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Insects are everywhere. Photograph a bug in your environment (no spiders - they're arachnids). (@DeForestRanger)
I expected this to be an easy assignment but the winds today seem to have driven off the bees and butterflies that are usually in the gardens.
This little bug is the most hated pest in our yard. It destroys the grape leaves, the burning bush leaves and so many flowers. We've tried the traps but haven't found them effective. So when they get too bad we take a bucket of soapy water and just pick them off the plants and toss them in the bucket. Anyone have a better plan?
Mosquito Enemy technician, Tyler Haase, introduces a new program IGR (Insect Growth Regulator) that offers even greater protection against the mosquitos you'll find outside.
Group of insects on yucca plant.
NPS / Paul Martinez
Alt Text: Insects scattered on the leaves of a yucca plant.
first of the year for these beautiful hoppers - seen in all its gaudy glory beside the Combe Haven stream
Some of the insects we saw in Croatia. Two longhorn beetles. Left one is "agapantha villosoviridescens" and the bottom right is a Wasp beetle "clytus arietus"
Can anyone name this insect or flower? (Taken in Orkney, N Scotland) - I have an idea that the flower might be a Shasta Daisy and wonder whether it might be a Hover Fly?
Dragonfly having an insect for lunch. Let's hope it's a midgie.
Taken near Hunterston Castle during a walk from West Kilbride to Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Damn dirty fly... stop bugging me!
If you want to see some real great insect photography, check this dude: Lord V.
No idea what this is -- it buzzed a lot, moved quickly, and was about twice the length (half the width) of a housefly. Buzzing left me nervous so I stepped back when it took off.
Bogbean is a perennial plant, that flowers from May to July. The flowers are pollinated by various insects like this shiny little Chequered Hoverfly~Melanostoma scalare
Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae
The Monarch Butterfly larva.
This butterfly is probably the most photographed butterfly in the world.
Raleigh, NC USA
September 18, 2010
BC: Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae). The Monarch butterfly is also sometimes called the Milkweed butterfly because its caterpillar feeds in Milkweed plants (Asclepias sp.). The caterpillar displays the yellow-orange-black pattern with some white as well, but is considered to fit into the defensive color pattern of milkweed insects. Some people call the insects that live on Milkweed and that are red, orange and black as part of the "Monarch Mimicry Complex".
7 Jun - Photo a day 2016.
I discovered these (plus a few more) on some Lillies in the garden.
The scarlet lily beetle, red lily beetle, or lily leaf beetle (Lilioceris lilii), is a leaf beetle that eats the leaves, stem, buds, and flower, of lilies, fritillaries and other members of the family Liliaceae. It lays its eggs most often on Lilium and Fritillaria species. It is now a pest in most temperate climates where lilies are cultivated. So I’m afraid after taking the photos they had to go!!
© Mike Broome 2016