Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: wild caught

Photo: A marsh ramshorn (Planorbella trivolvis) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

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A marsh ramshorn (Planorbella trivolvis) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

Photo: A group of Asian clams (Corbicula fluminea) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

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A group of Asian clams (Corbicula fluminea) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

Photo: A mapleleaf mussel (Quadrula quadrula) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

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A mapleleaf mussel (Quadrula quadrula) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

Photo: A male fatmucket mussel (Lampsilis siliquoidea) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

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A male fatmucket mussel (Lampsilis siliquoidea) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

Photo: A female fatmucket mussel (Lampsilis siliquoidea) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

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A female fatmucket mussel (Lampsilis siliquoidea) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

Photo: A female (left) and male (right) fatmucket mussel (Lampsilis siliquoidea) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

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A female (left) and male (right) fatmucket mussel (Lampsilis siliquoidea) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

These specimens were collected from Farlington State Fish Hatchery in Kansas.

Photo: A pair of cylindrical papershell mussel (Anodontoides ferussacianus) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

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A pair of cylindrical papershell mussel (Anodontoides ferussacianus) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

These specimens were collected in the Taylor canal near Taylor, Nebraska.

Photo: A white heelsplitter (Lasmigona complanata) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

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A white heelsplitter (Lasmigona complanata) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

Photo: A pair of plain pocketbook mussel (Lampsilis cardium) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

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A pair of plain pocketbook mussel (Lampsilis cardium) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

This darker specimen was collected near Genoa, Wisconsin. This is part of the Mississippi River drainage.

Photo: A pair of plain pocketbook mussel (Lampsilis cardium) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

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A pair of plain pocketbook mussel (Lampsilis cardium) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

This darker specimen was collected near Genoa, Wisconsin. This is part of the Mississippi River drainage.

Photo: A group of cylindrical papershell mussel (Anodontoides ferussacianus) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

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A group of cylindrical papershell mussel (Anodontoides ferussacianus) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

These specimens were collected in the Taylor canal near Taylor, Nebraska.

Photo: A plain pocketbook mussel (Lampsilis cardium) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

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A plain pocketbook mussel (Lampsilis cardium) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

This darker specimen was collected near Genoa, Wisconsin. This is part of the Mississippi River drainage.

Photo: A white heelsplitter (Lasmigona complanata) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

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A white heelsplitter (Lasmigona complanata) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

Photo: A soldier beetle (Podabrus sp.) caught in the wild near Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A soldier beetle (Podabrus sp.) caught in the wild near Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A soldier beetle (Podabrus sp.) caught in the wild near Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A soldier beetle (Podabrus sp.) caught in the wild near Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A western conifer seed bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis) caught in the wild near Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A western conifer seed bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis) caught in the wild near Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A western conifer seed bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis) caught in the wild near Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A western conifer seed bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis) caught in the wild near Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A raspberry pyrausta moth (Pyrausta signatalis) caught from the wild near Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A raspberry pyrausta moth (Pyrausta signatalis) caught from the wild near Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A diamondback epinotia moth (Plutella xylostella) caught from the wild near Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A diamondback epinotia moth (Plutella xylostella) caught from the wild near Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A raspberry pyrausta moth (Pyrausta signatalis) caught from the wild near Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A raspberry pyrausta moth (Pyrausta signatalis) caught from the wild near Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A grapevine looper (Eulithis sp.) from the wild near Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A grapevine looper (Eulithis sp.) from the wild near Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A grapevine looper (Eulithis sp.) from the wild near Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A grapevine looper (Eulithis sp.) from the wild near Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A grapevine looper (Eulithis sp.) from the wild near Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A grapevine looper (Eulithis sp.) from the wild near Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A calico crayfish (Faxonius immunis) collected at Oak Lake, Lincoln, NE.

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A calico crayfish (Faxonius immunis) collected at Oak Lake, Lincoln, NE.

Photo: A calico crayfish (Faxonius immunis) collected at Oak Lake, Lincoln, NE.

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A calico crayfish (Faxonius immunis) collected at Oak Lake, Lincoln, NE.

Photo: A calico crayfish (Faxonius immunis) collected at Oak Lake, Lincoln, NE.

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A calico crayfish (Faxonius immunis) collected at Oak Lake, Lincoln, NE.

Photo: A male eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) wild caught in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A male eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) wild caught in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: Joel Sartore’s son helps to document endemic insects for the Photo Ark.

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Joel Sartore’s son helps to document endemic insects for the Photo Ark.

Photo: Joel Sartore and daughter, Ellen Sartore, document insects at Indian Cave State Park in Nebraska.

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Joel Sartore and daughter, Ellen Sartore, document insects at Indian Cave State Park in Nebraska.

A picture of a bumble bee (Bombus sp.) collected near Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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A bumble bee (Bombus sp.) collected near Santa Fe, New Mexico.

A long-tailed antlion (Scotoleon nigrilabris), near Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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A long-tailed antlion (Scotoleon nigrilabris), near Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Photo: Rainbow grasshoppers (Dactylotum bicolor) near Lakeside, Nebraska.

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Rainbow grasshoppers (Dactylotum bicolor) near Lakeside, Nebraska.

Photo: A northern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster articeps) collected near Wood River, Nebraska.

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A northern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster articeps) collected near Wood River, Nebraska. This was at Platte River Prairies, owned by TNC.

Photo: A Southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans texensis) at Houston SPCA’s Wildlife Center of Texas.

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A Southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans texensis) at Houston SPCA’s Wildlife Center of Texas.

Photo: A Southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans texensis) at Houston SPCA’s Wildlife Center of Texas.

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A Southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans texensis) at Houston SPCA’s Wildlife Center of Texas.

Photo: A juvenile Texas cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus alacer) at Houston SPCA’s Wildlife Center of Texas.

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A juvenile Texas cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus alacer) at Houston SPCA’s Wildlife Center of Texas.

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