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Hoverfly Syritta pipiens on Japanese anemone flower. Focus stacked using zerene

The zombie apocalypse has begun! (Bugun?). Head for the hills (not that it will do any good).

 

So, does anyone know what species this was before it was turned into a zombie?

 

(Just to clear up any confusion, this is a perfectly healthy fly. I just think it looks like a zombie)

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

Female miner bee feeding on Euphorbia. Focus stacked using zerene. Andrena sp.

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shot with Canon G9

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.

This female appears to be feeding on another Green Darner. This is the first evidence I have seen that they are cannibalistic.

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

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 .

  

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

Rhyothemis fuliginosa

Dolichopid fly on sunchair series. . Focus stacked using zerene

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

Stalking and chasing these wonderful insects can be very rewarding

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

 

A rather sad looking damp male Colletes bee- out all night in a rain shower.

Focus stacked using zerene

Marmalade hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus feeding on sugar/honey syrup. Focus stacked using zerene

liked this close up of the musk beetle

Hoverfly after a rain. Andover, NJ

Sweat bee on Euphorbia. Lasioglossum sp.

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