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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

large male, in the entomology department at the natural history museum.

98 of 365 Insect - this little fly thing was in my bathroom sink today and was sitting quite peaceful - today's image sorted - I used a tissue over the flash for a softer light (seems to work quite well with the cameras own flash which I think can be quite harsh) took it out side after I had finished his photo shoot :-)

 

I now have a name for my little model its a Lacewing - thanks to Kat and Jan for the information :-)

one of several Heterotoma planicornis bugs of the Miridae found in the bay tree in the garden

found this interesting bug in the driveway this morning

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.

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.

Emerald, QLD, Australia

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

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 .

 

Insect on sidewalk. Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in middle of Kansas.

15 Sept 2013

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Bourdon butinant les fleurs du jardin-2

An insect in the Tandayapa Valley of Ecuador.

A friend is someone who knows you well enough to bring you a dead dragonfly to photograph. Thank you, Liz

Garden Wall, Guernsey, Channel Islands.

Flight of the Bumble Bee. The combination of the Canon 7D and the 400 mm F/5.6 L mounted on 47mm extension tubes focuses fast enough and tracks subjects well enough to make the photography of insects in flight feasible.

 

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