It is impossible to observe plants in the field without finding bugs also. Arthropods are as dependent on plants for shelter and food as the plants are on them for pollination and protection. Below are some pictures of plants and bugs interacting with one another. The files are large (1024 x 768) and make great desktop backgrounds and screensavers. The pictures cannot be used in any publication without permission. If you know the scientific name of any of these bugs, I would be interested in knowing also. Send me an email and let me know. Thanks.

Ambush Bug on Verbesina

Ambush Bug on Cocculus

A bee on Helianthus

Assassin Bug on Helianthus

Bee in Agalinis

Grasshopper on lichens

Spider on Oxypolis

Bug on Rudbeckia

Crab Spider on Opuntia

Fly on Helianthus

Swallowtail on Liatris

Bee on Agalinis

Bug on Rosa setigera

Crab Spider on Solidago

Bugs on Verbascum

Fly on the fly

Fly on Talinum

Bee on Aster

Daddy Long Legs

Bug on Lathyrus

Fly on Nothoscordum

Grasshopper on Rudbeckia

Mantis

Ambush Bug on Rudbeckia

Crab Spider on Gasteria

Leaf Bug instar on Phlox

Jumping spider on Helianthus

Bug on Bidens

Bug on Aster patens

Bee on Aster

Crab Spider on Eupatorium

Bug on Helianthus

Caterpillar on Oak

Fly on Potentilla

Butterfly on Helianthus

Mosquito on Tridax

Crab Spider on Polygonum

Spider Hawk and prey

Inchworm on catkin

Bug on Claytonia

Bug on Dandelion

Crab Spider with Fly

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