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

The bug.

A hue processed macro.

Lens mounted on a MOVO extension tubes set 21+16+10 mm

El Prado municipal park, Curridabat, Costa Rica

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.

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

Striped bugs having a concert.

Red-bellied Woodpecker ready to pounce...

Common in my rear yard.

Stack out of 35 pictures created with Helicon Focus.

Curious little Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher seemingly not quite sure of what to make of an intruder in its domain.

Common and abundant.

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Lens: Sigma 105 mm f/2.8 Macro 1:1

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!

Wren - Troglodytidae

Yeadon Tarn - Leeds

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happy thursday from bug! 😸

*helios 44m-4 58mm f2*

Canon EOS M50

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

ƒ/14.0 90.0 mm 1/200 200

graphosoma lineatum

Chrysis Ignita

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

Canon EOS M50

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

ƒ/7.1 45.0 mm 1/200 100

Shield bug.

Canon R, Mitutoyo M Plan x5,@ x5.

ISO 200, .30sec.

Helicon focus ( method c ),P.S.

X3 Lume cube panels with diffusers.

Mjkzz Ultra rail.

209 shots,@ 20um.

Thanks for your comments and faves,they are truly appreciated.