Insects around Las Vegas

(The photos were taken between 2003 and 2006)

There are over a million different species of insects on Earth. Many are beneficial and some as beautiful as flowers. If approached carefully they are easier to observe than birds.

Here are some that you can watch in the Spring Mountains, Red Rock Canyon, Corn Creek, Lake Mead National Recreation Area and even in your own backyard...

Admiral	Admiral02	Admiral03	Anicia Checkerspot	Anicia Checkerspot02
Anicia Checkerspot03	Anicia Checkerspot04	Ant	Ants	Ants02
Arizona Blister Beetle	Arizona Blister Beetle02	Black Swallowtail	Black Swallowtail02	Boxelder Bug, young
Boxelder Bug, young02	Boxelder Bug	Boxelder Bug02	Boxelder Bug03	Branded Skipper
Branded Skipper02	Branded Skipper03	Buckeye on Sunray	Buckeye on Sunray02	Buckeye
Buckeye02	Bumble Bee and Lupine	Bumble Bee on Fireweed	Bumble Bee	Bumble Bee02
Bumble Bee03	Bumble Bee04	California Sister	California Sister02	California Sister03
California Sister04	Carol Fritillaries	Carols Fritillary	Carols Fritillary02	Carpenter Bee
Caterpillar in Mariposa Lilly	Caterpillar	Caterpillar02	Checkered Skipper	Checkered Skipper02
Common Water Striders	Common Water Striders02	Damselflies, laying eggs	Damselflies, laying eggs02	Damselflies, Laying eggs03
Damselflies, two pairs laying eggs	Damselfly	Damselfly01	Damselfly02	Damselfly03
Damselfly04	Damselfly05	Darkling Beetle	Darkling Beetles mating	Desert Checkerspot
Desert Checkerspot02	Desert Checkerspot03	Desert Swallowtail	Dragonfly-Brown Darner	Dragonfly-Red Skimmer
Dragonfly-Red Skimmer02	Dragonfly-Red Skimmer03	Dragonfly-Red Skimmer04	Dragonfly-Red Skimmer05	Dragonfly-Red Skimmer06
Dragonfly-Red Skimmer07	Dragonfly-Red Skimmer08	Dragonfly-Robust Pink Skimmer	Dragonfly-Robust Pink Skimmer02	Dragonfly-robust Pink Skimmer03
Fiery Skipper	Fiery Skipper02	Fiery Skipper03	Grasshopper	Grasshopper02