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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.
Order: Diptera (True Flies).
Size: 6-10mm.
Range: Throughout Canada and the United States.
Description: These insects are active on bright sunny days near human habitations; they are often seen around dog feces. Adults sip both plant and animal fluids. Females sometimes lay eggs on open wounds; they are among the first insects to arrive at a carcass. Larvae develop in rotting meat and pupate in the soil. This species has been used in "maggot therapy."
Some of the insects we saw in Croatia. Bottom right was on our bedroom ceiling! Goes by the lovely name of "Scutigera Coleoptrata" and is in the Scutigerid family. 15pairs of legs. Can bite if handled.
Araignée crabe avec sa proie, un bourdon des champs, sur un épi de blé.
Il y a deux araignées dans l'image...
Texas Memorial Museum, Austin, TX
Insects were the first organisms on Earth to take to the air about 310 million years ago during the Late Carboniferous Period. Some paleontologists have suggested that the origin of winged insects is even older, in the Devonian Period (about 400 million years ago). This means the evolution of the first winged insects took place at about the same time that the first tetrapods (four-legged vertebrates) abandoned the water for life on land.
The diversity of winged insects is evident all around as they can be found in essentially all terrestrial environments, and on all continents including Antartica. The advantages of flight over all other forms of locomotion gave rise to a sudden increase in the number and types of flying insect species and their worldwide dispersal. Of the 800,000 species of described insects on the planet, the vast majority are capable of flight. Although insect success can be attributed to numerous factors, arguably, the ability of flight is the most important. Birds and bats are the only other living animals capable of flight.
I saw the Cinnabar larva on this ragwort from some distance away then getting closer saw the ladybird, I had taken two or three shots then the shieldbug appeared from nowhere to make a trio. Ragwort is poisonous and the larva is able to cope with this and becomes poisonous itself hence the yellow and black colouring common danger warning in nature to potential predators. The ladybird would be in search for aphids and the shieldbug lives on plant juices, whether it can cope with ragwort I don't know. (See below for image of Cinnabar moth)