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Neurothemis fluctuans female dragonfly....very friendly.
The light colored bg was my palm :D...you can imagine how friendly that dragonfly was.
I make no excuses for posting six images of the same species. I rose at 03:45 to leave home for 04:15 to be at the site where these are no later than 05:20. Everything was soaked in dew including the grass which was nigh on waste high in many places. I was wet through to well above the knee withing ten minutes. Waterproofs, I don't care for as they always seem to make me sweat plus they make more noise when you move than I care for. The plus side was some lovely damsels covered in dew drops. The negative was being wet and having to drive home wet. I was only on site a couple of hours as by about 07:30 they were too warmed up to get anywhere near for photographs. The nymph was seen climbing a reed stem ready for emergence. Unfortunately I didn't have the time to wait for it to emerge. A lot of time and effort went into getting these images and I sincerely thank any of you who comment or fave them or any of my images.
Can anyone id it? It has a tiny head, its legs dangled like a wasp when it flew, the wings fluttered fast, and it didn't sting. . . . . . photo MR
little holes drilled into wood for helping insects getting over winter. And most apartments are still free
Blackfly with a winged greenfly recently arrived and appearing already to have produced one offspring, the small white objects are discarded skins of an earlier generation of blackfly
I am not really sure what this critter is but I found it outside on the wall today. It was quite small not as large as it looks here.
Art by Timo Heino
"When he was living in downtown Helsinki, Timo Heino suffered from an allergy induced by street dust. This gave him the idea of cars being insects, and the only way of dealing with the symptoms caused by them would be desensitisation through exposure – by collecting pages from a newspaper selling used cars.
The general impression made by Insect Collection is misleading. It spreads out like wallpaper, and one would expect to find repeating patterns in it. The pages were collected over such a long period of time, however, that no single car is repeated, every picture shows a different individual. In many of his works, Heino explores the individual’s relationship to the masses."
www.hel.fi/hki/taimu/en/art+museum+tennis+palace/tp_naytt...
After result of Stick Insect. - After reworking it. Look at the previous photo in this set to see the original photo.
The information below was found at The Australian Museum Online
www.austmus.gov.au/factSheets/phasmids.htm
Phasmids are insects that eat leaves and resemble leaves or sticks. They are usually green or brown but may reveal brightly coloured underwings when they fly. They have developed many unusual shapes to camouflage themselves to avoid detection by predators. The order Phasmatodea includes the longest insects in the world.
Habitat and Distribution
About 150 species of phasmids are found in Australia. They usually live in gum trees but are sometimes found in gardens on rose bushes or fruit trees. However because of their excellent camouflage, they are often overlooked. When disturbed, a phasmid may sway, imitating a dead leaf or stick swaying in the breeze. During summer many people have found stick and leaf insects in the laundry, clinging to windows, and drowned in swimming pools. The attractive green and pink Podacanthus typhon is one species that is often found.
Most species of phasmids are quite rare but a few such as Podacanthus wilkinsoni can occasionally occur in plague numbers, causing extensive damage to eucalypt forests. In the 1960s, a series of devastating outbreaks occurred in mountain forests of Victoria, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Other species that can reach high densities include Didymuria violescens, and Ctenomorphodes tessulatus.
Appearance
Titan Stick Insect. Small male mating with a larger female. Photo: Antony Giorgini. Marked variations in body features and colours occur in many species of phasmid. Horns, spines and lobes on the abdomen or the legs, may be more or less developed, or completely absent, in the same population. Some species have green and non-green forms. Many of these features may also vary geographically, together with overall size, relative wing length, and the colour of the hind wings, if present.
The longest Australian phasmid is the Titan Stick Insect (Acrophylla titan) which can grow to 25 cm long.
Reproduction
Many female phasmids do not need to mate in order to produce fertile eggs. This form of reproduction is called parthenogenesis and all the eggs produced will hatch into females. If the females do mate with a male before producing eggs, the nymphs (babies) may be male or female.
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I was hunting dragons and there were plenty around, but they were zooming around and keeping out of reach for the nanoseconds that they landed. Damselflies were much easier...
Stick Insect ... Stick Bug ... Walking Stick:
Phylliicae...Phasmida...ctenomorphodes...chronus
This one spent the better part of the day on the door frame of our house.
About eight inches long, the name is derived from Greek, meaning Phanton, Apparition.
Another in my series of back porch insects. These are taken at night with mostly my 200mm Nikon micro lens & flash.
Chicago, Illinois
Garden walk through grounds of Oxburgh Hall. Amazing structure for insects to nest in over the winter months.
This praying mantis seems to be licking itself as if it is grooming. It turns out that they actually do groom themselves:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/03766357789...
I had no idea that any insect would do that.
This is cropped image from original size. I stacked it from 2 photos in Photoshop, each photo was made with Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 (non IS) macro lens, in front attached Raynox DCR-250 diopter, handheld.
This insect is a common sight over the year, but in winter not. It is appr. 3mm long, and all you can see are the bright wings over dark body, when you are watching with naked eye.
I had luck, to get it closer today with macro lens, when I was making photos of crystals on the glass in bedroom window.