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Insects Intimacy { 573 images } Created 29 Jun 2012

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  • Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among invertebrates and use it in courtship, hunting and navigation.
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  • A wet grasshopper, watter drops act as a magnifying glass showing details of the ommatideum
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  • A small jumping spider; these spiders make great hunters, using their very agile jumps giving their preys no time to react
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  • A extreme close up of the bee's tongue; the mandibles can be seen and also the texture on the pollem grains
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  • A close up of the bee's tongue showing small details, it is covered in pollem
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  • A bee with its tongue fully extended, it is covered in pollen; The tongue is long and hairy at the end, so is good for soaking up nectar
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  • A top view of a small house fly, the ocelli can be seen. These specialized secondary eyes are insuficient to form an image but are more sensitive to light and aid insects during flight
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  • Top view of a woodlouse, woodlice are not generally regarded as a serious household pest as they do not spread disease and do not damage wood or structures; however, their presence can indicate dampness problems.
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  • A Mud dauber portrait; its name comes from the nests that are made by the females, which consist of mud molded into place by the wasp's
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  • True bug eggs on a wild flower; they allways lay eggs on floating plant parts, like leaves or this flower
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  • High magnification shot of an ant, it shows how hairy they can be
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  • A portrait o a quite common wasp, fully extended tongue can be seen.
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  • A crab spider usually found in flowers; also known as Napoleon Spider because of the mark in its abdomen
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  • A closer view of same spider; it can remain still for long periods of time until a pray comes within its hunting  range
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  • Myrmeleon formicarius or AntlionM; they take their name from the larvae, which is a higly effective ant predator.
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  • A true bug Nymph on a wild flower, you can see its camuflage makes it very difficult to be found
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  • A slender true bug sitting on a flower; true bugs all share same kind of  pierced, sucking mouth parts
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  • Detail of the bug nymph at higher magnification, holding itself on a dried wild flower
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  • A true bug with its nymph in a dried wild flower
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  • An Antlion on a grass halm; they are very difficult to spot as they can remain still for a long time
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  • Antlions are easily distinguished from damselflies by their prominent, apically clubbed antennae which are about as long as head and thorax combined.
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  • A bush cricket on a Rosmary plant. The atrophied wings of Ephippiger species are unfit to flight and only used for the emission of sounds. This one has some parasitic mites on it
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  • Some kind of cucko wasp, there arer over 3000 species. Parasitoid or cleptoparasitic wasps, this one is highly sculptured, with brilliantly colored metallic-like body
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  • The short, strong proboscis of robber flies is used to stab and inject victims with saliva containing neurotoxic and proteolytic enzymes which paralyze and digest the insides; the fly then sucks the liquefied meal through the proboscis.
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  • It makes a sound of variable intensity which desorientates possible predators
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  • True bugs have modified piercing and sucking mouthparts; some suck plant juices and are plant pests, while others can bite painfully.
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  • The short, strong proboscis of robber flies is used to stab and inject victims with saliva containing neurotoxic and proteolytic enzymes which paralyze and digest the insides; the fly then sucks the liquefied meal through the proboscis.
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  • Anthidium manicatum or European wool carder bee, they are leaf-cutters and use leaves and petals from various ornamental plants such as roses, azaleas, ash, redbud, and bougainvillea. They use the leaf and petal segments to construct their nests
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  • Like their relatives the honey bees, bumble bees feed on nectar and gather pollen to feed their young
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  • The wing scales of the Lysandra bellargus, also known as Adonis blue; a quite common species in Spain. Small cactus-like scales can be seen between normal scales
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  • Some kind of cucko wasp, there arer over 3000 species. Parasitoid or cleptoparasitic wasps, this one is highly sculptured, with brilliantly colored metallic-like body
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  • A female walking stick insect, this one is a common species iun Europe. However their natural camouflage can make them extremely difficult to spot
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  • A beautiful and yet small jumping spider; They have good vision and use it for hunting and navigating. They are capable of jumping from place to place, secured by a silk tether
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  • Somo kind of wolf spider, they are robust and agile hunters with good eyesight. They live mostly solitary lives and hunt alone. Some are opportunistic hunters pouncing upon prey as they find it or even chasing it over short distances. Some will wait for passing prey in or near the mouth of a burrow.
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  • A magnified view of its beautiful eye; a special technique was used to remove the ommatidum reflections, leaving an image with SEM like surface detail
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  • Episyrphus balteatus, sometimes called the marmalade hoverfly; like most other hoverflies it mimics a much more dangerous insect, the solitary wasp, though it is a quite harmless species
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  • A common and widespread fly of the family Stratiomyidae, and quite possibly the best-known species in the entire infraorder. The larvae are used in manure management, for both house fly control and reduction in manure volume, and the mature larvae and prepupae raised in manure management operations are themselves useful as feed supplements
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  • Household cockroaches are parasitized by this ensing wasp , it is an important biological control. Easy recogniced by it particular body shape and beautiful deep blue eyes
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  • Known as the common green lacewing, is an insect in the Chrysopidae family. It is found in many parts of North America, Europe and Asia. The adults feed on nectar, pollen and aphid honeydew but the larvae are active predators and feed on aphids and other small insects. It has been used in the biological control of insect pests on crops.
