Hawthorne Shield Bug.

Crawling on one of our windows.

Gorse shieldbug on a camellia leaf.

Katydid | (Microcentrum rhombifolium)

Panasonic GH4

Zeiss 50MM f/2 ZF Macro

ISO 100 @ 1/60

Insect

Chinche

Lepidoptera : Erebidae

Raleigh, NC USA, July 25, 2010

Ruby tailed wasp having a clean and brush up. Probably Chrysis ignita. About 9.7mm body length

Large hoverfly, Volucella zonaria female

Not sure what this Lasius niger ant queen was doing but she seemed to have missed the ball. The other ants in the area flew about 3 weeks ago. Focus stacked using zerene stacker

Garin Ave, Hayward California

Digger wasp Ectemnius sp. on camellia leaf

First 7-spot ladybird I've seen this year- one of the larger ladybirds

Araignée / Spider

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens feeding on ground elder

Profile shot of the dragonfly, taken in Nantwich.

Its definitely spring, the weather has been good for a couple of days and many insects are out and about. This is the first photo I have managed to get of a butterfly in Britain this year

A beautiful 0.6mm long female Stethynium triclavatum parasitoid wasp of the Mymaridae family found in the birch tree in the garden. Additional pictures below can be viewed larger with a click. Note 3-segmented clava in bottom picture, and very long wing fimbria and protruding ovipositor.

Best viewed large

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

(Heteropoda jugulans)

Australia

Plain Tiger Butterfly

Martin Down

photinus pyralis, common eastern USA firefly, lightning bug

lunchbreak

Banded demoiselle Calopteryx splendens (f)

Stick insect, Tahuayo, Peru

Wasp drone

not sure of id, lovely colouring though, on a blade of grass at the side of the road near our house

Very camera shy and may be it was the speedlight therefore I made only 5 shots. I like this one best from this series.