Insects & Arachnids
Submissions from You Can Draw a Canada Goose from June and a pipevine swallowtail from July.
Mailbox, November 2021: Space-X Capsule
Creation Close-ups, November 2021: Pipevine Swallowtail
Focus Illustrated, October 2021
Favorite Focus, October 2021
Launching Caterpaults
Once upon a time, in the middle of September, I decided I wanted to launch caterpillars on rockets. I have been interested in caterpillars and in rockets for as long as I can remember.I first tried...
Mailbox, October 2021: Black Swallowtail Chrysalises
Creation Close-ups, October 2021
Wondernose: What insect can build mud houses over twenty feet tall?
Termite nest, ©Alfotokunst/Dreamstime.com That sounds pretty magnificent, doesn’t it, Wondernose? And really it is, but that isn’t the only dwelling place these insects have. They are very...
Pictures and Poems, October 2021
Swarms of Excitement
©Janis Maleckis/Dreamstime.com Bethany could hear the excited voices of her brothers outside the window. It was noon, and lunch was almost ready. Now this?“What’s going on?” she asked her sister...
Focus Illustrated, September 2021
Creation Close-ups, September 2021: Mallard
Living Lights
My eyes were glued to the western sky as I searched the darkness for incoming lights. Although it was the fourth of July, 2021, I wasn’t watching a fireworks display, nor was I looking for an...