Macro Shots of Insects

Sussex County Fair, Augusta New Jersey.

Les Gryllidae sont une famille d'Orthoptera ensifères, plus communément appelés grillons.

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Taken in Douglas,Isle Of Man.

This fly refused to cooperate in the project of getting out of the room - so at least I was able to take some pics ;-)

Species of beefly? Any ID suggestions greatly appreciated? Photographed in August 2007.

Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico, USA.

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Waiting impatiently for these great posers to return. Winter has been loooong this year. Pachydiplax longipennis, Libellulidae. Central IL, Summer 2012.

©2012 Robert Rhead

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Sharing a meal. Idle Valley Notts WLT

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria feeding. Natural light

Pyramid Mountain Natural Historic Area, Boonton, NJ

Rīga, Latvija

Atlido uz gaismu

Can anyone id? On a threatened site in Strathspey, Scotland.

Another hoverfly Helophilus pendulus in the wild. Natural light focus stack using zerene

Varied carpet beetle in potentilla flower. Taken at 4:1 and focus stacked by hand

Tawny miner bee feeding on berberis flowers. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

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Small plant bug. Possibly Phoenicocoris obscurellus

Sauterelle Verte juvénile

Taken in Douglas,Isle Of Man.

Un'ape con la pelliccia su un tagete o un garofano giapponese! crop /a fur bee!!! See larger!

Dovrebbe essere della famiglia di Xylocopa violacea / Carpenter bee / Ape legnaiola

Da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera

L'ape legnaiola (Xylocopa violacea Linnaeus, 1758) è un insetto dalla livrea nero-viola cangiante, appartenente alla famiglia degli Apidae, diffusa nell'Europa centro-meridionale, spesso erroneamente identificata col nome di calabrone.

Descrizione

È un'ape solitaria lunga di 2,5-3 cm (dal capo all'addome), dal volo rapido e piuttosto rumoroso.

Il corpo è di colore nero con riflessi violacei, pubescente.(Questa ha la pelliccia gialla a differenza di quella descritta! n.d.r.) Le ali sono di colore viola cangiante.

Distribuzione e habitat

Europa centro-meridionale.

Biologia

È uno dei primi imenotteri che compare subito dopo l'inverno, lo aiutano a entrare in attività così presto la pubescenza e anche il colore nero. Si nutre di nettare e polline raccolto prevalentemente su fiori delle Lamiaceae.

La femmina ovidepone nel legno tenero (marcescente o meno) in cui scava cellette separate da diaframmi, ogni celletta ospiterà un singolo uovo e una riserva di polline. Dall'abitudine di scavare nel legno deriva il nome del genere (dal greco xylos = legno e kopto = tagliare).

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Common wasp male portraits. Feeding on sugar/honey syrup on a camelia bush

Ichneumon wasp Ambyteles sp.

Bee fly roosting. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene.

15-06-2009 Bagnasco (CN)

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This is a picture of a bug, which is on a grass leaf.

Picture is edited with adobe photoshop.

1 photo a day challenge – day 14

Today was going to be my least cool, least interesting and least creative day so far. All I had was a snap of a red hydrant with an overexposed sky. I couldn't think of any idea to "make" a photo. I was ready to give up and post the hydrant anyway when I went to take out the garbage and saw this pretty boy. He was an excelent model and posed very still for me. Until he got tired and decided to fly a little. He was chased by my cat. Don't worry, he's alive and well as I type these words.

Mirror mirror on the wall...wait..what?

Mosco de Jardín en Equilibrio

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