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We've had some cold weather that greatly reduced the insect population but the flies don't seem to be effected. 10/11/2023
I found this poor chap in my bathroom this morning. Unfortunately he had already departed for 'Insect Heaven'
D7000 - Tokina 100mm Macro with Extension Tubes - SB700 x 2 - F20 - 1\250th
I used to collect cicadas when I was a kid so I can't hold it against her! I still really like them. They're so freakish!
This is a hybrid of two species, the Red Imported Fire Ant - Solenopsis invicta - and the Black Imported Fire Ant - Solenopsis richteri. Gradually S. invicta is displacing S. richteri from the entire U.S. through hybridization.
The Red Imported Fire Ant is found throughout the southern United States, from Virignia to California and is continuing to spread. It was introduced from South America sometime between 1933 and 1945.
It will eat almost anything, plant or animal, alive or dead.
The Red Imported Fire Ant is the most aggressive and widespread of the fire ants found in North America. If their nest is stepped on, the workers rush out and sting the feet and legs of the intruder. Each sting results in a small, acutely painful wound that develops into a pustule in 24 to 48 hours. As the pustules heal they become itchy and can become infected.
Despite their aggresive reputation, they do have a species of beetle that lives with them in their nests, a type of scarab beetle known as Martineziana dutertrei.
A female Alaptus sp. found in the garden birch tree. Most likely an Alaptus schmitzi, but keying brings it to A.eriococci - a species that is only found on the other side of the Atlantic. The similarity between these two species means the greatest likelihood is that this one is A.schmitzi with a longer antennal scape. But ...
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Learn more about this state park here: www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/hungry-mother#general_in...
A two-storey steam-blasting praying mantis makes its way down Roman Road (just behind a giant ant and spider)
Keep seeing these insects all over NYC, this one was taken on the Staton Island ferry
Spotted Lantern Fly.
The Purplish-Brown Looper, the stick-mimic caterpillar of the Curve-toothed Geometer moth, has pretty impressive camouflage.
Insecta ;
Oeufs, ensemble de 6 mm de large ;
03/07/2020, Lyon 1er arrondissement (69001, France) ;
L'ouverture "sale" indique que ce sont des parasites qui en sont sortis !
The "dirty" opening means it was parasites that emerged from the eggs!