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These minute insects, colloquially known as hoppers, are plant feeders that suck plant sap from grass, shrubs, or trees. Their hind legs are modified for jumping, and are covered with hairs that facilitate the spreading of a secretion over their bodies that acts as a water repellent and carrier of pheromones.

Food on his face and even in his hair. Bet he failed Table Etiquette 101!

I'm obsessed with Pholcidae. Protect them as they are beneficial in the house and in the garden.

They are HARMLESS.

photo by my wife

Insect sucking its food on yellow flower

Insect on flower.

Insect sitting on a leaf

Cypherotylus californicus, Erotylidae. Sonoita Creek Nature Preserve, Patagonia, Santa Cruz county, Arizona.

Grasshopper from Tanti, Argentina.

If at first you don't succeed..!!!

No idea what these shiny, beautiful critters are. They sure moved quickly!

On a blazing hot evening, thousands of insects came out attracted by the light over the near the BBQ. By holding the camera steady and adding a long exposure, the trails of the insect's flights were captured.

 

I think the 'texture' in the flight paths might be wing flaps, but I suspect someone will be able to add some commentary.

 

As the BBQ smoked, the insects went crazy, creating this mass of flight paths.

Hagenius brevistylus (Odonata: Gomphidae)

Automeris fieldi, female. Saturniidae. Barro Colorado Island, Panama.

'Insect Hotel,' Santa Fe Botanical Garden. Photographed August 5, 2023.

Not the same spider from "Top Of Spider" photo. Its the next door neighbor to it. You can tell by the fact the the other spider only has 7 legs.

 

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Due to leek moth, or onion leafminer. The little crusty bits are from the insect burrowing down the garlic stem and into the bulb. The cloves are mostly ok, at least!

20190428-JCB_8453 - Washoe Lake SP - Group Area, WAS (NV)

The New River, Hornsey, North London

Agfa Isolette III, Fomapan 100, Rodilal 1+100 Stand development, 1 Hour

A beautiful insect sitting on a leaf.

Cicindela sexguttata, Carabidae. Central IL, Spring 2013.

.... is this?

 

Hetty: appelboomstippelmot of de vogelkersstippelmot (Yponomeuta)

Karen: ermine moth (photo's).

Thank you Hetty & Karen.

It looked like a mix between a wasp, fly, and long legs like a mosquito. Anyone know?

Any suggestions as to what it is?

Seen in the lodge grounds at Sukau.

As animals, we vary in our socialization patterns. Certain species of

insects tend to exist in close proximity to one another, and live in

coexistence.

As evidenced by this particular photo’s display of the wood lice and slug

going about their business without going out of their way to harm one

another.

 

Slugs, although they live in similar environments, have a more selfish

approach to survival (this is admittedly dependent on the species).

Woodlice however tend to work in collective unison in order to locate food

and habitable environments.

We as humans share all these traits, choosing which socialization

patterns to enact depending on what is most convenient and what is most

beneficial to our survival.

Because of recent rains, various crops of mushrooms have sprouted from our straw. A tiny winged insect perches atop this small, frail mushroom.

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