Digger wasp having a drink. Ectemnius sp. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

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Fly Stomorhina lunata. Not seen many of these this year

Another hoverfly at rest. Natural light

Nice fly . . .

Testing Nauticam CMC1

Mantis dining upon a Milkweed Bug

Can someone help me Identify this bug or insect please?

Red ant in abutilon flower

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Raynox 125mm

ISO 64, 1/6s

243photos, 2μm

Which in the Clover dwell.

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Cicadellidae

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Bluebottle fly close up. Focus stacked using zerene

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Fancy looking insect . Its head resembled an antelope . Anyone knows what its called ?

Hoje à tarde, com uma forte chuva, vi este inseto em um poste em frente a minha casa. Nunca tinha visto igual. Corri peguei a câmera e o guarda-chuva e fiz esta foto. O corpo mede aproximadamente 9 x 4 cm, com as antenas e as pernas é maior que a mão de um homem adulto. Será que alguém o reconhece?

This afternoon, with heavy rain, I saw this insect on a pole in front of my house. I had never seen the same. I ran, I grabbed the camera and umbrella and made this picture. The body measures approximately 9 x 4 centimeter, with antennae and legs is bigger than the hand of an adult man.

Does anyone recognize him?

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O nosso amigo Caledonia84 fez a amável gentileza de reconhecer este inseto. Trata-se do Besouro-da-figueira / Harlequin beetle (Acrocinus longimanus).

Prezado Caledonia84 fico muito agradecido por sua contribuição. Grande abraço.

Our friend Caledonia84 loving kindness made ​​to recognize this insect. This is the Harlequin beetle (Acrocinus longimanus).

Dear Caledonia84 am very grateful for their contribution. Big hug.

Latin Name: Aeshna cyanea

Thanks to Karen for the ID.

Taken in my garden.

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Feasting on the pollen!

Male miner bee. Natural light.

at Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve, South Africa.

A mantis enjoys its catch.

Un coléoptère de la famille des Cantharidae.

coppia di farfalle

Monarchs feeding on thistles. It was a poor year around here for butterflies and the news is especially bad for the Monarch Butterflies. Monarch populations are in great decline due to habitat modification in many parts of their range, especially the central US where so much native prairie has been turned into cropland. I had one day in the fall when I saw many Monarch Butterflies feeding on thistles. They were probably gearing up for their migration south for the winter. This particular site in the photo is CRP land, former agriculture land converted back to prairie habitat. Fall 2013, Central IL.

To read more about Monarch population declines, check out this NY Times article

www.nytimes.com/2013/11/24/sunday-review/the-year-the-mon...

and an article about trying to help Monarchs by planting Milkweed plants, the preferred food for their caterpillars: www.nytimes.com/2013/12/21/us/setting-the-table-for-a-flu...

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