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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)
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.
A parasitoid wasp of the Ceraphronoidea found in the garden. Ceraphronoidea are a family that I find impossible, but best attempt has come up with this identification for good or ill. No claims are made on its accuracy.
Beautiful Stick Insect, Calvisia chani. Sabah (Borneo Island).
Up close with nature: orionmystery.blogspot.com/
Bee-wolves returning to their burrows with a captured honey bee are often visibly exhausted. This is hardly surprising as they have just flown some distance while carrying another insect which is close to their own size and, presumably, weight. They will set down in the general area of the nest, and their abdomens will pulse which is an insect's version of panting - it helps to pump haemolymph (insect 'blood') around the body. Here they will recover sufficiently for the further exertion of carrying the bee down into the nest burrow.
sorry about the piece of leaf? in front , is anyone able to identify this creature ?--it is on a rowan tree leaf
Lindisfarne Priory. Thousands of these butterflies all over Northumbria. The migration this year is huge and they've got a long way north
2 more flower shots from Bourton House garden in the Cotswolds on July 9th.
The usualCartharis livida pair of beetles. another flower with ID not known. quite a lot of unusual flowers in this garden