View allAll Photos Tagged Insect.
Complete Metamorphosis in Enthomology means simply that creature undergoes the metamorphosis through the pupating stage. Some of insects don't become pupae.
This is fuckin' BADASS!!! Whatever this is waited above an entrance to my clothesline pole (where there is a hornets nest in which I was about to spray) and I saw this thing go after one. Caught it, flew back onto the cross pole and went about eating it. Just for comparison, that is a full grown hornet it has underneath it. I would have to guess that it is the size of my thumb.
Update: It is a Robber Fly (Dasylechia atrox)
This little visitor settled on the window of my study. I took this pic from inside the room. Canon G11
Temnothorax cf. nylanderi and Formica cunicularia with aphids
The 2 ant species usually don't bother eachother
I see some differences between the two moths but there is no point in arguing.
Limberlost State Historic Site Visitor Center.
www.ag.auburn.edu/enpl/bulletins/imperialmoth/imperialmot...
Images: www.google.com/search?q=imperial+moth&client=safari&a...
Platymeris biguttata, white spot assassin bug, this is my first successful moult so far, a process which seems to have killed off a few already :/
These guys sit fairly still for macro shots, and come in a variety of green blue, and yellow metallic colors around our Koi pond.
The children painted with worms (rubber); made a squish painting to show the mirror image of what they painted; made a super cute tissue snail and an insect crayon rubbing. The children then explored several sensory stations. Magnets; rings; fidget toys; sensory bins were multi-colored rice with lizards, dinosaur skeleton dig, fresh made play dough. Other sensory tables items included gel spiders, stack wood beads on a stick, counting and picking up numerous insects, and sensory houses.
Thank you for your friendship and comments etc. Due to chronic poor health I'm unable to take on new contacts but do my best to reply to comments. More of my shots can be seen on
Esta foto não foi cropped. Foi tirado a vários metros de distância. Não sei que inseto é, mas o efeito na água da cacimba foi muito grande / This photo was not cropped. It was taken at several metres distance. I don't know what insect this is, but it caused enormous ripples over a very wide area. Fascinating!