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Amadee Ricketts
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Jumping spider, how are you so cute and small?

#photography #macro #spring #garden #spider #pink
A small, multicolored jumping spider on a pink and yellow tradescantia flower, in soft natural light. Purple leaves extend on either side of the flower and the background is blurry dark gray to black. The photo was taken in Cochise County, Arizona, in May 2025.
December 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Crossvine flowers are popular with all kinds of insects, but some are too big to fit inside the flowers. Carpenter bees solve the problem by poking holes at the base of the flower to get at the nectar, and other insects follow along.

#macro #photography #insect #garden #arizona #spring
A large black carpenter bee drinks nectar from the base of a trumpet-shaped orange crossvine flower. The bee has poked a hole in the flower to get at the nectar, because it is too big to fit inside. The bee is surrounded by additional flowers, and the background is a blurry block wall. The photo was taken in Cochise County, Arizona, in April 2025. Two honeybees drinking nectar from the bases of trumpet-shaped orange crossvine flowers. The photo was taken in Cochise County, Arizona, in April 2025. A small butterfly with tan and cream-colored wings drinks nectar from the base of a trumpet-shaped orange crossvine flower. There is an additional orange flower in the frame along with blurry leaves. The photo was taken in Cochise County, Arizona, in April 2025.
December 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Window-screen lizard, in her element.

#lizard #macro #photography #spring #arizona
A small, slender lizard in silhouette on a window screen. The lizard is an Arizona striped whiptail, but none of its markings are visible because of the backlighting. The screen is a solar screen, designed to block sunlight as well as insects. So, the texture looks like thick lines of screen with little dots of light rather than a grid of little squares. The photo was taken in Cochise County, Arizona, in May 2025. A small, slender lizard in silhouette on a window screen. The lizard is an Arizona striped whiptail, but none of its markings are visible because of the backlighting. The photo is taken from a slight distance, so the window frame is visible along with blurry mesquite trees in the background. The photo was taken in Cochise County, Arizona, in May 2025.
December 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Ocotillo, best and strangest.

#flower #macro #desert #photography #spring
A bright red ocotillo flower on a thorny stalk, with blurry ocotillo stalks and a blue sky. The photo was taken near Tombstone, Arizona, April 2025. Bright red ocotillo flowers on thorny stalks, with blurry mountains on the horizon and blue sky. The photo was taken near Tombstone, Arizona, April 2025.
December 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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A springtime bee, with extra springtime.

#photography #bee #macro #spring #garden
A honeybee enters a trumpet-shaped orange crossvine flower. There is a second flower to the right of the frame, and some blurry foliage. The photo was taken in Cochise County, Arizona, in April 2025.
November 30, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Long-horned bees are very nice bees.

#insect #macro #photography #garden #flower #spring #bee
A long-horned bee, inside an orange flower. The bee is brown-gray and fuzzy with big gray eyes. There is some pollen on it. The flower is a desert globe mallow with a yellow center and pale green foliage. The photo was taken in Cochise County, Arizona, in April 2025. A long-horned bee, inside an orange flower. The bee is brown-gray and fuzzy with big gray eyes. There is some pollen on it. The flower is a desert globe mallow with a yellow center and pale green foliage. The photo was taken in Cochise County, Arizona, in April 2025.
November 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Baby katydid in the poppies

#insect #katydid #macro #photography #garden #flower
A small katydid nymph with long antennae stands on an orange poppy flower, surrounded by additional poppies. The photo was taken in Cochise County, Arizona, in April 2025.
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Baby katydid, star of the garden.

#insect #macro #photography #garden #spring #flower
A katydid nymph stands on a red clover flower. The katydid is very small and tan to yellow with black and white markings. It has looooooong antennae. The flower is pink-red and aggressively fuzzy. The photo was taken in Cochise County Arizona, April 2025.
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Shine on, shiny green bee.

#insect #bee #macro #garden #flower
A small, metallic green bee on a yellow and red prairie coneflower. The photo was taken in Cochise County, Arizona, in October 2024.
October 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Last day to sign up for my art blog before the next issue's out! This one's about retro tech illustration of computer plant life. 70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io

Here's the sneak peek, featuring Hom & Hom, Paul Kratter, Robert Tinney, and Michael Green
A selection of 1980s-era consumer technology grows out of a patch of green leafy plants. Several desktop monitors and landline phones sit on plants, two plants have floppy disks for leaves, and one tree has radar dishes for flowers with cables for vines. The artist is credited as "Hom and Hom," 1989. A frog sits on a microchip that's floating in a pond. A field of crops is growing computers on the left, game consoles on the right, and a row of "hybrid" labelled gaming computers in the center. Black and white pixel art of a desktop computer with vines and a tree growing on it, in a jungle, with old stone steps leading up to it.
September 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Jumping spider and ladybug share a moment on a wild sunflower.

