Garden Mantis ( Orthodera ministralis ). I think :-)

Southern Migrant Hawker.

showing my best side

A bee collecting pollen

Taken in Empingham Churchyard, Rutland.

insect

Endpapers to "All About the Insect World," which is part of the iconic All About series that was published by Random House in the 1950s and 1960s.

"All About the Insect World"

by Ferdinand C. Lane.

Random House First Printing (1954)

Lunt Meadows Sefton 2 Sept 2021 . Canon EOS 7D Tamron SP G2 150-600mm at 450mm F6.3 800th ISO 500.

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Insect in Bangladesh

This picture was taken in Sinharaja Forest Reserve - Sri Lanka

Contrairement à ce que l'on pourrait penser cet insecte appartient à la famille des lépidoptères !

nr 419 in Explore

One of several Lipothrix lubbocki collembola found under mature pine in Brede High Woods. Additional pictures below attempt to show sub-segmentation of fourth antennal segment, and blunt setae on body.

sorry about the piece of leaf? in front , is anyone able to identify this creature ?--it is on a rowan tree leaf

Quite happy with this one!!

Insectes

I thought these were kind of pretty until I looked them up and found out they wee related to the stink bug. Fortunately this was not taken at my house :)

Insecto (Macro)

I just like the movement in this photo

HSV Botanical Gardens

Beautiful Stick Insect, Calvisia chani. Sabah (Borneo Island).

Up close with nature: orionmystery.blogspot.com/

This picture was taken in Sinharaja Forest Reserve - Sri Lanka

White Springs Dike

Praying Mantis

stuck on some spider silk

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