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Photos

cicada emerging on wood — 2023 1st Place Adult Contest Angela Mitchell Adult Cicada Emerging

blue and black insect on green leaf — 2nd Place Adult Contest Peter Socha You Look Marvelous

orange insect on small flowers — 3rd Place Adult Contest David Silsbee Great Golden Digger Wasp

green insect on green leaf — 1st Place Junior Contest Madison O. Grasshopper

insect sleeping in green plant — 2nd Place Junior Contest Ana-Marlene D Sleeping In

bumblebee on flower — 3rd Place Junior Contest Kamran B. Bumblebee Bliss

cicada emerging on wood — 2023 1st Place Adult Contest Angela Mitchell Adult Cicada Emerging

blue and black insect on green leaf — 2nd Place Adult Contest Peter Socha You Look Marvelous

orange insect on small flowers — 3rd Place Adult Contest David Silsbee Great Golden Digger Wasp

green and brown insect — Joe Gowac Face To Face

orange insect — Doug OBayley Dragonfly

white and black insect on wood — Katherine Malone Sleeping Giant

Chinese mantis looking off cement ledge — Michelle P. Chinese Mantis

yellow insect hiding on yellow and red flower — Miranda Crab Waiting to Strike

black and yellow insect on a green leaf — Pamela Tankard Humming Right Along

orange and brown insect on a green leaf — Robert Pare

brown insect on pink flower — Sherri Anne Martin The Dun Skipper

bee on a light orange flower — Ashleigh Dumont Bee Hugs

black, yellow, white insect on green stem — Spencer Antuna Climb Higher

red insect with wings on green stem — Stan Powell Rapsiora Vibrance in Vigilance

green insect with wings — Tami Blackburn Predator Becomes Prey

brown spider on blue netting — Tenisha Maloney Mama and Babies

two insects on a rock — Alyssa Lape Cicada Killer

bee flying to a pink flower — Andre Bolduc Megachile Visits Asclepias

dragonfly on a purple flower — Anne Schneider Make Dragonfly

two houseflies — Mohd Sibghatullah Khatib House Fly

orange, green, white, black insect on a green leaf — Ashley Marie Rose Just Out Of Reach

yellow, white, and black insect on a green stem — Carolyn Aubin Very hungry Caterpillar

two bees on a pink flower — Cindy Curry Busy Bumblebees

green and orange insect — Katy Luera A New Beginning

orange and black butterfly on a pink flower — Melissa Deacon Fritillary On Milkweed

First Place "The Broken Web" Zoey England
Second Place "Mattings" Enamul Kabir
Third Place "Australian Banded Digger Bees" Emily Bryan
Honorable Mention "Tasty To A Tanager" Merle Yoder
Honorable Mention "Busy As A Bee" Mary Newth
Honorable Mention "Love Fest" Loren Lewis
Honorable Mention "Tandem Pollination" Rachel Fiore

bee on white flower — Senior Entry – Getting Nectar – Cynthia Williams

insect on white flowers — Senior Entry – Before The Transformation – Esther Walker

bee flying to land on purple flower — Senior Entry – Coming in For Landing – John Gradzik

flying insect on orange flower — Senior Entry – Not Quite Camouflaged – Jill Benson

dragonfly by the water — Senior Entry – Catching Some Rays – Melissa Deacon

butterfly on thistle — Senior Entry – Swallowtail on Thistle – Richard Mitchell

bee on yellow flower — Senior Entry – They Were All Yellow – Amy Gousse

bee on red flower — Senior Entry – Full Pockets – Leah Eldridge

butterfly on orange flower — Senior Entry – Orange on Orange – Cindy Curry

butterfly on purple flower — Senior Entry – Tandem Pollination – Rachel Fiore

flying insect on purple flowers — Senior Entry – Visitor From Heaven – Beverly Mullen

insect on pink leaf with an ant — Senior Entry – Ant and Bug – Seto Wardono

spider on pink flower — Senior Entry – Hydrangea Spider – Michael Riley

two bees on orange flower — Senior Entry – Meeting of the Minds – Andrea McKenzie

