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Insect-egg Slime (Leocarpus fragilis). Detail of the sporangia, the spore-bearing fruiting bodies. The area in this frame is about 5 mm wide. Big Basin State Park. Near Boulder Creek, Santa Cruz Co., Calif.
Robber flies catch their prey in mid flight. They then squeeze the unfortunate victim with their strong legs before inserting a proboscis into the prey and literally suck it dry leaving just a dry casing.
Messingham nature reserve, North Lincolnshire
1st instar Green Shieldbug, Palomena prasina. I pruned this leaf without seeing the creatures. I kept them in the kitchen for a couple of days to observe them. Now they are free to forage back in the Flowering Currant bush.
I am always amazed at the exquisite detail of these shiny little babies. These are red, but the adults are usually green. I had seen several around the garden earlier this spring.
You can see two empty skins from their first shedding.
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The first time I've seen a ladybird this year. This one seems to have more spots than usual - Is it a harlequin ladybird?
As I was watering the garden the other day I noticed this little fellow nearby, and when I looked closer, I saw he was holding a drop of water. I didn't know spiders did that. Not the sharpest shot; hard to shoot macro when the wind is blowing the web, but I couldn't resist the shot of him holding that drop of water.
This particular butterfly bears a clipped wing. Besides humans, lizards, birds, and spiders are the three main predators of this beautiful insect.
Small tortoiseshell butterfly in the garden the other day. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene. See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/12821645224/ for a 3D version.
These bugs were amazing. I wouldn't have even noticed them, were it not for the position of the sun.
A very welcome visitor to the garden, an immature male beautiful demoiselle damselfly. Last time I had one in the garden was 8 years ago. Panorama using 2 shots stitched with Microsoft ICE
¿DifÃcil de conseguir? No, sólo tener paciencia ;-)
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Difficult to get? No, only to have patience.
Blomkrabbspindel (Misumena vatia) är en spindelart i familjen krabbspindlar.
Blomkrabbspindeln använder sig inte av nät utan jagar genom att vänta ut sina byten, oftast sittandes på en blomma med främre benen utsträckta för att snabbt greppa tag i bytet.
Blomflugor är medelstora till ganska stora tvåvingar (Diptera) med en kroppslängd från omkring 5 upp till 20 millimeter. Som namnet antyder så ser man dem ofta ätandes nektar och pollen från blommor. De kan ofta ses sväva (hovra) i luften i närheten av blommor, gärna flockblomstriga. Många blomflugor efterliknar getingfamiljen Vespidae eller honungsbin och humlor i sitt utseende, det kallas mimikry, skyddande likhet med farligt djur. Man tror att denna likhet i utseende med dessa gaddsteklar skyddar flugorna från attackerande fåglar och andra insektsätare.