Piotr Naskrecki / Mantid (Mantidae), Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Mantid (Taumantis sp) instar, Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Eastern Fairy Shrimp (Eubranchipus vernalis) in vernal pond, Estabrook Woods, Massachusetts

Tim Fitzharris / Autumn along Swift River, White Mountains National Forest, New Hampshire

Tim Fitzharris / Wild river in eastern hardwood forest, White Mountains National Forest, Maine

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) gulp feeding with Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) waiting for leftovers, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) feeding, with Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) waiting for leftovers, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts

Mark Moffett / Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra) tree with corns and leaves at base, Massachusetts

Mark Moffett / Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra) tree with corns and leaves at base of it, Massachusetts

Fred Bavendam / American Lobster (Homarus americanus), Rockport, Maine

Fred Bavendam / Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) eggs almost ready to hatch after two weeks incubation in the warm sands of Cape Anne, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Bristletail, Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Praying Mantis (Tenodera sp), Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Tachinid Fly (Tachinidae), Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Cricket (Gryllidae), Estabrook Woods, Concord, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Cricket (Gryllidae), Estabrook Woods, Concord, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Mantis (Phyllocrania sp), mimicking a leaf, Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Ghost Mantis (Phyllocrania paradoxa) mimics a leaf, Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Ant Cricket (Myrmecophilus sp), Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Grasshopper (Acrididae), Estabrook Woods, Concord, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Leafhopper (Cicadellidae), Estabrook Woods, Concord, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Leafhopper (Cicadellidae), Estabrook Woods, Concord, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Ant (Formica sp) carrying pupa, Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Moth Fly (Clogmia sp), Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Mantis Fly (Climaciella brunnea), Estabrook Woods, Concord, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Mantis Fly (Climaciella brunnea), Estabrook Woods, Concord, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Treehopper (Membracidae), Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Ground Beetle (Carabidae), Massachusetts

Scott Leslie / American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) trees along road in autumn, Baxter State Park, Maine

Scott Leslie / Blueberry (Vaccinium sp) field in autumn, Deblois, Maine

Scott Leslie / Blueberry (Vaccinium sp) field and road in autumn, Deblois, Maine

Scott Leslie / Blueberry (Vaccinium sp) field in autumn, Deblois, Maine

Tom Vezo / Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo), Vermont

Tom Vezo / Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) in light phase, Vermont

Piotr Naskrecki / Crambid Snout Moth (Pyrausta californicalis), Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Chinese Mantis (Tenodera aridifolia) feeding on prey, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Tomentose Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus tomentosus) with aposematic coloration, Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Chinese Mantis (Tenodera aridifolia) feeding on prey, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Chinese Mantis (Tenodera aridifolia) feeding on prey, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Bird's Nest Fungus (Crucibulum laeve) mushrooms with peridioles, Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Tomentose Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus tomentosus), Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Common Earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris), Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Northern True Katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia) leaf mimic, Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Dog-day Cicada (Tibicen canicularis), Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Spotted Camel Cricket (Ceuthophilus maculatus), Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata) pair mating, Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata) female, Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Speckled Sharpshooter (Paraulacizes irrorata), Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / European Mantid (Mantis religiosa), Estabrook Woods, Concord, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / European Mantid (Mantis religiosa), Estabrook Woods, Concord, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / European Mantid (Mantis religiosa), Estabrook Woods, Concord, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / European Mantid (Mantis religiosa), Estabrook Woods, Concord, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / European Mantid (Mantis religiosa), Estabrook Woods, Concord, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Allard's Ground Cricket (Allonemobius allardi), Estabrook Woods, Concord, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Chambered Nautilus (Nautilus pompilius) shell, Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Bed Bug (Cimex lectularius) filled with blood, Estabrook Woods, Concord, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Common Earwig (Forficula auricularia), Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Common Earwig (Forficula auricularia), Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Ringlegged Earwig (Euborellia annulipes), Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / House Cricket (Acheta domestica), Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Greenhouse Camel Cricket (Diestrammena asynamora) cleaning antenna, Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Greenhouse Camel Cricket (Diestrammena asynamora), Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Greenhouse Camel Cricket (Diestrammena asynamora), Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Common Earwig (Forficula auricularia), Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum), Connecticut

Piotr Naskrecki / Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum), Connecticut

Piotr Naskrecki / Snow Scorpionfly (Boreus brumalis) pair mating on ice, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Snow Scorpionfly (Boreus brumalis) female on ice, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Snow Springtail (Hypogastrura harveyi) on snow, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Clubmoss (Diphasiastrum digitatum), Estabrook Woods, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Golden Spindles (Clavulinopsis fusiformis) mushroom, Connecticut

Piotr Naskrecki / Waxcap (Hygrocybe sp) mushrooms, Connecticut

Piotr Naskrecki / Wood Ant (Formica subsericea) carrying pupal cocoon, Estabrook Woods, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Treehopper (Entylia bactriana), Estabrook Woods, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Clubmoss (Dendrolycopodium dendroideum) growing on forest floor, Estabrook Woods, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Water Horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile) stem and cone, Estabrook Woods, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Field Horsetail (Equisetum arvense) releasing sporophytes, Estabrook Woods, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Eastern Fairy Shrimp (Eubranchipus vernalis) pair, Estabrook Woods, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Citronella Ant (Lasius claviger) carrying a symbiotic white Aphid (Geoica sp) from which the ants drink honeydew, Estabrook Woods, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum), Estabrook Woods, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) male calling, Connecticut

Piotr Naskrecki / Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) leaves, Estabrook Woods, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Forktailed Bush Katydid (Scudderia furcata) female laying eggs in leaf, Estabrook Woods, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Umbrella Magnolia (Magnolia tripetala) flower, Estabrook Woods, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Red-banded Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea), Estabrook Woods, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Rock Polypody (Polypodium virginianum) leaf, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Clubmoss (Dendrolycopodium dendroideum) and Clubmoss (Diphasiastrum digitatum), Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Vernal pools, Estabrook Woods, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Saucer Magnolia (Magnolia soulangeana) flowers, Estabrook Woods, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Eastern Ant Cricket (Myrmecophilus pergandei) living in ant nest, Estabrook Woods, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / One-flower Indian-pipe (Monotropa uniflora) flowers, Estabrook Woods, Massachusetts

Fred Bavendam / Atlantic Wolffish (Anarhichas lupus), York, Maine

Fred Bavendam / Solitary Hydroid (Corymorpha pendula) filter feeding, Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire

Fred Bavendam / Sea Peach (Halocynthia pyriformis) pair, York, Maine

Fred Bavendam / Sand Dollar (Echinarachnius parma) group, Schoodic Point, Acadia National Park, Maine

Fred Bavendam / Opossum Shrimp (Mysis sp), York, Maine