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Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies are all beautiful up close, even the scary looking ones.

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walking on tiptoes by mamba

Praying Mantis (Mantis religiosa) / Taken in the bush near the Magaliesberg in South Africa.
Pool Spider by Kazzoom IPA

Found this spider having a swim in the pool, then it climbed out to get some sun or to dry off. Cairns Far North Queensland Canon 400D / Canon Macro Lens 100mm BEST VIEWED LARGER
In Lilac by Gouzelka

Beautiful dragonfly. / Englewood, Florida / Nikon D3x / Lens 105mm /
Riding by Gouzelka

Beautiful dragonfly. / Englewood, Florida / Nikon D3x / Lens 105mm /
fUnKy cRiTTeR by Edge-of-dreams

Nameless critter.. sap sucker or something. I’m new to Australia, so please enlighten me :) / Taken with Nikon D90, 105mm lens. / Melbourne, Australia
Hiding --- Emerald Swallowtail by BobJohnson

Gainesville Florida / / Emerald Swallowtail / / / / / -
Ant Gladiators!!! by Anne-Marie Ladegaard

After our long walk to the 40 Ft Falls, Andrew spotted these large ants on a log behaving oddly – like gladiators having a sparring match! They’d meet and then touch each other with their feelers and feet… quite comical!
Mother & Child by Jason Asher

Featured in Arachnids – November 2009 / Featured in Dimensions – November 2009 / Featured in Playful Photogenic Animals – November 2009 / Featured in Backyard Macro and Closeups – November 2009 / Featured in Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Art – November 2009 / Featured in Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies – November 2009 Here’s another shot of a Northern Green Jumping Spider – the largest jumpers in Australia. This time a female, with her precious young cradled beneath. Shot on the 27th of October 2009 in Brisbane, Australia, with a Canon 450d and a 70-300 is usm telephoto with 68mm of stacked extension tubes. Shutter: 1/60th (fired built-in flash +2) / Aperture: f/20 / ISO: 200 My Images Do NOT Belong To The Public Domain. All images are copyright © Jason Asher. All Rights Reserved. Copying, saving, downloading, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited. Non-compliance with these term(s) WILL result in legal action.
Side Burn! - Lions Mane by Voltaire Carlos

Canon 5D Mk2 65 MPE Macro @ 5X Ringlite Flash Handeheld ISO 400 F9 1/200 sec Cronulla NSW Most of us have probably heard that the world’s bee population is declining – from Britain to New Zealand and throughout the United States, crops and wildflowers are being affected by this issue. Recently, scientists have had success in treating parasitic infection in bee hives, giving us new hope in halting the decline. From wikipedia’s entry on pollinators: “Millions of hives of honey bees are contracted out as pollinators by beekeepers, and honey bees are by far the most important commercial pollinating agents, but many other kinds of pollinators, from bluebottle flies, to bumblebees, orchard mason bees, and leaf cutter bees are cultured and sold for managed pollination.” You can choose to become a beekeeper, perhaps by taking a beekeeping school course in your area, and becoming licensed to keep bees. There are lots of resources online with information for beginning beekeepers, places to buy beekeeping equipment, and forums in which you can post questions about bees. As a bonus, if you raise honey bees, the local pollen in the honey can help relieve allergies, however you may want to use caution in eating local honey. Helping the bees out might be enough reason to take up the hobby, but another good reason is to help your garden flourish. Perhaps keeping bees yourself is just more work or time than you care to invest. There are other ways to contribute as well. Maybe you can host a hive for another beekeeper. Or, you can choose to provide environments that need less maintenance like a bumblebee nest box, which you can build (easier to build a bumblebee box in the US, as most places to purchase seem to be in UK) or just purchase a bumblebee home. Another common bee you can host is the mason bee – there are starter kits available, as well as other more attractive mason bee houses. Finally, even if you don’t choose to host any bees in your space, you can provide a bee-friendly garden. Bees are attracted to blue, purple, yellow and white. Old-fashion shrubs with nectar-rich blossoms like lilac, honeysuckle and azalea are bee magnets. Heirloom flowers like cosmos, zinnia, aster and daisies lure them with the promise of pollen. Herbs such as mint, hyssop, salvia, lavender and thyme are covered with bees during bloom time. Select a variety of flowers which will bloom at different times throughout the year for a steady supply of nectar and pollen. There’s a wealth of bee-friendly options, so finding plants that work with your existing garden shouldn’t be too hard.
robber fly profile by janko

the composition ain’t very spectacular, but i wanted to get a nice sideshot with as many detail as possible. Seemed to work out. Fascinating to see all those muscles on such a small creature (though it’s a rather big fly in comparison to other flies)
Cinch Bug in Summer Snazz.. by deborah zaragoza

/ Cinch Bug in Summer Snazz / FEATURED _in the following groups / Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies / Found this cute little guy in my backyard and waited for 20 minutes for him to open those cool wings to show off that great body ! Fort Worth, TX

Recent Work

Against The Green by Virginia N. Fred

Whiel visiting the J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Sanibel Island, Florida with Kathy, Liz and Gouzelka we came across all these beautifl Buckeye Butterflies just resting along the side of the road, and of course I had to stop and take photos of them sinice I truly love butterflies they are / exquisite creatures. Enjoy Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi / Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/250Sec. / Av(Aperture Value) F8.0 / Metering Modes Centerweighted average metering / Exposure Compensation -1 / ISO Speed 100 / Lens EF-S60mm f/2.8 Macro USM / Focal Length 60.0 mm
Butterfly Reflections by Pam Moore

This Tigerwing Butterfly is reflected in a little pool of water. / Canon 30D
Dragonfly by Gouzelka

Englewood pond, Florida / Nikon D3x / Lens 105mm /
Another walk on droplets by Martin Beerens

BEST VIEWED LARGER / Morning dew in a web / Nete Herentals, Belgium Canon 40D – Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM / ISO 800 – f/5.6 – 1/80s Have a look at my other photos. For example
In the sky on the water by Gouzelka

Reflections of sky and dragonfly. Englewood pond, Florida / Nikon D3x / Lens 105mm /
Mantis by Duncan Morgan

Another bug. Ink and marker on paper.
Autum Dragonfly by Hawker

Migrant Hawker Purmerbos, Netherlands
Dung Fly by Hawker

Purmerbos, Netherlands
"Pretty cool, huh?" by Kristina Gale

Sag Harbor, NY USA
Hanging out in pastels by Rachael Talibart

A crane fly hanging under the leaf of a sumach in Autumn. Canon EOS 400D and SIGMA 50mm f2.8 DG Macro.

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Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies
Are all beautiful up close,even the scary ones!
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Insects of all kinds
Bugs of all kinds
Centipedes and Millipedes
Spiders
Scorpions
Snails and Slugs
Caterpillars
Butterflies and Moths
Crickets and Grasshoppers
Ants
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