Arthropods
Or Bugs, Bugs, Bugs
And Spiders too!
The arthropods constitute over 90% of the animal kingdom and are classified in the phylum Arthropoda. They are distinguished from other animals by:
- an exoskeleton (a skeleton on the outside of the body)
- body divided into distinct parts
- jointed legs and appendages
- bilateral symmetry (both sides of the body are the same)
Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa sp.)
Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
Tailed Orange Butterfly (Pyrisitia proterpia)
Giant Hairy Scorpion (Hadrurus arizonensis)
Butterfly caterpillar, perhaps Painted Lady
Pepsis Wasp (Tarantula Hawk), by Mary Stiner
Tarantula, by Mary Stiner
Butterfly aggregation, possibly Empress Leilia, by Mary Stiner
Walking Stick
Flying Ants, which have emerged from the ground, mated and then fallen back to earth
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Cicada
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Tarantula
Mating Bee Flies (Bombyliidae sp)
Grasshopper Nymph
Rustic Sphinx Moth Caterpillar
American Snout Butterfly (Libytheana carinenta)
Great Purple Hairstreak
Orb Weaver Spider
Leaf-Cutter Ants in flying stage
Spring Azure Butterfly
Giant Swallowtail Butterfly Caterpillar
Robber Fly
Swarm of Honey Bees
Angle-Wing Katydid
Praying Mantis
Empress Leilia Butterfly (Asterocampa leilia)
Blue Butterfly, possibly Ceraunus
Queen Butterfly
