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Chrysomia Rufifacies. I've seen my fair share of their larvae in my time but not such a docile adult fly as this one. Maybe it was because they were too busy preening itself.
No post processing other than a crop. They've got some nice colours to them, that's for sure.
The Lygaeidae are a family in the Hemiptera (true bugs), with some 60 genera in six subfamilies. The family includes the insects commonly known as milkweed bugs, and also some of those known as seed bugs. The family used to be vastly larger, as numerous former subfamilies have been removed and given independent family status, including Artheneidae, Blissidae, Cryptorhamphidae, Cymidae, Geocoridae, Heterogastridae, Ninidae, Oxycarenidae, Pachygronthidae, and Rhyparochromidae, which together constituted well over half of the former family. Many of the species feed on seeds, although some feed on sap (mucivory), and a few, such as the wekiu bug, feed on insects.
The bizarre and mysterious beetle-like Psamminae were formerly often placed in the Piesmatidae, but this is almost certainly incorrect. Their true affiliations, however, are not entirely resolved to satisfaction.
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This was very small part of a huge collection of insects( ca.23000 species) which was at La Vanille Reserve des Mascareignes,Mauritius. It was the work of one man,Jacques Siedlecki ,over 30 years.
Assassin bug Sycanus sp
Notice the spike on its back. Wonder if anyone knows the purpose of it. This guy has an exceptionally long proboscis which its uses for hunting and feeding.
size : 20mm
There have been a lot of awesome Micro scale bugs, and I wanted to do one as well. Micro is not a scale I'm familiar or confident with, so I turned to that old saying - "Build what you know"
I wonder how many folks will think this is just a photo of the old Mantis from the thumbnail and pass it on by. ;) Here is a shot of the two of them together.
A "Cotton Harlequin Bug" also known as a "Hybiscus Harlequin Beetle" This is a female sitting on a Varigated Hybiscus leaf. Photo taken at Westside Christian College, Goodna Queensland Australia. Please view in the black box
This scary looking bug is known as a Wheel Bug. It is in the assassin bug family Reduviidae. They attack and eat other bugs. Though they do not sting, they do bite and their bite is supposed to be quite painful. I didn't know this when I was photographing it and am glad I didn't try to pose it, though I wouldn't be inclined to touch such a scary looking bug. These bugs look like a mini Stegosaurus. OK, they have 6 legs and no tail, but they still remind me of the dinosaur.
The little guy I spotted while looking for a good angle to shoot some wild flowers. He crawled up and down the tiny leaf that he was on, and give me ample time for many shots.
Don't ask me how I knew the bug was a gent. I just knew.