It couldn't fly. So I turned it back to the normal position. But suddenly it flew away!

Steuben, Maine

These insects were on a Common Cats-ear, The photograph was taken in early September in North Kent on chalkland. Please can anyone identify the insects.

Oecanthus nigrocornis, female. Gryllidae. 2716 Dutch Lane, Newark, Licking County, Ohio. The white object is a spermatophore or packet of sperm transferred from the male to female during copulation.

Another possible Sceliphron species

trying to take macro pictures

Potter wasp looking for larvae. Think there's one in here. Nope not this end. I'll try the other end

i bought some praying mantis eggs. theres a couple hundred mantises in each egg.

I am keeping the mantises from one egg in this bell jar from a vacuum casting machine. I dont need to give them any food cause they eat each other.

one of the eggs I put outside, and the 3rd egg is in a plastic box, it hasn't hatched yet.

I spotted this one as it was happening. The spider noticed inmediately that it had snared prey and inmediately set to secure it

i dont know what its called. at the leisure farm lemery, batangas

Eleodes longicollis, Tenebrionidae. Cave Creek Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona.

Another Eastern Boxelder bug resting on the foundation on the front of my home yet again

Camera Used: Canon EOS Rebel T6i

Lens Used: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens

Photographed at Assawoman Wildlife Area near Frankford, DE

a pair of unidentified flies mating in December in gale force winds at Hastings Country Park.

Anyone know what they are?

Riu Tenes

Insect sitting on a leaf

Seen in Gloucestershire

ladybug that lives in my plant at work

I know it's awful having a whole series based on a bad pun but this evil compulsion just overwhelmed me!

San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua

Submission for our "red" colour day at Kim Klassens's Beyond Layers.

Found a sweat bee (Lasioglossum sp.) feeding on a lace hydrangea flower head. Did my normal trick of holding the flower underneath with my left hand to stabilise it and rest the camera lens on. The bee promptly stepped down onto my finger and started having a clean. When it had finished, it waved goodbye and trotted over to the flower and started feeding again

Kensington Metro Park, MI

Kensington Metro Park, MI

wow was this fast it was looking for a meal i think, ? I got off a few shots before it went further into the bush

Any idea which insect this is

Orthretrum coerulensens

Sintra / 2013-09-22