Two Australian Banded-Digger bees (Amegilla cingulata) settling in for nights sleep. — Third Place “Australian Banded Digger Bees” Emily Bryan

flying insect on green plant stem — Senior Entry – How Wonderful Nature Is – Kavindi Premasiri

bee on white and pink flower — Senior Entry – Busy Bee – Kristy Manning

butterfly on white flower — Senior Entry – Monarch on Incarnata – Rich Meister

dragonfly — Senior Entry – Dragonfly Smiley Face – Ed Belensky

red, white and black insect on the end of the leaf — Second Place “Mattings” Enamul Kabir

butterfly on pink flower — Senior Entry – Little Tiger – Sharon Stone

butterfly on pink flower — Senior Entry – Peaceful Butterfly – Jessie Dautrich

butterfly on purple flower — Senior Entry – Butterfly at Blackledge Falls – Tessa Gianoni

A female Scarlet Tanager with some type of wasp in its beak. — Honorable Mention “Tasty To A Tanager” Merle Yoder

flying insect on orange chair — Senior Entry – Karen – Veronica Snyder

I was walking near a local pond when I saw this group bugs all "hugging" eachother — Honorable Mention “Love Fest” Loren Lewis

beetle walking — Senior Entry – Hey I’m Walking Here- Tony Ruggiero

insect resting in the shade on a green leaf — Senior Entry – A Shady Character – Doreen McWhirter

Butterfly and Hummingbird Moth line up on the Butterfly Bush, East Haddam, Ct — Honorable Mention “Tandem Pollination” Rachel Fiore

insect with wings on a green leaf — Senior Entry – Big Beautiful Eyes – David Silsbee

A trichonephila inaurata, commonly known as a red-legged golden orb-weaver spider, works to remove debris and patch up their web following a heavy rainstorm. Photo taken 05 July 2022 in Pamplemousses, Mauritius. — First Place “The Broken Web” Zoey England

Bee in Thistle — Honorable Mention “Busy As A Bee” Mary Newth

green and back beetle on leaf — Senior Entry – Good In Green – Mayson Tapia

dragon shimmer on plant — Senior Entry – Dragon Shimmer – Kimberly Wolfe

insect eating another insect — Senior Entry – Lunch Time! – Wafaa Haddad-Nesheiwat

swallowtail on purple flower — Senior Entry – Swallowtail of Summer – Heidi Astrella

orange and black insect — Senior Entry – Da Quest – QL Strachan

bumblebee on purple flower — Senior Entry – The Purple Flower and The Bumble Bee – Nicole Maskaitis

insect with wings resting — Senior Entry – Bronze God – Jeffrey Fast

butterfly on a red flower — Senior Entry – A Beautiful Guest in Our Garden – Atsuko Iso

butterfly resting on yellow flower — Senior Entry – Rest In Flower – Dheeraj Prajapati

praying mantis perched on wood — Senior Entry – Stationary and Perched Praying Mantis – Charles Elias

fly eating on leaf — Senior Entry – Feast Upon! – Nirmala V

ants moving down a stem — Senior Entry – Ant Farm – Katy Malon

the daring dragonfly — Senior Entry – The Daring Dragonfly – Mary Corcoran

yellow and black butterfly on a orange flower — Senior Entry – Wings Up! – Karen Pickles

butterfly on white flower — Senior Entry – Daisy and Pearl – Coral Ruggiero

green insect holding onto a green plant — Junior Contest Honorable Mention – Beleaf In Yourself! – Brooke Lariviere

bee on a yellow flower — Junior Contest Honorable Mention – Bee Work – Daniela Mei Atienza

bumblebee holding onto a flower — Junior Contest Second Place – Bumble Bee – Avery Rogulski

dragonfly on metal straw — Junior Contest Third Place – Happy Dragon – Cate McKenzie

