Oh well, no sooner said than done. All you budding entomologists or photographers or anyone who likes nature, you can put your insect photos here!
I'll kick off with a few that I've had lately. This first is called a Mantis Fly & is a cross between a Fly & Mantis (funnily enough) & is in the Neuroptera family, which is a mixed bunch anyway, my first & I had 3 of them around the moth trap
& a Rhinocerus Beetle which was also attracted to the light & are quite rare now around here, he really was fabulous, very impressive,
& this Frelon was also in the moth trap, but seemed quite docile as long as I kept my distance!
& some Damsel flies, an Azure Damselfly (thanks for the ID Aiki)
a Large Red Damsel
& from early may a proper fly from the Dipteras, anyone know the English name, I think it's latin name is Otites lamed,
I usually only take photos of flies with interesting wings as I am hopeless at identiying them!
Thanks for looking & maybe you can post some of yours!!
Best wishes
Hazel in Southwest France
I'm going to pop it in curry, Wendy, so I'll let you know. Lol
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Am sure you could put a multitude of insects in a curry & never taste the difference ... #dontlikecurry
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Been a bit hard up for beasties since I let the Ruby Tiger Moth go ... this one dancing a jig in the kitchen caught my eye though, made me laugh ....
Wasn't too enamoured when he sent his Dad round though ...
He quite literally chased me all round the kitchen!!! No idea what they are?? Do they bite??
lol Wendy, its doing the buggy-woogie !! Looks like some sort of pond skater, I've seen similar (on the water) here.
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Regards, Hazel
Thanks aitch, never thought of that ... I'll call the next one Gerry!! Lol
Mind you, the one here has skated his last waltz as Mick thought it was a mozzie of some kind!! Wicked man!
WendyBartter said: ... I'll call the next one Gerry!! Lol Mind you, the one here has skated his last waltz as Mick thought it was a mozzie of some kind!! Wicked man!
... I'll call the next one Gerry!! Lol
I'm quite lucky at avoiding them aitch, I must taste really nasty! Lol
Have you tried Avon 'triple S' skin spray ... It works for Mick, he gets really big 'eggy lumps' from bites!! Got a multi pack from Amazon last year for reasonable price
WendyBartter said:Have you tried Avon 'triple S' skin spray
WendyBartter said:Wasn't too enamoured when he sent his Dad round though ... He quite literally chased me all round the kitchen!!! No idea what they are?? Do they bite??
This looks like a crane fly to me (genus Nephrotoma , or perhaps similar), so no, they don't bite.
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Thanks Roy, quite a lot smaller than those dreaded thingies that hatch after the rains in September (which I hate with a vengeance!!)