Hawthorne shieldbug on a beech leaf. Focus stacked using zerene

Insects

Not sure what it is , any input from insects lovers out there? Finally got it it , it's a longhorn bee .

...of the day

Greenbottle fly

CameraOlympus E-PM1

Exposure0.006 sec (1/160)

Aperturef/5.6

Focal Length150 mm

ISO Speed250

Exposure Bias-1.3 EV

Male ruddy marsh skimmer, scarlet skimmer or crimson darter (Crocothemis servilia) is native to east and southeast Asia. It breeds in marshes associated with ponds, rivers and tanks. The flight season is throughout the year.

Insect

Location: Indirapuram, U.P. India.

HBBBT everyone! These guys have ruined my hellebores but I find myself forgiving them because they are quite cute, really!

Dragonfly perching on its favoured tent peg.

Melanargia galathea L.

envergure 37-52 mm

Il apparaît au mois de juin à la lisière des forêts et comme une vedette il se laisse photographier assez facilement.

Bush Cricket. Unsure of exact id. Taken around souillac, Lot department, France. She didn't want to be photographed and was constantly moving away from me just to be awkward...

They were swarming over a Tower of Jewels flower gathering its abundance of pollen. It has an enormous bloom of thousands of small flowers on a spike that is often four or more feet tall. The petals of the flowerets that are lower on the the spike drop off but the remaining parts are still active.

Niles, California

Rove beetle

insect and flower

Florida, Puerto Rico. No id.

I'm away for a long weekend so will leave you with some insect porn courtesy of a pair of Common Blue butterflies.

Explore #190 July 14, 2011.

Family: Miridae

This genus is fairly distinctive, with long first antennal segments and hind femora. It is distinguished from P. ulmi by the hairs on the first segment of the antennae being shorter than its width. Low down amongst clover at Brown's Folly nature reserve, near Bath, UK.

Slightly better photo's from different angles whilst walking around my table.

insect and flower

Speckled wood butterfly. Natural light

An Ivy bee Colletes hederae feeding of course on ivy flowers. First time I've seen this bee species

14-spot ladybird feeding on a scale insect

Green fly - Was not getting any bug to photograph on this particular day and was unhappy... Then saw this little creature... on the leaf. Above my head's height. Stretched my tripod and kept elbow on it and tried to shoot.. Leaf was moving due to slight wind... but got a manageable shot.. The bug looked too good through the lens :-) Hope you enjoyed the shot... Kenko extension tubes + 100mm macro lens .

Check out those extra eyes between its antennae -- looks like a little alien face.

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articles L131-2 & L131-3 du cpi

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Male hylaeus bee in a potentilla flower. Focus stacked using zerene