a small tortorshell butterfly feeds on the topmost bloom of a buddlea tree near crowton cheshire

These skeletal remains of an insect were found clinging to several blades of grass at the Jones/Hungryland Wildlife & Environmental Area in western Martin County, Florida.

Huntsville Botanical Garden

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Insects

About a half inch long, they are fairly common but keep low to the ground in flight. This one is feeding on Buckwheat.

MLK Shoreline RP, Oakland, CA

Taken at Lorton Meadows DWT reserve. I've never managed an in flight shot of one of these before, so pleased to get one under my belt.

The leafhopper stayed on my windshield for at least 5 or 6 miles.

A juvenile GreaterSpotted Woodpecker hunting insects to eat.

The sunset was beautiful tonight....and was what called me out with camera in hand...but this little insect love affair caught my eye! This is cropped in a bit, but I was really pleased with the results from a very hurried shot taken with the Olympus 12-40.

A swarm of mosquitos on a sunny day in autumn

None of the flies (or other insects) in my photos are frozen or dead. None have been manually 'posed'. All are photographed alive and well in their natural environment, unless they are being killed or eaten by another insect in the photo.

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A doodle fantasy of a unknown insect (with a surreal touch)of my self made mix of watercolors, Curcumin, black elder and black Chinese ink and graphite of pencils and a light texture with the gesso.With a quotes of Buddha after reading a story . Thanks for the visit.

An image of a very slender hoverly seeking out the pollent.

various critters say: cicadas are scrumptious

I was trying to do some macro. noticed this small spider waiting in a flower possibly to capture some insects. handheld.

普段は昆虫を捕食しているスズメバチも、花の蜜が大好き。

Hornet are also prey on insects, usually love the nectar of flowers.

One of many Birch Shieldbugs in the garden birch tree. They've had a better year - hurrah.

HSV Botanical Garden

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Rhagonycha Fulva,

Recognised by the black tips to its soft, orange or rust-coloured elytra, this beetle is abundant nearly everwhere May - August;

As in all members of the family, both adults and larvae are predatory, with the adults hunting mainly on flowers,

Order, - Coleoptera,

Family, - Cantharidae,

Species in Family, - 4,000.

Size, - 0.3 - 2 cm,

Feeding, - Larvae; predators, Adults; liquid-feeders ( nectar ), herbivores, predators.

Impact, - Hermless,

...with built-in radar and LED headlights....;-) A giant stick-insect face...

I randomly decided to see which of my MH repaints was most popular. After tallying up the "favorites" on all photos with each doll, the insect girl won by a landslide! She still doesn't have a name, poor thing.

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Thank you for your comments & Fav.!

A small wasp under a porchlight in Tucson, Arizona. I thinks that it is a braconid but it could be an ichneumonid. The two groups are pretty similar, and I can't tell!