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I eventually caught her in a pitcher and shoved her out the door. Why there was a beer pitcher in our breakroom is anyone's guess.

a different angle of the jar of capers found in the grocery store today.

Creepy

Stick insect escapes at Lullingstone Silk Farm, Dorset

Insect on Flower at Brooklyn Botanic Gardens

A species of Coleophora on my Buddleia globosa

I have read reports of northern species of Ranatra having red under the wings. I guess the Ranatra of the world may offer a host of colours.

Stick insect seen in the Serengeti, Tanzania

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Eumenes sp., nest, Vespidae. 0.5 mi. N. of Jackson Lake, Pike County, OH

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Damsel Fly, Lake Lorraine, Hillsboro, MO

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

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.

praying mantis insect

insect

Does anyone know what this is?

Insect - July/ August 2013

I can't remember if these are aphids or not, but they were amazingly packed onto branches.

Chains breaking up. These I just caught! Only had about 1 minute from the time I realized what I was seeing until it was all over. These insects acually connect into chains. I nearly missed it. The images are just not very crisp but you can see what is going on.

Look at this in the original size to see what is going on.

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"

Small Tortoiseshells on Michaelmas Daisy. 1

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!

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

Image captured with Panasonic FZ-5.

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A scarce fly associated with dead wood. This one was bred from a pupa collected from beneath the bark of a fallen sycamore tree. Attingham Park, Shrewsbury.

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

366 challenge day 138 - 17th May. I spotted this insect on a fern in my back garden (Lancashire, England).