Title: Brine Flies on the shoreline of the Great Salt Lake
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 6/27/2012
California Gull with Brine Flies in flight
Mia McPhersonTitle: California Gull with Brine Flies in flight
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 6/18/2012
Yellow-headed Blackbird male about to grab a midge from the air
Mia McPhersonTitle: Yellow-headed Blackbird male about to grab a midge from the air
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/16/2012
Brine flies in flight with pupal casings on the rocks
Mia McPhersonTitle: Brine flies in flight with pupal casings on the rocks
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/7/2011
Swarm of Brine Flies
Mia McPhersonTitle: Swarm of Brine Flies
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/7/2011
California Gull hunched down chasing brine flies
Mia McPhersonTitle: California Gull hunched down chasing brine flies
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/29/2011
California Gull running after brine flies
Mia McPhersonTitle: California Gull running after brine flies
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/29/2011
California Gull chasing brine flies with its wings up
Mia McPhersonTitle: California Gull chasing brine flies with its wings up
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/29/2011
One California Gull actively feeding, the other is passively feeding
Mia McPhersonTitle: One California Gull actively feeding, the other is passively feeding
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/29/2011
California Gull in a thick cloud of brine flies
Mia McPhersonTitle: California Gull in a thick cloud of brine flies
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/29/2011
California Gull chasing brine flies with its bill open
Mia McPhersonTitle: California Gull chasing brine flies with its bill open
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/29/2011
Midge nado
Mia McPhersonTitle: Midge nado
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/13/2011
Midges in flight in a marsh
Mia McPhersonTitle: Midges in flight in a marsh
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/13/2011
Midge tornadoes
Mia McPhersonTitle: Midge tornadoes
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/13/2011
Male Yellow-headed Blackbird with midges
Mia McPhersonTitle: Male Yellow-headed Blackbird with midges
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/13/2011
Clark’s Grebe with midges floating on the water
Mia McPhersonTitle: Clark’s Grebe with midges floating on the water
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/13/2011
California Gull chasing Brine Flies along the causeway
Mia McPhersonTitle: California Gull chasing Brine Flies along the causeway
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/2/2009
Lance-leaf Arrowhead and a Honey Bee
Mia McPhersonTitle: Lance-leaf Arrowhead and a Honey Bee
Location: Lake Carillon, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 4/18/2009
Native, aquatic
Sugarcane Beetle grub on Egmont Key
Mia McPhersonTitle: Sugarcane Beetle grub on Egmont Key
Location: Egmont Key, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 4/5/2009
Towering Jacob’s-ladder and American Hoverfly
Mia McPhersonTitle: Towering Jacob’s-ladder and American Hoverfly
Location: Big Cottonwood Canyon, Brighton, Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 7/29/2008
Native
Western Spotted Orbweaver (Neoscona oaxacensis)
Mia McPhersonTitle: Western Spotted Orbweaver (Neoscona oaxacensis)
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 7/28/2008
Neoscona oaxacensis or Western Spotted Orbweaver
Mia McPhersonTitle: Neoscona oaxacensis or Western Spotted Orbweaver
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 7/28/2008
Western Spotted Orbweaver on the causeway to Antelope Island
Mia McPhersonTitle: Western Spotted Orbweaver on the causeway to Antelope Island
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 7/28/2008
Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) on a Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)
Mia McPhersonTitle: Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) on a Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 7/28/2008
Native
Saffron-winged Meadowhawk female on milkweed
Mia McPhersonTitle: Saffron-winged Meadowhawk female on milkweed
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 7/28/2008
Four-spotted Pennant juvenile female?
Mia McPhersonTitle: Four-spotted Pennant juvenile female?
Location: Roosevelt Wetland, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 7/4/2008
Golden Odonata – Female Scarlet Skimmer
Mia McPhersonTitle: Golden Odonata – Female Scarlet Skimmer
Location: Roosevelt Wetland, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 6/29/2008
Mating Halloween Pennants
Mia McPhersonTitle: Mating Halloween Pennants
Location: Roosevelt Wetland, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 6/28/2008