Animals

BEES & BUGS

Bees, ladybugs, beetles and more... the little things that flit and crawl about our lives.

A honey bee goes about her daily business.

Unlike the honey bee, bumble bees are native to Colorado.

This appears to be a leaf-cutter bee. These bees are solitary and not aggressive.

The ladybug is a member of a beetle family that has over 5,000 species.

They are considered useful insects that feed on aphids and other garden pests.

They are brightly colored to warn potential predators, such as lizards and small birds, that they are poisonous. A human, however, would have to eat several hundred of them before feeling any effects.

There are about 10,000 different species of Grasshoppers.

The so-called Mormon Cricket is actually a Shieldbacked Katydid and not a cricket at all.

The Mormon Cricket is flightless, but capable of traveling up to two kilometers a day in its swarming phase, during which it is a serious agricultural pest and traffic hazard.

The Jerusalem cricket (or potato bug) is neither a true cricket nor a true bug (and it doesn't prefer potatoes). It spends most of its life underground.

The Praying Mantis is a carnivorous insect that feeds primarily on other insects. It is not uncommon, however, for larger specimens to consume small reptiles, birds and mammals.

This Praying Mantis blends in with its surroundings and waits for its prey to wander into striking distance.

This Box Elder Bug stops to enjoy the view.

A flying Carpenter Ant passes quickly by.

A Dung Beetle hard at work

Pine Sawyer Beetles, a type of long-horned beetle, are known for their extremely long antennae.

The Violet Ground Beetle belongs to the group of beneficial beetles (or carabids).




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