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The last cicada has stopped singing for this year -- just got too cold. Their song will be welcomed next year -- as they always are. Swamp Cicada (Tibicen chloromera), Mt. Pleasant, Maryland
A common wasp flew past me carrying something and landed in a nearby bush. Turned out it had a lacewing lunch whch it proceeded to demolish. +2min 20 secs after the first image
An insect seen on a dew-covered leaf in the mountains of Western Virginia, near the W. VA border.
Taken using a Minolta Z1 using its internal flash and macro.
Found this fellow on the windowsill outside. It's dead, but in pretty good condition so I couldn't resist taking a photo or two.
Taken in the Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia.
according to one of my contacts who is much more knowledgeable than I.This is a fly,doing it's best to look like a bee! Thanks orchid dude :-)
As I was watering the garden the other day I noticed this little fellow nearby, and when I looked closer, I saw he was holding a drop of water. I didn't know spiders did that. Not the sharpest shot; hard to shoot macro when the wind is blowing the web, but I couldn't resist the shot of him holding that drop of water.
Had an unexpected visitor in the garden the other day - a red admiral butterfly. Natural light/fill flash. Focus stacked using zerene
Order: Hymenoptera (Wasps, Ants, Bees, Hornets, Sawflies, and Cow Killers).
Size: 6-13mm.
Range: Saskatchewan south to New Mexico and eastward.
Description: These ants are active in the spring and summer in wooded habitats, where they occupy dead tress and decaying stumps. They are omnivorous, feeding on honeydew, plant juices, and insects (they do not eat wood); scouts will sometimes forage in homes. After about 3-6 years, colonies produce winged males and queens, which are active from late spring through summer. Mature colonies have only one queen. This species does not sting but will bite and spray a type of acid known as formic acid.