Emperor butterfly, Doxocopa linda, family Nymphalidae, brown body and wings with a wide diagonal white bar topped with an orange polygon. Wings also have alternating narrow brown and tan lines along the trailing wing margins. A very fresh and vibrant specimen!
Brown skipper with two black spots, one on each brown and tan mottled wing with two white dots. Species is Cyclosemia anastomosis, #family hesperiidae
Gorgeous metalmark butterfly. Brown wings with blue tint along the wing margins and bold bars of vibrant, almost glowing, red. running front-to-back and two shorter bars crossing perendicular to the long bars on the hindwings. Species is Ancyluris etias etias, Family Riodinidae
Overhead view of a large katydid nymph with visible wingpads, pink eyes, with antennae folded back over the dorsum
…and a few more ! An #Emperor #butterfly, #Doxocopa linda, #Nymphalidae; a #skipper with eyespots, #Cyclosemia anastomosis, #Hesperiidae; gorgeous #metalmark, #Ancyluris etias etias, #Riodinidae, & a palette-cleansing close-up of a chunky #katydid nymph. Photographed w/in 1 hour.