scarlett_Plant Bug_Thread_Legged Bug_Water_Strider Damselflies_mating
Plant Hopper Trio Scarlet Plant Bug Thread-legged Bug Water Strider Mating Damselflies
Damselfly_Bluet_Boreal Damselfly_E_Reds_mating Damselfly_Forktail_Eastern Damselfly_Sprite_Sedge Damselfly_Violet_Dancer
Boreal Bluet Eastern Red Damselflies in tandem Eastern Forktail Sedge Sprite Violet Dancer
Damselfly_head_on Damselfly_in_Sundew Dragonfly_Chalk_Fronted Dragonfly_Chalk_Fronted_Corporal Dragonfly_Darner_Shadow
Damselfly Head-on Damselfly trapped by Sundew Chalk-fronted Corporal Chalk-fronted Corporal eating Deer Fly Shadow Darner
Dragonfly_Dasher_Blue Dragonfly_Elfin_Skimmer_Female Dragonfly_Elfin_Skimmer_Male Dragonfly_Emerald_Racket_Tailed Dragonfly_Pennant_Calico
Blue Dasher Elfin Skimmer female Elfin Skimmer male Raquet-tailed Emerald Calico Pennant
Dragonfly_Whitelface_Crimson Fly_Robber_Bumble_Bee_mimic Fly_Robber_with_Crescent Fly_Robber_with_Wooly_Aphid Fly_Robber_with_fly
Crimson Whiteface Robber Fly
(Bumble Bee mimic)		 Robber Fly with
Pearl Crescent		 Robber Fly with
Wooly Aphid		 Robber Fly with prey fly
Fly_Sawfly Fly_Snipe Fly_Syrphid_Hawkweed Grasshopper_Yellow_Winged Katydid_on_Rose
Sawfly Snipe Fly Syrphid Fly on
Orange Hawkweed		 “Yellow-winged” Grasshopper Katydid on Rose
Mantidfly Moth_Prominent_cat Moth_Silk_Cecropia_cat Moth_Silk_IO Moth_Silk_Imperial
Mantidfly Prominent Moth Caterpillar Cecropia Moth Caterpillar IO Moth Imperial Moth
Moth_Silk_Luna Moth_Silk_Polyphemus_cat Moth_Silk_Royal_Walnut Moth_Sphinx_Snowberry_Clearwing Moth_Thyris
Luna Moth Polyphemus Moth Caterpillar Royal Walnut Moth Snowberry Clearwing moth     Mournful Thyris
Moth_Tiger_Midge Spider_Goldenrod_Crab Spider_Jumping_Cricket Spider_Orb Spider_Portrait
Virginia Tiger Moth
and Midge		 Goldenrod Crab Spider Jumping Spider with Cricket Orb Weaving Spider Fishing Spider
Spider_with_Damselfly Spider_with_egg_case Springtails_Snowfleas Wasp_Swamp_Milkweed Wasp_Thread_Waisted_with_caterpillar
Fishing Spider eating a damselfly Spider with Egg Case Snow Fleas Wasp on Swamp Milkweed Thread-waisted Wasp
with caterpillar

 

These photos represent a large collection of high-quality transparencies.
Please email Jay if you have specific requests (or just to say hi). 

Future Galleries Planned:
Dragonflies, Damselflies, Tiger Beetles, Moths, Spiders...