Jewel wasp

Hiked at Reflection Riding Arboretum and photographed insects.

Usually the praying mantises I see are green. There is something so eerie about their eyes.

Photographed on the Kent Wildlife Trust reserve at Lydden.

Insect Casing left on a plant

Green Lacewing (Cropped to 57% of Original Image Area)

Nikon D200 TC-200 Teleconverter + AF Nikkor 35-70 1;3.3-4.5 @ 70mm + Nikon Series E 28mm 1:2.8 (reversed). This combination yields a 4.5:1 reproduction ratio.

1/60 sec - f/11 - ISO 100 SB-600 Speedlight off-camera directly above subject.

BHL On Black

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We went to Denge wood, very windy day but managed to get a few captures, mum spotted this large cricket

Taken at Pulau Ubin, Singapore.

Foto tirada no Jardim Botânico de São Paulo.

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Taken at the Botanical Garden of São Paulo - Brazil.

The summertime is a great time for bees in the garden :) However much I'd love to own my own bee colony, it's probably best if I stick to photographing the ones that fly into the garden for the moment...

Found these chaps in... (cough) an embrace.

Interesting insect seen on Mt. Taiyetos.

Anybody knows which one it is?

Uncropped.

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Eruga de l'Esfinx de les lletereses. Aquesta eruga s'alimenta de diverses lletereses (euphorbia).

Oruga de la Esfinge de las lechetreznas. Se alimenta de diversas lechetreznas (euphorbia).

Caterpillar of the Spurge Hawk-moth.

Class: Insecta.

Order: Lepidoptera.

Superfamily: Bombycoidea.

Family: Sphingidae.

Subfamily: Macroglossinae.

Tribe: Macroglossini.

Subtribe: Choerocampina.

Amata huebneri

bani torrico

Usually very shy but this one was sunning itself. Wilton, Wiltshire.

Common Blue Damselfly landed on my finger during a pond dipping session at Shibden Park.

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Robber Flies are excellent guerrilla hunters, using stealth and speed to hunt insects often in air. In short they are the “Rambo” among flies..

The poo bug. Read those dots!

Noticed in the garden for the first time this Nomad and another flitting amongst the plants at ground level.

working bee

first of the year of this medium/large sized hover. My favourite hoverfly- hasn't yet developed it's full yellow hair covering- I suspect it has only just emerged.

This "little" guy spent three days scaring the life out us by showing up in various places like the bathroom, above the boy child's bed and popping out from under clothing. Finally, today I got him out of the house. (he is still alive, he was just stunned and after taking these photos he scurried off into the garden.)

..... alfresco dining continues today, and who can blame them on a "sock-it-to-me" yellow marigold like this?

Easily seen but always good this time of year.

Small tortoiseshell butterfly. Perfect find for today's orange photo - I was so lucky, this landed on my fence earlier & stayed just long enough for a quick snap. It's the first butterfly I've seen for ages.(Not quite the focus I wanted, but at least I got it!)

365D orange

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zo mooi.......

Heliophilus species I believe

a common nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia