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Small scale insect sucking some fresh plant juices from this new Lantana flower.
Some info on Scale insects from Wikipedia:
The scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, generally classified as the superfamily Coccoidea. There are about 8,000 species of scale insects.
Most scale insects are parasites of plants, feeding on sap drawn directly from the plant's vascular system. Scale insects vary dramatically in their appearance from very small organisms (1-2 mm) that occur under wax covers (some look like oyster shells), to shiny pearl-like objects (about 5 mm), to creatures covered with mealy wax.
I saw this insect that looks very similar to a Bo Weavil on Black Raspberry Bush leaves at the edge of my back yard
Setting up the Hummingbird feeder and we couldn't help but to noticed what appeared to be bumblebees on steroids (almost mistook them for a hummingbird a few times). They're really peaceful and seemed like gentle giants. (I also have a newfound huge respect for those who do insect photography - and I thought birds were hard!)
Taken in Kamloops BC.
Unkown insect, photographed near the Riviera Maya coast, on the grounds of the Grand Sirenis resort, between Playa del Carmen and Tulum, in Mexico. EDIT: Identified as a froghopper by Michael Marlow. Thanks!
Tamron SP Di 90mm F/2.8 Macro, Raynox DCR-250 and off camera Yongnuo YN-560 III. Quite a crop on this one - that thing was small!
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Two walking-stick insects mating in a garden in McDonald's Corners, Ontario Canada. The small brown one is the male and the much larger green one is the female.
Color of Life, Color Conceals.
Use camouflage to mimic leaves and even waver when they walk like leaves blowing in the wind.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea (stick insects, phasmids, ghost insects and leaf insects)
Superfamily: Phyllioidea
Family: Phylliidae (true leaf insects or walking leaves)
Genus/species: Phyllium giaganteum
DISTRIBUTION/HABITAT: Southeast Asia to Australia
DIET IN THE WILD: Plant leaves including Oak and bramble
REPRODUCTION: Males are hard to find. Females are able to reproduce by laying unfertilized eggs that grow into more females.
References
California Academy of Sciences Color of life exhibit, June 2015
Ron's Wordpress shortlink wp.me/p1DZ4b-1xg
Ron's flickr www.flickr.com/photos/cas_docents/19131910632/in/album-72...
Encyclopedia of Life eol.org/pages/1077423/overview
6-25-15
Finally, the molted skin..
Mantodea or mantises is an order of insects that contains approximately 2,200 species in nine families worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. Most of the species are in the family Mantidae. Historically, the term "mantid" was used to refer to any member of the order because for most of the past century, only one family was recognized within the order; technically, however, the term only refers to this one family, meaning the species in the other eight recently established families are not mantids, by definition (i.e., they are empusids, or hymenopodids, etc.), and the term "mantises" should be used when referring to the entire order.
A colloquial name for the order is "praying mantises", because of the typical "prayer-like" stance, although the term is often misspelled as "preying mantis" since mantises are predatory. In Europe, the name "praying mantis" refers to Mantis religiosa. The closest relatives of mantises are the orders Isoptera (termites) and Blattodea (cockroaches), and these three groups together are sometimes ranked as an order rather than a superorder. They are sometimes confused with phasmids (stick/leaf insects) and other elongated insects such as grasshoppers and crickets.
haaaa heee hiiiii ......
I took this image of a flower in my backyard because I thought it was pretty. But with all my macro gear in place, there was not much of the flower I could focus on. Then I thought.... who am I kidding?, what am I doing? ...I am not a flower photographer! I know nothing about taking good images of flowers! So stop wasting my time trying to take photos of flowers...look for insects..that is your job! ..I told myself. Then later on when I developed this image...I found an insect!! I think it is Thysanoptera...maybe. It has wings, so it is an adult. The insect is about 2mm long by 0.5 mm wide.
Just to show... insects are everywhere! haaa heeee jiiii jaaaa jeeee (spanish and english laugh) or LOL LOL LOL!
This image is Straight out of camera (SOOC) except reduced in size.
My daughter has got the Stick Insects for the weekend from her pre-school class. It's pretty obvious they are from a school, loads of them have missing legs and broken feelers. Ignoring these, I have taken a few shots of the healthiest ones! These are all 100% size crops from the original, so please view the large size for the full 'Star Wars' effect.
There are also some eggs and very small insects at the top of the photo, I think they are also stick Insects.
she was too yellow so I had to give her a Pink Liv Wig to bring the Pink out better.
I really like her alot, now that she has a matching torso
this is a human & insect face mixed up......thanks for looking....best bigger.....hope you have a great day
Insect traps: malaise, yellow pan, trunk window and pitfall, Wind Song, Little Swanport, Tasmania, October 2017
Pitfall-style insect interceptors can be used to monitor for bed bugs. However, monitors can pick up other arthropods as well. For more information on bed bug management, visit: nysipm.cornell.edu/whats-bugging-you/bed-bugs