Little tree frog snoozing in the middle of a big leaf #frog #naturephotography #treefrog #amphibian #macrophotography

A cabin we were staying at near Canyon Lake, Texas had lots of mayflies and lacewings. This lacewing posed helpfully in a window - #macrophotograph #insect #invertebrates #lacewing #insectphotography #naturephotography

A Mecaphesa crab spider on a salvia flower for #Arachtober - #spider #spiderphotography #invertebrates #macrophotography

A furrow orbweaver for day 1 of #Arachtober - a pretty one, hanging from the web in a small bottlebrush tree - #spider #invertebrates #macrophotography #spiderphotography

Buttonbush flower. Butterflies and other pollinators love them - I managed to catch one unoccupied. Stem removed in Photoshop - #flowers #flowerphotography #naturephotography #buttonbush

Hoverfly in the grass. A pleasant surprise to find this wandering the back yard - #macrophotography #insect #invertefest #hoverfly #syrphid #toxomerus #naturephotography #flies

A long-horned bee at rest for a moment in the petal of a ruellia flower in the field - #insectphotography #bees #insects #naturephotography #invertebrates #macrophotography

Queen butterfly butterflying #butterfly #butterflies #naturephotography #insects

Leafhopper hanging out on a wedelia daisy in the garden - #insect #leafhopper #macrophotography #naturephotography #hemiptera

I've seen and shot lacewing eggs a few times, but I've never caught a row with the larvae emerging. They're so tiny and detailed, with those cute little pincers - #invertebrates #insects #lacewing #macrophotography #naturephotography

These little anoles are nice to have in the garden - always happy to pose for a photo, unlike the frantic striped lizards - #naturephotography #anole #lizard #reptile

A Southern pink moth, probably the most common lepidopteran in our garden. It's digging into a mealy blue sage flower, its favorite, and its host plant - #moths #insects #macrophotograph #naturephography #invertebrates

One of my favorite bee flies - these little Gerons turn up pretty often in our mistflowers - #diptera #flies #insects #invertebrates #beeflies #macrophotography #naturephotography

A little "wavy mucksucker" syrphid fly wandering on a daisy. There are some pretty far out eyes among the dipterans - #diptera #flies #insects #invertebrates #syrphid #macrophotography #naturephotography

One of my favorite little subjects, a katydid nymph. This one is moving into the middle of one of our mutabilis roses, picking up a little pollen - #macrophotography #naturephotography #insects #invertebrates #roses #orthoptera #katydidnymph

Green lynx spider with prey - #macrophotography #naturephotography #spiders #arachnids #invertebrates

Seen in the mistflowers - a geron bee fly. Named for its hunchback, from the greek for "old man" - #insectphotography #macrophotography #invertebrates #flies #diptera #Bombyliidae

Bottle fly in yarrow flowers in the garden. They can be pretty striking in the right light - #insects #flies #diptera #macrophotography #invertebrates

Sleepy orange butterfly in the field #butterfly #butterflies #macrophotography #invertebrates #naturephotography #insects

An anole in the garden. These laid back little lizards will sometimes let you get in pretty close if you move slowly - #reptile #lizard #anole #naturephotography

An anole on a pole, showing off that dewlap... #reptile #lizard #anole #naturephotography

Surveying the garden, I happened to notice a very small anole hanging out inside a pink hibiscus flower - #anole #lizard #reptile #macrophotography #naturephotography

Longhorn bee hanging out in the field under a Mexican hat flower #bees #insects #invertebrates #macrophotography

The katydid nymphs, at various stages of development, are among the most numerous macro subjects in our garden. I like those little beads at the base of the antennae - #macrophotography #katydidnymph #insects #invetebrates #katydid #orthoptera

The Barbara's buttons flowers can be counted on to attract a variety of critters. This green lynx spider stood out against the white - maybe not the best spot to lurk - #spiders #arachnids #invertebrates #greenlynxspider #macrophotography #naturephotography

This Mecaphesa crab spider has been lurking in our sage flowers for several days now. #spider #spiders #arachnids #crabspider #macrophotgraphy #naturephotography #invertebrates

Love these little long-legged flies - so photogenic - #macrophotograph #invertebrates #insects #flies #diptera #longleggedflies

Dragonfly in the field - widow skimmer? #insectthursday #macrophotography #naturephotograpjy #dragonfly #dragonflies #odonata #insects

Emerald flower scarab beetle in Barbara's buttons flowers. These buttons are not only pretty in their own right, but they attract lots of interesting polllinators - #naturephotography #insects #beetles #invertebrates #coleoptera #macrophotography

Very small green lynx spider, lurking in a dewy fleabane daisy #spiders #arachnids #invertebrates #macrophotography

Anole couple - looks like he's whispering sweet nothings in her ear - #naturephotography #lizard #anole #reptile

Striped horse fly - amazing eyes - #macrophotography #diptera #insects #naturephotography #flies #invertebrates

I caught this couple of hoverflies in flight, doing what couples do - #insects #diptera #macrophotography #invertebrates #flies #naturephotography

An interesting fly for Friday - this feather-legged fly (Trichopoda) was hanging out in a field near the house - #insects #invertebrates #diptera #macrophotography #naturephotography

Orchard orbweaver in the garden, gazing at the fly she captured (and has been eating on) - #InverteFest #spider #arachnid #macrophotography #naturephotography #invertebrates

Kern's flower scarab, grazing in one of our gerbera daisies #invertefest #beetle #insect #macrophotography #naturephotography

Crab spider in the garden #spider #crabspider #mecaphesa #macrophotography #arachnid #naturephotography

Wheel bug nymph, one of several assassin bug nymphs sighted at the Zilker Botanical Garden today - pretty little killers - #insect #invertebrates #macrophotography #assassinbug #naturephotography

Working in the garden, I saw some movement down in the dead leaves. I looked closer and saw this little long-jawed orbweaver moving around. Fortunately, the camera with macro lens was nearby - #macrophotography #spiderphotography #spider #tetragnatha #naturephotography

Black halictid sweat bee working the stamens of a yellow mutabilis rose. Interesting to watch them writhing through the stamen forest - #macrophotography #bee #sweatbee #halictid #naturephotography #insectphotography #insect

A hoverfly in a mutabilis rose, picking up some pollen - #macrophotography #macro #MacroMonday #insect #flower #naturephotography #hoverfly #diptera #syrphid

This little crab spider was wandering around the new foliage in a rose bush - #crabspider #spider #naturephotography #macrophotography #Mecaphesa

This green anole was resting on the frame of a patio chair - #macrophotography #naturephotography #lizard #anole #reptile

A greater earless lizard on the trail, Pedernales State Park, Texas - #reptiles #lizard #naturephotography

A green anole in the garden. These guys don't seem to be too bothered by the camera, and will allow a fairly close approach (unlike the striped lizards). #anole #lizard #reptile #naturephotography #macrophotography

There were lots of these common mestra butterflies in the woods - these two were lit by the sun with dark shade behind them - #butterfly #butterflies #insect #invertebrates #naturephotography

Crab spider and ant, in a hibiscus flower. The spider didn't seem particularly interested - maybe not a fan of ants - formic acid? #invertebrates #ants #spider #crabspider #macrophotography #naturephotography

Field scene on a dewy December morning #macrophotography #droplets #naturephotography

One of nature's more interesting oddities, I think - a lacewing larva in the garden, carrying on its back a pile of what is presumably the remnants of its prey after it's sucked out their juices -

A variegated fritillary butterfly in a field on a sunny day - #butterfly #naturephotography #macrophotography #insect #invertebrates