Two houseflies mating — Junior Entry – Housefly Mating – Thejaswi Ketham

camper bug — Junior Entry – Camper Bug – Giuliana Pelkey

dragonfly resting on someone's finger — Junior Entry – A Social Sight – Caleb Page

two insects looking at each other — Junior Entry – Primary – Gianna Ruggiero

laughing caterpillar on branch — Junior Contest First Place – The Laughing Caterpillar – Sarah Shive

1st place - Junior - Arnav S. - "Alone in the Mist"
2nd Place Junior -Malcolm K. - "Bug’s Eye View"
3rd Place Junior - Grace Y. - "Hanging Around"
Honorable Mention - Junior - Mason B. - "Nature’s Masterpiece"
1st Place - Adult (tie) - Kristy Manning - "I've Got My Eyes on You"
1st Place - Adult (tie) - Audrey Pavitt - "Blue Damselfly"
2nd Place - Adult - Stacie Lambert - "Summer Colors"
3rd Place - Adult - Melissa Deacon - "Balancing Act"
Honorable Mention - Adult - Emily Lisy - "Afternoon Picnic"
1st Place Professional - Ed Belenski - "Mid-Day Nectar Snack"

Ana-Marlene D. – “Hang In There!”
Alyssa M. – “Vibrant Colors in Nature”
Olivia B. – “Yellow Swallowtail Butterfly”
Joy Tyler – “Splash of Sunlight”
Merle Yoder – “That’s a ‘Moth-ful’”
Karen Gallo – “Bees on Thistle”
Rachel Fiore – “Second Course”
Molly Deegan – “Damselfly and Dew”
Katie Hunt – “This Little Light of Mine”

1st place adult - Praying mantis on purple asters - Andrea Lavery
1st place junior - Bug on flower - Mallory L.
1st place professional - Bathed in light - Jacqueline Keller
"Steven" - 3rd place junior - Brendan C.
"Ladybug" - honorable mention junior - Ben L.
"The Magnificent Monarch" - 2nd place junior - Katelynn D.
Adult entry - no title
"Resting Beauty" - adult entry
"New Life" - Adult entry
"Black swallowtail caterpillar on bronze fennel" - Adult entry
"The King's Throne" - Adult entry
"Bee with Blue Wings" - Adult entry
"Bumble" - adult entry
"Monarch on milkweed" - Adult entry
"Eastern eyed click beetle" - Adult entry - honorable mention - Ulla Britt Roemer
"Dragonfly" - Adult entry - 3rd place - Emily Lisy
"Surfing the web" - Adult entry - 2nd place - Sylvia Gott

Tianhao Jiang - 1st place junior - Great Gymnast
Alice Han - 2nd place junior - Pretty Ladybug
Eric Han - 3rd place junior - Butterfly nectar
Elise Bennett - Brilliant Disguise - Tied for first place - adult
Robert Himmerlight - Lady Bug - Tied for 1st place - adult
Exit Stage Four - Julia Pratt - 2nd place adult
Rebecca Hawkins - Ambush - 3rd place adult
Amelie - Buddies
Sylvia Gott - Believe in Yourself
Jonathan Blank - Pollination By My Bee!
Travis - tree with gypsy moths
Lanaya - gypsy moths
Yalienis - moth
Azul - Gypsy Moth Line
Cardell - insect masses
Jiliana - moth
Alyssa - bee on lavender
Anthony - Bee Zoom
Aliah - moth front view
Alisha - Masses on tree
Lucas Hawkins - Amazing White Wooly
Ting Zhou - A Resting Butterfly
Bonnie Burr - bees in flower
Cara Workman - Hummingbird Moth
Anna Dietz - Bumblebee Fueling Up
Isaac Hawkins - So Painful
Harley Erickson - Monarch

