The following is a tribute to large invertebrates that I have found on my travels.

Fiery Searcher - Ohio.

Wheel Bug - southern Illinois.

Marbled Orbweaver - southern Illinois.

Polyphemus Moth - Ohio. Click here to read a Polyphemus story

Cactus Longhorn Beetle - Arizona.

False Tarantula - California.

Bess Beetle Grubs - southern Illinois.

European Hornet - Ohio.

Nebraska Conehead - Ohio.

Osmoderma scabra - Ohio (one of the Fruit and Flower Chafers with no Common Name) .

Giant Desert Hairy Scorpion - Nevada.

Jerusalem Cricket - California.

California Night-stalking Tiger Beetle - California.

Eastern Toebiter - South Carolina.

Blue Carpenter Bee - Nevada.

Spined Oak Borer - Ohio.

Sooty Longwing - Nevada.

Bess Beetle - southern Illinois.

Mojave Thread-leg Katydid - Arizona.

Luna Moth - Kentucky.

Longhorn Beetle - Nevada.

Annual Cicada - Ohio.

Fishing Spider - Ohio.

Ovate Shieldback - Nevada.

Darkling Beetle - Arizona.

Giant Carolina Wolf Spider - Nevada.

Praying Mantids - Ohio.

Pandora Sphinx Moth Caterpillar - Ohio.

Snail-eating Ground Beetle - California.

Solifuge - California.

Paper Wasp - southern Illinois.

Ironclad Beetle - Arizona.

Periodical Cicada - Ohio.

Male Water Bug carrying its eggs on its back - California.

Tarantula Hawk - Arizona.

European Ground Beetle - southern Illinois.

Tarantula - Arizona.