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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 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.
Those who are afraid of roaches look away now! Or was that warning too late?
Anyway, this roach was probably dying already. My guess that it was crushed by something before I found it making it weak and slow. Its current state most likely contributed to its lack of its photophobic and cautious tendencies. Its back is sprinkled with dirt because it fell on its back when it tried to climb the wall. I don't know what fate this roach had after I took this photo as I let it crawl away - I let it go because I can't kill animals or insects unless they badly hurt or annoy me.
I think it's of the periplaneta americana (American cockroach) species. They originated from the Americas but they are now found in many tropical countries because of human activities mainly entering a new country by ships or planes.
Photographed near Hunterston in North Ayrshire, this was one of two individuals, and was a new addition to the site (for me at least).
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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)
What is this insect? I found it searching, with a very rushed and erratic demeanor, for something outside my front door, waving its antennae conspicuously. Evidently, in its haste it had been blundering through cobwebs, and I got the feeling it had travelled a fair distance. And what is that strange furry growth on the left side of its thorax? Could it be the victim of a mind-controlling parasite? After I had finished a session with it in the white-box, I placed it in a garden-bed, and it proceeded up a tree quite mindlessly.
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.