Hamburg Wildlife - Birds, Bees, Flora & Fauna

This hoverfly (Rhingia campestris) is a common insect in woodlands and elsewhere. It has an extraordinary projection on it's face which houses it's long proboscis, with which it can feed from deep tubed flowers like bluebells. This has earned it the nickname of the Heineken Fly - after the advertising slogan "reaches the parts other beers cannot reach"

Damsel Fly, Lake Lorraine, Hillsboro, MO

There seem to be a lot more of these this year.

I'm sure this strange-looking insect is some sort of beetle, but have no idea what kind. It was floating in the water at the houseboat and when I lifted it out, it raised up it's antenna. Then it just sat all day in the sunshine on this piece of cardboard. Sometime during the night, it left. Any ideas???

I went to the zoo today with a big group of friends. We had so much fun but it was so hut. Ugh. We're going to a Reds' game tonight. We all know how much I hate sports, but I love these people so it shouldn't be too bad.

I'm so happy to have a camera again. My friend Rachelle and I are plotting for two mass photoshoots together.

SOOC

seen in Pefkos

Drone-fly, Holme House Lane, near Booth

This multipede was seen along the pathway to Haew Narok Waterfall in Khao Yai National Park in Thailand in April 2013.

insect

Suillia gigantea

Does anyone know what this is?

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RHS Wisley Gardens in Surrey ...

Damselfly - Beutiful demoiselle - Longdon Marsh, Worcestershire

Keldy Forest (N.Yorks) 09-06-2011. Identification courtesy of afterforty? Thanks

These paintbrush wildflowers near Cottonwood Creek were besieged by these little insects I've never seen before. Some insects were green, others brown. Any clue on species is appreciated!

Insects: A Collection Idea: ideas.lego.com/projects/fad734b3-21b3-47a0-91be-4b53063e95af

I took this photo for Hump Wednesday! Insects found in the garden of the holiday apartment I was staying at in Brisbane.

Spotted this Darter resting and taking the last of the sun on my walk the other day..

Frelons forêt des landes.

Insect Factory live at Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring MD 30april11. Event curated by DC Sonic Circuits.

Submit to the photo contest at dnr.maryland.gov/photocontest

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Khabarovsk, Far East, Russia

Pond-skater (Gerridae)

A female Aeolothrips intermedius found in broom (Cytisus scoparius) in brede High Woods. Note basal antenna segments are dark where A.ericae are pale.

Caterpillar hanging on

Clymene Moth (Haploa clymene) and ant. Port Frederick State Park, Maryland.

Scorpions and crickets...