Great blue heron at sunset in Newport News Park, VA

Great blue heron perched on a dead tree at sunset in Newport News Park, VA

Macro of a spider spinning its web

Macro of an eastern swallowtail butterfly taking a drink from a zinnia.

Macro of a cricket

Macro shot of an unknown (to me) species of bee.

A red-spotted newt in Hidden Valley, VA. There were thousands of them out that morning.

A damselfly resting on a fern frond at Freedom Park in Williamsburg, VA

A colorful dragonfly in Freedom Park in Williamsburg, VA

Macro of a dragonfly in Freedom Park in Williamsburg, VA

A dragonfly about to lift off from a twig in Freedom Park in Williamsburg, VA

A colorful caterpillar macro

Two green tree frogs hanging out in the bottom of a pail

Macro of a black widow spider

Cicada just after emerging from its nymph stage exoskeleton around 2am. Note the very pliable wing.

Bumblebee macro. Check out the proboscis.

Bird on a feeder with a sunflower seed in its beak.

Black rat snake on Rich Hole Trail

Bumblebee in a morning glory.

A female gypsy moth spotted on the Rich Hole Trail in Alleghany County, VA. I let her live, but I thought about it for a while.

Crabby lil fella.

Juvenile snapping turtle just emerged from the weeds beside a farm pond near Tazewell, VA. Give it a look at the X3Large size.