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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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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.
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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!
Bugs sitting on the camera bag that he has taken a liking to and gazing up at me willing me to understand what he is trying to communicate to me. He is so cute when he does this.
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!
I'm not sure what this guy is-- he resembles a milkweed bug but I'm pretty sure he's not. [edit: subject looks like Lopidea, possibly L. instabilis, and the bomber is perhaps some sort of Lygus bug] At the time I took the photo I didn't notice the other unidentified critter hiding in the old bloom. The flower is from culinary sage. Glendale, Missouri
Red-headed Woodpecker visiting my rear yard. A first...
Uncommon year-round resident. Numbers are greatly reduced in winter. Some say it's one of the most handsome birds in North America.
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.
From my archives. I must have wanted to be a bug that day, given that I crawled around on the ground trying to see how an insect might see its world.
Do they feel a sense of accomplishment after they climbed to the top of a blade of grass?
Striped bug (Graphosoma italicum) on some wild umbelifer.
Strojnica włoska (Graphosoma italicum) na jakimś dzikim baldaszkowatym.