The wheel bug, Arilus cristatus (Linnaeus) or assassing bug is a scary but beneficial bug that preys on pest insects. However, its bite can be more severe than a bee sting, and both nymphs and adults should be avoided or handled with caution. (It looks like a killing machine)

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Pic from 14. May 2022

picked these pickles up few days back. ;)

Cantao parentum

Goldenrod soldier beetles on a Black-eyed Susans Flowers

I just bought myself a Surface Pro 4 and tried tethered macro photography for the first time.

These aphids on the underside of an ornamental plant were all the wildlife I could find in our garden. In all seventeen images under artificial light, focus stacked using Helicon Focus 6. Hopefully I can find something more exotic as it gets warmer.

'Dandy Bug' is a macro photograph of a dandelion.

Dead Bugs bunch of old VW's waiting to be salvaged in this group shot in North Carolina.

Red-bellied Woodpecker ready to pounce...

Common in my rear yard.

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Pitcher plants... meat eaters

These plants can grow in the Pacific Northwest, just give them a 'swampy habitat' and light so the flies and bugs see them and are attracted....and pang.... they will be eaten!

I found this critter feeding on the Black-eyed Susans.

Our gardens are teeming with insect life if we just take the time to stop and observe...

Happy Labor Day everyone!

hello from bug for monochrome bokeh Thursday!😸

*carl zeiss jena flektogon 35mm f2.4*

happy thursday from bug! 😸

*helios 44m-4 58mm f2*

graphosoma lineatum

Canon EOS M50

TAMRON SP 90mm F/2.8 Di VC USD MACRO1:1 F017

ƒ/14.0 90.0 mm 1/200 200

Spotted in the fields beyond Captains Wood on my walk this morning.

Spined soldier bug (member of the stink bug family) sucking the life out of a black swallowtail caterpillar. This event took place on a dill plant that the caterpillar was feasting on.

Bee-mimic Robberfly

Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug.

John Lithgow

Canon EOS M50

EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM

ƒ/7.1 45.0 mm 1/200 100

Looking straight up a wall mounted glass display case at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, full of bugs on pins.

hand-held