In the Eye of the Beholder...

Insects, bugs, creepy crawlers... they live in a different world, annoyed by us as much as we're annoyed by them, but still, they belong, they benefit, they play a part in our world. Such fascinating creatures... from a safe distance, anyway. Several have posed for me here in Long Hollow...

A grasshopper...

...a spider Daniel and I spotted this past weekend... 

...a walking stick I caught peeking in our front door...

...Daddy-Long-Legs (so much personality!)

... I have no idea what this is!

...a horsefly (I'd rather not have seen this, either!)

... an orbweaver spinning her web...

...several of this one because it posed so sweetly for me...

...a delicate little moth on my favorite purple flowers (prairie verbena)

...another pretty winged creature...

...not from Long Hollow (I had to go to Kansas to get it!) but it was a trophy photo for me...

But my photos can't compare to those of Dr. John Abbott, Curator of Entomology at the Texas Natural Science Center at the University of Texas and nature photographer. Using high-speed photography, he reveals surprising beauty-in-motion that we can't see with our naked eye.
John sells his images, so I can't post any here, but check out this short slideshow by Lee Clippard (click here) or go to John's website here: Abbott Nature Photography to see them. Truly art in nature.