#spider #insect #ladybug #photography #macro #summer #originalphotos #cute
A jumping spider and a ladybug stand on a wild sunflower plant. The spider has a yellow-orange back and golden tan face and legs, with big dark eyes. It perches on a flower bud, looking slightly down toward a red ladybug on a leaf. The sky behind the two is deep blue. The photo was taken in Cochise County, Arizona, in September 2024.
September 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Oh long-horned bee, how are you so pretty?

#insect #photography #macro #bee
A long-horned bee with pale eyes and yellow antennae holds on to a dry stalk of grass. The photo was taken in Cochise County, Arizona, in September 2024.
August 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Nom.

#garden #tomato #green #hornworm #macro #insect #photography
A green hormworm, eating a small unripe tomato the same bright shade as the caterpillar. The caterpillar is curving to the left, away from a stem of the tomato plant. Its head is hidden behind the tomato, and the background is blurry blue sky. Photo taken in Cochise County, Arizona, September 2024.
August 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Fancy golden bee fly, being fancy.

#insect #beefly #macro #photography #cutiefly #fluffy
A fluffy golden bee fly sits on a yellow flower bud with a green stem. There is a blurry yellow flower in the background. The fly is facing right and slightly downward, and it has a large, dark eye and a short dark proboscis. The photo was taken in Cochise County, Arizona, in September 2024.
August 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Hello, tiny spider.

#spider #macro #photography #tiny #garden
A very small baby flower crab spider, a few millimeters across, sits on a person's finger. The spider is pale yellow and there is a fingerprint in the frame, highlighting the scale. The photo was taken in Cochise County Arizona, in September 2024.
August 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Agave landscape at dawn

#landscape #photography #arizona #summer
An Arizona landscape with the dry flower stalk of an agave in the foreground. The flower stalk is roughly 15 feet tall with a tall central stalk and side branches. Behind the agave is a rolling valley leading to a hazy mountain range on the horizon. The photo was taken just after dawn, so the light is horizontal. Cochise County, Arizona, September 2024.
July 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Assassin bug, assassinating in the garden.

#insect #macro #bee #photography #garden #summer
An assassin bug, in shades of brown and green, eating a small bee. The bee in dark in color, covered in pollen, and on its back so its underside is visible. The photo is framed so that the whole bee is in the frame, but only the front half of the assassin bug. Cochise County, Arizona, September 2024.
July 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Hornworm, enjoying the tomatoes

#insect #caterpillar #garden #tomato #summer #macro #photography
A plump green caterpillar, a tomato hornworm, on a tomato stem. The caterpillar has white and dark gray markings on its sides, and is curled forward in a characteristic way. The photo was taken in Cochise County, Arizona, in September 2024.
June 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Cardinal, just winging it.

#bird #cardinal #arizona #summer #red #flying
A male cardinal, bright red, flies over a bird bath surrounded by greenery. The bird's shadow overlaps the water. The photo was taken with a game camera in Cochise County, Arizona, in June 2025.
June 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Praying mantis, upside down.

#insect #macro #photography
A green praying mantis is upside down, with blurry greenery and a patch of purple in the background. The frame is tight enough that only the insect's head, antennae, and upper body are visible. Photo taken in Cochise County, Arizona, September 2024.
June 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Breakfast of champion beetles

#insect #photography #macro #garden #summer
A red and black ladybug eats a dark red aphid, with other aphids on a nearby stem. The plant is silvery-green and slightly fuzzy. The photo was taken in Cochise County, Arizona, in September 2024.
June 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Long-horned bee, having a moment.

#insect #photography #macro #bee
A fuzzy long-horned bee stands on a purple aster with narrow purple petals. The bee is fuzzy and golden brown, with a greenish-gray eye. Its antennae are nearly as long as its body and segmented. The photo was taken in Cochise County, Arizona, in September 2024.
May 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Soldier beetle, soldiering on.

#photography #macro #insect #wildflowers
Backlit yellow flower petals with the shadow of a beetle on the other side of the wild sunflower. The photo was taken at sunrise and the background is black. Cochise County, Arizona, September 2024.
May 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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A very small tadpole, coming up for air.

#macro #tadpole #photography #water
A very small tadpole (probably a spadefoot) coming up for air in a mud puddle. The tadpole is facing the camera and has its mouth open at the surface of the muddy water. It's face is gray-brown with black markings around its mouth. To the right of the frame, a tiny springtail sits on the surface of the water. The photo was taken in Cochise County, Arizona, in August.
May 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Keeled treehopper, king of the harmless orange creatures.

#insect #macro #photography #orange
A bright orange insect faces the camera. The insect is a keeled treehopper (Antianthe expansa), and it is standing on a stem of sacred datura. The hopper has wide-set eyes, and its outer shell comes to a point on each side at the front. The points stick out horizontally just behind each eye, while the hopper's shell rises to a crest that runs from front to back. The background is blurry, but a couple of red nymphs of the same insect appear there. In the foreground, there is a blurry exoskeleton where an adult hopper has emerged from its nymph form. Cochise County, Arizona, August 2024.
May 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM