Webonizer 142 18 http://www.shawnolson.net http://www.shawnolson.net/sitemedia/shawnolsoncreativearts.gif http://www.shawnolson.net/ Creative Art, Writing, Photography and More http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1445/ambush-bugs.html Photos of ambush bugs waiting for prey, posing oddly and eating bees. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2009-07-23T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1444/green-and-orange-jumping-spider.html These are photos of a large multi-colored jumping spider eating a bug. The spider has distinctive orange, brown and green patterns. Shot in Ohio. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2009-07-14T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1410/molting-cicada.html Photos of a nymph dog day cicada molting. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2008-08-13T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1409/fly-in-the-sky.html Photos of bee flies, scorpion flies and other odd flies. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2008-07-26T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1406/spiders-in-pursuit-of-prey.html Photos of spiders stalking, hunting and eating prey. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2008-07-25T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1405/grapevine-beetle.html Photos of the Grapevine Beetle, a large orange beetle with black dots on its wings. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2008-07-04T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1404/fishing-spider.html Photos of large fishing spiders that hunt on the surface of ponds and creeks. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2008-06-25T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1402/the-daddy-long-legs-harvestman-myth.html Photos of the Harvestman, also known as the Daddy Long Legs Spider. This creature is not a spider and is not venomous. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2008-06-21T-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1382/wildlife-photos.html Intriguing photos of wildlife and nature. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2007-10-28-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1380/funny-animals.html Photos of animals being silly at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2007-09-27-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1373/walking-stick-insect.html Photos and video footage of a Walking Stick (Stick Insect). ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2007-08-02-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1372/ruby-throated-hummingbird.html Photos and video of the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2007-08-01-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1368/beetles.html Photos of beetles as well as informative links. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2007-07-07-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1367/young-praying-mantis.html Photos of some young praying mantises. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2007-07-06-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1358/mountain-lion.html Photos and video of the Mountain Lion, also known as the cougar, puma and panther. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2007-04-19-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1337/shark-video.html Video footage of a shark at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2007-01-01-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1329/white-bees.html Photos of hairy white and black bees with green eyes. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2006-11-24-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1326/spiders.html Photos of spiders in Ohio and Misssouri. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2006-11-09-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1316/pallas-cat.html Photos and video of the Pallas Cat from the Asia Quest exhibit at the Columbus Zoo. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2006-10-08-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1315/wolf-photos.html Photos and video of wolves at the Columbus Zoo, including the Timber Wolf and Mexican Wolf. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2006-10-08-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1313/assassin-bug-photos.html Photos and short video of assassin bugs. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2006-09-20-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1310/water-scorpion-photos.html Photos of the Water Scorpions (Water Stick Insect), which are large predatory bugs. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2006-08-21-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1308/battelle-darby-creek-park.html Some photos and video of creatures at Battelle Darby Park in western Franklin County, Ohio. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2006-08-18-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1295/five-lined-skink.html Photos of the Five-Lined Skink, a blue-tailed lizard in Missouri, United States. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2006-07-03-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1292/missouri-toad.html Photos of a toad in Missouri. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2006-06-28-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1290/leafhopper-photos.html Photos of leafhoppers found in Kansas City, Missouri. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2006-06-20-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1285/ohio-salamanders--tadpole-photos.html Photos of salamander tadpoles living in vernal pools of Central Ohio. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2006-05-28-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1281/frog-photos.html Photos of various frogs from Central Ohio and the Columbus Zoo. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2006-04-26-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1280/water-strider-photos.html Photos of Water Striders gliding on water and mating. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2006-04-26-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1271/longnose-gar-photos.html Photos of my longnose gar after it has grown over a foot in length. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2006-04-20-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1270/arizona-scorpion-photos.html Photos of scorpions in the Arizona desert. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2006-04-17-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1269/arizona-wildlife-photos.html Photos of wild creatures in Arizona from the Sonoran Desert to the Grand Canyon. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2006-04-17-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1242/snake-photos.html Some photos of snakes at the Columbus Zoo. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2006-02-15-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1200/longnose-gar.html Photos of the Longnose Gar, a large pike-like fish found in Ohio rivers. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2005-11-19-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1186/apes.html Some photos of apes, including gorillas and bonobo chimpanzees. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2005-10-19-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1185/rhinoceros.html Photos of a rhinoceros at the Columbus Zoo. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2005-10-19-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1184/wolves.html Photographs of wolves. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2005-10-19-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1183/flies-on-cattails.html Some photos on cattails in November. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2005-10-19-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1170/hickory-horned-devil.html Photos of the Regal Moth Caterpillar, also known as the Hickory Horned Devil. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2005-09-05-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1134/mantidfly-photos.html Photos of a mantidfly, a predatory insect related to lacewings. The insect is easily confused with the praying mantis. It is a mantis mimmick. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2005-07-07-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1120/orangutan-photos.html Photos of a couple orangutans at the Columbus Zoo. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2005-06-09-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1066/purple-grasshopper.html Photos of a purple grasshopper with green eyes found in the grass on a mild February afternoon. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2005-02-19-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/903/bugs-and-butterflies.html Pictures of bugs and butterflies ]]> Wildlife Photos Jennifer Pugh 2004-10-08-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/902/snapping-turtle.html Photos of a snapping turtle ]]> Wildlife Photos Jennifer Pugh 2004-10-08-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/900/hummingbird-pictures.html Pictures from my grandmother's home in Pa. ]]> Wildlife Photos Jennifer Pugh 2004-10-08-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/890/more-grasshoppers.html Pictures of some more grasshoppers ]]> Wildlife Photos Jennifer Pugh 2004-09-30-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/889/gasshopper-photos.html Photos of some grasshoppers ]]> Wildlife Photos Jennifer Pugh 2004-09-30-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/888/locust-borer.html Photos of a yellow, black and red beetle called the Locust Borer. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-09-30-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/887/aphids.html Photos of the bizarre dancing behavior of aphids. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-09-30-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/878/caterpillars.html Caterpillar photos from 2004. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-09-28-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/877/spiders.html Spiders caught on film. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-09-26-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/875/spiny-assassin-bug.html Photos of a spiny assassin bug. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-09-25-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/872/carolina-mantis.html Photographs of a carolina mantis. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-09-23-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/867/baby-rodent-photos.html Some photos of baby rodents. ]]> Wildlife Photos Jennifer Pugh 2004-09-19-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/861/mating-mantids.html Photos of mating mantids. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-09-15-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/857/spider-webs.html Spider web photos from a foggy morning with dew covering the webs. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-09-11-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/854/insect-pictures.html A few pictures from Darby Park ]]> Wildlife Photos Jennifer Pugh 2004-09-08-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/845/praying-mantis-photos-ii-by-jenny.html Pictures taken of a praying mantis on 9-2-04 ]]> Wildlife Photos Jennifer Pugh 2004-09-02-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/839/yellow-jacket-wasps.html Photos of a hive of yellow jacket wasps. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-08-28-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/837/praying-mantis-photos-by-jenny.html Some pictures of a praying mantis ]]> Wildlife Photos Jennifer Pugh 2004-08-27-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/835/caterpillar-photos-by-jenny.html Photos of a brown caterpillar ]]> Wildlife Photos Jennifer Pugh 2004-08-27-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/828/gibbons.html Gibbon photos from the Columbus Zoo. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-08-25-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/827/flamingos.html Flamingo photos from the Columbus Zoo. