Mating Pipevine Swallowtails, Sacramento Co, CA, 4-7-13. Cropped imagel
Twelve-spotted Skimmer, Nevada County, CA, 8-5-12. Slightly cropped image.
The bee is Megachilid sp. The butterfly is an Orange Sulphur and the flower is an Alpine Aster (?).
Eight-spotted Skimmer, Mono County, CA, 7-26-12. Cropped image.
This is a Lustrous Copper butterfly, Lycaena cupre, feeding on Pussy Paws, photographed in Nevada County, CA, 6-22-12.
Bee species in our Prickly Pear Cacti, 5-29-12. This is not a Honey Bee. Cropped image.
Bee species in our Prickly Pear Cacti, 5-29-12. This is not a Honey Bee. Cropped image.
California Sister, Nevaday Co. CA. Illustrated and  Cropped using photoshop.
Striped Meadowhawks, Nevada Co. CA. This pair were hovering low in the grass, dipping down repeatedly, as if depositing eggs but not over water? Cropped image.
Mating Pipevine Swallowtails, Sacramento Co, CA, 4-7-13. Cropped imagel
Mating Pipevine Swallowtails, Sacramento Co, CA, 4-7-13. Cropped imagel
Mating Pipevine Swallowtails, Sacramento Co, CA, 4-7-13. Cropped imagel
See photo in original gallery.