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Female Brush Katydid (Scudderia sp.). Males of a couple species of Scudderia were calling in the area so I do not know which species of Scudderia this is. But I am sure she knew which male song was her future mate. Old Womans Run, Maryland
Courting robber flies ?
Highdown gdns Worthing. Natural light. The male made many attempts to land on the female but was fended off each time
True flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wings". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced mechanosensory organs known as halteres, which act as high-speed sensors of rotational movement and allow dipterans to perform advanced aerobatics.[1]
Flies have a mobile head, with a pair of large compound eyes, and mouthparts designed for piercing and sucking (mosquitoes, black flies and robber flies), or for lapping and sucking in the other groups. Their wing arrangement gives them great maneuverability in flight, and claws and pads on their feet enable them to cling to smooth surfaces. Flies undergo complete metamorphosis; the eggs are laid on the larval food-source and the larvae, which lack true limbs, develop in a protected environment, often inside their food source. The pupa is a tough capsule from which the adult emerges when ready to do so; flies mostly have short lives as adults.
Common Blue butterfly on windy highbridge hill :-)
Not the perfect specimen though the first one i have got close to so far this year :-)
R1 fill-flash
The newly emerged moth is resting in the early morning as the mist rises, with its wings still slightly crinkled. Ridgeway near Kingston Lisle.
For my poem on burnet moths, see:
Trichiotinus texanus. Adults feed on flower pollen. About 15 mm long. Slaughter Creek Greenbelt, Austin.
If you want Monarch Butterflies, plant some Milkweed. They are forever entwined in each others lifecycle as well as plenty of other actors in the process. My back porch this afternoon.