A roach I found in my kitchen late one night. I forced it into modeling for a story about roaches I wrote for Harbor Style magazine. Afterward I released it a safe distance from my trailer... not that I like roaches but killing it would have seemed like ingratitude.

A type of insect, I am seeing for the first time.

En las profundidades, escondido en un matorral rastrero.

"Observe

The faith of a caterpillar

That never questions "why".

Behold

What a homely worm

Becomes a butterfly."

Bugs, Insects, Grasshoppers etc from in and around Dorset, South England

Un'ape con la pelliccia su un tagete o un garofano giapponese! crop /a fur bee!!! See larger!

Dovrebbe essere della famiglia di Xylocopa violacea / Carpenter bee / Ape legnaiola

Da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera

L'ape legnaiola (Xylocopa violacea Linnaeus, 1758) è un insetto dalla livrea nero-viola cangiante, appartenente alla famiglia degli Apidae, diffusa nell'Europa centro-meridionale, spesso erroneamente identificata col nome di calabrone.

Descrizione

È un'ape solitaria lunga di 2,5-3 cm (dal capo all'addome), dal volo rapido e piuttosto rumoroso.

Il corpo è di colore nero con riflessi violacei, pubescente.(Questa ha la pelliccia gialla a differenza di quella descritta! n.d.r.) Le ali sono di colore viola cangiante.

Distribuzione e habitat

Europa centro-meridionale.

Biologia

È uno dei primi imenotteri che compare subito dopo l'inverno, lo aiutano a entrare in attività così presto la pubescenza e anche il colore nero. Si nutre di nettare e polline raccolto prevalentemente su fiori delle Lamiaceae.

La femmina ovidepone nel legno tenero (marcescente o meno) in cui scava cellette separate da diaframmi, ogni celletta ospiterà un singolo uovo e una riserva di polline. Dall'abitudine di scavare nel legno deriva il nome del genere (dal greco xylos = legno e kopto = tagliare).

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Insects and flowers

The only other insect I could find today was this Grasshopper. 11/11/2023

Taken with a Fuji W1 3D camera with close-up adapter by Cyclopital fitted with an additional +5/200 Achromat macro lens by Marumi. Vivitar 283 flash.

Converted to Magenta/GB anaglyph via Photoshop.

Playing around with collage application in Picasa tonight, came up with these images from my own photos.

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Ant designed by Robert Lang

Folded by me from double tissue

Very fun model to fold

Medium sized hoverfly tying it's legs in knots.

Insects, bees and bugs from South England

If you look closely, you can see the head and antennae of the insect it just caught and is starting to eat.

Admiralty Park - Morning

insectes de la Prade de Thuir

went on a walk on a bird of prey conservation centre, spotted this giant sized insect on the chicken wire on one of the enclosures

Dionaea muscipula - venus flytrap - the death of insects

Southern hawker dragon fly larva - several of these larvae were in the emergence phase of their lifecycle. They had climbed out of the water and up the iris leaves. This photo shows the empty case (exuvia) after the dragon fly has emerged.. They have spent about 2 years in the pond during this phase. The larva is about one and a half inches long and quite a ferocious predator in the pond. The adults are really quite stunning and I have seen several both male and female flying about. Not managed to get a shot yet of the adults .

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Species hemithyrsocera histrio

Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

Macro with kit lens - Olympus PEN E-PL3+14-42 R II

Pic shows several generations of the german roach. The small ones are called nymphs. Notice the brown specks. These are known as fecal points. Roaches leave these behind as a kind of "calling card" to other roaches.

The old story. Poor hard-working bedbug obsessed by silly frivolous bedbug. 3 3/4"X6 1/4". Micron pen on paper. Part of Jane Eyre parody, Jane Ears. (Sketches for a Victorian zine)

Insect

Love in the time of grasshoppers / L'amour au temps des sauterelles

I took these photos about a week ago, before the cyclone. I checked the Cattana Wetlands a couple of days ago and it is flooded. The gate was closed and I took a couple of photos by the side of the gate of the water which I will post sometime. I think this is a damselfly and the two photos represent two different perches it was on. Both photos are quite high digital zoom. I have more photos of this same damselfly with a lot less zoom and different perches and may post another time.

The creature was small.

Guelph ON

10/20/13

This piece: 5x5"

Pencil, Gesso, Water Color Markers, Stabilo Pens, Micron Pens, 'White' Paint Pen, Colored Pencil

Lang's insects at the Fitchburg art museum. These were made when he was starting insects, and you can tell how these creations don't compare to his modern ones! Still amazing nonetheless.

Its black out that day, got bored at the office, grab my cam and do some little technique, Ive tried for the very first time the Reverse-Lens Technique, Hard Hoooh! My sweat is running tru my face and neck when im doin this shot, but it's worth it.

Young potato bug