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Perched on the petals of a flower in my garden - perhaps a zinnia - this Green Lacewing is grooming its antennae. These insects are both beautiful and beneficial, as their larvae are voracious predators of garden pests such as aphids. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, supplementing their diet with aphids and mites. This one has been doing the former and its head and antennae are sprinkled with pollen grains.
Photographed in my backyard garden, Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2016 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Just back from a few days visiting three of our favorite parks in western South Dakota. All three have healthy populations of Plains Bison.
This bison cow had a Black-billed Magpie on her back, providing some free pest control. It seems like bison should appreciate this service, but we watched the magpie attempt it on several bison, and each time the bison would promptly reject the attempts.
I caught this awesome "action" shot today while I was photographing some pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) panicles. This little Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) showed up to scour the surface for snacks!
There was a close moment when she approached the flower cluster my friendly White-Banded Crab Spider (Misumenoides formosipes) frequents. Luckily, the lovely lizard left the cluster and started to descend the plant. When she encountered the morning dew, though, she stopped to take a drink!
I was so entranced, that I momentarily forgot I was photographing! I quickly raised the camera, put it where I thought the focus would be, and snapped the shot. I don't know how I got the shot I did, but I'll happily take it and claim it was skill!
...just, keep it between us, okay?
This portrait of pure luck was photographed at 1:1.5 by my Vivitar (Komine) 90mm f2.8 Macro! This photo is uncropped. This gorgeous green gal is around an inch (~25mm) long!
Fumigation against mosquitos to prevent spread of dengue fever and malaria in a slum on the coast of Arabian Sea in Colaba area of in Mumbai, India. There has been an increase in the number of dengue cases last year and the government was tackling the issue by large scale fumigation actions.
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Pest control(manually) in the farm. Not sure if you can identify but this is the field of potato, where it was paddy field last year. You can check the harvest scene in above links.
Presenting to you a lovely little Striped Ladybird, which was running up and down the branch, before it took off to flight!
Though these are insects, these are not pests in the garden. On the other hand, these beauties are gardener's or farmer's friends, as they eat up on the mites, aphids and plant lice, right from the time they come out of their eggs.
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Praying mantises are closely related to termites and cockroaches. The word mantis comes from the Greek word mantis meaning prophet or fortune teller. There is a well known myth that the female mantis will eat the male after reproduction. Studies have shown this is not necessarily natural behavior, but the result of being studied in un-natural laboratory conditions. Mantises are masters of camouflage, both to avoid being eaten themselves, and to ambush their prey. The natural lifespan of a mantis in the wild is about 10-12 months. The mantis can lash out at remarkable speed, prey are caught and held securely with grasping, spiked forelegs. Their diet usually consists of living insects, including flies and aphids. Larger mantises have been known to eat small lizards, frogs, birds, snakes, and even rodents.
Mantids are found only on land in rainforests, dry forests, undisturbed and second-growth forests. Many gardeners consider mantises to be desirable insects, as they prey upon many harmful insect species. Organic gardeners who avoid pesticides may encourage mantises as a form of biological pest control. When directly threatened, many mantis species stand tall and spread their forelegs, with their wings fanning out wide. The fanning of the wings evidently makes the mantis seem larger and more threatening. Sexual cannibalism is common among mantises in captivity, and under some circumstances may also be observed in the field. The female may start feeding by biting off the male’s head (as with any prey), and if mating had begun, the male’s movements may become even more vigorous in its delivery of sperms.
Mantids in general are very harmless critters. They, in general, don't attack human beings, instead focusing their attacks on prey items. As a matter of fact you can usually handle a wild praying mantis without any concern for a bite. The Mantis is sitting on the hair of my mother-in-law and my little nephew Boss is watching her and that odd creature ;-)
Bidsprinkhanen zijn een orde van insecten die wereldwijd voorkomen maar voornamelijk in tropische streken leven. In vergelijking met andere insecten zijn bidsprinkhanen relatief groot maar door de vaak goede camouflage vallen ze nauwelijks op. Bidsprinkhanen zijn zonder uitzondering vleeseters en staan bekend als vraatzuchtig en kannibalistisch. Ze grijpen alles wat ze fysiek aankunnen, de voornaamste vijanden zijn hagedissen en vogels. Bidsprinkhanen hebben de opvallende gewoonte om het sterk vergrote voorste potenpaar in rust voor zich uit te houden waarbij de duidelijk zijn samengeklapt. Hieraan is de Nederlandse naam bidsprinkhanen te danken. Bidsprinkhanen zijn niet direct verwant aan de sprinkhanen; ze onderscheiden zich van de krekels en sprinkhanen doordat ze zonder uitzondering vleeseters zijn, niet kunnen springen en een totaal andere lichaamsbouw hebben. Bidsprinkhanen hebben altijd een opgerichte lichaamshouding en nooit een kruipende. Ze zijn ondanks de naam 'sprinkhaan' sterker verwant aan de kakkerlakken dan aan de krekels en sprinkhanen. Er zijn ongeveer 2300 verschillende soorten waarmee de bidsprinkhanen een relatief kleine orde zijn. In tegenstelling tot de meeste insecten is het tevens een vrij uniforme groep. De paring is voor het mannetje een hachelijke zaak, omdat de kans bestaat dat hij al voor de paring wordt opgegeten door het vrouwtje.
