2014 Archives - Page 4 of 6 - Insect Week

Striking a Pose

This male mantis, Toxodera maculata, was photographed in the rainforest in Borneo. Its rather menacing posture, combined with its long (5cm) curved thorax and the leaf-like projections on its legs and body make it a strange sight.

Banded Demoiselle, Male

A male banded demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens, on vegetation at the photographer’s local reserve, Summer Leys near Earls Barton in Northamptonshire

Soldier

A male big-bellied cricket, Bradiphorus dasiphus, in the Măcin Mountains of Romania. To Iuliana Dediu, the appearance of this sturdy cricket of the mountains is reminiscent of an armoured soldier.

‘Jeff Goldblum Lookalike’ (Unidentified Fly)

An unidentified fly in the photographer’s back garden in Suffolk in late June 2014.

Acorn Weevil (Curculio glandium) on a Stem of Grass

An acorn weevil, Curculio glandium, under an oak tree at the Stoneleigh Park showground in early May 2014.

Longhorn Beetle (Close-Up)

Close-up portrait of a longhorn beetle on the branch of a fig tree in the photographer’s garden in Stamblovo

Migrant Hawker

Dorsal view of the head of a male migrant hawker dragonfly, Aeshna mixta, resting on a reed in Woodwalton Fen.

Zerynthia Polyxena Wing

An extreme close-up view of scales on the underside of the hindwing of a southern festoon butterfly, Zerynthia polyxena, found resting with close wings on a plant in a forest habitat near Palovec

Mayfly

Mayfly on a green plant stalk

A snout of distinction

Common snout-hoverfly, Rhingia campestris, on a green leaf