Tiger swallowtail butterfly

Seven-spot Ladybug beetle on clover

Butterfly, 1/2 to 5/8 inch across

Lacewing on clover

Butterfly

Monarch butterfly on locust blossoms

Another swallowtail butterfly, with wings folded

A well-camouflaged damsel fly

Two beetles on the edge of a sign at the Edison-Ford winter estate, Ft Myers, FL, 2013-1-19.

Male Monarch butterfly on a flower on the grounds of the Edison-Ford winter estate, Ft Myers, FL, 2013-1-19.

Back at our motel after a day of birding in Florida at the Space Coast Birding Festival, we found this insect on our doorstep in Titusville.

White butterfly on white flower, at the roadside near Canaveral National Seashore on Jan 26, 2013.
Flower: Bidens alba (id courtesy of Bill Diffin); common name: romerillo or beggartick.
Butterfly remains unidentified for now.

Flower: Bidens alba (id courtesy of Bill Diffin); common name: romerillo or beggartick.

Flower: Bidens alba (id courtesy of Bill Diffin); common name: romerillo or beggartick.

Damselfly-like insect we found on the driveway before leaving for OOS meeting at Black Mesa.

Bee/wasp on Gaillardia at side of the road in the Oklahoma panhandle.

Another view of the bee/wasp on Gaillardia at the side of the road in the Oklahoma panhandle.

Hemiptera/heteroptera seen on our trip to Black Mesa with OOS, May 2011

Unidentified insects seen at Black Mesa, May 2011

Metallic Green Bee on ...

Dead beetle I found while cleaning out plant containers around our back porch.

Wheel bug, Arilus cristatus, on house siding, has lost part of an antenna

I found this large spider in a cavity under a stepping stone while I was thinning our bulb bed.

Butterfly at Red Slough where we went to see the Yellow Rail

Queen butterfly at Red Slough WMA, late in the season for this butterfly, per David A

Queen butterfly (Danaus gilipus) at Red Slough, per David A

American Lady butterfly (Vanessa virginiensis) at Red Slough WMA, per David A

Queen butterfly with wings closed, at Red Slough WMA

Syrphid fly? at Red Slough WMA

Buckeye butterfly (Junonia coenia) at Red Slough WMA

Flies on flowers at Red Slough WMA

Flies at Red Slough WMA

Bumblebee at Red Slough WMA

Bumblebee

Blue-black wasp at Red Slough WMA

Familiar Bluet, per David A

Blue-faced Meadowhawk at Red Slough WMA, per David A

Blue-faced Meadowhawk, Red Slough WMA

Blue-faced Meadowhawk

Blue-faced Meadowhawk

Blue-faced Meadowhawk

Female Variegated Pondhawk at Red Slough WMA, yellow spots indicate female, per David A

Female Variegated Pondhawk at Red Slough WMA

Buckeye

Blue-faced Meadowhawk

Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) in our backyard on Lantana

Skipper on Lantana in our backyard

Skipper

Skipper

Skipper

Skipper

Skipper

Skipper

Syrphid fly on sedum in our yard

Syrphid fly on sedum in our yard

Female Praying Mantis on our porch rail

Red-headed Ash Borer on branches blown into our yard from our neighbor

Red-headed Ash Borer--there were several running up and down the branches cut from a neighbor's tree

Female Neon Skimmer

Pale Green Assassin Bug nymph
Zelus luridus
This critter was on the old plant cart--maybe when we brought it back into the house, or when we brought in some plants from outside.

Southern Pink Moth
Pyrausta inornatalis

Milkweed Tussock Moth caterpillar on Butterfly Weed at a home on Butterfly Garden Tour.

Mud Dauber Wasp, MS Gulf Coast, May 15, 2009

Grasshopper on MS Gulf Coast, May 15, 2009

Crab, MS Gulf Coast, May 15, 2009, while birding after a SoSMUG meeting

Beetle, MS Gulf Coast, May 15, 2009