Close Up and Macro Photographs of Insects and Spiders of Southwest Michigan

Insects and Spiders — Karner Blue - Lycaeides melissa samuelis

Insects and Spiders — Dance Fly - family Empididae

Insects and Spiders — Chinese Mantis - Tenodera sinensis

Insects and Spiders — Casebearer Beetle – family Chrysomelidae

Insects and Spiders — Firefly - probably Photinus pyralis

Insects and Spiders — Grasshoppers on Red Flowers

Insects and Spiders — American Copper - Lycaena phlaeas

Insects and Spiders — Nursury Web Spider - Pisaurina mira

Insects and Spiders — Monarch Butterfly - Danaus plexippus

Insects and Spiders — Bee Hunter (Robberfly) - genus Laphria

Insects and Spiders — "Just Visiting" - unidentified gnat in abandoned hornet nest

Insects and Spiders — Flesh Fly - family Sarcophagidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Lady Bug - family Coccinellidae

Insects and Spiders — Caddisfly (aquatic stage - in case) - order Trichoptera

Insects and Spiders — Caddisfly (aquatic stage - in case) - order Trichoptera

Insects and Spiders — American Copper - Lycaena phlaeas

Insects and Spiders — Honey Bee on Clover - Apis mellifera

Insects and Spiders — Coral Hairstreak - Satyrium titus

Insects and Spiders — Jumping Spider - family Salticidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Robberfly - family Asilidae (possibly male Efferia aestuans)

Insects and Spiders — Swallowtail Caterpillar - family Papilionidae

Insects and Spiders — Luna Moth - Actias luna

Insects and Spiders — Luna Moth Wing Detail - - Actias luna

Insects and Spiders — Flesh Fly - family Sarcophagidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — American Copper - Lycaena phlaea

Insects and Spiders — Snow Fleas - Hypogastrura nivicola

Insects and Spiders — Snow Fleas - Hypogastrura nivicola

Insects and Spiders — Ambush Bug with Prey - family Reduviidae

Insects and Spiders — Common Green Bottle Fly - Lucilia sericata

Insects and Spiders — Green Lacewing - family Chrysopidae

Insects and Spiders

Insects and Spiders — Honey Bee - Apis mellifera

Insects and Spiders — Karner Blue - Lycaeides melissa samuelis

Insects and Spiders — Bee Hunter (Robberfly) - genus Laphria

Insects and Spiders — Eastern Tailed Blue - Cupido comyntas

Insects and Spiders — Green Bottle Fly - Lucilia sericata

Insects and Spiders — Flesh Fly - family Sarcophagidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Tick on Grass Blade - family Ixodidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Tick on Grass Blade - family Ixodidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Karner Blue - Lycaeides melissa samuelis

Insects and Spiders — Eastern Tailed Blue - Cupido comyntas

Insects and Spiders — American Copper - Lycaena phlaea

Insects and Spiders — Midge on Trillium Flower - family Chironomidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Cicada Hunter - family Crabronidae

Insects and Spiders — Mantid Fly - family Mantispidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Ant with Recently Shed WIngs

Insects and Spiders — Odonate exuvia

Insects and Spiders — Green Bottle Fly - Lucilia sericata

Insects and Spiders — Eastern Tailed Blue - Cupido comyntas

Insects and Spiders — Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio Glaucus

Insects and Spiders — Blue-black Spider Wasp with Prey - family Pompilidae

Insects and Spiders — Flesh Fly - family Sarcophagidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Monarch Butterfly - Danaus plexippu

Insects and Spiders — Walking Stick - family Diapheromeridae

Insects and Spiders — Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio Glaucus

Insects and Spiders — Ebony jewelwing - Calopteryx maculata

Insects and Spiders — Eastern Tailed Blue - Cupido comyntas

Insects and Spiders — Honey Bee - Apis mellifera

Insects and Spiders — Monarch Butterfly Caterpiller on Milkweed - Danaus plexippu

