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The magnificent butterfly, probably most peoples favorite insect. There are over 24,000 varieties of them in the world, they can't fly unless their body temperature is at least 86 degrees, Antarctica is the only continent that does not have butterflies, the longest life span of any butterfly is only 9-10 months, and they are represented in Egypt pyramids.....Just some interesting tidbits that make them even more interesting.
Have not made an attempt to classify this species. It is a rather large insect, body size approx 2 cm. Insect-on-glass-111014(1)
In case anyone is looking to display some insect beauty with functionality, I just finished my calendar for 2023, I chose only insects again this time, a selection from some of my favorite photos from the past few years featuring some weird and beautiful bugs from the Atlantic forest
You can get it on
www.lulu.com/shop/joao-burini/insects-2023-calendar/paper...
Here is the back of my insect book inspired by Christopher Marley's Pheromone, an amazing book of photographed insects. I got his permission to post my sketches.
I was getting worried about the lack of bees this year, but it seems with the opening of the Chive blossoms they've returned. Now, if the Hummingbirds would just return-----
This morning my wife pointed out some interesting insect eggs on the white shade cloth over the green beans. I had to go grab the camera and take this picture,
This is yet another entry to the 2016 MOCAthalon. I took inspiration from Sean and Steph Mayo’s terrarium and insect collection builds.
The terrarium contains a beetle, two ants, a millipede, a butterfly, a ladybug, and a stick bug.
See lots more views on brickbuilt: www.brickbuilt.org/?p=4110
A little hoverfly visiting my daisy plant which is still flowering nicely although the sightings of the insects as we now into early Autumn are becoming less of late.
Tropical insects...The reason for such high diversity is the age of the forest which is around 100 million years old. Also the stable climate has allowed life forms to fill and create more niches in the ecosystem. But most of all is the relation with insects and plant, insects are almost inseparable from plants because they require each other to survive.
from Wikipedia
Nikon D700 + Nikon 105mm f/2.8G AF-S VR + Ring Flash + Handheld.