Hickory Cove

insect harmony

I do not know insects any better than I do flowers.

This one was small enough and far enough away that I had to manually focus. No small task when handholding a 12 pound lens at 560 mm.

Probably a moth of some kind, it seems to lack any kind of antenna. Seen on a fern in the garden; most obvious characteristic is semi-transparent wings.

Drawn with a Platinum Preppy EF02 fountain pen and Iroshizuku take sumi ink.

Wheeler NWR

Perfect camouflage - even down the the eaten bits out of its back 'leaf'.

Taken in Bali at the Butterfly and insect park.

Hummingbird Clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe) hovering over some flowers at Shakespeare Garden in Central Park, Aug. 2022.

Pour 1 moi 1 thème. Mai: Insectes

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MOTH

This is a very tiny moth that alighted on my window.

Upper part (dorsal).

Long Island, NY

Insecto (Macro)

Insects

Wheeler NWR

I got eyes on the back of my butt! Handheld shot, 100% crop, this spider is teenie tiny!

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

Fukuoka City JAPAN / Fuji X-Pro2 × Fujinon XF 18mm F2 R / mokuu.cc/2016/07/post-2055.html / JG C7 24 006

nikkor 28 3.5 ais & a6000

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The Orthoptera are an order of insects with incomplete metamorphosis, including the grasshoppers, crickets and locusts. Many insects in this order produce sound (known as a "stridulation") by rubbing their wings against each other or their legs, the wings or legs containing rows of corrugated bumps. Their ears, located in the front legs, are interconnected in such a way that they are able to locate each other by sound ( in wikipedia)

At the Butterfly and Orchid Pavilion of the Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona

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

Arthropods

Melanoplus femur-rubrum

I just love to see an insect on a flower. It is the perfect complement in my opinion.