Florida(& S. Georgia) insects

[zonbonzovi]

unIDed assassin(?) nymph

Romalea microptera

Ranatra sp.

Microcentrum rhombifolium(?)

A pine borer, I think

"Canal" crab

An untimely end

Plant eater, of a sort

You can't see us

Brother from another lubber

Euro wasps?

'pillar

wasp?

weevil

moth

velvety goodness

Dynastes tityus

Ranatra, part deux

Calosoma ?

Dung lover, I forget the genus

swallowtail 'pillar?

sexy b-fly

yum

Lethocerus sp.(so cute, until the red hot injection...oops)

cicada

more unIDed beetles

More to come?
Companion thread for arachnids in the true spider section...

 

[Gnat]

fantastic! i love #2

 

[deathwing]

was the pine borer a female lucanidae or a cerambycidae???

 

[zonbonzovi]

was the pine borer a female lucanidae or a cerambycidae???

Not sure, but I'm leaning toward Cerambycidae because of the massive antennae.

 

[Travis K]

Nice pics Zonvi,

I expect we will see more?

Oh yeah and you had better have brought me back a water scorpion. If not I am going to drain your bog...

 

[zonbonzovi]

Nice pics Zonvi,

I expect we will see more?

Oh yeah and you had better have brought me back a water scorpion. If not I am going to drain your bog...

There shall.

I'll have to talk to the babysitter about survival rates, but looks good so far

Me bog's a wee bit clogged...feel free.

 

[zonbonzovi]

Dasymutilla occidentalis

 

[Travis K]

what a beauty, did you keep that one?

 

[zonbonzovi]

Yep, but just for pix...it's actually going away to stay permanently with a velvet ant lover.

 

[Vulgaris]

The 'untimely end' is most likely Polistes bellicosus

The 'euro wasps' are not dominula. They are most likely exclamans

 

[zonbonzovi]

The 'untimely end' is most likely Polistes bellicosus

The 'euro wasps' are not dominula. They are most likely exclamans

Thanks for the ID! They were quite "docile" compared to the yellow jackets I'm used to.