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The Red-banded Leafhopper, Graphocephala coccinea, is a common insect, one of the most colorful of...

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Sharpshooters like this Draeculacephala antica are named for their habit of excreting waste with...

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All the members of the genus Cuerna look alike to me. I was surprised to find several specimens...

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This lovely little leafhopper, Chlorotettix necopinus, was sitting on Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria...

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Dr. Andy Hamilton was kind enough to confirm this image as that of a leafhopper in the genus...

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Aphids are generally tiny and gregarious. I found this Giant Willow Aphid, Tuberolachnus salignus,...

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My friend Jenyva Turner, a zookeeper at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, brought me some beetles recently...

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I almost literally ran into a herd of five wild Mule Deer, Odocoileus hemionus, on my most recent...

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Finally, a cooperative Dark-eyed Junco, Junco hyemalis, at City Park in Pueblo, Colorado.

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I got this image of a Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, through a gap in a line of planted...

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The galls of the Cooley Spruce Gall Adelgid, Adelges cooleyi, easily pass for cones. They...

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This amazing little ball is a growth produced by a wasp in the genus Acraspis (family Cynipidae). ...

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The Mossy Rose Gall is well-named. Produced by the egg-laying acitivies of the wasp Diplolepis...

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These blister-like growths are called "rough oak bullet galls," and they are produced when...

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I think nearly every plant must have a gall-maker. This cottony mass is made by a fruit fly in the...

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It is not just insects that can create plant galls. Fungi, bacteria, viruses, and mites like...

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This is Banksiola dossuaria, a type of giant casemaker caddisfly in the family Phryganeidae. Most...

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This lovely, silver-striped insect is Hesperophylax magnus, a type of "northern caddisflies" in the family Limnephilidae.

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