This 16 second video was created from two images. The time period between capturing the two images is 1 hour and 16 minutes. The images are stacked and aligned (registered), then the top layer`s transparency is slowly increased to reveal the size and shape relationship before and after metamorphosis. Keep in mind: In less than 1 hour and 16 minutes, the caterpillars skin split, shriveled and fell away, revealing the chrysalis. I found what appeard to be the face and legs laying on the ground below the chrysalis.
Image 1 (Time-stamped): The Monarch caterpillar hanging in J-shape from its silk pad.
Image 2 (Time-stamped): The Monarch caterpillar chrysalis
Banded Sand Snake (Sonora cincta)
This is one of the five snake species we have found on our Casas Adobes, Tucson, Arizona property. I found two of them yesterday, hibernating under bricks of a fire pit I was removing. This one is about 7 inches long, consistant with others I have found. They are harmless but will wake you up when you pick up a brick and reveal one.
#bandedsandsnake #arizonasnakes #snakesofarizona #backyardsnake
A Tucson backyard trail camera composite of a bobcat and rabbit. The individual photos were captured three minutes apart.
#trailcam #trailcamera #backyardwildlife #backyardwildlifehabitat #backyardphotography #tucsonwildlife #cameratrap #whyilovewhereilive #whyilovewhereilivetucson
The backlit leaves on this window covering vine create an image similar to stained glass art.
"The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera." - Dorothea Lange
A gorgeous Broad-billed hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) perches, in strong contrast, against a Palo Blanco (Mariosousa willardiana) tree with its white, peeling bark.
Image captured at @tohonochul, #tucsonarizona.
#broadbilledhummingbird #hummingbirds #birdphotographý #birdphotography🐦 #tucsonbirds #arizonabirds #arizonabirding
#broadbilledhummingbird
A monarch butterfly chrysalis on the third day. It takes approximately 14 days for the butterfly to emerge.
It`s midwinter, January 21. #tucsonarizona. I have questions. Will this butterfly continue migration? To Mexico? To California? Or, will it stay in Arizona at this late stage, then migrate north in the spring?
#monarchbutterflychrysalis #monarchbutterfly #monarchbutterflymigration
It is mid-winter (Jan 20, 2026) in Tucson, Arizona. I surveyed the milkweed yesterday and here is what I found:
1 Queen Butterfly Caterpillar (Danaus gilippus) 3/16" length.
4 Monarch Butterfly Caterpillars (Danaus plexippus) Various lengths from 3/8" to 2 1/4".
1 Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis
Tomorrow, I plan to transfer the chrysalis from the garden to the greenhouse where I hope I will be able to photograph its emergence to a butterfly.
#monarchbutterfly #backyardgarden #whyilovewhereilive #insectphotography
A short video, created from five still images, of a coyote walking toward our Tucson backyard trail camera then posing for a portrait.
White-Crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
Image captured at @catalinastatepark, located at the base of the #santacatalinamountains near #tucsonarizona.
I believe I have located the critter trail crossing on our property. Here`s a healthy, strong (shoulder, upper leg), beautiful, bobcat that crossed this morning. The temp on the info strip at the bottom of the pic is about 14Deg too low.
#bobcat #tucsonwildlife #arizonawildlife #backyardwildlife #casasadobes #tucson, #pimacounty #arizona
A Monarch butterfly caterpillar approaches an angry mob of aphids.
#monarchbutterflies #backyardwildlife #backyardgarden
#casasadobes #tucson #pimacounty #Arizona
A lot of activity at the backyard trail camera. Sometimes you don`t capture anything but last night there were coyotes, tons of rabbits, and a bobcat. I thought this pic of two coyotes was interesting? More to come . . . .
#trailcam pics of #backyardwildlife in #casasadobes #tucson #Arizona.
Name: Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
Location: Collin County, Texas
Date: Dec 27, 2025
This image shows a bird in fall/winter plumage; its summer/breeding plumage is darker with black markings and brighter yellow patches.
#yellowrumpedwarbler #warblers #birdidentification
Common Name: Question Mark
Scientific Name: Polygonia interrogationis
Location: @heardnsm Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary, McKinney, Texas
I`m not very familiar with butterflies so after I photographed this butterfly I made a notation of "?" for the subject indicating it needed identifying. Later, when I had access to a field guide, I learned that the common name of this butterfly is . . . . . . Question Mark.
#questiomark #questiomarkbutterfly #angelwingbutterfly #butterflyidentification
