The branch of persimmon tree seems covered with snow , but these are scale insects , getting sugar from tree and producing wax shell. Scale insects are food for bird during winter.

Very active

Raynox DCR-250

this picture has been in a newspaper.

Possibly a Praying Mantis nymph - Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Московская область, Никифорово

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Remains

An insect buries itself in a thistle blossom along the St. Lucie Nature Trail in Stuart, Florida.

Pesky fly's

Sedum flower with an Insect

HBBBT everyone! These guys have ruined my hellebores but I find myself forgiving them because they are quite cute, really!

Taken using the 7artisans MF 60mm f2.8

One of the larger hoverflies- shot with my 70-300mm APO lens in macro mode

Bassingham, Lincolnshire

Just resting on a Daylily leaf. 6/24/2023

IHM 2024

Molting Hoverfly in flight

Palomena prasina, la punaise verte

detail - work in progress

Bush Cricket. Unsure of exact id. Taken around souillac, Lot department, France. She didn't want to be photographed and was constantly moving away from me just to be awkward...

Diptère

a 4 spot chaser at billinge green near northwich

Feasting on the pollen!

Dragonfly closeup

Shot in my garden Southern England

Nice fly . . .

Nikon D700 + Nikkor AFS-105mm + Nikon SB700 + Macro Diffuser

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I'm away for a long weekend so will leave you with some insect porn courtesy of a pair of Common Blue butterflies.

Explore #190 July 14, 2011.

Same dragonfly, different angle.

Number 40 for 52 in 2021 : Discarded

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