(Pseudagrion microcephalum)

Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mount Coot-tha

Ebekawopa, Ghana

I love these little hovers, they have such pretty faces

long-horned beetle

An unknown visitor to my study.

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Palmetum, Townsville

not sure what this ladybird has been up to,but that looks suspiciously like an illegal substance around its face!

Hell of a Honeybee

Do edible insects and other novel foods hold the key to future food and nutrition security

macro! macro!

By stephen Britton

Wheel Bug, Arilus cristatus

DSC06953 one of the insects around the western tien shen mountain area during spring (aksu dzabagly - kazakhstan)

Tjärblomsgatan

Just trying to get some practice on insect close-ups. Looks a bit better if enlarged.

These large flies are predatory on other insects. I think this is a female. Possibly Promachus hinei, Asilidae. Central IL, Summer 2012.

The only live stick insects I've ever seen before were ones kept in a tank in the school science lab. I'm not sure whether they occur in the wild in the UK - it may be too cold and wet for them here; not a problem they face in Catalonia.

Apparently the common Spanish name for stick insect is insecto palo, which literally means "stick insect"!

Built by local children and part of the site's new use for wildlife conservation in the area only accessible by land train.

Sphinx

My water strider and big giant lacewing.

Insect

Cecropia Moth

Black-and-yellow Longhorn Beetle

Rutpela maculata

Unusual colour form

found this poor guy floating in my pool.

An insect in the forest at Cyclops mountain near Sentani lake.

This Common Darter was flyling ok but i noticed when it landed how scruffy the wings were, must be getting on a bit

According to wilko’s this insect medley is wildly tasty, that is to birds. Bought to feed the smaller birds during the snow the unit just states contains insects and comes from China. . . . .

Will add all of the book titles tomorrow, it's getting late.