Big Sand Tiger Beetle (Cincindela formosa generosa)

coleoptera, insects, macro, wildlife, wildlife photography
Big Sand Tiger Beetle, Sand Prairie Conservation Area, Scott County, MO.
f/16, 1/160 sec., ISO-640, 234 mm focal length equivalent.
Big Sand Tiger Beetle, Sand Prairie Conservation Area, Scott County, MO.
f/16, 1/160 sec., ISO-640, 234 mm focal length equivalent.
Big Sand Tiger Beetle, Sand Prairie Conservation Area, Scott County, MO.
f/16, 1/160 sec., ISO-640, 234 mm focal length equivalent.

Dashing Blue Dashers

insects, macro, odonata, wildlife, wildlife photography
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) – f/8, 1/160 sec., ISO-200, 520 mm focal length equivalent
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) – f/8, 1/200 sec., ISO-160, 520 mm focal length equivalent
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) – f/8, 1/160 sec., ISO-200, 520 mm focal length equivalent
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) – f/11, 1/160 sec., ISO-320, 520 mm focal length equivalent

WGNSS Nature Photo Group Travels to Snake Road

herps, WGNSS Field Trips, wildlife, wildlife photography
Timber Rattlesnake feeling safe. f/7.1, 1/60 sec., ISO-640, 205 mm focal length equivalent.
Cottonmouth letting its freak flag fly. f/5, 1/160 sec., ISO-640, 322 mm focal length equivalent.
Missing Muppet? f/5. 1/125 sec., ISO-1600, 342 mm focal length equivalent.
Cottonmouth found at Larue Road. f/5, 1/125 sec., ISO-1600, 342 mm focal length equivalent.
Cottonmouth closeup. f/7.1, 1/100 sec., ISO-1600, 520 mm focal length equivalent.
Green Treefrog. f/5.6, 1/200 sec., ISO-640, 520 mm focal length equivalent.
Larue “Snake” Road, Autumn 2019. f/5, 1/100 sec., ISO-1250, 213 mm focal length equivalent.

Swamp Metalmark – Calephelis muticum

insects, Lepidoptera, macro, wildlife, wildlife photography
Swamp Metalmark – 234 mm focal length equivalent, f/14, 1/125 sec., ISO-640

These special butterflies, endangered or threatened across much of their small range, have their stronghold in the state of Missouri. These images were taken in St. Francis Co., MO.

Swamp Metalmark – 234 mm focal length equivalent, f/14, 1/80 sec., ISO-640
Swamp Metalmark – 234 mm focal length equivalent, f/18, 1/60 sec., ISO-640
Swamp Metalmark – 234 mm focal length equivalent, f/18, 1/60 sec., ISO-640
Swamp Metalmark – 234 mm focal length equivalent, f/18, 1/80 sec., ISO-640

Hawn State Park – Orchid Valley

landscape, native plants, WGNSS Field Trips
Orchid Valley – 20 mm focal length equivalent, 1/60 sec., ISO-160, Aperture value not recorded
Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-pulpit- 20 mm focal length equivalent, 1/15 sec., ISO-640, Aperture value not recorded
Rhododendron prinophyllum (roseshell azalea) – 20 mm focal length equivalent, 1/40 sec., f/11, ISO-250

Orchids of Missouri – Green Adder’s Mouth (Malaxis unifolia)

Missouri's Orchids, native plants
Green Adder’s Mouth Orchid, 234 mm focal length equivalent, f/16, 1/60 sec., ISO-640
Green Adder’s Mouth Orchid, 234 mm focal length equivalent, f/16, 1/60 sec., ISO-640
Green Adder’s Mouth Orchid, 20 mm focal length equivalent, f/8, 1/80 sec., ISO-640
Green Adder’s Mouth Orchid, 403 mm focal length equivalent, f/16, 1/80 sec., ISO-640
Green Adder’s Mouth Orchid, 403 mm focal length equivalent, f/18, 1/80 sec., ISO-640