lydia_vladimirovna_vitvyak's Favorites
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Ligated Furrow Bee (Halictus ligatus)Observer
blueranchuDescription
Little bee stayed arched over a single flower for a long time. The bee stepped onto my finger and allowed me to move it to another flower. Last photo shows a bit of the underside of the bee's very back end - it's lined with soft yellow not visible from the side
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Cross Orbweaver (Araneus diadematus)Observer
curious-Description
HUGE. It’s the biggest wild spider I’ve ever seen!
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Sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum)Observer
kencheeksDescription
Forest Service Rd 642-B
Lanham Rd
Sumter National Forest
Edgefield County, SC
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Western Giant Swallowtail (Heraclides rumiko)Observer
person696Description
Captive the other one at the corner of image 2 is papilio zelicaon.
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Eastern Lubber Grasshopper (Romalea microptera)Observer
anipwritesDescription
This cringe cretin waited by the front door until I opened it on my way back inside and then JUMPED INSIDE. So I had to chase it out with a broom.
I am scared of grasshoppers and other similar bugs so that was torment for me.
These photos are on 3x zoom or greater. If I had to guess it was like 4ish inches but as someone whos scared of them I could be misremembering.
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Red-marked Pachodynerus Wasp (Pachodynerus erynnis)Observer
anipwritesDescription
On yellowtops
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White-lined Sphinx (Hyles lineata)Observer
magicalyeejrDescription
This bug was so very loud when it flew!! It was so pretty, such a big moth
Last two photos are of it flying away, sorry the lighting is weird i wasnt able to fix the photos
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Common True Katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia)Observer
lydia_vladimirovna_vitvyakDescription
Katydid had some spiderweb on his or her foot. Note that it is cleaning the webbing off with it’s mandibles. Can y’all please tell me why these katydids have a weird spike coming out of their abdomen? Thanks!:)
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)Observer
lydia_vladimirovna_vitvyakDescription
The most perfect and whimsical photo I had ever taken lol.
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Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta)Observer
michel_du_lac_de_creteilDescription
En vol
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Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea)Observer
poelkerDescription
Female eating what appeared to be Myzinum sp. I couldn't get a shot of the abdomen in time but it was slender and boldly yellow and black banded.
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Darth Maul Bug (Spilostethus hospes)Observer
shrikant4Place
M894+MVF, Karm Veer Audumbar Patil Nagar, Mangalvedhekar, Pandharpur, Maharashtra 413304, India (Google, OSM)
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Cerceris convergensObserver
kneubaueDescription
Flying directly over her nest in the soil below where she had been observed on several occasions carrying small beetles, possibly Blapstinus, for several months.
