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Neoitamus angusticornis (Magari-ke mushihiki in Japanese)
Length 14 - 18 mm
No flash, single-shot, Olympus MFT gear
P8090484
As the gaura flowers fade, the stilt bugs move on. Don't remember what these are, but they're next to the gauras...
Aulacophora indica (urihamushi in Japanese)
Length 6.0 - 6.8 mm
No flash, single-shot, Olympus MFT gear
P8120184
I was looking around in the plants next to my wife's garden, seeking subjects for macro shots, when I came upon this insect coming out of these newly growing leaves. I got a couple shots off from differing depths of field, to give me a stack of two. All hand held, so I could only do so much! Not sure what it is, though.
In Tulsa's Gathering Place - lots of these marsh dagger moth caterpillars along the "enter at your own risk" path...
Rear view of this guy In the hibiscus, who turned his back on me for Beautiful Bug Butt Thursday - HBBBT!
Lots of these little flies in the fields now, as other insect activity is on the wane - and Happy Fly Day Friday!
One more look at this bumblebee on a showy thistle called Leavenworth's eryngo, in the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center...
Don't know what it is - a plant bug, I imagine, Hemiptera - but can't say. Very small, and kind of cute...