Nikon 300s, AF-S Nikkor 55 - 200mm f/4-5.6G ED + Kenko 36mm Macro Extension Tube,

55mm f10, 1/80, ISO 1000

Found this little Guy or should I say Girl on our cucumber vine this morning, I'm rather glad as we have had some bugs on there but these guys eat the nastie ones.... yea no sprays.

Acanthocephala terminalis. ID from Bugguide.

Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

Two weeks ago there were dozens of these little Mantis nymphs today this is the only one I could find. 4/21/2023

An early sign of fall...

Painted lady butterfly poses for me.

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another of the froghoppers, this is much smaller than the common but i cant find an ID in my books

Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand

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caterpillar ( Monarch)

Best guess at ID.

Drone fly hoverfly on hebe flower

diving into a lovely yellow calendula, in our garden

love is all arround

Aww, ain't it purdy.

This spider was just outside my front door, happily content, enjoying the warm summer sun...

Because I had to stand on my front door steps to take this photo I could not use a tripod...

Camera: Olympus E620 dslr

Software: Corel Paint Shop Photo X3, Topaz DeNoise 4 & Photomatrix Pro ver 3...

Had good fun yesterday with miner bees- rather cool day with sunny periods- everytime the sun went in the miner bees could not fly but were keen to warm up on my hands

Pu'er, Yunnan, China

see comments for nymphal stages....

Hemiptera, Pentatomidae nymph. Probably Asopinae, Podisus sp.

Members of Asopinae, also known as predatory stinkbugs or soldier bugs, are set apart from the other pentatomid subfamilies by the essentially predaceous feeding habits of nymphs (with the exception of first instars) and adults. In addition, they are often observed to feed on plants, a habit that provides them with moisture and perhaps some supplemental nutrients.

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a beautiful male Scymnus interruptus ladybird found in the front garden roaming through foliage of Libertia - thanks to Richard Comont for confirmation of id.

First miner bee of the year, a female, feeding on euphorbia. Focus stacked using zerene

California Sister

The bees are in love with my Hot Papaya Coneflower (yes, it is a real thing-- a gorgeous variation of the coneflower). Who could blame them. They are so extraordinary. Don't you want to be in love with something extraordinary??

The delicate & intricate patterns on a dragonfly's wings almost seem at odds with the amored look of the dragonfly's head and torso.

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Mosca em Leptolobium dasycarpum

This was the first Bar-winged skimmer I had seen.

Episode 8, Part 1 of 2.

A parasitised Scale collected on 6th April from a bay tree growing in Hastings Cemetery. In the picture below you can see an exit hole from which a male Metaphycus dispar parasitoid wasp eclosed on 13th April.

See next post.

Anyone know the name?

by Donn Thorson

Coleoptera : Cerambycidae

Tiny long-horned beetle, about 5 mm. One of the smallest Cerambycids I have seen. Came to deck light at night.

Reference: bugguide.net/node/view/70886