Thorn Mimic Treehoppers

Treehoppers (more precisely typical treehoppers to distinguish them from the Aetalionidae) and thorn bugs are members of the family Membracidae, a group of insects related to the cicadas and the leafhoppers. About 3,200 species of treehoppers in over 400 genera are known.[1] They are found on all continents except Antarctica; only three species are known from Europe. Individual treehoppers usually live for only a few months. Wikipedia

They are best known for their enlarged and ornate pronotum, which most often resembles thorns, apparently to aid camouflage. In some species, the pronotum grows to a horn-like extension, but even more bizarre and hard-to-describe shapes are also found. Thorn bugs, due to their unusual appearance, have long interested naturalists. Distinguishing males from females is accomplished only by looking at the male genitalia. Individual treehoppers usually live for only a few months, but they belong to a lineage that is at least 40 million years old.

This curious insect belongs to the group of treehoppers belonging to family Membracidae. It is also called thorn Mimic treehopper as it looks like a thorn. most treehoppers are considered as pest, but some like Leptocentrus taurus was found feeding on the noxious weed Parthenium hysterophorus in Karnataka, India, thus acting as potential biological control agents. - robphotography.wordpress.com

Honey.. I shrunk the kids part 2!!

Sometimes you hear them before you see them. You may even be afraid of them. But the more you know about bees, the more you can appreciate these unique insects and how they provide us humans with much more than just honey!

Bees may be black, brown, or banded with white, yellow, or orange stripes. All bees are covered with hair, but some have more hair than others. They are specialized insects called pollinators that gather nectar and pollen from flowers. As pollinators, they play a very important role in ecosystems worldwide.

When we think of bees, we usually think of honeybees. They make the sweet honey we eat and the beeswax we use to make candles and other products. Honeybees are considered "cultivated bees," as humans who want to use them for honey and beeswax production have usually brought them into an area from another part of the world. But did you know that there are more than 4,000 species of "native bees" in the United States? Native bees are those that have always lived in an area and are able to survive without help from humans. These bees don’t make honey or beeswax that we can use, but they do pollinate many of our plants and food crops. They do this so much that they are called the "super pollinators." 

- See more at: http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/bee#sthash.bZQWGDQ6.dpuf

Honey.. I shrunk the kids!

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   Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, and are known for their role in pollination and for producing honey and beeswax. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea, presently considered as a clade Anthophila. Wikipedia

   
   

   
   

   

   
   

   

   
   

   

   
   

   

   
   

   

   
   

   

   
   

   

   
   

   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

Moth

The moths are a paraphyletic group of insects related to the butterflies and belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth,^[1]many of which are yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. -wikipedia

Horse Fly

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. – Marcel Proust

Katydid Nymph

Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids or bush crickets. There are more than 6,400 species. They are also known as long-horned grasshoppers, although they are more closely related tocrickets and weta than to any type ofgrasshopper. The name is derived from the genus Tettigonia, first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1748. Part of the suborderEnsifera, it is the only family in the superfamily Tettigonioidea.

Primarily nocturnal in habit, with strident mating calls, many katydids exhibit mimicryand camouflage, commonly with shapes and colors similar to leaves.^{[2] -wikipedia}

A hairy little beast

I saw this fly (or these flies) yesterday near my house. At first, i thought it was a pair of mating flies and took a few photos. When i changed to another place, i met others couple is also mating.... Perhaps now it's mating season for insects! 

Awesome

Name of this insect is May Fly. Unique with orange eyes and I almost do not see existence in front of my eyes. Small body with a long tail and big eyes. Mayflies are unique in the insect world, in that they have more than one winged lifestage, the dun (sub-adult or subimago), and the spinner (adult or imago).

Stilt Legged Fly Mating

"Sometimes walking away has nothing to do with weakness, and everything to do with strength. We walk away not because we want others to realize our worth and value, but because we finally realize our own." -Robert Tew