Insects and Spiders — Spotted Cucumber Beetle - family Chrysomelidae

Insects and Spiders — Green Lacewing - family Chrysopidae

Insects and Spiders — Clearwing Moth - family Sesiidae

Insects and Spiders — Flesh Fly - family Sarcophagidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Karner Blue - Lycaeides melissa samuelis

Insects and Spiders — Unknown Spider

Insects and Spiders — Flesh Fly - family Sarcophagidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio Glaucus

Insects and Spiders — Honey Bee - Apis mellifera

Insects and Spiders — Karner Blue - Lycaeides melissa samuelis

Insects and Spiders — Honey Bee - Apis mellifera

Insects and Spiders — American Copper - Lycaena phlaeas

Insects and Spiders — Spotted Cucumber Beetle - family Chrysomelidae

Insects and Spiders — Karner Blue - Lycaeides melissa samuelis

Insects and Spiders — Thread-waisted Wasp - subfamily Sphecinae

Insects and Spiders — Flesh Fly - family Sarcophagidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Monarch Butterfly - Danaus plexippus

Insects and Spiders — Red Eyed Fly - family unknown

Insects and Spiders — Honey Bee - Apis mellifera

Insects and Spiders — Flesh Fly - family Sarcophagidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Edwards's Hairstreak (Satyrium edwardsii)

Insects and Spiders — European Skipper, Thymelicus lineola

Insects and Spiders — Unknown Grasshopper on Dried Flower

Insects and Spiders — Ebony Jewelwing - Calopteryx maculat

Insects and Spiders — Cicada - family Cicadidae

Insects and Spiders — Black Swallowtail - Battus philenor

Insects and Spiders — Jumping Spider with Prey - family Salticidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Mating Grasshoippers

Insects and Spiders — Flesh Fly - family Sarcophagidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Stinkbug - Extreme Macro

Insects and Spiders (89 photos)

Insects and Spiders — Karner Blue - Lycaeides melissa samuelis

Insects and Spiders — Dance Fly - family Empididae

Insects and Spiders — Chinese Mantis - Tenodera sinensis

Insects and Spiders — Casebearer Beetle – family Chrysomelidae

Insects and Spiders — Firefly - probably Photinus pyralis

Insects and Spiders — Grasshoppers on Red Flowers

Insects and Spiders — American Copper - Lycaena phlaeas

Insects and Spiders — Nursury Web Spider - Pisaurina mira

Insects and Spiders — Monarch Butterfly - Danaus plexippus

Insects and Spiders — Bee Hunter (Robberfly) - genus Laphria

Insects and Spiders — "Just Visiting" - unidentified gnat in abandoned hornet nest

Insects and Spiders — Flesh Fly - family Sarcophagidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Lady Bug - family Coccinellidae

Insects and Spiders — Caddisfly (aquatic stage - in case) - order Trichoptera

Insects and Spiders — Caddisfly (aquatic stage - in case) - order Trichoptera

Insects and Spiders — American Copper - Lycaena phlaeas

Insects and Spiders — Honey Bee on Clover - Apis mellifera

Insects and Spiders — Coral Hairstreak - Satyrium titus

Insects and Spiders — Jumping Spider - family Salticidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Robberfly - family Asilidae (possibly male Efferia aestuans)

Insects and Spiders — Swallowtail Caterpillar - family Papilionidae

Insects and Spiders — Luna Moth - Actias luna

Insects and Spiders — Luna Moth Wing Detail - - Actias luna

Insects and Spiders — Flesh Fly - family Sarcophagidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — American Copper - Lycaena phlaea

