A few insects to contemplate

I'm off to classes. I think today we are talking about invertebrate embryology, so I decided to put up a few of my recent 'captures' while bug hunting.

A busy bumblebee buried in pollen. There were at least two species on this Rose of Sharon shrub.

Mating Soldier Beetles. In honor of my reading the chapter on invertebrate embryology and sex this morning. Ever want to feel more normal about humans? Yeah... read about how bugs and snails and such do it.

Eastern Tailed-Blue (Everes comyntas) a member of the Lycaenidae family

Another Eastern Tailed-Blue, they were common along the meadow path.

Probably a Fritillary, family Nymphallidae

A Robber Fly, Dogmites species, family Asilidae