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-08-23-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/824/columbus-zoo-gibbon-photos-by-jenny.html Pictures taken at the Columbus Zoo of the Gibbons. ]]> Wildlife Photos Jennifer Pugh 2004-08-21-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/823/columbus-zoo-aquarium-photos-ii-by-jenny.html Some pictures that I took of the aquarium at the Columbus Zoo ]]> Wildlife Photos Jennifer Pugh 2004-08-21-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/822/columbus-zoo--aquarium-photos--by-jenny.html Pictures that I took of the aquarium at the Columbus Zoo ]]> Wildlife Photos Jennifer Pugh 2004-08-21-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/821/columbus-zoo-manatee-photos-by-jenny.html Some pictures that I took of the manatees at the Columbus Zoo ]]> Wildlife Photos Jennifer Pugh 2004-08-21-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/815/duck-pictures-by-jenny.html Pictures I took at the Scioto River. ]]> Wildlife Photos Jennifer Pugh 2004-08-16-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/811/bug-pictures-by-jenny-2.html Some more bug pictures that I took. ]]> Wildlife Photos Jennifer Pugh 2004-08-15-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/810/spider-pictures-by-jenny.html Some pictures of spiders that I took. ]]> Wildlife Photos Jennifer Pugh 2004-08-15-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/809/ambush-bugs-pictures-by-jenny.html Pictures I took of some ambush bugs. ]]> Wildlife Photos Jennifer Pugh 2004-08-15-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/791/ambush-bug-photos.html Photos of a small ambush bug waiting for prey in the pedals of a flower. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-08-09-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/784/praying-mantis-photos.html Photos of a small brown praying mantis scouring garden plants for prey. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-08-03-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/774/bug-photos-by-jenny.html My first lesson at taken pictures of bugs with Shawn ]]> Wildlife Photos Jennifer Pugh 2004-08-01-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/757/ambush-bugs.html Photos of Ambush Bugs waiting for prey in the pedals of plants. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-07-25-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/756/assassin-bugs.html Photos of three different assassin bugs found in a couple hours at Darby Park. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-07-25-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/755/ambush-bug-feeding.html Photos of an ambush bug feeding on a fly. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-07-25-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/717/leaf-footed-bugs---holmes-county-ohio.html Leaf-Footed Bugs with metallic blue colored abdomen found in Holmes County, Ohio. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-07-01-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/706/tiger-beetle---ohio.html Photos of a tiger beetle at Darby Park in central Ohio. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-06-28-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/704/dragonfly-photos.html Photos of colorful dragonflies. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-06-28-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/696/assassin-bug---darby-creek.html Photos of assassin bugs at Darby Creek, Franklin County, Ohio. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-06-24-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/693/assassin-bug.html An assassin bug I photographed in Central Pennsylvania. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-06-21-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/672/periodical-cicadas.html Photos of the periodical cicada also known as the seventeen year locust. Taken in May of 2004. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-05-23-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/640/butterflies-at-franklin-park-conservatory.html Photos of butterflies at the Franklin Park Conservatory. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-04-21-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/626/killdeer.html Photos of adult killdeer attempting to draw danger from her nest. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-04-05-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/590/wolf-photos---columbus-zoo.html Photos of wolves at the Columbus Zoo. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-02-22-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/588/snakes---columbus-zoo.html Photos of snakes at the Columbus Zoo. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-02-21-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/587/bald-eagles---columbus-zoo.html Photos of nesting bald eagles at the Columbus Zoo. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-02-21-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/574/downy-woodpecker-photos.html Photos of a downy woodpecker in the woods. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-02-14-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/485/insect-oddities.html These are some interesting photos of insects I took in 2003. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-01-02-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/484/opossum.html The opossum has been my neighbor for a couple years. He's the only marsupial I know. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2004-01-02-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/412/spider-pictures.html Spiders are amazing creatures and good friends of a macro-photographer. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2003-11-04-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/407/praying-mantis---westgate-park.html A praying mantis searched for dwindling food supplies in Autumn at Westgate Park. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2003-10-31-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/396/lady-beetles.html Lady Beetles didn't swarm us this year, but next year they might! ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2003-10-16-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/389/carolina-mantis.html Photographs of the Carolina Mantis. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2003-09-30-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/388/manatees---columbus-zoo.html Manatee photos from the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2003-09-30-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/381/jellyfish---columbus-zoo.html Jellyfish photos from the Columbus Zoo by Shawn Olson. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2003-09-16-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/380/praying-mantis-photos-iii.html Photos of the preying mantis. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2003-09-16-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/377/spider-photos-3.html Photos of spiders. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2003-09-11-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/375/leafhoppers.html Photos of colorful leafhoppers. ]]> Wildlife Photos Shawn Olson 2003-09-06-05:00