The Ten Foot Invert Challenge

[keks]

What beetle is this one? It reminds me a little bit of Melolontha, we call it "Maikäfer" ^^.
http://view.stern.de/de/picture/1419981/makro-insekt-kaefer-mai-maikaefer-karl-maikaefer-1920.jpg

 

[Duriana]

Ah if only I had any sort of camera besides a phone. Which leads me to the topic of what camera you guys would recommend for beginners?

 

[mygale]

Doesn't really matter, something used and cheap under $200
Canon 550D, Sony A58/A77 something like this.


Dwarf Bee Head @6,2x by mygale, auf Flickr

Dwarf Bee In Flight by mygale, auf Flickr

Snout moth @6x by mygale, auf Flickr

Bee macro by mygale, auf Flickr

 

[Flexzone]

What beetle is this one? It reminds me a little bit of Melolontha, we call it "Maikäfer" ^^.
http://view.stern.de/de/picture/1419981/makro-insekt-kaefer-mai-maikaefer-karl-maikaefer-1920.jpg

Sorry for late reply its a Ptilinus pectinicornis

 

[mygale]

Bee In Flight by mygale, auf Flickr

Small Fly @10x by mygale, auf Flickr

 

[Flexzone]

Genus: Bombus- "Bumblebee"

Sitticus fasciger - female

Sophophora sp.

 

[cold blood]

tree frog

• cold blood
• Aug 23, 2017

snoop froggy frog

• cold blood
• Aug 23, 2017
• 8

just out here chillin bro

 

[cold blood]

hopper

• cold blood
• Aug 13, 2017
• 3

anyone know the species....never saw one quite like this one.

 

[Trenor]

I found a cool spider that caught a bumblebee on the fig bush.

 

[Andy00]

Japanese beetle found on rose bush in front yard. (Popillia japonica) Weevil found on the outside of my window (Curculionidae)

 

[Flexzone]

Araneus diadematus

Dolichovespula maculata- 2:1 single shot

 

[Staehilomyces]

A huntsman, possibly Isopedella conspersa.

 

[Red Eunice]

Opened the front door and saw this mantis at face level. Bit of a startle I must admit. Lol!

Don't see these very often in my area. This one's nearly 6" in length.

This is the other mantis species in my area. Small maybe 3", hanging on the window screen by the front door.
Don't keep mantids, but are cool to see them about, left it alone to do its thing.

 

[Trenor]

This is the other mantis species in my area. Small maybe 3", hanging on the window screen by the front door. View attachment 253262 View attachment 253263
Don't keep mantids, but are cool to see them about, left it alone to do its thing.

I saw a few in the gardens when I was doing the water photos this weekend. Mom used to collect the egg cases in the fall and hatched them out in the spring. She'd release them into the fields after the weather warmed up. It was crazy to see all those little mantids running about on release day.

 

[Flexzone]

Harmonia axyridis

Ephemeroptera sp.


Dorcus parallelus - Adult female


Dorcus parallelus - Adult female