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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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The shadows of a insect - Originally I thought that I could make the shadows long and dramatic. But it was such a delicate little insect that even my strong craft light did not have that effect.
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.
A parasitoid wasp of the Pteromalidae seen on the trunk of the garden birch tree. This seems to be the only chalcid that is currently active, hence it was good to see, but Pteromalidae are not an easy family to identify.
These stems are thicker than my thumb. I discovered these dark streaks today while spraying with neem oil for insects. I have cut off all the main stems except the least affected while I figure out what is wrong with the plant and whether to destroy the whole thing.
Outside our hut in Sihanoukville we had large globe lamps to help us not fall down the large concrete stairs whilst drunk (thank you On The Rocks guesthouse).
For added awesome insects would come and sit on the lamps every night and the creickets would sit on the globes waiting to eat the insects. I think this one is eating a large flying thing with four wings.
Rhagonycha Fulva,
Recognised by the black tips to its soft, orange or rust-coloured elytra, this beetle is abundant nearly everwhere May - August;
As in all members of the family, both adults and larvae are predatory, with the adults hunting mainly on flowers,
Order, - Coleoptera,
Family, - Cantharidae,
Species in Family, - 4,000.
Size, - 0.3 - 2 cm,
Feeding, - Larvae; predators, Adults; liquid-feeders ( nectar ), herbivores, predators.
Impact, - Hermless,