A rare visitor to my yard

Firenze 14/09/2010

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

A large Millipede

Lepidoptera

Another moth on a warm day in winter

Sur fleur de trêfle....

Un pariente de la binchuca, bicho muy pasivo, ideal para fotografiar

Beetle

Modified Lafosse's Birdwing.

Mats of Tricos

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).

I always thought these particular dragonflies were hard to photograph until I browsed through my photos and found many photos of them.

Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand

this is the same catterpillar that is 25mm long, have know idea what it is, can anyone help please

I came across this little insect on a thistle as the sun was going down and just managed to get a few shots. Would love to have spent more time on it but it disappeared into the undergrowth.

Postman butterfly. August 2008.

Mating.

Big Cypress NP, Florida, fall 2011

fly insect macro

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Red and Black Shield Bug, Skocjan, Slovenia

One of my Phyllium sp "phillipenes" hatchling leaf insects

I don't know why I photographed that fly, perhaps I'll ...

Insect on a leaf

One of the butterflies emerged this morning from the ones we were raising. First one I've seen.

The adventures of Clive the Cricket

SOOC. +1 in comments.

My very first picture of a butterfly!

Average, yes, but I'm really happy about it! :D

We took a picture of one of these a couple of weeks ago, well camouflaged in one of our oleander bushes. This one, discovered on our fly screen, was encouraged down to the veranda floor, where we could see him in all his glory.

This was one of the most photogenic bugs I have ever taken pictures of I didn't move much it posed allowed me to compose this shot. I did thank it when I was done. Corrected ID 5/12/2012

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

Foto tirada em Campinas-SP

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Taken in Campinas - Brazil

Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)

Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Superclass: Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class: Insecta (Insects)

Subclass: Pterygota (Winged Insects)

Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps & Sawflies)

Suborder: Apocrita (Ants, Bees & Wasps)

Family: Formicidae (Ants)