Gallery: Enchanting Portraits of the Bugs That Creep All Around Us

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    Daniel Kariko
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    Earwig (front door step)
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    Daniel Kariko
    02

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    Unidentified Moth (office hallway)
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    Daniel Kariko
    03

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    Boll Weevil (front porch, doormat)
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    Daniel Kariko
    04

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    Baby Mantis (top of the parking meter)
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    Daniel Kariko
    05

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    Carpet Beetle Larvae (bathroom rug)
  • Cuckoo Wasp
    Daniel Kariko
    06

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    Cuckoo Wasp (window screen)
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    Daniel Kariko
    07

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    Tree Cricket (front yard)
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    Daniel Kariko
    08

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    Japanese Beetle (parking lot sidewalk)
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    Daniel Kariko
    09

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    Red Carpenter Ant (back yard porch)
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    Daniel Kariko
    10

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    Dragonfly (apartment sidewalk)
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    Daniel Kariko
    11

    Mosquito-print copy

    Mosquito (kitchen windowsill)
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    Daniel Kariko
    12

    Crane-Fly-print copy

    Crane Fly (window frame, living room)
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    Daniel Kariko
    13

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    Brown and black Paper Wasp (back porch screen door)
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    Daniel Kariko
    14

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    Wheel bug (carport)
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    Daniel Kariko
    15

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    Green Bottle Fly (office hallway)
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