Insect picture exchange :)

for those who just love taking pictures of insect I thought I may as well finally share this years pics of common or uncommon insects, join in if ya like.
the parasitic wasp was a pain in the arse when getting a good picture of it.
the cobalt beetle depends on feeding from the leafs and larva which consumes, I read that they produce weird smells when disturbed but that wont deter me from capturing some for the huge milkweed patch Ill bee growing.

more garden creatures.

this is great that you started this...nice photos:) I'm trying to find a few I took this summer.

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Judith Browning wrote:this is great that you started this...nice photos:) I'm trying to find a few I took this summer.

thanks, I have been trying to Identify as many insect as I could in my gardens, some dont even show up in some field guides which makes Identifying that much harder.

I don't have any pictures to add. I just wanted to say that I really like this thread!

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Most of my pictures are on my dead laptop, but I do have this one.

Penny Dumelie wrote:Most of my pictures are on my dead laptop, but I do have this one.

nice one, I tend to have a harder time getting bumble bees because when I get too close they spring up fly in circles near you then take off.

A hoverfly taking a break.

Someone decided to take a break and land on my foot for a while.

A butterfly on a butterfly bush.

A visitor to my butterfly bush.

nice! your foot-visitor is a bee-mimicking hoverfly (family Syrphidae - so also called ‘syrphids’)

Future cabbage moths, I think. Very enthusiastic about nasturtiums.

Mantis egg pod (likely brown mantis based on the mature fellows who dine on my rose bushes). If you find one of these and are intrigued please resist the urge to bring it into your house and forget all about it (they hatch hundreds at a time).