Think this should be called a monk beetle. About 4mm long.

Took my Canon Ixus 100 (recently acquired from Ebay) out for a walk and tried out the macro capabilities,.... and was impressed

Possibly a tadpole of the guttural toad, Amietophrynus gutturalis.

This guy (girl?) much preferred a diet of pond skaters and notonectids, and only attempted for the tadpoles after the insects had been consumed.

Don't you think this reminds you of the chinese opera singer?

Spotted this Ladybird going about its business in an apple tree.

lunch time

Processed with Rookie Cam

Tortiseshell on the flower of the Budleia bush outside the door at Rhiwlwyfen.

This American Lady butterfly was the second butterfly photographed in 2017; in ventral view in field west of my front yard

Camera Used: Canon EOS Rebel T6i

Lens Used: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM lens

Samsung digital camera

Marmalade hoverfly. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

selangor malaysia

Fly. The insect fly.

freddyolsson.se

Cockroaches and Termites

Order Blattodea

Fiery Skimmer Dragonfly - Orthetrum villosovittatum

20140822-_EJB4805 - Lighthouse Field, West Cliff, Bethany, SCZ (CA)

Great balls of fire ..

Hoverfly Helophilus trivittatus - focus stacked using zerene

Leaf Beetles

Family Chrysomelidae

Musashi Kyuuryou National Government Park, Hiki-gun(county) Saitama-ken(Prefecture), Japan

埼玉県比企郡(さいたまけん ひきぐん) 武蔵丘陵森林公園(むさしきゅうりょう しんりんこうえん)

Shot with a Canon 7D and a Phoenix 100mm Macro with a Raynox DCR-250.

Sorry quality is low, i will increase the quality with a new one in a few weeks when i have access to my original JPG :)

Up close and personal.

I've seen this insect for the last three days in my small prairie. It looks like a bumble bee but it perches on top of Golden Rod and hunts like a robber fly. Anyone know what it is?

Giant Leopard Moth

Family - Arctiidae

Carter Co., Tennessee.

One of my shots from the 4th annual World Wide Photo Walk in Tucson @ the Sonoran Desert Museum.

www.erikajean.com/2011/10/world-wide-photo-walk.html

common brimstone / Zitronenfalter / Citron / Gonepteryx rhamni

Messingham nature reserve, North Lincolnshire