blister beetle Epicauta longicollis © S. Davidson, tarantula Aphonopelma sp. © S. Davidson and ten-lined June beetles Polyphylla decimlineata © D. Lightfoot

scarab beetle Megasoma sp. © D. Lightfoot, Katydid Paracyrtophyllus robustus © D. Lightfoot and firefly beetle Photinus sp. © D. Lightfoot

green bird grasshopper Schistocerca alutacea shoshone © S. Davidson, horse grasshopper Taeniopoda eques © S. Davidson and fork-tailed katydid Scudderia mexicana © D. Lightfoot

three-banded grasshopper Hadrotettix trifasciata © D. Lightfoot, camel cricket Ceuthophilus fusiformis © D. Lightfoot and grass cicada Beameria venosa © D. Lightfoot

Southwest Hercules beetle Dynastes granti © D. Lightfoot, crane fly Tipula sp. © D. Lightfoot and cypress sawfly larvaSusana cupressi © D. Lightfoot

varigated fritillary Euptoeita claudia © D. Lightfoot, digger wasp (Sphecidae) © D. Lightfoot and digger bee (Anthophoridae) © D. Lightfoot

tarantula hawk wasp Pepsis formosa © D. Lightfoot, pine chaffer scarab beetle Dichelonyx sp. © S. Davidson and robber fly Diogmites grossus with sand wasp Bembix occidentalis prey © D. Lightfoot