insect

Not sure of the ID maybe Terellia ruficauda

Another Common Darter lets me get close :-) Loads of these around at present

Leaf Beetle

agrion

Work of my friend, Kiki...

Common Wasp macro

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Soldier fly Chloromyia formosa female on a water barrel. Focus stacked using zerene

Taken yesterday in the Elan valley. Having taken a landscape shot or two I returned to the car and this fly obligingly landed on a side window. I got nice and close.

I have cleaned the window since. HBBBT!

Male azure damselfly. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene. See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/26927517553/ for a 3D version

Heleomyzid fly

If you look closely, there is also a Chaffinch in this image.

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Another Ibizian bug

I was trying to get one in flight but couldn't quite manage it.

shot with Canon G9

Xylocopa

I'm not sure what kind of eggs are these. A tachinid fly?

Tamron 90mm, handheld with flash.

It seems Tamron 90mm covers full frame Sony A7II sensor.

The hardest part of photographing this grasshopper was finding it in the first place! Very well camouflaged against these leaves.

A "devil" micromoth in the "studio". Trapped this little moth on the kitchen window. Acrocercops brongniardella. Focus stacked using zerene

Pu'er, Yunnan, China

see comments for additional view.....

INSECT WORLD

A magical scene

Dragonfly in summer sun

In an insect world

By Henrhyde (gill)

Dragonfly drying out in sun – probably hatched out from Nymph stage .

Dragonflies do not live long – just days or a few weeks ,

In the nymph stage – they live for years , in mud in ponds .

About 2 mm

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

An unexpected speckled wood butterfly on a camellia. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus by the side of my small pond. Focus stacked using zerene

A male non biting midge on a fence rail. Focus stacked using zerene.

See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/24953971250/ for a 3D version

Or, the equivalent for those flower seekers. Not sure what kind of creature this is (okay, I know it's an insect!!!), but I found it crawling around the top of this dandelion.

sel50f18 + 16mm extension tube

About two inches long and climbing up a mustard stem to eat the flower. It's head is at the top with two small black eyes facing toward the camera.

(I added a 20mm extension tube to get close.)

MLK Shoreline RP, Oakland, CA

Once again - instead of Bench Monday I opted for Bug Monday - just had to show it since Cicadas only come around every 17 years.

Cicada nymphs spend 17 years deep in the soil, feeding on the sap from tree roots.

The nymphs emerge all at once by digging their way to the surface of the soil and climbing up tree trunks. It takes one hour for the outer shell of the nymph to split down the back and the winged adult to emerge. The adults live for up to six weeks, during which time they mate and lay eggs into the trees' twigs. After another six weeks, the newly hatched nymphs burrow below ground.

The buzz comes from the vibrating of shell-like drums on the sides of their abdomens, while their wings amplify the sound like a megaphone

Red admiral butterfly on a pole. Natural light