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  • 4th or 5th stadium larva of Cydnus aterrimus (Cydnidae - Negro Bugs) Can be found in the ground or under stone, more commonly on the plant it feeds from
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  • Blatta orientalis, also known as black beetle or oriental cockroach; before was very common in Spain but is being displaced by the stronger Periplaneta americana  (American cockroach)
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  • A beetle species found in costal areas and sand dunes, sometimes you can see the marks it leaves on the sand
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  • Portrait of a Grasshoper; it has a very unusual nuclear symbol like vertex
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  • Scales from a butterfly of the Kallima family, these butterflies look like dry leaves; texture of the scales can be apreciatted
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  • Cercopis intermedia or froghopper;  there are two other species in Spain, but this one is the more common
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  • A Longlegged fly;  they will catch your attention with their bright green metallic eyes
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  • Cercopis intermedia or froghopper;  a close up of the head area; showing the compound eye and ocelli
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  • A butterfly portrait, showing detail of compound eye, scales and proboscis
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  • Jumping spider; their superior eyesight helps it track victims; then the jump n them giving the insects little or no time to react
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  • A beautiful beettle from top view; its armor its full of cracks, sign of a hard life
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  • A top view  close up of a Nezara viridula, showing both ocelli and the ommatidium of both compoud eyes, orange spots are pollen grains
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  • A  close up of a Nezara viridula, showing a ocelli and the ommatidium of a compoud eyes, orange spots are pollen grains and texture can be apreciatted
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  • Polistes dominula or european paper wasp; considered an invaise species in USA and Canada. Take sits name from the material used for its nests
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  • Polistes dominula or european paper wasp; a top view show showing part of the thorax and part of the head, the ocelli and the ommatidium are easy distinguished
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  • Calliphora vicina  or blue bottle fly; with its very  characteristic bright orange cheeks
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  • Musca domestica or house fly compound eye; the
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  • a close up of a  Musca domestica or house fly showing a severe mite infestion; three mites under the subgenal area . Those mites show a bright red colour and finger-print like texture
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  • Vespula germanica or German wasp; this hairy waspcan be identified by its three dots in the face
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  • Rhynchophorus ferrugineus or red palm weevil; it is killing all palm trees in Spain,  originary from South east Asia  it is believed it came to Spain in some imported palm trees from Egypt
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  • Camponotus cruentatus or Red ant; a portrait of this beautiful ant
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  • A Musca domestica or house fly showing a severe mite infestion; three mites under the subgenal area and two more between labellum and thorax. Those mites show a bright red colour and finger-print like texture
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  • Tenebrio molitor or flour beetle; commonly used to fed reptile or fish pets and also in biological research; can be a post-harvest pest infesting stored grain production
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  • A very small spyder (head with 1mm); it has very interesting feather-like hairs
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  • Lepisma saccharina or Silverfish at 18:1; head detail, yellow spot is a pollen grain
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  • A top vie of Chrysolina americana thorax; showing detail of the pronotum, scutellum and elytron
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  • An 80:1 shot showing detail of a Lepisma sacharina scales
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  • A detail of a Parasitic mite on a bee wing, it also show the texture of some pollen grains; 100:1 magnification
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  • A head view of Chrysolina americana; magnification 6:1
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  • A small metallic bee covered on pollen, it has a parasitic mite on the wing
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  • A bee wing covered on pollen showing two parasitic mites; 50:1 magnification
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  • A detail of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus  antennas
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  • Front view of a small metallic bee at 7:1
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  • Rhynchophorus ferrugineus or red palm weevil; it is killing all palm trees in Spain,  originary from South east Asia  it is believed it came to Spain in some imported palm trees from Egypt
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  • Banded Heliconia.(Dryadula phaetusa)
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  • Postman Butterfly.(Heliconius melpomene)
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  • Isabella Longwing Butterfly.(Eueides isabella)
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  • bornean Big stick insect on a branch
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  • bornean Leaf insect on a branch
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  • Stick insect on a branch in the malaysian rainforest
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  • colorful bornean insect on a branch
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  • Leaf Insect protects itself by looking like a leaf.(Phyllium bioculatum).Museum of Natural History,Washington D.C.
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  • Leaf Insect protects itself by looking like a leaf.(Phyllium bioculatum).Museum of Natural History,Washington D.C.
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  • Model of butterfly inside conservatory, Bellagio Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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  • swallowtail (papilio machaon)
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  • Huntsman spiders (Sparassidae) is a family of spiders also known as the giant crab spiders..
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  • Bee on a flower
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  • Zoo Aquarium of Madrid. Located in the Casa de Campo, 300m from the Madrid Fairground, it is considered to be one of the most important zoological parks in the World, as much for the number of species and animals as for its constant research, conservation, reproduction and education work
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  • Faunia is a biodiversity theme park that is made up of 8 of the worlds eco-systems and 4,000 animals. With more than 500 different species and 140,000 m2 of constructed surface, its an enriching experience for both children and adults, and allows visitors to interact with animals and learn more about their living habits
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  • Soberania National Park.Pictured: Leaf cutting ants.
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  • Soberania National Park.Pictured: Leaf cutting ants.
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  • Soberania National Park.Pictured:Detail of a tree leafPictured: Leaf cutting ants.
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  • Bienenstock mit Violine
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  • Common Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea L.)
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  • A Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on a black salsify (Scorzonera austriaca Wild)
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  • A Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)
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  • A Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)
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  • Apis mellifera bee
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  • Apis mellifera bee
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  • Scarlet Mormon Butterfly.(Papilio romanzovia).Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C.
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