The beautiful female Ormyrid parasitoid wasp on release back into the wilds of the garden (close up pictures in previous post). She preened for a while and got herself warmed in the sunshine before heading off to freedom.

Bumble bees in New Zealand

Somehow this looks painful, but the bees clearly enjoy it.

Sweetpotato bug

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.

Insecte sur rose .

Parc de la Seille , jardins Jean-Marie PELT .

57000 - METZ

FRANCE

Location: Philippines (North Central Mindanao near Malaybalay City, Bukidnon)

Family:

Genus:

Species:

As always,

Thanks for visiting,

suggestions and comments are welcome.

Designed & folded by me.

The base is the same as Neptunus beetle.

Orange Sulphur on yellow.

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)

Beaverdam Swamp

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Taken near Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic (2015)

It seems that many of the insects in the insectarium were arranged by color. The moth at bottom is not a close relative to the mantid above. On the other hand their colors seem to complement each other.

I SAID I have a HEADACHE.

With only five legs her survival was in question but here she is thriving. 8/10/2021

Two black-and-white wasps

Doing the hokey pokey

On a peony

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all MY FLICKR FRIENDS - Blessings to you.

A stick insect in the act of changing it's skin.

The Roseum Allium bulbs I planted last year are all beginning to bloom keeping the bees very happy ;0)

Soldier beetles, doing what comes naturally!

Le machaon (Papilio machaon) - Papilionidae

Insects from yesterday’s macro walk. Worth viewing full screen and/or zooming in.

Backyard insects

Sussex County, NJ

Ephippiger ephippiger - Bradyporidae

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.

couple of hours with the macro

Saint Ouen en Belin juillet 2018

Mallard duckling

In Årsta, behind the suburban idyll, an invasion is ongoing. A clump of trees have slowly become enveloped in a white net. If you look closer you see that it's moving. (100% Iphoneography) at Årsta Stockholm

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