So, fun fact: some tarantulas keep little toads in their dens. The toad eats little bugs that could be harmful to the tarantula or vulnerable eggs and babies, and, well, with a bodyguard like that, nobody’s going to fuck with the toad.
My city leaves the grass next to a river bank long and thousands of grasshoppers live there. It seems a little late in the year to copulate, but that isn’t stopping this couple.
I was in search of crab spiders and happened upon this ambush bug snacking on a fly. Like many other assassin bugs they inject a digestive enzyme into their prey to liquify their insides that they then drink up like a milkshake.
The humble Luna moth (*Actias luna*). This is an old photo from a few years ago in June. I’ve only ever seen this one specimen, but I’ve been enchanted since. He was quite a model.