Robber fly is a voracious predator. This one has captured a honey bee on a citrus tree branch.

Mexican Amberwing, Perithemis intensa, pauses momentarily on the end of a bamboo stake.

Dragonfly smile.

Dragonfly wings glisten in late afternoon sun.

You have to look closely to see the well camouflaged walking stick insect.

The desert cicada makes quite a bit of noise. This one was found under a mesquite tree limb.

A pair of mesquite moths waiting for nightfall on the trunk of a mesquite tree.

Kissing bug or bloodsucking conenose.

Green fruit beetle, Cotinus mutabilis.

Green beetle feeding on mesquite tree pod.

This little creature basking on the leaf of an eggplant is a welcome visitor to the garden. It feeds on aphids and transforms into a lady bug or lady beetle at maturity.

Mature lady bugs.

Mealybugs on a coleus plant.

Mealybugs colony.

Young katydid. Their all green color makes them difficult to see on foliage.

Mature broad-winged katydid.

Scale insect on house plant stem.

Could be beneficial lace wing eggs. Individual eggs are on the end of each small strand.

Cactus longhorn beetle.

Cucumber beetles.

Centipede.

Lubber grasshopper in a mesquite tree.

Leaf-footed bug.

Crane Fly.

Adult Palo Verde Borer Beetle, Derobrachos geminatus.

Scorpion.

Parsleyworms. When threatened, the antenna go up on the parsleyworm to make it look more threatening.

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