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Els Poblets, Alicante, Spain.

Libellule Belgium

Entomoscelis americana. Chrysomelidae. University of Michigan Biological Station, Cheboygan County, MI.

Planthopper / froghopper. Focus stacked using zerene

Such a (cute) monster! Still gorging on its spider meal, this ant mimicking spider (Myrmarachne) is hard to notice at once while you're looking for unusual insects to take pictures of. You might just dismiss this as an ordinary black or dark silvery ant but upon closer inspection you'll be surprised that this is indeed a spider! Found in NTU Grounds, in a secluded forest in Singapore.

This tiny insect (about 3mm long) landed on my leg while I was sitting in the garden.

Lepidoptera

Another moth on a warm day in winter

Large hoverfly Volucella zonaria on hebe. Natural light

Reddish small mantis seemed interested in being photographed even though we are very noisy around it that it could scurry away any time (but it did not).

 

From Mantodea order of insects (Mantidae family). This one is a typical praying mantis with its usual "prayer" like stance. If you look closely, the eys of mantises look like they have pupils (but according to wiki, they just have compound eyes).

Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand

Postman butterfly. August 2008.

A pretty dragonfly at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin.

TQ167715

 

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About 7 mm long.

 

The following information (edited slightly) is from www.knowyourinsects.org at www.knowyourinsects.org/Lepidoptera1_Moths.html#Blastobas... .

 

Scavenger Moth, family Blastobasidae (the scavenger moths).

□ Two characteristics of the family Blastobasidae is curved labial palpi, the pair of horns, which are really long, curved extensions of the insect’s labium (analogous to a lower lip) and the shape of wings being narrowed apically (narrowed toward the wingtips), according to moth expert Richard L. Brown, who identified this specimen. He adds, “About 75 percent of the North American species of this family are undescribed and have no name.” To see the variation in this family see mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/Files/TH/TH01.shtml (about two-thirds of the way down the page). The moth shown here is about 7 mm (0.28 inches) long. Note: This family was once considered a subfamily of the family Coleophoridae.

Identified by: Richard L. Brown, Ph.D., director of the Mississippi Entomological Museum and W.L. Giles Distinguished Professor at Mississippi State University. Thank you, Dr. Brown!

Red and Black Shield Bug, Skocjan, Slovenia

One of my Phyllium sp "phillipenes" hatchling leaf insects

First common wasp male I've seen this year - they have an extra abdominal segment and an extra segment in the antenna. 2 shot focus stack using zerene

This Ladybird also loves my Comfrey plant.

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