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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
This 10mm wasp was on the trunk of a burnt tree. It had the behaviour of a wasp in that it was running around in haphazard circles in a stop start action, behaving like an ant and a spider (it looked like it was hiding behind its front legs as spiders do). It had me quite confused as to what I was photographing.
It is a wasp that belongs to the Dryinidae family.
"Dryinidae is a family of hymenopteran insects with about 1,400 described species found worldwide. These are solitary wasps whose larvae are parasitoids on other insects. The only known hosts are Hemiptera, especially leafhoppers.
Adults of these insects are generally fairly small, to a maximum length of 10 mm. Males are usually fully winged but females are often completely wingless and closely resemble ants.
The eggs are injected into the host using a sharp ovipositor and the larva spends its early stages feeding internally on the host but when larger it starts to protrude from the abdomen of the host and develops a hardened sac-like "case" to protect its vulnerable body while continuing to feed on the host, which is eventually killed."
Sketches of Dryinidae made in 1828
Coleoptera : Coccinellidae
Could be C. sanguinea
Los Angeles area, USA
September 22, 2010
I support myself as an electronics engineer and on a job near LA, I found a plant full of these lady beetles (all stages) in the parking lot of my client. I had to sneak out of the job at some time today to shoot these images in the parking lot. Lucky I had my camera with me.
Reference: bugguide.net/node/view/8878
J'ai vu plusieurs Cicindèles hier qui se promenaient ou se posaient sur le sable du seniter au soleil... Au soleil son coprs brille comme un bijou... Un joyau, un émeraude!!
La Cicindèle champêtre est un beau coléoptère vert, parfois bleuâtre, plus rarement noirâtre. C'est un insecte chasseur redoutable d'une grande rapidité et d'un appétit féroce. Elle attrape ses proies à la course et effectue des vols courts en cas de danger. Sa larve, également carnivore, vit dans un terrier vertical où elle attend qu'une proie passe à sa portée.
Dorcus parallelopipedus.
Larvae spend 3 - 4 years within dead timber before emerging as adults to mate. The adults only live for a few weeks & do not feed during this time.
Stour valley Suffolk - June
Diaphora mendica, the Muslin Moth. Male, Irish species. Arrived in the garden on May 13th, 2011. Similar to Buff Ermine.
Irish Nature websites:
A visit to The Botanic Gardens In Oxford yesterday. This Common Darter seemed to be owning the pond around the rock garden.
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WONDER exhibit, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Jennifer Angus (1961– )
In the Midnight Garden
2015
cochineal, various insects, and mixed media
Courtesy of Jennifer Angus
"Angus's genius is the embrace of what is wholly natural, if unexpected. Yes, the insects are real, and no, she has not altered them except to position their wings and legs. The species in this gallery are not endangered, but in fact are quite abundant, primarily in Malaysia, Thailand, and Papua New Guinea, a corner of the world where Nature seems to play with greater freedom. The pink wash is derived from cochineal insect living on cacti in Mexico, where it has long been prized as the best source of the color red. By altering the context in which we encounter such species, Angus startles us into recognition of what has always been a part of our world."