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Acmaeodera flavomarginata. Beetles in this genus are unusual in that they fly with hindwings only, with their elytra closed. This beetle is about to take off. 10-12 mm long.
Feeding on hemlock. I found a pair of these on the same plant. Papilio polyxenes, Papilionidae. Summer 2014, Central IL.
Butterflies are brightly colored flying insects with four wings that vary in color and pattern according to species, the wings are covered with tiny overlapping rows of scales.
Butterflies in their adult stage can live from a week to nearly a year depending on the species.
Butterflies feed primarily on nectar from flowers. Some also derive nourishment from pollen, tree sap, rotting fruit. Adult butterflies consume only liquids, ingested or sip water from damp patches for hydration and from which they obtain sugars for energy, and sodium and other minerals vital for reproduction. Several species of butterflies need more sodium than that provided by nectar and are attracted by sodium in salt; they sometimes land on people, attracted by the salt in human sweat.
Butterflies are important as pollinators for some species of plants although in general they do not carry as much pollen load as bees. They are however capable of moving pollen over greater distances.
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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 first Skipper. Sunday 17 June 2012. 13:31. Hampstead Heath, London N6.
I'm not sure if its a big or small skipper. I'm going to plump for Large Skipper(Ochlodes venata). I've no idea what the other insect is. Update: Many thanks to Harryf2011 below for confirming it is a large Skipper www.flickr.com/photos/harrylepidopterist/
A male Drepanothrips reuteri found in Great Wood near Battle. Additional pictures below show 6-segmented antennae and the distinctive pair of black drepanae at rear end.
cool insects looking very much like leaves or flowers. you have too
cool insects looking very much like leaves or flowers. you have to look closely to see that it is in fact an insect
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Camera model: Canon EOS D400
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ISO level: 100
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Lens Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 100 mm
Waiting impatiently for these great posers to return. Winter has been loooong this year. Pachydiplax longipennis, Libellulidae. Central IL, Summer 2012.
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A two-storey steam-blasting praying mantis makes its way down Roman Road (just behind a giant ant and spider)
It was windy today and taking photographs was a challenge, so I am fairly pleased to have this one. It shows a fly in that top bit (which I don't know the name of).
I had thought it accidental, assuming that the pollinating process would have been in what I would have called the "throat" of the plant ... but I saw another tiny fly in this same place in another one so ... ?
This regarding the taxonomy of SA (Terrestrial ) Orchids in an electronic publication given me by Bob Bates, who indicated that it could be shared.
I will add this information to all the orchid photos that I publish here, from SA.
"Foreword:
In the past there have been several books and pamphlets dealing with South Australian orchids, the first of these was Dr RS Rogers’ ‘Introduction to South Australian Orchidology’ in 1909 which had previously appeared in series form in that wonderful kiddie journal the Children’s Hour. Rogers only mentions about 50 species. Rogers’ book was upgraded in 1911 and most school libraries had copies for the next 60 years. These books enthused many school children to send orchids they found to Rogers and inspired others to invent common names of their own.
The orchids were next treated in detail in JM Black’s ‘Flora of South Australia’ (1929) which listed less than a hundred species.
Harold Goldsack in the 1950’s treated a similar number in the National Parks of South Australia handbook and in the 1960’s. South Australian Maynard G. Pocock of Adelaide included many SA species in his ‘Ground Orchids of Australia’.
In Flora of South Australia 3rd edit., vol 1 (1976) Weber and Bates treated less than 150 species while Foreman’s book on South Australian orchids in the early 1980’s had even less.
The first really comprehensive book on South Australian orchids was Bates and Weber’s ‘Orchids of South Australia’ which appeared in 1990 and suggested that there may have been more than 150 species of orchid in SA. With a wave of new species published since then and numerous name changes, the above ‘Pink book’ is very outdated today, hence this interim electronic OSA.
We are hopeful that David Jones will name most of the species awaiting publication and follow that up with a new book on our SA orchids. In the meantime many new species have appeared in Jones’ ‘Native Orchids of Australia’ which appeared in September 2006. This treats all known Aussie species. The most recent orchid book, Australian Orchid Research Vol 5 (March 2007) validates 15 new South Australian orchids.
The majority of Eastern Australian publications today, other than State Herbarium sponsored ones use the new segregate genera but we do so here with some reservations. "