The Wise Watchman: A fantastic portrait of a Spotted Owlet (Athene brama) taken during the day in Purbasthali. These small, adaptable owls play a vital role in the ecosystem, acting as natural pest controllers by feeding on rodents and insects in agricultural lands and urban areas. They rely on old tree hollows and abandoned structures in places like Purbasthali for safe nesting and roosting.
Protecting the local environment means securing crucial roosting sites for species like this owlet, who thrives when our natural spaces are managed sustainably.
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Huntsman spiders so often find themselves within our human homes here in Australia.
They are superb pest control, going after insects such as cockroaches.
This female spotted high up on my lounge wall, just under the ceiling. She is within genus Heteropoda, commonly known as giant huntsman.
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Praying mantises are closely related to termites and cockroaches. The word mantis comes from the Greek word mantis meaning prophet or fortune teller. There is a well known myth that the female mantis will eat the male after reproduction. Studies have shown this is not necessarily natural behavior, but the result of being studied in un-natural laboratory conditions. Mantises are masters of camouflage, both to avoid being eaten themselves, and to ambush their prey. The natural lifespan of a mantis in the wild is about 10-12 months. The mantis can lash out at remarkable speed, prey are caught and held securely with grasping, spiked forelegs. Their diet usually consists of living insects, including flies and aphids. Larger mantises have been known to eat small lizards, frogs, birds, snakes, and even rodents.
Mantids are found only on land in rainforests, dry forests, undisturbed and second-growth forests.
Mantids in general are very harmless critters. They, in general, don't attack human beings, instead focusing their attacks on prey items. As a matter of fact you can usually handle a wild praying mantis without any concern for a bite. Photo taken the tropical island, Koh Mak.
Bidsprinkhanen zijn een orde van insecten die wereldwijd voorkomen maar voornamelijk in tropische streken leven. In vergelijking met andere insecten zijn bidsprinkhanen relatief groot maar door de vaak goede camouflage vallen ze nauwelijks op. Bidsprinkhanen zijn zonder uitzondering vleeseters en staan bekend als vraatzuchtig en kannibalistisch. Ze grijpen alles wat ze fysiek aankunnen, de voornaamste vijanden zijn hagedissen en vogels. Bidsprinkhanen hebben de opvallende gewoonte om het sterk vergrote voorste potenpaar in rust voor zich uit te houden waarbij de duidelijk zijn samengeklapt. Hieraan is de Nederlandse naam bidsprinkhanen te danken. Bidsprinkhanen zijn niet direct verwant aan de sprinkhanen; ze onderscheiden zich van de krekels en sprinkhanen doordat ze zonder uitzondering vleeseters zijn, niet kunnen springen en een totaal andere lichaamsbouw hebben. Bidsprinkhanen hebben altijd een opgerichte lichaamshouding en nooit een kruipende. Ze zijn ondanks de naam 'sprinkhaan' sterker verwant aan de kakkerlakken dan aan de krekels en sprinkhanen.
Taken in the parking lot of the Speedway Cafe in Mount Juliet.
Many photos I've taken over the years were made possible by coming across subjects purely by accident. This pic is an example. We were early into our third day of driving to north Texas and had left Lenoir City, just west of Knoxville, without grabbing breakfast first. We stopped in Mount Juliet, wanting to get something to eat before moving through Nashville, and on to our next stop, in Hope, Arkansas. As we were leaving I saw this truck with its great graphic and walked over for a closer look. We spent several minutes grabbing phone pics, being careful to get the best angle for eliminating reflections, when the driver appeared. He asked why we were interested enough in his truck to want photos. At this point I showed him some spider images I had on my phone... a number of them being "in your face" shots of Black Widows. He gave us both his business card and mentioned that we should contact his company, Central Tennessee Termite & Pest Control.
The graphic certainly is an attention getter, but is inaccurate. Black Widows don't construct orb webs... ever. They build shapeless, messy webs in a very haphazard manner. Also, to be anywhere near believable, the spider should be on the other side of the web. I could have reworked the image in Photoshop... carefully placing web strands over the spider, but would have still had the Black Widow occupying a web that clearly wasn't her own. However, the average customer with a serious bug problem isn't going to care one bit about the accuracy of any picture on an exterminator's truck. It serves a purpose as-is. It's creepy, has a creepy (if generic) web, and gets the idea across that these are "bug people" that can help you.
