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Does anyone know what this fly is?  I've seen a few of them this year, but never before.  In person the stripes are almost neon.


Couldn't focus very well with this one - molting caterpillar.


 
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In the UK they are called damselfly I think.  
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funny bugs in my garden!
garden bug with face on back
 
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Walking stick
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Phasmatodea (walking stick)
Phasmatodea (walking stick)
 
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spider webs all over these days!
garden spider web in dew
 
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Cool grey spider found when I removed the side of a raised bed.
luminous grey spiderIMG_20170927_140356 by mrsgalihad, on Flickr
My spearmint was covered in all kinds of pollinators.  
Honey bee on spearmintIMG_20170811_103303 by mrsgalihad, on Flickr
pollinating fly on spearmintIMG_20170811_103557 by mrsgalihad, on Flickr
 
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Here's a cool looking lady bug!
 
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I forgot this thread ...
I have a picture of one of the beautiful insects that visit my garden
metallic grey dragonfly

Maybe you call this a 'dragon fly', for me it is a libel(le).
 
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Man, I just love this thread. Every day I'm learning something new. Let me get my camera so I can get a shot of our bugs in the yard.
 
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this bug is HUGE! does anyone know him/her? I suspect they eat wood
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huge 2 inch unknown beetle
 
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Looks like a typical bumblebee but this is one big bumble, the honeybee is tiny in comparison.
I first saw these large bumbles after moving to Spokane area. Last summer I was able to "pet" one.

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bee on purple flower
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homeybee pink and red poppies
 
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Honeybees seem to like wintercress/ yellow rocket (Barbarea vulgaris) I've seen them on other mustard plants in my garden, but I don't have any pictures of them from my garden.
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japanese beetles Nearly full trap after only two days
Honeybee on Barbarea vulgaris
 
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Here's a less appealing set of bug images.
The Japanese beetles (Popillia japonica) have been particularly severe in my part of the midwestern United States this year. Only in the past week have they started to die down. I've already had to replace seven full bags in beetle traps this year.
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Nearly full trap after only two days
Nearly full trap after only two days
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Holes on basil from Japanese beetles
Holes on basil from Japanese beetles
 
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Last year, I found a luna moth catterpillar under an pin oak tree in Steubenville, Ohio. It seemed to have discoloration around its thorax. I hope it was okay and it survived as a moth long enough to mate and lay eggs. Saturniid moths have been declining in North America ever since the non-native tachnid fly Compsilura concinnata was introduced to control gypsy moths.
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Luna Moth catterpillar
Luna Moth catterpillar
 
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Funny I was terrified of these things my whole life, because they can be like an inch and a half long, they can move around all twitchy like, and look at that giant stabby stinger!........ Turns out, this solitary wasp doesn't bite or sting people, and the scary looking lance is only for laying eggs in wood.  

non stinging scary wasp


Dragon fly was having some kind of spaz attack on the porch, so I picked it up and I set it on a Rhododendron leaf for a photo.

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Apparently lady bugs like spelt (might just be a safe place to relax and not get eaten by birds.)   Like every other seed head had a lady bug on it.

ladybug ladybird beetles on spelt seedheads

Spidy Web + Winter Mist + Mushroom = Nature's crystal chandelier.  Granted water is the star of the shot, but the bug element is the foundation it hangs on.  

spider web in dew



 
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Great pictures everyone! This thread encouraged me to look through my old photos and find these gems from our time in Okinawa.
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ant team building
ant team building
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ant team building
ant team building
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secret inter-species meeting stick insects
secret inter-species meeting
 
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Good news for monarch butterflies. I found this caterpillar on one of my neighbor's butterfly weed plants.
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Monarch caterpillar
Monarch caterpillar
 
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I was working on my new chicken coop today and this wasp flew onto the wire mesh I was installing and it was carrying a small locust. I was able to snap a quick picture before he flew off with his hostage. It amazed me he was able to carry something larger and likely heavier than he was. I don't know what he had in mind with this locust, but it couldn't have been good (for the locust that is).
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wasp predating locust
 
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James Freyr wrote:I was working on my new chicken coop today and this wasp flew onto the wire mesh I was installing and it was carrying a small locust. I was able to snap a quick picture before he flew off with his hostage. It amazed me he was able to carry something larger and likely heavier than he was. I don't know what he had in mind with this locust, but it couldn't have been good (for the locust that is). [/quote

James,  

Can you imagine what it would be like if a wasp-like this was a foot long?  Bwahaha, I think we'd be living in a world ruled by insects.

 
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Does anybody have an idea what insect this is?
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mystery insect
mystery insect
 
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