Dan Simon Macrophotography

Hoverfly

I went down to Northern Georgia to see the eclipse (didn't have the right lense/filters to photo the eclipse, but it was pretty amazing!) and stopped by the Atlanta botanical garden, where I found this skipper butterly.

Orchard orbweaver spider.

I've actually had her for about a month but have just been letting her get adjusted to her new home. She's doing great, eats like a champ, and already shed her skin once. Still needs a name though...

European paper wasp (Polistes dominula)

Honey bee in central park

Harvestmen (order Opiliones, related to but not actually spiders) are out in full force. Found a bunch of different species all in the same area.

Some ladybug larvae crawling around the NY botanical garden.

Hoverfly

Finally we got some real summer weather and the bugs are coming out. This small jumping spider was really curious about my camera.

Finally the weather is warming up and the bugs are coming out. This Boxelder bug (Boisea trivittata) was one of many that I found trying to warm up in the sun.

I think most of that happened when I moved to a new apartment a couple months ago. I don't think it appreciated having its home packed in a box and driven around. But no worry, the next time it molts it'll be back to normal.

Snappy the blizzard leopard gecko lives a tough life of sleeping and more sleeping.

My Lasiodora difficilis bird-eater tarantula has most of its adult coloring now but is still not fullgrown.

I took advantage of the nice weather and spent some time out in central park. Not too many bugs out yet but I did find this one plant starting to bud and flower.

Skipper butterfly

A Clouded Yellow butterfly (genus Colias)