Brent Pennington: Photographer

Nobody enjoys greenbottle flies or really wants them around.  They are pests, at least from our perspective.  But still they find their way in front

This small insect is a peach root weevil, a member of the root weevils, as its name suggests.  A non-native nuisance species from Asia, according

One of the more unfortunate insect names, although presumably accurate: the root-maggot fly in all its glory.  As an equal-opportunity photographer, I’m not above grabbing

Providing a sense of scale in macro photographs is difficult; by definition, macro photography is the reproduction of subjects at life-size, meaning 1:1 or better. 

Oh, to be a beetle living within a daisy blossom!  It seems like such an idyllic life – but then, we know that insects hardly

The simple hoverfly may not look like much.  It is a ubiquitous visitor to my gardens throughout the summer, and an often-unappreciated pollinator.  Generally smaller

Late summer is mantis season, where any of the young who survived their vulnerable early months have reached their full-grown size.  As adults, mantises are

BRENT PENNINGTON – Grasshopper nymph on a lavendar stalk in Scranton, PA, on 14 June 2024. BRENT PENNINGTON – Grasshopper nymph in Scranton, PA, on

Carpenter bees get a bad rap.  Their nature drives them to find tree trunks, into which they chew deep burrows.  Unfortunately, they are not discriminating;