Neurothemis fluctuans female dragonfly....very friendly.

The light colored bg was my palm :D...you can imagine how friendly that dragonfly was.

Give me an opinion on this pic. thanks

Another pipistrelle shot, this one just about to catch something.

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Photographed in Dog Kennel Hill Wood www.friendsofdkhwood.org/

ACES | Maggie Lawrence

Each white cocoon contains a parasitic wasp larvae.

Emerald, QLD, Australia

Holly blue butterfly closeup taken at 3:1

For Our Daily Challenge topic ' Bug - insect etc.'

insect

Grasshoppers are insect herbivores from Caelifera suborder within the order Orthoptera . Insects have antennae that are almost always shorter than his body and also has the ovipositor short. Sound generated several species of grasshoppers are usually produced by rubbing the femur back towards the front wing or the abdomen (called stridulasi ), or because of flapping its wings while flying. Femur length and strength behind it is generally suitable for jumping. Insects are generally winged , although the wings sometimes can not be used to fly. Female locusts typically larger than the male grasshopper. In Islam, Grasshopper is one of the two animals that have been first if death is still permissible to eat, along with fish .

Bourdon butinant les fleurs du jardin-2

size 1.7mm

Memoires pour servir a l'histoire des insectes

A Paris :De l'imprimerie royale,1734-1955

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In the middle of this area Groene Weelde (green wealth) I stumbled upon a bug house, or insect hotel.

Really love them....

Hayes NP

Although they appear frightening, swarming bees are generally non-aggressive. This is principally due to the lack of a brood (developing bees) to defend. That said, they will attack if they feel threatened, as I know only too well. I was inspecting a similar swarm a few years ago & was rewarded by a sting on the nose. No problems this time though, thankfully.

Risbridge Meadow, Suffolk - June 2012

I just cannot get enough of these guys on the rare occasion I get one to pose for me.

So I finished these cute moths last night and woke up this morning to find the hoop attacked by cats. I'm hoping I can save this, I wanted to use this in an insect themed quitl.

These guys sit fairly still for macro shots, and come in a variety of green blue, and yellow metallic colors around our Koi pond.

Orthonevra nitida , the wavy mucksucker.

I made this for the St. Paul Art Crawl but I almost want to keep it for myself!

Not great quality but I wanted to capture it as I'd never seen an insect like this before

a beautiful Glow-worm larva romping along the ride through Bixley Wood - first one found in Bixley.

Complete Metamorphosis in Enthomology means simply that creature undergoes the metamorphosis through the pupating stage. Some of insects don't become pupae.

This little visitor settled on the window of my study. I took this pic from inside the room. Canon G11

El Escarabajo

Temnothorax cf. nylanderi and Formica cunicularia with aphids

The 2 ant species usually don't bother eachother

Messingham nature reserve, North Lincolnshire

Insects

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