Unusual insects

[Dark Raptor]

Hi!

Beautifull beetles Kabutomushi! I wish we had some of these species in Poland

...but smaller doesn't mean worse

Apis mellifera

Syrphidae

Cetonia aurata

Rhyssa

Vespa crabro

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[Gigas]

Hi!

Woah whats goin on ther????!!!! i love your pictures Dark
Raptor, Like ppoetry

 

[Dark Raptor]

Woah whats goin on ther????!!!! i love your pictures Dark
Raptor, Like ppoetry

Thank you.
That was "Kamasutra"
I'll try to take more pics with flying insects. It is a bit difficult but they look really amazing during flight.

 

[David_F]

Calosoma scrutator (Fiery searcher)

I found this beetle a few nights ago at work. It was missing most of it's right, rear leg when I found it.

 

[T.Raab]

not unusual at all, but very nice:

Araneus sp.:

 

[padkison]

Aaahh! More wallpaper. Thanks all.

 

[Dark Raptor]

More insects.

Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale (Pentatomidae, Hemiptera)

Ceruchus chrysomelinus (Lucanidae), one of the rearest polish species. They develope in red rottened spruce wood. Known from only 3 locations in Poland.

Platycerus caraboides (Lucanidae) not very common. Found in rottened oak wood.

Sitticus sp. (Salticidae)... one of the most beautifull spiders.

Anthrenus picturatus makolskii (Dermestidae) known from the only two locations in Poland. This specimen was found in my flat.

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[Dark Raptor]

Hemiptera

Camponotus herculeanus - queen

Diptera species

Gryllus campestris

Phyllobius sp. (Curculionidae)

Tetrix sp.

Vespa vulgaris

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[Gigas]

dark raptor i think ive asked before but what camera are you using? very nice pictures

 

[Tleilaxu]

How do you keep those hornets on your hands/arms without getting stung?

 

[Techuser]

o_o
do you crop your pics raptor?

 

[Dark Raptor]

Thanks

dark raptor i think ive asked before but what camera are you using? very nice pictures

This is the question that I reply very often Nikon D70s with Nikkor Micro 105/2.8 and sometimes with Kenko MC7 x2 Teleconverter.

How do you keep those hornets on your hands/arms without getting stung?

Hornets were 'stunned' by low temperature, so almost harmless. Queens are also very calm.

do you crop your pics raptor?

Most of them are 'full frame'. I crop pics only when I want correct picture composition.

 

[Dark Raptor]

Molted 3 days ago...

...now its glowing like hell! (sorry for bad pic, but I wasn't able to use tripod).

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[Gigas]

Shiny *-* i wish i had some

 

[Dark Raptor]

I did't write that it is Lampyris noctiluca.

Shiny *-* i wish i had some

They are quite common in our forests. I've got now 2 adult females. They don't eat as imago so I'll have to be quick in searching males for them.

 

[T.Raab]

Very nice pix as usual .... hope that i can get my cam asap ... hr hr...

 

[Dark Raptor]

Very nice pix as usual .... hope that i can get my cam asap ... hr hr...

Thanks. I'm waiting for more of your pics... but this time with insects

 

[T.Raab]

Hi,

you mean like such things: f**** flies

 

[cricket54]

Awesome pictures!!!! Is a "Vespa cabro" one of those "Giant Hornets" we see here in the US? My daughter Laura had one of those in a plastic container yesterday and we got to observe her up close. It was just crawling on our front porch. Think she was dying of old age. She started curling her legs under and looking bad, so Laura put her in the refrigerator.

Sharon

 

[Dark Raptor]

T. Raab... nice joke! ...and pic of course

Is a "Vespa cabro" one of those "Giant Hornets" we see here in the US?

I don't know american insects. V. crabro is known as european hornet, so I expect that you've got another specie.