Sac spider

Anyone know the name?

Beetle on Osteospermum flower. I admit I put it there :)

Pu'er, Yunnan, China

This enormous fly was found lurking amongst the grass at a local nature reserve. It looks initially like a large hoverfly, but the beak visible in this photo, and the triangular shaped markings on its back prove its a Dark Giant Horsefly (Tabanus sudeticus). You wouldn't want a nip from one of these moustached beasties!

Suprised me, another insect found in same ash tree, this one a native Redheaded Ash Borer

Exactly as BugGuide says: "Also found hunting along sidewalks and roads." Typical size 12-14 mm. This was on an abandoned road adjacent to a shrubby field, surrounded in turn by forest.

Fouraging Wood Ant (Formica rufa)

2 Monarch butterflies, one about to land.

This is my first shot of a dragonfly.He was very good and sat still for a couple of minutes. This was taken with the18-55mm kit lens, I don't have a macro lens.

Day 8~~Had to work for this one! It was worth it!

Family: Crambidae

Taken at mercury vapour light in Thurlby, Lincolnshire, UK, on 5 July 2014.

Mating bluebottle flies

View On Black

pai, thailand

Denny Wood

© photosbycat

Oi! I was first. Two Andrena haemorrhoa mating whilst clinging to a tree. A second male has grasped the back of the female in an attempt to join in.

Looks like a walking acorn! Anyone ID it?

A Katydid nymph sitting in my garden,on a stick,on the cement path.

an Eristalis pertinax warming itself in the early morning sunshine outside the front door.

Ants still doing something on the cornflower buds.

see www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/145187298/ for a crop from this shot.

I found this guy on the beach, dead of course, I would never get this close if it wasn't. I don't know what kind of insect it is though...

He actually waited quite patiently to have his picture taken

From our nature walk today.

セマダラハバチもしくはその近似種(Rhogogaster nigriventris ?)

Cropped hand held photo taken at Berry Head, Brixham, Devon

Bichos y flores

El Restrepo - Colombia

taken in Playas del Coco, Costa Rica

not seen in May yet?

Clock wise, starting from the right: #9, #13, #11, #10, #12 and #7