beetles – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Spotted Orbweaver With Prey At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|August 19th, 2026|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Spotted Orbweavers|Tags: adult, autumn, beetle, beetles, bottomland hardwood forest, bottomlands, fall, June Beetle, June Bug, morning, natural, Neoscona crucifera, orbweaver, orbweavers, spider, spiders, spotlight, Spotted Orbweaver, web|

Earlier this month, I photographed a Spotted Orbweaver with prey from my vehicle on the auto tour road at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge.

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Horned Passalus Beetle Photos From Oklahoma

By Mia McPherson|July 26th, 2023|Categories: Horned Passalus Beetles, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, beetle, beetles, bess beetles, Betsey Beetles, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, crawling, decaying, fallen, food, Horned Passalus Beetle, insects, log, Odontotaenius disjunctus, Patent-leather Beetles, searching, spring, tree, wood|

I'm focusing on beetles this morning. More precisely, I'm sharing Horned Passalus Beetle photos that I took at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

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Early July Wildflowers In The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|July 16th, 2022|Categories: Blue Elderberry, Morgan County, Musk Thistle, Parsnipflower Buckwheat, Silvery Lupine, Spearleaf Arnica, Sticky Purple Geraniums, Summit County, Utah, Washington County, Wood's Rose|Tags: Arnica longifolia, bee, beetles, blooming, blooms, blossoms, Blue Elderberry, buds, canyon, Carduus nutans, Eriogonum heracleoides, Geranium viscosissimum, Lupinus argenteus, mountains, Musk Thistle, Parsnipflower Buckwheat, ravine, Rosa woodsii, rosebuds, Sambucus cerulea, Silvery Lupine, Spearleaf Arnica, Sticky Geranium, summer, wildflowers, Woods' Rose|

I wanted to share some of the wildflowers I photographed in the first part of July that I have found in Summit and Morgan Counties high in the Wasatch Mountains.

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Ornate Checkered Beetle In Sticky Purple Geraniums

By Mia McPherson|July 1st, 2022|Categories: Ornate Checkered Beetles, Sticky Purple Geraniums, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: beetle, beetles, blooming, blooms, blossoms, canyon, flowering, geranium, Geranium viscosissimum, geraniums, insects, mountains, native, Ornate Checkered Beetle, perennial, pink wildflowers, protocarnivorous, purple wildflowers, Sticky Geranium, Sticky Purple Geranium, summer, Trichodes ornatus, wildflower, wildflowers|

When my trips to the field are slow bird-wise there is always something else to focus on. Earlier this week it was an Ornate Checkered Beetle on Sticky Purple Geraniums.

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