Suzi Eszterhas / Digger Bee (Melissodes sp) pollinating Engelmann Prickly Pear (Opuntia engelmannii) flower, Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis p. rubrilineatus) swallowing Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi) Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis p. rubrilineatus) swallowing Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi) Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis p. rubrilineatus) swallowing Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi) Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Great Plains rat snake (Elaphe guttata emoryi) head portrait, camouflaged against rock, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor) head portrait, sitting in tree branch, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor) climbing in tree, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Close up of Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californium) juvenile, hunkered down, camouflaged against rock, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californium) juvenile, hunkered down, camouflaged against rock, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californium) juvenile, hunkered down, camouflaged against rock, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Sunburst / Marbled diving beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus) swimming underwater with air bubble, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Julia's Skipper butterfly (Nastra julia) head portrait showing eyes and antennas, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Julia's Skipper butterfly (Nastra julia) portrait at rest on leaf, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Julia's skipper butterfly (Nastra julia) portrait at rest on leaf, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruoides vittatus) feeding on grasshopper, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Leaf Beetle (Chrysomelidae) on Lace Cactus blossom (Echinocereus reichenbachii) Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Texas flower scarab beetle (Trichiotinus texanus) on Prickly pear cactus blossom, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Texas flower scarab beetle (Trichiotinus texanus) on Prickly Pear Cactus blossom, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Leaf Beetle (Chrysomelidae) on Lace Cactus blossom (Echinocereus reichenbachii) Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Bee Assassin (Apiomerus spp.) waiting to ambush prey, in Prickly Pear Cactus blossom (Opuntia mercerize) Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Sweat Bee (Halictidae) pollinating Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia mercerize) Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Sweat Bee (Halictidae) pollinating Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia mercerize) Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Sweat Bee (Halictidae) pollinating flower, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Sweat Bee (Halictidae) on flower, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA *Digitally removed twig in background

Suzi Eszterhas / Sweat Bee (Halictidae) pollinating Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia mercerize) Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Sweat Bee (Halictidae) pollinating Lace Cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii) Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Sweat Bee (Halictidae) pollinating Lace Cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii) Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Sweat Bee (Halictidae) pollinating Lace Cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii) Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Sweat Bee (Halictidae) pollinating Lace Cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii) Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Sweat Bee (Halictidae) pollinating Lace Cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii) Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Sweat Bee (Halictidae) pollinating Prickly Pear Cactus flower (Opuntia mercerize) Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Digger Bee (Anthophorini) pollinating Prickly Pear Cactus flower (Opuntia mercerize) Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Carpenter Bees (Xylocopa) feeding on honeybee, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia mercerize) close-up of stamen and petals of flower, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Pineapple cactus (Coryphantha sulcata) close-up of stamen of flower, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Wild Turkey (Meleagris g. intermedia) female head portrait, calling, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA, April

Suzi Eszterhas / Wild Turkey (Meleagris g. intermedia) head portrait of female calling. Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA, April

Suzi Eszterhas / Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) bathing at edge of water, with reflections, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA, April

Suzi Eszterhas / Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) bathing in water, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA, April

Suzi Eszterhas / Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) at edge of water, with reflections, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA, April

Suzi Eszterhas / Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) perched on fir cone, on grass, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA, April

Suzi Eszterhas / Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo valliceps) sitting at edge of water, with reflections, Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo valliceps) sitting at edge of water, with reflections, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi) Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Pair of Blanchard's Cricket Frogs (Acris crepitans blanchardi) Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi) sitting, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Giant lichen orbweaver spider (Araneus bicentenarius) camouflaged on lichen covered rock, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Daring Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax) feeding on Digger bee (Anthophorini) on Prickly Pear Cactus Bloom, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Crab Spider (Misumenops sp.) close up on flower petals, Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta lindheimerii) head portrait with forked tongue protruding Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis p. rubrilineatus) swallowing Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi) Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Eastern Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys humulis), Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri), Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Red-striped Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus), Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Eastern Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys humulis) showing long whiskers, Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) eating grasshopper, Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Sunburst Diving Beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus), Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Texas Flower Scarab (Trichiotinus texanus) on Engelmann Prickly Pear (Opuntia engelmannii) flower, Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Bee Assassin (Apiomerus spissipes) eating Honey Bee (Apis mellifera), Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Digger Bee (Melissodes sp) pollinating Engelmann Prickly Pear (Opuntia engelmannii) flower, Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Digger Bee (Melissodes sp) pollinating Engelmann Prickly Pear (Opuntia engelmannii)flower, Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Digger Bee (Melissodes sp) pollinating Engelmann Prickly Pear (Opuntia engelmannii) flower, Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Digger Bee (Melissodes sp) pollinating Engelmann Prickly Pear (Opuntia engelmannii) flower, Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Digger Bee (Melissodes sp) pollinating Lace Cactus blossom (Echinocereus reichenbachii), Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Lace Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii) flower detail showing pistil and stamens, Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) bathing, Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) at edge of pond, Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus), Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) female at edge of drinking pool, Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo valliceps) in leaf litter, Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo valliceps) in leaf litter, Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo valliceps) profile, Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo valliceps) amid leaf litter, Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo valliceps) vocalizing, Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Suzi Eszterhas / Lace Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii) flower detail showing pistil and stamens, Red Corral Ranch, Texas