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This is likely a male nocturnal velvet ant, family Mutillidae. He was attracted to our porch light and blacklight at night on JE Canyon Ranch, Colorado. September 8, 2019.
my son on a bug hunt
A man was nice enough to give my son a butterfly that landed on him because he saw us looking for insects. We thanked the stranger and put the butterfly in our jar. On our way back to the car we saw a giant beetle running across the trail. We caught it and threw it in the jar. As we were getting close to the car I looked in the jar and saw the beetle munching on the butterfly! I couldn't believe it, he was really going at it. Baffled, I came home and scoured the internet trying to identify the giant hungry beetle. It turns out, out of all beetles we could have came across and put in the jar with the butterfly was one called.....a caterpillar hunter
Bug on our tent. Shasta-Trinity National Forest, California. Violet filter and lighting effects applied.
A bunch of bugs flying around an outside light.
Note: First image uploaded with the sharing sheets with OS X Mountain Lion!
It was too windy to stack...and who am I kidding anyway, it never works for me handheld! I can't stack 2 images let alone 50 odd like some :-)
A hoverfly, also known as a flower fly or syrphid fly, is a type of insect that belongs to the family Syrphidae. Hoverflies are found all over the world and are known for their ability to hover in mid-air, much like a helicopter. They are often seen hovering around flowers, where they feed on nectar and pollen.
Hoverflies are beneficial insects because they play an important role in pollination. They are attracted to brightly colored flowers and are often mistaken for bees or wasps because of their similar appearance. However, unlike bees and wasps, hoverflies do not have stingers and are harmless to humans.
One interesting feature of hoverflies is their ability to mimic the appearance of other insects, such as bees or wasps. This is a defense mechanism that helps protect them from predators. Hoverflies also lay their eggs near aphid colonies, and the larvae feed on the aphids, making them a natural predator of these garden pests.
Overall, hoverflies are important insects in the ecosystem and are beneficial to gardeners and farmers because of their role in pollination and pest control.