Unusual insects

[Dark Raptor]

Thanks

As always, I use Nikon D70s with Nikkor Micro 105/2.8 lens and Kenko MC-7 x2 teleconverter. I think I should add this line to my signature

...and now more latest pics...
Acentria ephemerella - larvae and females of that butterfly live underwater

Achatina achatina -

Acrididae

Agapanthia villosoviridescens - (Cerambycidae)

Anomala dubia (Scarabaeidae)

Aphodius fossor (Aphodidae)

Blaps lethifera (Tenebrionidae)

Bombyliidae

Carabus sp.

Chrysididae

Chrysomelidae - pupation chambers

Clytus arietis (Cerambycidae)

Coccinellidae

Lilioceris lilii (Chrysomelidae)

Diptera

...as bonus... rain in micro scale

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[Arietans]

I shall never post pics in the same thread as you.

Very very impressive.:clap: :clap:

 

[Gigas]

those pictures of rain sent a tingle down my back, simply awesome

*edit* i just did some reading on the Acentria ephemerella pretty cool moth

 

[jw73]

Dark raptor you should publish your own foto album. You are next Włodzimierz Puchalski.

 

[Greg Pelka]

As always - great pictures Darek

 

[Dark Raptor]

Thanks!
I think I need to work harder to take the same pics as Puchalski ... but I'm lucky, he was ornitologist

Ok. Now larger part. I am posting these pictures on 3 different phorums, so I don't know where I posted some of them or where not...

Zygoptera

Coreus marginatus (Hemiptera)

Trichoptera

Tipulidae (Diptera)

Tabanus sp. (Diptera)

Graphosoma sp. (Hemiptera)

Spondylis buprestoides (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)

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[Dark Raptor]

Sphingidae (Lepidoptera)

Rhyssa sp. (Hymenoptera)

Rhagium inquisitor (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)

Brachyacon murimus (Coleoptera, Elateridae)

Plecoptera

Phyllobius sp. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)

Opatrum sabulosum (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)

Nicrophorus vespilloides (Coleoptera, Silphidae)

Chrysopa sp. (Neuroptera)

Yponameuta sp. (imago of european tent caterpillar)

Syrphus sp. (Diptera, Syrphidae) attacking aphids

...and aphids (Hemiptera, Aphidae)

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[Dark Raptor]

Myrmica rubra with dead Oeceoptoma thoracica (Silphidae)

Parnopa sp. (Mecoptera) - female

Lixus sp. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)

Lymantria dispar (Lepidoptera) - larva

Zygaena viciae (Lepidoptera) - larva and imago

...another Zygaenidae

...and more butterflies

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[bugmankeith]

A moth that lives underwater, amazing! Is that white fly rare?

 

[Dark Raptor]

Lagria hirta (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)

Orgyia antiqua (Lepidoptera) parasited by Apanteles sp. (Hymenoptera)

Hymenoptera

Hylobius abietis (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)

Gyrinus sp. (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae)

Geometridae (Lepidoptera)

Dorcus parallelopipedus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae)
male

female

Tachinidae parasite outside moth caterpillar

Succinea sp. (Gastropoda) parasited by Trematoda worms

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...ok. I think thats all for now. Prepare for more pics soon

 

[LHP]

Amazing photos as always!

Parnopa sp. (Mecoptera) - female

Beautiful!

Here is a male scorpionfly I found in Central Virginia. Sorry for the fuzziness; only got one photo before he flew off. Always on the look out for another one, but they are hard to come by. Next time, I hope to find one with prey!:
http://atshq.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1011

Lindsey

 

[Curry]

Dark Raptor... Your shots are AMAZING! I'm gonna keep telling you that. Keep up the great work!!!

 

[Dark Raptor]

Thank you

LHP, you thats a wonderfull male. Probably also Parnopa because they can be found in US.

And more pics if you like them

Agapanthia villosoviridescens (Cerambycidae)

Pleuroptya ruralis

Geometridae

Hylotrupes bajulus (Cerambycidae)

Acridoidea

Pyrrhocoris apterus (Hemiptera)

Polyommatus icarus

Musca sp.

Myrmica rubra

Peltidae (Coleoptera)

Eurygaster sp.

Dolycoris baccarum

Pentatoma rufipes

Sarcophaga sp. and "1 grosz" (something like 1 cent in US)

Vespula sp.

Not an insect but my first shots with larger predators

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[Ecilious]

My newly matured male macleay's spectre stick insect, hatched from some eggs I bought off e-bay.

 

[wizentrop]

Anyone heard of the butterfly-back assassin bug? I guess not, because ...well, there is no such thing, but this small assassin does have something that resembles a butterfly on its back. The name is Ectomocoris melanogaster, and it belongs to the family Reduviidae, meaning it's a relative of the large assassin bugs, like Platymeris. By the way, this is an adult, so these small wings are not getting any longer...

 

[Insecto]

Here is one unusual butterfly wich pretends that he is a wasp:

And weard looking microfly:

 

[Dark Raptor]

It is time to bring some life to this topic again

Diptera

Carabus coriaceus

Palomena prasina

Hymenoptera

Tettigonia viridissima

Vespa crabro

Cychrus caraboides

Lepidoptera

Nymphalis io i Vanessa atalanta

 

[Widowman10]

wonderful! just as all the pics before it!! very nice work indeed:clap:

 

[CustomNature]

Dark Raptor, good to see you back! About a month or two ago I posted a thread asking what happened to this one (the unusual insect one). I think it got lost in the frey of the big server change over or whatever it was. Keep the pictures coming!

 

[ninjitsu2007]

Got Some here at the Philippines