Shin K. - "Busy Bumblebee"
Cooper L. - "Bug on the House"
Mallory L. - "Butterfly Day"
Ben L. - "Swifty"
Celine K. - "Bee's Love for Blackberries"
Honorable Mention - Junior - Mason B. - "Nature’s Masterpiece"
1st place - Junior - Arnav S. - "Alone in the Mist"
3rd Place Junior - Grace Y. - "Hanging Around"
2nd Place Junior -Malcolm K. - "Bug’s Eye View"
Shyann C.- "Grasshopper"
Celeste Estevez - "Pass the Pollen"
Diane Ryan - "Taste and Smell"
Seungman Kim -"Wanna Play Tennis?"
Marjorie Walker - "A Bit of Pink"
Patricia Turner-Massey -"A happy sight!"
Matthew Lisy - "Phantom of the Flower Garden"
Betty Walsh - "Walsh Bee at Wickham Park"
Honorable Mention - Adult - Emily Lisy - "Afternoon Picnic"
Joanne Eudy - "Bee on Rose"
Sage Park - "Perfect Match: Red and Yellow"
Justin Roch - "Green World"
Linda Aparo - "I always feel like someone is watching me . . ."
Sarah Bell- "Praying Mantis Brilliant Camouflage"
Sarah Bell - "Nectar Saddlebags"
Rebecca Maloney -"Jumping Spider"
Jill Harvey - "Red and Black in a Green World"
Nat Wyse - "Close Encounters"
Jill Benson - "Parsley for Breakfast"
Louise Mango - "Trying to Blend In"
3rd Place - Adult - Melissa Deacon - "Balancing Act"
Roslyn Hooley - "Eastern Pondhawk Dragonfly"
Michelle Winkler - "Pink Frenzy"
1st Place - Adult (tie) - Kristy Manning - "I've Got My Eyes on You"
Margaret Eustace - " Raspberry/Lavender Parfait"
Christine Acebo - "Hangs Out at Discos"
Saumya Singh - "Teeth Around Abdomen"
Heidi Riggs - "Clever Crab"
Matthew Lambert - "Busy Bee"
Elizabeth Grendziszewski - "Afternoon Snack"
2nd Place - Adult - Stacie Lambert - "Summer Colors"
Rajesh Therthala Veedu - "Blanket Worm"
Katy Malon - "Big World"
Glenn Wolff-Eisenberg - "Stuck at Home"
Lori Chadwick - "Lady Long Legs"
Joseph Russell Caron - "Ants and Bees"
Margaret Boissoneau - "A Monarch Miracle"
Blair Alden - "Busy day at Coneflower"
Patty Seaton - "Whee, I'm free!"
Carolyn Maloney - "The Forager"
Dawn Kolakoski - "Tarantula Hawk Wasp"
Mary Dombrowski - "Dragon on the Hill"
Nancy M McClelland - "The View From the Top"
Kim Casias
Stefanie Grusczak - "Monarch Orange"
Cyndee McManaman - "Change Is Beautiful"
Mary Kalencik - "Visitor"
1st Place - Adult (tie) - Audrey Pavitt - "Blue Damselfly"
Neil Almond - "Bee on Flower"
Karla Girling - "Bee utiful Wings"
Kristin Turk - "Picnic on a Blanket Flower"
Danielle Vaillancourt - "Backyard Beauty"
Phil Osella - "Just Emerged"
Carol Rosadini - "Praying Mantis on a Parched Plywood Plank"
Paramjit Singh - "Bee and Ants"
Jessica Kleiman - "My Early Morning Majestic Fly"
Alan Ponanski - "Out to Lunch"
Isséré Koutchedi -"Beautiful Butterfly"
Mariano Koutchédi -"Beautiful Butterfly"
Amanda Kuharevicz - "Dragonfly"
1st Place Professional - Ed Belenski - "Mid-Day Nectar Snack"

