Kind of reminds me of a slice of lemon hanging there on the jewelweed.

I believe this is a Buckeye Butterfly. Interesting markings.

In Jurassic Park, the local wildlife always has its eye on you. In this case, it is the butterfly population that needs to be cautious. The mantids lie in wait in the tops of ironweed plants for unsuspecting butterflies.

An almost futuristic appearance...

...especially in the head area!

A passion flower, most likely of the Passiflora Incarnata variety.

After flying right past me and nearly taking my head off, this owl perched on a nearby tree. I immediately started shooting photos of him/her and slowly walking closer to get a better shot. Though the owl looked around as if nervous, it stayed there as I inched closer and closer. Eventually, I was almost directly below it and it was about 10 feet above my head. It finally looked directly at me and I got this shot. Just after I took this, the owl turned around and shot a load of "owl juice" my way. It was as if it had been expecting me to continue sneaking up on it and it had planned to "bomb" me. A few moments later it flew away.

The exact location where this owl was photographed can be seen by the waypoint marker on the map below.

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I think God put in a little bit of overtime on this guy. Like flying stained glass...

There can be no denying that these guys are really alien scout ships. Note the metal construction of the body (fuselage) and "head" (cockpit). Note too the serrated jaws. Though not visible in this shot, the underside of this bug (craft) reveals a complex hydraulics package for driving the mechanized wings. The two dark orb-like windows at the front give nearly 360 degrees of vision to the pilots.

A color version of the same tree you see below. Note the dark, shiny tubular "thing" on the right side, about 2/3 up from the bottom of the photo. I don't even want to think about what that is but I'm sure it slithers out of there from time to time and heaven help you if you happen to be there when it does...

This tree is located here...

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Behind every tree there's a new monster.
~Todd Rundgren

You lookin' at me? No, those are not pupils in the eyes of this praying mantis who was watching me walk by, but they sure made me fee creepy when I looked up at it. This carnivore is pretty much a killing machine that I, for one, am grateful does not exist in a size much larger than seen here. This one was too high for me to get a real good look at but I'd say it was about five inches in length. I could almost imagine servo motors whirring as it moved its head from side to side.