Cuckoo Wasp art! I drew this using colored pencil and ink. It was challenging getting the textures and colors down, but I'm happy with it! I used one of my photos as a reference, where I managed to capture the brief moment with its wings raised up in this position. #cuckoowasp

A Sigmoid Prominent, 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘮𝘢. Found during a camping trip in summer 2024.

Here's some of my artwork! Metallic Green Hymenopterans! I've made these available as stickers in my Etsy shop! They're in limited supply, so come check them out while they're available! kbmacroart.etsy.com

A magnificent spider, this is 𝘛𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘢, The Silver Long-jawed Orbweaver. Found right on the edge of a small stream, this one held tight trying to blend in with it's surroundings as best it could while I went in close for some shots. What a beauty!

Check out those massive antennae on this tiny beetle! This is Eucrada humeralis, a member of the Ptinidae family.

SCORPIONFLIES! The first two shots look almost like a mirror image. But if you look closely you'll see the first is a female and the second is a male. You can tell the male apart from the female by its curved, scorpion-like "tail".

This beautiful wasp is Ibalia anceps, a parasitoid of wood wasps, like Pigeon Horntails. It seems pretty rare to come across one. This is the first one I've ever seen, and what a wonderful encounter it was! #parasitoid #wasps #insectphotography

A metallic wood-boring beetle, a member of the Buprestidae family, 𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴.

A 70-image stack of a Spring Fishfly found while camping last weekend. #fishfly #entomology #macrophotography

A White-Jawed Jumping Spider, Hentzia mitrata.

Acorn Weevil! What a goofy, cool looking bug!

One of the prettiest and most unique insects to exist. This is the Green Mantidfly. Neither a mantis, nor a fly, it is closely related to the Lacewing. #entomology #mantidfly #macrophotography #biodiversity

A sleeping Lunate Longhorn Cuckoo Bee, 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴!

A Longhorn Bee feeding in Missouri Ironweed

A very rarely seen Fungus Weevil, Eurymycter sp. Found on a recent macro walk.

A katydid in mid-molt.

Tachytes, sp. A solitary, predatory wasp that hunts primarily grasshoppers. They have beautiful green eyes, but they're very rare to see in my experience.

A dazzling combination of colors on this large White-banded Crab Spider.

Isozulia christenseni, a froghopper from South America. Colored pencil, marker, and ink. I've been doing a lot of random insect drawings lately. It is winter (a very cold one too!) and I have to be productive somehow... at least until warm weather arrives.

A Cowboy Beetle, drawn with colored pencil and marker. Anyone here still like traditional hand drawn art? Here's a video showing some of my process. #insectart #beetle #entomology