Cadence H. - "Bug on Dogwood Leaf"
Selahnna L. - "Posied for Action"
Cooper L.- "Ant on Flower"
Ben L. - "Cool Beetle"
Mallory L. - "Unknown Bug"
Andrew M. - "Sunny Wings"
Verity L. - "Bug Breakfast"
Kasia K. - "Butterfly"
Grace Y. - "Looking Fly"
Olivia B.- "Yellow Swallowtail Butterfly"
Paige W. - "Busy Bee"
Peter D. - "Climbing to the top"
Willard D. - "Dragonfly"
Marcus D. - "A bee-utiful morning"
Ana-Lois D.- "Peek a boo"
Kristen B. - "Dragonfly"
Hope R.- "The staring contest with the flashlight"
Abu H.- "Tuktuki (Lizard)"
Elizabeth W. - "Butterfly Drinking Nectar"
Rhiannon M. - "Always Seen But Still Feared"
Christopher P. - "Blue Morpho Visitor"
Adelyn V.- "Centipede Waterbug CT"
Kaylee V. - "Out of this world"
Julia D. - "Cicada"
Ana-Marlene D. - "Hang in there!"
Rachael T. - "Keeping it green"
Zachary C. - "Grasshopper"
Ashley G.- "Sand Hopper"
Ana C.- "Lady Bug Adventure"
Alyssa M. – “Vibrant Colors in Nature”
Melissa Deacon- "Bumble Bee on Cucumber Flower"
Joy Tyler - "Splash of Sunlight"
Harcourt Davis - "Monarch on Zinnia"
Emily Lisy - "Hanging on a stem"
Matthew Lisy - "Can't Shake the Feeling"
Christopher Chase - "Resting Dragon"
Merle Yoder - "That's a 'Moth-ful'"
Kate Bouffard - "Katydid on Canna"
Shanonn Mahon - "Busy Bee"
Cytil Thompson- "Stinking the Landing"
Pavel Kulinich "Bumblebee on flower."
Jakob Grzywinski - "Purple Attraction"
Melchevar Sabio - "Anthirsty"
Joseph Rusell Caron - "White Moth"
Joseph Rusell Caron - "White Moth"
Cathi Gulliksen - "Tomato Eater"
Cathi Gulliksen - "Tomato Eater"
Rebecca Kuslis - "Hummingbird Moth"
Rebecca Kuslis - "Hummingbird Moth"
Justin Roch - "Exquisite Perfection"
Justin Roch - "Exquisite Perfection"
Amy Bellone - "Pollinate"
Amy Bellon - "Pollinate"
Carey Jordan - "Fauna or Flora_ Rosy Maple Moths"
Carey Jordan - "Fauna or Flora? Rosy Maple Moths"
Howie Manley -"Praying Mantis"
Howie Manley - "Praying Mantis"
Irene Watson- "SweatBee"
Irene Watson- "SweatBee"
Wolf Bellm - "Morning Glory Visitor"
Wolf Bellm - "Morning Glory Visitor"
Denise Duval- "Brown legged grass carrying wasp"
Denise Duval- "Brown legged grass carrying wasp"
Thomas Fearney "Dragonfly at rest"
Thomas Fearney- "Dragonfly at rest"
MJ Blezard - "Taking a Break"
MJ Blezard - "Taking a break"
Andrew Lietz - "Moth in the morning"
Andrew Lietz - "Moth in the morning"
Colby Handwerk - "Dragonfly"
Kory Bracken - "Horsefly"
Kory Bracken - "Horsefly"
Diane Lindsay - "Yellow Tiger Swallowtail"
Laura Warner - "Beautiful Butterfly"
Michael Cyr- "Klotter Farms Butterfly"
Christina Dipaulo - "Hi bee"
Karen Gallo - "Bees on Thistle"
Katherine Bennett - "Sex in the City"
Jennifer Daniels - "Praying Mantis about to give birth"
Sherri-Ann Martin - "Milkweed beetle on Native Milkweed"
Katherine M. Cosiba - "Black Swallowtail delights in nectar of Wild Bergamot"
Linda Carlson - "GoodMorning"
Becky Sinosky - "Dragon Fly"
Brendan Nelligan - "Bizzy Bee"
David Driscoll - "Rest Stop"
Christine McCarthy - "Butterfly visiting larkspur"
Linda Black - "Slug Snack"
Diane Field - "Large brown bug on gray siding"
Kelly Murray - "Spring Bee"
Stefan Wawzyniecki - "Luna Moth June 2020 Bartlett, NH"
Toni Marie Constantinou- "Sharing in a time of distance"
Jackie Killelea - "A day's work"
Lori Calvert -"Stop to smell the roses"
Pamela Cyr-Long - "Visitor"
Elaine Bedard- "Dragonfly Landing"
Beth Dupre - "Tiger butterfly on Tiger Lily"
Mary Torello - "Bumble in the jungle"
Janet Muro - "Hummingbird moth enjoying bee balm"
Heather Heenehan - "Pollen Baskets"
Christine Penney - "So much for social distancing!"
Mindy Burke - "Dragonfly"
Becky Petro - "Sunflower Rest"
Becky Petro "Bee night flower"
Andy Becker - "Bug"
Bonnie Burr - "Bee Carrying Pollen"
Erica McKeon - "Cricket in Red"
Martha Lehman
Darlene McKeon
Bonnie Burr - "Grasshopper"
Bonnie Burr - "Bug"
Bonnie Burr - "Bee"
Bonnie Burr - "Bee"
Bonnie Burr - "Bee"
Alison Guinness - "Dragonfly"
Rachel Fiore- "Second Course"
Molly Deegan - "Demselfy and Dew"
Katie Hunt - "This Little Light of mine"

