Hot Shots- July 2016

Allan Jack spotted this bumblebee gathering pollen on a lamb's ear flower.

Myrta Litman of Huntington Farm in Canton Township says these Tamworth pigs lined up at a feeder reminded her of sausage links in a package. In due time.

Linda Porter took this photo on Toll Road 43 near Uniontown on June 16, about a half hour before a tornado touched down near Dunbar.

Eileen Laabs of Washington sent us this photo of her dog, Dewey, who is ready to carry the colors on his first Fourth of July.

Now THIS guy is a great hockey fan. Roger Russell lost part of a leg in a work accident, and he decided to commemorate the Penguins' recent Stanley Cup championship on his new prosthetic leg. His wife, Bonnie, took the photo.

Stephen Ezarik took this photo of an adult female silk moth. He said the polyphemus moth is named after the giant cyclops of Greek mythology, who had a single large, round eye in the middle of his forehead.

Allan Jack took this photo of an Eastern eyed click beetle, which is common to Pennsylvania. Allan said it gets its name from the clicking sound it makes when flipping over from its back.

Jordan Myers took this photo of flowers at sunset in Logan, Ohio, near Hocking Hills State Park.

Brook Ward took this photo of the Caryatides at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.

Brook Ward took this photo of Dubrovnik, Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea.

Gary Yarbrough took this photo of lilypads from a canoe while fishing on a farm pond in Zanesville, Ohio.

This newspaper's mascot, ORPP, got a good squeeze at the Canonsburg July 4th parade from 7-year-old Daniel Greely of Houston. Daniel's mother, Joy, captured the moment.

Kim Sickles took this photo of the Washington skyline at sunset from a vantage point on South Main Street.

That's not going to do much for business at the birdbath. Joy Gervas sent us this photo of her cat, Luna, getting a drink after Joy had cleaned and refilled the bath.

Kerry Pigeon of Scenery Hill took this photo of a large, peach-colored lily at dusk.

Allan Jack took this photo of a variegated fritillary butterfly gathering nectar from a coneflower.

James Mlatnik took this photo of the "eye of the storm" before a recent downpour in Canonsburg.

William Ursic took this photo at Joshua Tree National Park.

Tom Guckert found this wren had made a nest in a small bucket he uses to scoop potting soil on his back porch. He says there are five eggs inside the next, and he's waiting to see them hatch.

Myrta Litman spotted this strangely shaped tree while walking around the woods on her Canton Township farm.

Allan Jack sent us this photo of an iguana making lunch out of a flower at the Mayan Palace in Cancun, Mexico.

Jordan and Larry Myers' cat, Galloway, keeps a close eye on the groundhog that has taken up residence under the deck on the family's home in Eighty Four.

Joy Gervas of McDonald took this spectacular sunset photo at Janoski's Lakeside Pavilion in Clinton.

Betsy Day of Richhill Township sent us this photo of a praying mantis among the calla lilies in her garden.

Nora Beth Gill took this photo while traveling on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park in Montana.

Allan Jack took this photo of a hummingbird moth on one of his petunias. He said the moth flies like a hummingbird and has a very long tongue to get nectar from deep inside flowers.

Vicky Lesjak says the pepper plants put in my her husband, Bo, in the garden at their home in Houston are small but mighty. The plants are less than than a foot high, but they're loaded with peppers.

Albert Hall took this photo of a swan gliding on a pond near Moundsville, W.Va.

Gary Rubis took this photo of a weird-looking bug emerging from its shell in his backyard in Houston. Gary wasn't sure if it was a very lost, very late cicada or some type of grasshopper.

Myrta Litman says there must have been just the right amount of rain and sun at just the right times this year, because she's never before had a bounty of blackberries like this at her farm in Canton Township.