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Auf meinem Hundespaziergang überquerte diese Heuschrecke die Straße.

Ich hatte leider nur die Möglichkeit zu Schnappschüssen.

During my walk with my dog this grasshopper crossed the street.

I only have had time for some snapshots.

Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand

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Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand

caterpillar ( Monarch)

Photographed on the Kent Wildlife Trust Reserve of Bonsai Bank.

Drone fly hoverfly on hebe flower

diving into a lovely yellow calendula, in our garden

love is all arround

// Insect //

Unidentified:

I have been re-reading "the Lord of the Rings" trilogy recently and immediately noticed the finely-crafted armour! Dwarf work?

Aww, ain't it purdy.

a wonderful dragonfly - brings back childhood memories

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...

Hero Swamp Darner dragonfly sitting on my hand.

E-3 + Sigma 50-500

Flower & bee

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

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.

He stands so elegant like a knight. :)

Unknown insect found along a path near a small pond in northeastern Oklahoma. Approximately one inch long.

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

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??

I tried to get a picture of the hoverflies hovering, but I'm always too slow.

Dubudja boardwalk, Cape Tribulation

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.