Insects and Spiders — Snow Fleas - Hypogastrura nivicola

Insects and Spiders — Snow Fleas - Hypogastrura nivicola

Insects and Spiders — Ambush Bug with Prey - family Reduviidae

Insects and Spiders — Common Green Bottle Fly - Lucilia sericata

Insects and Spiders — Green Lacewing - family Chrysopidae

Insects and Spiders

Insects and Spiders — Honey Bee - Apis mellifera

Insects and Spiders — Karner Blue - Lycaeides melissa samuelis

Insects and Spiders — Bee Hunter (Robberfly) - genus Laphria

Insects and Spiders — Eastern Tailed Blue - Cupido comyntas

Insects and Spiders — Green Bottle Fly - Lucilia sericata

Insects and Spiders — Flesh Fly - family Sarcophagidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Tick on Grass Blade - family Ixodidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Tick on Grass Blade - family Ixodidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Karner Blue - Lycaeides melissa samuelis

Insects and Spiders — Eastern Tailed Blue - Cupido comyntas

Insects and Spiders — Midge on Trillium Flower - family Chironomidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Cicada Hunter - family Crabronidae

Insects and Spiders — Mantid Fly - family Mantispidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Ant with Recently Shed WIngs

Insects and Spiders — Odonate exuvia

Insects and Spiders — Green Bottle Fly - Lucilia sericata

Insects and Spiders — Eastern Tailed Blue - Cupido comyntas

Insects and Spiders — Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio Glaucus

Insects and Spiders — Blue-black Spider Wasp with Prey - family Pompilidae

Insects and Spiders — Walking Stick - family Diapheromeridae

Insects and Spiders — Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio Glaucus

Insects and Spiders — Ebony jewelwing - Calopteryx maculata

Insects and Spiders — Eastern Tailed Blue - Cupido comyntas

Insects and Spiders — Honey Bee - Apis mellifera

Insects and Spiders — Monarch Butterfly Caterpiller on Milkweed - Danaus plexippu

Insects and Spiders — Spotted Cucumber Beetle - family Chrysomelidae

Insects and Spiders — Green Lacewing - family Chrysopidae

Insects and Spiders — Clearwing Moth - family Sesiidae

Insects and Spiders — Flesh Fly - family Sarcophagidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Karner Blue - Lycaeides melissa samuelis

Insects and Spiders — Unknown Spider

Insects and Spiders — Flesh Fly - family Sarcophagidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio Glaucus

Insects and Spiders — Honey Bee - Apis mellifera

Insects and Spiders — Karner Blue - Lycaeides melissa samuelis

Insects and Spiders — Honey Bee - Apis mellifera

Insects and Spiders — American Copper - Lycaena phlaeas

Insects and Spiders — Spotted Cucumber Beetle - family Chrysomelidae

Insects and Spiders — Karner Blue - Lycaeides melissa samuelis

Insects and Spiders — Thread-waisted Wasp - subfamily Sphecinae

Insects and Spiders — Flesh Fly - family Sarcophagidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Monarch Butterfly - Danaus plexippus

Insects and Spiders — Red Eyed Fly - family unknown

Insects and Spiders — Honey Bee - Apis mellifera

Insects and Spiders — Flesh Fly - family Sarcophagidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Edwards's Hairstreak (Satyrium edwardsii)

Insects and Spiders — European Skipper, Thymelicus lineola

Insects and Spiders — Unknown Grasshopper on Dried Flower

Insects and Spiders — Ebony Jewelwing - Calopteryx maculat

Insects and Spiders — Cicada - family Cicadidae

Insects and Spiders — Black Swallowtail - Battus philenor

Insects and Spiders — Jumping Spider with Prey - family Salticidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Mating Grasshoippers

Insects and Spiders — Flesh Fly - family Sarcophagidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Stinkbug - Extreme Macro

Insects and spiders - and more! This gallery features photos of insects and arthropods generally from southwest Michigan. The only insects you won't find here are dragonflies - who hae their own gallery.

In general I have attempted to identify the insect to at least the taxonomic family level to the best of my abilities. But I'm not an entomologist and identifications from photos is always a little iffy - so please do not consider my identifications to be authoritative at all. Hopefully they will point you in the right direction, though.

Enjoy!

Insects and Spiders — American Copper - Lycaena phlaea

Insects and Spiders — Flesh Fly - family Sarcophagidae (?)

Insects and Spiders — Monarch Butterfly - Danaus plexippu

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