Tiny Praying Mantis

Two for One

A tiger swallowtail and a hummingbird moth share a bloom on the butterfly bush.

Gray Hairstreak Butterfly

This is the third species of hairstreaks to visit the backyard habitat. Previously I have had a Red-banded hairstreak and an Eastern tailed-blue hairstreak.

Balancing Act

Blue Dasher Dragonfly

Predators on the Penta

assassin bugs

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

visits the butterfly bush

Black-Eyed Susans

Sanctuary

Trinity Cathedral - Columbia, SC

Spider Flower

Cleome hasslerana

On the grounds of the state capital in Columbia, SC.