Jumping Bush Cricket - Orocharis saltator. In my backyard in Central PA. About 20mm long.

Male green bottle fly gets a visual answer from a female

on a purple scabious in our garden

Bluebottle feeding on a camelia leaf- air temp 2.0'C

diese mir bis heute unbekannte Spinne saß auf meiner Strohblume - es ist eine Springspinne und sie war erstaunlich schnell

I don't know the names but I am very happy to share these flicks..Just as it is. No cropping, no photoshop, no tempering at all. All shot on manual settings. Made my day..

*Blue Banded Demoiselle*

This Blue Banded Damsel Fly (Calopteryx splendens) was fluttering around near the River Itchen near Winchester.

Insect on sidewalk. Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in middle of Kansas.

15 Sept 2013

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A whole lot of loving going on

Spotted beside the road near Castellfollit de la Roca in Catalonia.

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so I'm trying to learn about dragonflies, hawkers, skimmers, chasers, darters etc. but with little success. I have no idea what this is, if anyone can help, that would be much appreciated.

Taken on February 8, 2008 at 11.55am, Campinas City, São Paulo State, garden at house of my parents, Brazil.

See in Larger.

Wishing all of you a excellent week!

Excelente semana para todos!

During a spot of gardening this ladybird made an appearance climbing up to the top of a pile of dandelions, taking flight for a second, crashing, then repeating the process. It didn't seem to be flying well and was maybe getting it's skills back after hibernation.

Dicerca tenebrosa, Buprestidae. 0.5 e. of Jackson Lake, Jackson County, Ohio. On telephone pole.

@Albufeira - Portugal

using Olloclip attachment on the iphone..

Nomada bee feeding on Euphorbia. Probably Nomada marshamella

Large, like a Blue-eyed Darner, but I could not ID it.

MLK Shoreline RP, Oakland, CA

l had a look in my book to see if l could id this bee but it's not in it, don't remember seeing such a black bee, does anyone know what it's iid for my daily picture

Anatrytone logan

17 June 2018

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Dung fly on camelia leaf feeding on sugar/honey syrup. Focus stacked using zerene

Mating hoverflies - Helophilus pendulus.

Focus stacked using zerene stacker

Green soldier beetles mating.

Von unten schaut ein Schwefelkäfer zu.

Roter Weichkäfer - Rhagonycha fulva

Rote Weichkäfer werden 7 bis 10 Millimeter lang. Sie sind fast am ganzen Körper rotgelb gefärbt, nur die hinteren Enden der Deckflügel sind dunkel. Sie leben auf Feldern, Wiesen und in Gärten, insbesondere auf Doldenblütlern. (wikipedia)

a Microterys seyon wasp of the Encyrtidae in the pomegranate bush in the garden - these beautiful wasps are a regular sight in autumn and winter but never seem to see them in high summer.

Diabrotica sp.

Green scarab beetle

in my garden

Hobomok skipper (Poanes hobomok), male, photographed at Chadron State Park, about 9 miles south of Chadron, Nebraska, on June 6, 2016.

It finally rained last week and this is the 1st springtail I´ve seen since March

A butterfly with tattered wings

This tiny moth nicely posed on a dewy leaf early this morning

Swallowtails visit my butterfly bush daily but his is the first really perfect specimen I have seen. Most have defects, IE: broken tails, damaged wings, etc!

Monarch Butterfly

Salisbury, MO