A bug sunning itself on a leaf

found this under a leave. always fascinated of the eggs that look like capsule with a cover.

Olympus digital camera

Is it just me, or does this Eastern Grass-veneer (Crambus laqueatellus) look really, really guilty?

From June 2014, and a new species for the yard list!

MIT

baby hornets super macro

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.

My father saw this weird insect outside our house. At first we thought it was just a normal ant carrying something, but then it turned out those furry thingies were part of his body.

Canon EOS 450D + Kitlens.

The eye of a insect

Don't see nearly enough of these.

Cat et le papillon sylvain azuré

Lyon Parc de Miribel-jonage

We stopped in pitch darkness on the highway as I wanted to photograph these. These are actually insect farms. Remember the fried bugs I'd had the previous day? Well, this is the way they are caught. Right down there is a shallow tank filled with water. The tube light attracts the bugs some of which fall into the water below. The plastic sheet disorients them and prevents them flying away. My guess is that the water in the shallow tub attracts small frogs as well. Scoop them up in the morning, sort them, and fry them! Life's good! (Battambang, Cambodia, Apr. 2014)

I had a little Visitor ! Sittin and whiling on my couch...He waited a few minutes before flying away...

Had my lenses retro on my cam...no macro lenses, no photoshop!

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Hoverfly

Some of the insect-life on Dongtou, Zhejiang, China. Not sure what insects these are, they are about the size of a badger's penis or an adult human's thumb.

To be determined

really want to make something like this in my garden.

It is on the outside of our kitchen window. Taken by Edgar.

OK, it's a Passion Flowerm, but my name is better

Robber Flies are medium to large hunting flies with long strong legs used to catch prey on flight. They have large eyes, and distinct "neck" between the head and abdomen. The abdomen is long and thin. Most species have a beard of stiff bristles (called setae) around the proboscis. Most Robber Flies are brown or reddish-brown in colour. The eyes are large and in some species are reflective. Some species can give people a painful bite. Also known as the Assassin Fly or Bee Killer.

Size

typical size is about 25mm

Food

Adults prey on insects and spiders and can catch insects in flight. Robber Fly larvae feed on soft-bodied insects and other insect larvae.

Breeding

Females lay cream coloured eggs on plants or in soil, bark, or wood. The larvae live in the soil or in rotting wood where they pupate.

insect, macro

Our garden in Warminster. We planted for butterflies and bees last year and this is the second year we have had these visit.

A beautiful 0.6mm long female Stethynium triclavatum parasitoid wasp of the Mymaridae family found in the birch tree in the garden. Additional pictures below can be viewed larger with a click. Note 3-segmented clava in bottom picture, and very long wing fimbria and protruding ovipositor.

Drone fly on plum blossom

Harvesting wood pulp to make the paper nest.

lice?

the same common darter as the previous photo ---taken by my wife

Meliponinis

Suddenly the garden was full of insects. Too fast, at first, to see what they were and wasn't sure because I had never seen a bee swarm before. By the time I had taken this photo they had begun to settle in the holly tree. The beekeepers who came had a fine old time trying to get them out again!