Erika Hoenisch Elliott took this photo of a Katydid on a Zinnia growing in her Tehachapi yard.

Jessica Martin took this photo at her house in Bear Valley Springs of a Western Tiger Swallowtail butterfly nectar-feeding on a Butterfly Bush.

Jessica Martin took these photos of a female orb spinner spider that has been creating her geometric web in a lavender bush growing in Jessica…

Cheryl Sigler took this photo of a pair of Common Green Darner dragonflies as they were laying eggs in a pond at her parents' property in Bear…

Fall officially starts next week with the annual Autumnal Equinox occurring on Sept. 22. You don’t need a calendar, though, to feel the subtle…

Scott Hiebert took this photo of a Katydid in the Tehachapi Valley. Katydids are in the order of insects known as Orthoptera, which includes g…

Insects are the largest and most diverse group of animals on Earth, and we encounter different species of them every day. They are also the su…

Al Crisalli Jr. took this photo of a Cabbage White butterfly as it paused to nectar-feed on a lavender blossom. This very common butterfly is …

Joanne Beckett took this photo in her front yard in the city of Tehachapi of a Tarantula Hawk as it was nectar-feeding on some Narrow-leafed M…

One of the most interesting insects in the Tehachapi Mountains is large and predatory, but has no venom or toxins to subdue its meal: Praying …