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Entomological collection, bad preserved old butterfly.

Cicada nymph larvae are climbing trees to molt into new wings that can fly, animal

Attagenus bifasciatus, Carpet beetle. Beetles and larvae feed on food products and waste. Male and Female.

$Tot 50-55mm, Ab, 37-42mm, Hw 30-35mm.\nIdentification:\nThe characters of this clubtail are rather different . It prefers very large (lowland) rivers and may easily be overlooked. Populations can best be found by searching for exuviae on river banks.\nOccurrence:\nA north Asian species, with western outposts in large rivers such as the Rhine, Loire and Po. Common in large lowland rivers in eastern Europe, but staged a strong comeback in Western Europe in the 1990s. Now abundant in rivers such as the Rhine, Elbe and Danube, right down to their estuaries.\nHabitat:\nSlow flowing lower sections of large rivers with sandy beds. Larvae burrow shallowly in fine substrates with relatively high concentrations of organic matter.\nFlight Season:\nLate and protracted, compared with other Gomphus species, from early June to early October, with maximum emergence in June and July.\n\nThis is a scarce Gomphus Species along the large Dutch Rivers. This Picture is made along the River Waal, near “Slot Loevestein” in the Province of Gelderland.$

A close-up of two harvestmen perched on a small twig. The arachnids are brown, with long, spindly legs. Wulai, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

Melolontha Melolontha Cockchafer Beetle. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

macro spider in web on yellow wall eats prey

Loxosceles rufescens, recluse violin spider, killing a Dysdera spider

Spoladea recurvalis, the beet webworm moth or Hawaiian beet webworm moth, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae.

Clausiliidae Door Snail. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

$The hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) is a species of hawk moth found across temperate regions of Eurasia. The species is named for its similarity to hummingbirds, as they feed on the nectar of tube-shaped flowers using their long proboscis while hovering in the air; this resemblance is an example of convergent evolution. \nLife cycle:\nTwo or more broods are produced each year. The adult may be encountered at any time of the year, especially in the south of the range, where there may be three or four broods. It overwinters as an adult in a crevice among rocks, trees, and buildings. On very warm days it may emerge to feed in mid-winter. Unlike other moths, they have no sexual dimorphism in the size of their antennal lobes.\nHabitat and host plants:\nHummingbird hawk-moths can be easily seen in gardens, parks, meadows, bushes, and woodland edge, where the preferred food plants grow (honeysuckle, red valerian and many others). \nTheir larvae usually feed on bedstraws or madders (Rubia) but have been recorded on other Rubiaceae and Centranthus, Stellaria, and Epilobium. \nAdults are particularly fond of nectar-rich flowers with a long and narrow calyx, since they can then take advantage of their long proboscis and avoid competition from other insects. Flowers with longer tubes typically present the feeding animal a higher nectar reward. Proboscis length is thought to have been evolutionarily impacted by the length of flower feeding tubes.] Examples of such plants include Centranthus, Jasminum, Buddleia, Nicotiana, Primula, Viola, Syringa, Verbena, Echium, Phlox, and Stachys. \nDistribution:\nThe hummingbird hawk-moth is distributed throughout the northern Old World from Portugal to Japan, but it breeds mainly in warmer climates (southern Europe, North Africa, and points east). Three generations are produced in a year in Spain. \n\nThis Picture is made in my Garden in Summer 2023.$

Structure and characteristics of Gryllus bimaculatus in Laboratory.

high magnification, macrophotography, wasp foot

Tachycines asynamorus. Grasshopper, a locust that lives in the basements of houses.

Athous haemorrhoidalis Click Beetle Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

Trilobite fossils embedded in rock at the shore in Arikok National park, Aruba.

The White-backed Planthopper or Sogatella furcifera Horvarth is a type of planthopper that has a body smaller than a rice grain,

An abundant littoral woodlouse (isopod crustacean) on British and European rocky shores

Hemiptera from Membracidae family. Dominican amber, Miocene, approximately 15 - 20 million years ago. Image taken with extreme macro and focus stacking technique.

Woodlouse and springtail on wood, extreme close-up

Insect exuviae remains of an exoskeleton of an insect. Life cycle in a natural ecosystem

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