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What do ladybug larvae look like? Ladybug larvae do not resemble the adult beetle at all. They look like crocodile-shaped, elongated insects and are therefore often not recognized by people and killed out of ignorance.
Black-Necked Stilt ~ (Himantopus mexicanus)
A Black-necked Stilt finds a delicious dragonfly larvae to dine on in a pond. Usually the food I see them find is very small, so this feast seemed to surprise the bird as much as the photographer!
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Langia zenzeroides is a moth of the Sphingidae (hawkmoth) family. It was described by Moore in 1872. It is found in northern India, eastern and southern China, South Korea, northern Thailand, northern Vietnam, Japan and Taiwan. The wingspan is 100–156 mm.
This 100mm caterpillar is captive bred on Hawthorn.
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Country: Spain
Location: Larva
Train: Intercity Talgo from Madrid to Almeria with Renfe 334 011
Mitten durch das Niemandsland führt die Strecke von Linares bis Guadix im süden Spaniens. Ein paar kleine Ortschaften auf Hügeln und nur wenige grössere Dörfer, geschweige denn Städte.
Durch dieses Niemandsland kann man mit dem Zug fahren, wenn auch nur ein paar mal am Tag. Die Talgo Züge von Madrid nach Almeria verkehren über die Strecke. Regionalverkehr gibt es schon lange nicht mehr.
Die klassischen "Spanischen Schnellzüge" werden natürlich mti den Vossloh 334 bespannt.
Spanien hat grosse Pläne in der Region, aber nicht für die Strecke. Ob die Talgos auch noch lange über die Strecke fahren ist nicht bekannt. Die Neubaustrecke nach Granada ist schon lange fertig ... und auch an der Küste soll eine Strecke nach Almeria entstehen.
Geniessen wir also den Blick solange es noch geht :-).
An unknown creature eats my roses. All my life I have been surrounded by roses and this is the first time I have seen something like this. This creature is very small, barely 5 millimeters and eats a rose fairly quickly. I think there are more of them because there are a lot of damaged petals so I have to react quickly with protection. I will be very grateful for your help.
A throwback to last November when we had a number of Ladybird larvae in the garden.
Happy Beautiful Bug Butt Thursday!
Los odonatos pasan más tiempo, generalmente, en el agua en estado larvario que en la vida aérea.
Cuando han completado el desarrollo como larva salen al exterior y buscan donde hacer la emergencia.
La larva que vemos correponde a un individuo de Libelulla depressa. Trepó por la piedra junto a la orilla, ancló con sus uñas y allà se produjo.
El tamaño de la larva es algo inferior al 50% del adulto.
Fotograma recortado un 8%
Cerca de Biar (Alicante) España
Odonates generally spend more time in water in the larval stage than in aerial life.
When they have completed their development as a larva, they go outside and look for where to make the emergence.
The larva that we see corresponds to an individual of Libelulla depressa. She scrambled up the stone by the shore, anchored with her nails, and there she was.
The size of the larva is slightly less than 50% of the adult.
Frame cropped by 8%
Near Biar (Alicante) Spain
A mature dragonfly larva seen under water near the surface of my garden pond yesterday afternoon. This morning, the exuvia was found on the pond edge – but the adult dragonfly, possibly a Southern Hawker, had flown!
A good start to 2019 with a Peacock seen flying as well as 4 Wall Brown larvae on January 1st.
At this stage the Wall Brown larva are just under 1 cm long.
This one was found on my local patch as it was feeding on a blade of Cocksfoot grass. As can be seen, it has eaten away quite a bit of the grass above it and below where it is seen here.
Most mild, sunny days they come out of the grass tussocks to feed, although they are still hard to spot. The 2nd and 3rd brood larva are even harder to find as they only seem to feed at night.
Around the beginning of April they will start to pupate and then by the end of April the butterflies will be on the wing.
Larvenhülle der Blaugrünen Mosaikjungfer
Park Rosenhöhe - Darmstadt
Cover of the larva of the southern hawker or blue hawker
Park Rosenhöhe - Darmstadt
Curled up in a ball to 'hide'. To be fair, I didn't eat him, so it would appear to be a successful strategy!
I always enjoy finding these guys - very photogenic. Not sure whether this is the native or the invader. Spotted climbing around one of our daisies...
A Coccinella larva (probably Coccinella septempunctata) found in a beautiful May morning.
Stack info: 32 natural light exposures at ISO 100 made with Sony NEX-7, Nikon Macro-Nikkor 65mm f/4.5 Multiphot lens on Novoflex BALPRO 1 bellows.
