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Essa foto fiz no Passeio Público quando saà pra fotografar com a fantástica fotógrafa Raquel Santana. A bichinha ficou paradinha e deu pra fazer fotos bem próximas, essa foi a que eu consegui chegar mais perto.
A type of sawfly. Here the male (on the right) has given the female a fly to eat why he 'has his way with her.'
This photo was commended in the bbc insect close up masterclass photo competition :)
Site: www.ukwildlife.org.uk
Male damselfly mating. More shots from the archives :)
see www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/354668047/ for other end
Some insects are beneficial for crops and some are destructive. This researcher is rearing pest insects to find better ways to combat them.
Crane Fly
A crane fly is an insect in the family Tipulidae. Adults are very slender, long-legged flies that may vary in length from 2–60 mm (0.079–2.4 in) though tropical species may exceed 100 mm (3.9 in). Up until recently, all of the members of the families Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, and Pediciidae were included within Tipulidae (at the rank of subfamily); they all share the same common names, and similar biology and morphology. Crane flies are commonly mistaken as "giant mosquitoes".
In the United Kingdom, Ireland, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia they are commonly referred to as daddy longlegs or dandy longlegs,[1] but this name can also refer to two unrelated arthropods: members of the arachnid order Opiliones (especially in the United States and Canada) and the cellar spider Pholcidae (especially in Australia). The larva of the European crane fly is commonly known as a leatherjacket. These larvae can cause damage to lawns by feeding on the roots of grass plants.
BlackWater River Escambia County Florida. These insects were everywhere at the River Bridge boat ramp near Pace.
They are from 1 1/2 to 2 inches long.
My son and I found 8 tiny insect eggs on a piece of dead grass one day and decided to put them in a takeaway container and sat them on the windowsill to see if they hatched. I was dubious and last night thought "I should throw those away". But this morning I had a look and there were 8 little baby .... critters. 7 black and red ones and one pure red one. Not sure what they are but hopefull someone can ID them for me. I took some pics then released them (back in the creek where I found them as I didn't really want them near my house lol.
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An unidentified insect, possibly a type of fly or a type of wasp, photographed in my back yard in Mundingburra (Townsville, Australia). Any help with identification would be gratefully appreciated.
I think this is a sawfly, possibly one of the Tenthredinidae species. I hope that someone can help with identification. Photographed in a tree-lined glade in Burgundy, central France.
As you may have noticed, the number of wildlife photographs appearing in my photostream is increasing. Although I have been interested in the weird and wonderful world of wildlife for a long time it is only recently that I have taken seriously to photographing them. I am finding it so fascinating that I am giving more time to it than other forms of photography. So, I apologise to those who prefer to see my pictures of towns, villages, curiosities and other things. I will continue to post these types of pictures but not as often as I used to do. I hope that you will bear with me.
There aren't many insects to be found outside at this time, but these stay happily in our house. Painted stones for our daily challenge on the insect world.
Two stick insects mating. ID is kindly appreciated :D
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Small sawfly on my finger. this was a rescue from a pond - thought it was a small bee but I couldn't really put it back when I realised it was a sawfly
Gracillariidae
Found searching the trunk of a heavily infected horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) in Bath, UK, on 15 August 2014.
Insects move, the wind blows. Please accept this partial bug which I think is cool. I like the golden hairs around the bands.
Hoverfly on fir tree- Didea sp.
This hoverfly seems to like this thuja fir, only place in the garden i see it
It looks fake, doesn't it? More like a metal representation of a dragonfly as opposed to a real one. But it was real, alright.
Probably a differential grasshpper, Melanoplus differentialis. This one is yellow, unlike the one I photographed in my yard a couple of days ago. Photo was taken at McKinney Falls State Park near Austin.
Update: Not Melanoplus, but Schistocerca obscura. Thanks, Dave.
Found on my Bottle Brush plant.
Someone ID's these as Florida Predatory Stink Bug nymphs - Euthyrhynchus floridanus.