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never seen this little bug before. Thought it was an extra large ant when I first spotted it, then thought it was a flightless wasp but then I spotted it's proboscis. very fast mover unlike most plant bugs. Body length about 5mm.
Id'd as Myrmecoris gracilis - a predator often on ant broods (but not the adults)
Butterfly at Woodland Park Zoo - Seattle, WA. Taken with Nikon D300 using Nikon 300mm f/2.8 and Nikon 1.4x Teleconverter. 420mm, f/4, 1/400 sec, ISO 3200
First narcissus fly hoverfly - meredon equestris I've seen this year. Appropriately sitting on a daffodil leaf
Native Drone Fly ( Eristalinus punctulatus )
Taken SW Sydney, so happy feeding that it wasnt at all bothered by my snapping
A herd of ladybirds at the local watering hole. Taken with a CloseUp4+ filter. No ladybirds were hurt during the photo shoot.
Small hoverfly looking for aphids to lay it's eggs near. This one seemed to be tasting the leaf with it's proboscis. It then laid an egg on the underside of a leaf
Another Alpine insect I found. It looked very strange but I was able to get very close without it hopping away!
Insect and flower. I shot this series with Olympus TOUGH TG-5 by using (normal) macro feature. In this case I could not use extended focus because insect was moving way too fast and it was quite challange to get some photos even with normal macro. I shot over 200 photos to get these few. However with compact macro (with small sensor size) this is somewhat easier than with full frame sensor DSLR and macro lens. Hausjärvi, Finland. 28.8.2017
Lynx Spiders are hunting spiders that spend their lives on plants, flowers and shrubs. Nimble runners and jumpers, they rely on their keen eyesight to stalk, chase or ambush prey. Six of their eight eyes are arranged in a hexagon-like pattern, a characteristic that identifies them as members of the family Oxyopidae. They also have spiny legs.
Common genera in the United States include Oxyopes—the common lynx spiders—and Peucetia—the green lynx spiders.
Some members of the genus Oxyopes are abundant enough to be important in agricultural systems as biological control agents. This is especially true of the striped lynx spider (Oxyopes salticus).
A member of the genus Tapinillus is remarkable as being one of the few social spiders, living in colonies.
This was one of the most photogenic bugs I have ever taken pictures of I didn't move much it posed allowed me to compose this shot. I did thank it when I was done. Corrected ID 5/12/2012
Reddish small mantis seemed interested in being photographed even though we are very noisy around it that it could scurry away any time (but it did not).
From Mantodea order of insects (Mantidae family). This one is a typical praying mantis with its usual "prayer" like stance. If you look closely, the eys of mantises look like they have pupils (but according to wiki, they just have compound eyes).
I came across this little insect on a thistle as the sun was going down and just managed to get a few shots. Would love to have spent more time on it but it disappeared into the undergrowth.
Those who are afraid of roaches look away now! Or was that warning too late?
Anyway, this roach was probably dying already. My guess that it was crushed by something before I found it making it weak and slow. Its current state most likely contributed to its lack of its photophobic and cautious tendencies. Its back is sprinkled with dirt because it fell on its back when it tried to climb the wall. I don't know what fate this roach had after I took this photo as I let it crawl away - I let it go because I can't kill animals or insects unless they badly hurt or annoy me.
I think it's of the periplaneta americana (American cockroach) species. They originated from the Americas but they are now found in many tropical countries because of human activities mainly entering a new country by ships or planes.