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NB: not captive. Seen in a wild reserve close to where I live.
I believe this mantis is a female and perhaps pregnant. I see them at this time of year producing their ootheca (an egg mass). Her abdomen is swollen with her precious cargo.
Specifically, Pseudomantis albofimbriata.
60 mm length.
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Eine "Punktierte Zartschrecke" (Leptophyes punctissima) mit 5 Beinen auf einer Kronen-Lichtnelke (Lychnis coronaria).
Green bush-cricket. (Tettigonia viridissima, zöld lombszöcske).
@my garden, Veresegyház, Hungary.
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Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus, Nymphalidae) rests on flowers of wild yarrow (Achillea millefolium, Asteraceae)
Terrell's Island Preserve, Omro, Wisconsin
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A cheeky Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens) making a display of itself at a coffeeshop in Canberra.
*Note: More pics of Dragonflies and Damselflies in my Dragonflies and Damselflies Album.
Spotted a pair of Tiger Moth aka the Orange spotted Tiger Moth aka Huebner's Wasp Moth (Amata huebneri) mating in Canberra.
*Note: More pics of Butterflies and Moths in my Butterflies and Moths Album.
Crane flies are giant insects that resemble big mosquitoes. Despite their appearance this large insects are completely harmless when fully mature.
Hornisse am Boden: Sie hat anscheinend einen Flügel verloren und kann deswegen nicht mehr fliegen. Sie lebt vielleicht noch ein bis zwei Tage.
A hornet on the floor with an injured wing: life expectancy may be still one or two days.
Intriguing and impressive visual effect and camouflage on this moth, looking like a leaf with curled edges to my eyes.
Found here in Australia and also up to south-east Asia and on in to India.
Larvae feed on plants within family Menispermaceae. Adult moths pierce fruit for the juices, sometimes causing fruit plantation infestations as fungi and other micro-organisms can enter the fruit and cause it to rot.
The moth flew off after this one shot and I saw the dynamic flash of orange/black from the underwings.
Eudocima salaminia. Wingspan 80 mm.
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Syrphe butineur sur centaurée noire
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So tiny at just 2 to 3 mm in length. But how pretty, with the variegated scales.
Most Dermestids (beetles within family Dermestidae) are scavengers that feed on dry animal or plant material, such as skin or pollen, animal hair, feathers, dead insects and natural fibres.
This was just one of many Anthrenus verbasci that I saw on native Leptospermum polygalifolium flowers.
I learned that this very species was the first insect to be shown to have an annual behavioural rhythm and to date, remains a classic example of circannual cycles in animals.
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Bush katydid. Size 36-50 mm.
Scudderia is a genus of katydids.
Their range is most of North America, northernmost being in Southern Canada. They are herbivores, with nymphs feeding primarily on flowers and adults preferring woody deciduous plants.
Joint Second place Winner: Beautiful Capture of Week-35 Contest of the Beautiful Capture Group; congratulations. 27 Sep, 2023.
patterns in nature...
my Corona-vocation will be documenting wildness on my five acres in West Central Florida... nothing serious...just a witness to the beauty.
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brooksville, florida
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Idea malabarica
The Malabar tree nymph has a wingspan of 120–154 mm. It appears as a mostly white butterfly with black markings. Idea malabarica is a large butterfly found in peninsular India
Taken in the Butterfly World, Florida
Lens: EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
This colorful and attractive moth is found throughout the United States, and appears in my gardens from late summer through autumn.. Caterpillars of this ermine moth (Family Yponomeutidae) feed exclusively on the non-native, highly invasive Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima). This specimen was nectaring on goldenrod in my pollinator garden.
Another view of the Dingy Dusk-hawker (Gynacantha subinterrupta) at Canberra.
*Note: More pics of Dragonflies and Damselflies in my Dragonflies and Damselflies Album.
Eine Kronen-Lichtnelke (Lychnis coronaria) mit einer invaliden "Punktierten Zartschrecke" (Leptophyes punctatissima), der das linke Hinterbein fehlt.
A male Yellow-barred Flutterer (Rhyothemis phyllis) in Canberra.
*Note: More pics of Dragonflies and Damselflies in my Dragonflies and Damselflies Album.
A tiny, exquisite jewel which is I believe, a bluetail damselfly - Ischnura heterosticta, the largest of the Ischnura species here in Australia.
They are generally found near slow-running or still water during the warmer months of the year.
I believe this is a male, although I understand females have been found with form and colourings very similar to the males.
Around 35 mm length.
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The common crow is a butterfly whose native range is South Asia down to here in Australia.
The caterpillar as seen here is distasteful to predators due to chemicals extracted from the latex of some types of food plants consumed.
Of interest are the eight paired fleshy appendages ('tentacles') found on the upper side of the second, third, fifth and eighth segments.
I observed that these retracted in to tight curls, then relaxed and unfurled and I understand that these are sensory organs. Perhaps also playing a role in confusing predators.
8 mm length.
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A Dingy Dusk-hawker (Gynacantha subinterrupta) at Canberra.
*Note: More pics of Dragonflies and Damselflies in my Dragonflies and Damselflies Album.
Great to catch-up with some local long-tailed blues at last. Second attempt this weekend proved very fruitful.
And here's one I took when they were an even rarer sight on these shores:
This is my favorite shot of the Mantis so far!
(I have a whole folder, this guy was born in my yard!)