Wood Ant aggressively driving off any predator, even if they're only hunting for focus! Brentmoor Heath, Surrey Wildlife Trust

Green lacewing

Hylaeus bee on marguerite. Focus stacked using zerene

Nikon D800

Snakeholme Pit Nature Reserve, Lincolnshire

Taken with EF-S 18-55mm IS II reverse mounted, aperture stopped down to f/11 and focal length approximately 40mm. Magnification ratio approximately 1.06x.

This one is missing part of it's hindwing.

Ivy bee feeding on ivy flowers. Colletes hederae

Hand-held

Tortoiseshell Butterfly (corrected - thanks postman.pete). Took a while to get this shot. Patience is required when waiting for insects to settle!

Was well pleased to get this one although it's showing a bit of wear to the wings. Easily mistaken for Southern hawker. Couple of differences are the Common has a saffron yellow costa, (Leading edge of the wing) and the blue spots at the base of the abdomen never fully join as do the Southern hawker's

Crowle moor, Lincolnshire

Grass moth. Focus stacked using zerene

Weevil on blackberry stem. Focus stacked using zerene.

See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/14235810115/ for a 3D version

Largish weevil, guessing a vine weevil, on a camellia leaf.

Ichneumon wasp on marguerite. Seems to be laden with eggs

with objectiv 70-300 and a Distance 12 mm

(2) Japanese Beetles just gettin together on a summer day.......Curious why both have their left arms up. Time out perhaps or kind of like syncronized sex ? Just not sure...

Captured with a Nikon D3 60mm Macro 125th at F16. Camera left Nikon SB-900 off to the right and high..

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus feeding on potentilla

Lygus punctatus ?

Hand held, uncropped shot of a pair of treehoppers found in my yard. This is a bit over 2x life size. Minor dust cleanup on processed shot (you really notice that dust over 1x)

moth

A digger wasp I trapped in the kitchen and fed some sugar/honey syrup before releasing it. Focus stacked using zerene

i have no idea what this is...im in southern california. anyone know?

Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand

SONY DSC

CabbageWhiteButteryfly

Second hoverfly of 2015

About an inch long. Waterlogged and trying to recover right at the edge of the shore.

Great Otway National Park

Victoria, Australia

July 10, 2018

Miles de insectos revolotean entre las dunas...

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Speckled bush cricket nymph about to jump