1st Place - Jeff Gonci - "Buzzy Bee" - Manchester, CT
1st Place - Julia Pratt, "Final Approach" - East Windsor, CT
2nd Place - Sylvia Gott - "Sunny Day Friend" - Colchester, CT
3rd Place - Kathy Lynch, "Praying Mantis" - Vernon, CT
1st Place - Ketishia, Willimantic, CT
2nd Place - Kalia, Willimantic, CT
3rd Place - Daeni, Willimantic, CT
4th Place - Amelie, Columbia, CT
Junior entry - Juliana, Willimantic, CT
Junior entry - Daeni, Willimantic, CT
Junior entry - Elias, Willimantic, CT
Junior Entry - Elias, Willimantic, CT
Junior Entry - Dereck, Willimantic, CT
Senior Entry: Christine Lowe, "Winged Blue Eyes"
Senior Entry: Pebbles Lacross, "My Aunt Bee"
Senior Entry: Carly Smith-Czaja, "Renaissance"
Senior Entry: David Colberg, "Dragonfly in Windsor"
Senior Entry: Nora Kling, "Japanese Beetle Overcomes Preconceived Notions of Ninja Warrior Athleticism"
Senior Entry: Eleanor Linkkila, "Monarch Caterpillar on Milkweed Plant"
Senior Entry: Harley Erickson, "Hoppin' By to Say Hi"
Senior Entry: Esther Offer Roberts, "Jiminy Cricket"
Senior Entry: Mariah Worbington, "One Shot One Dragonfly"

If you look carefully near the center of the flower, you will see a tiny adult syrphid fly. Photo by Donna Ellis, UConn.
A syrphid fly larva, or maggot. Photo by David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org.
A syrphid fly adult, also called a hover fly. These beneficial insects are often found hovering over flowers. Photo by Donna Ellis, UConn.
Cecropia moth caterpillar. Photo: Pamm Cooper, UConn Extension.
Looking for spicebush swallowtail caterpillars in the butterfly garden. Photo: Pamm Cooper
Bug Week walk yielded a predatory stink bug attacking a lady beetle. Photo: Pamm Cooper
Bug Walk. Photo: Pamm Cooper
Learning about pollinators at Auerfarm
Learning about pollinators at Auerfarm
Learning about pollinators at Auerfarm
Learning about pollinators at Auerfarm
Pests and Guests event with meal worm topped ice cream cones.