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This is a praying mantids that resemble a dead and dried leaf for protection. This is a female from Malaysia.
We were watching these dragons flying and catching insects on the wing hardly ever landing but this one decided to have a break from fighting the wind
Most of these photos have been added to inaturalist website where most have been specifically identified. ID's will be added when time allows to these photos though.
La Volucella zonaria est un insecte de l'ordre des diptères, de grande taille, de la famille des syrphidés, sous-famille des éristalinés, et du genre Volucella.
L'imago est visible de mai à septembre. Cet insecte adulte imite le frelon européen par sa taille, par son aspect et par son vol bourdonnant.
Stag beetles are a group of about 1,200 species of beetle in the family Lucanidae. This example is the species Lucanus cervus, and is the largest terrestrial insect in the UK.
A little insect resting. It's very very small
Taken with Hoya +4 Close-up filter with the Nikkor AF-S 55-200mm f/4-f/5.6 with SB-600 Speedlight attached.
Insects and Grasses by Yamamoto Baiitsu
Japan; Edo period; dated 1847
This consummate summer subject, painted by Nagoya literatus Yamamoto Baiitsu in his mature period, shows his mastery of the "boneless" brushwork technique and his deft powers of observation. Each of the more than fifty insects on this scroll, many lifted lightheartedly from the pages of the Chinese Mustard Seed Garden Manual, are given life and movement through the most economical of painted means. The composition, too, is particularly effective, launching the flying and crawling insects across the horizontal space in an extended arabesque.
At the end of the scroll, on the left, the artist's signature and date are given.
This is my Week 25 shot for the View 52 group. Am pleased my lovely Astrantia flowers are all blooming at the moment and are alive with bees and a few insects.
My View 52 set for 2013 is here: www.flickr.com/photos/janflicks/sets/72157632452274758/
This is the link to the View 52 group: www.flickr.com/groups/view52/
Spittlebug nymphs - These families are best known for the nymph stage, which produces a cover of frothed-up plant sap resembling spit; the nymphs are therefore commonly known as spittlebugs and their froth as cuckoo spit, frog spit or snake spit. - Wikipedia article.