sweat bee

I rescued this libel from my house...It flew inside and couldn't get out anymore...

This fly allowed me take his photo as he considered what he was going to do next. I like the cool pattern on his wings.

Green Shieldbug - Palomena prasina, in it's overwintering colouring

Insect

Stinger but he does pollinate, too.

Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand

Medium sized hoverfly tying it's legs in knots.

Another leaf hopper on sweet chestnut leaf. Focus stacked using zerene

Ex pupae emerged 27 February 1988 . Hasselblad 500CM 150 Sonnar + 55mm tube F22 500th 2 Metz 402 flashes at 1.5 feet . Ectachrome 64 colour slide.

This moth was hanging out on my door when I came home late one night. I was shocked with how large it was. I have not personally seen a moth of this size before.

(help me to identify this)

(please rate this shot, any comment and advice is appreciated!)

Some insect on a leaf

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コガネムシって足上げてる子が多い。

なんでだろ。

...or ladybug, or ladybeetle. This one seemed to be spending a lot of time cleaning its mouth. I was trying to catch the moment of takeoff. Maybe next time...

I have found these chaps exceedingly difficult to photograph. I have shed loads of out of focus shots. However perseverance pays. In focus at last.

Morpho peleides, Benalmadena Butterfly Park, Spain

Just caught sight of this wasp flying up from some ground elder to a bush oak leaf with prey. By the time I got the camera on it, the head and abdomen had gone and it was trimming off the wings and legs before taking it back to the nest for the grubs to eat

Saw at a park of Hong Kong

Photographed at Wesbere Lakes, Kent.

Thermoniphas micylus

Roosting in the chilly weather. It was about to pour.