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The cross orb-weaver (Araneus diadematus), although non-native (introduced from Europe) is not considered a pest, as it does not pose a competitive threat to native spiders, nor is it dangerous to humans It is, however, an excellent garden guardian, devouring many pest insects.
It appears to be well-established throughout North America.
This one is lighter and more reddish than what I usually see.
Papa barn owl waiting for dark to fall so he can go hunt. I could hear wee ones squawking for dinner in the box. I saw glimpses of Mama owl inside.
This neighborhood has several great horned owls as well, so the "barnies" need to be careful so they don't become dinner themselves.
I love their heart-shaped faces.
In Sri Lanka there is pest control every month especially in front of schools. It's against mosquitos to decrease the Dengue cases.
In an effort to save some space for the shots I'll post with my new lens tomorrow, I'm gonna keep the photos to a minimum tonight. This one, though, was worth a share!
I found this little Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) playing peekaboo in the passionflower (Passiflora spp.) vines today. So, the exact same place I've found them the last three or four times! They clearly love the little nooks and crannies, and all the insects they can eat.
I thought the lens really punched above its weight class with this one! If you zoom in, there's some small patches where the lizard contorted out of the depth of field. But, as a whole? Absolutely clinical performance from the vintage Vivitar.
I'd seriously recommend a copy to anyone that has a passing interest in macro photography! Secondhand market for F-mount lenses is a bit silly lately thanks to mirrorless adaptability, but I found my warhorse for $40 on eBay.
This shot was captured by my daily driver, the Vivitar (Komine) 90mm f2.8 Macro. This photo is uncropped. This reptilian resident is around an inch and a half (36-38mm) long!
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It is said that most pest insects have at least one type of wasp that preys on it and therefore play a vital role in natural pest control.
Something else that I find fascinating about wasps are that they are in the same order (Hymenoptera) as ants and bees.
Doean't it just look like a cross between an ant and a bee?
Then again these things look positively alien to me too...
I took this photo in the Spring of 1999 on 49th Street, Pinellas Park, Florida in the Parking Lot of a Strip Mall, where I used to eat lunch on work days. It is owned by a Pest Control Company, which exterminates termites. Some of Truly Nolen's Vehicles are modified to look like Mice with Tails, Ears & Whiskers added to their vehicles. In fact, this car has a decal on the door, that is a caricature of the face of a mouse.
Disclaimer: I took this photo in the Spring of 1999 with my Minolta Maxxim 5000 SLR using Slide Film, when I was just learning photograph; so they are very soft & grainy. I scanned the Slide and used Photoshop Elements to correct the exposure and to generate this Digital Image.
Found this Pine weevil (13mm long, Hylobius abietis, Curculionidae) in a mixed forest in Valmiera (northern Latvia, August 2015). It is also a common pest in plantations of coniferous trees.
Studio work with a cleaned and staged specimen. Focus stack based on 122 images, assembled in Zerene Stacker (Pmax & Dmap).
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Not the usual site at the Hospital where I Work. Someone has a sense of humor. And... the pest control efforts are working.
I saw this pest control truck next door so went and grabbed the camera... I hope they had better luck with the bugs because HE's still there... Happy Truck Thursday, Everybody!!!
This very old biplane occasionally flew over our hotel in Varadero, Cuba at dusk, spraying to keep down the mosquitos and insects. I managed to get this close shot, from the highest available place in the hotel, at sunset as it appeared over the hotel roof and made it's last pass, just starting to release the spray. The picture I have posted in the first comment below is of the same plane as it flew away over the other hotels with the spray on full release. Because of the new Flickr lay out, I have now made it viewable to all and you can see it next to this one on my stream. Thanks to 'SBA73' who has identified it as an 'Antonov AN-2 Soviet Aircraft' which is/was widely used as a parachute platform and for crop dusting. See more pics and details of this plane on his photostream.
Full length macro (minus a bit of antennae) of a brownish colored Praying Mantis keeping the pests away from my pepper plants.
Two and a half inches tuber on a root of the prolific cat claw vine in my backyard garden in Tucson, Arizona, Southwestern USA.
I positioned my camera so you can see through the hole in the root.
This patch was overgrown and is being cleared for a vegetable and flower garden. The minute I saw this tuber, I knew I had my Macro Mondays theme shot for the week ending today.
Never plant this invasive vine in the ground!!! It is a menace, an invasive pest. The previous owners had planted it on the sleepy garden walls and one side of the house. It's been quite a struggle to begin to get rid of it.
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I don't know their profession, pest control is just my wild guess...
If you live in Arizona, then you know it is impossible to ignore or miss the swarms of bees that have been invading certain parts of the state. Watch this video to know more. Watch this video or read this www.sextonpestcontrol.com/staying-safe-from-swarms-of-bees/