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Chrysina lecontei - Leconte's Scarab.

Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA.

Apioscelis jumping stick insect (Proscopiidae).

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador

Heteronotus tree hopper.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

Lasioglossum sweat bees gather pollen from sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula).

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Paratrechina longicornis - black crazy ant. Along a sun-soaked beach on a Panamanian island, ants drink from nectaries on the underside of a leaf. Many plants attract ants with nectaries, and the ants in return help remove the plant's herbivorous pests.

Isla Contadora, Panama

Laccophilus pictus - Predaceous Diving Beetle.

Arizona, USA.

Myrmecocystus mexicanus. Honeypot ants have an unusual food storage system. Some members of each colony act as living receptacles known as "repletes", these ants become engorged with food and hang from the ceilings of chambers deep underground.

Captive colony at the California Academy of Sciences

A hornworm rears up when attacked by a parasitic Cotesia wasp.

Laboratory animals at the University of Illinois.

An Ant-Decapitating Fly (Phoridae, Pseudacteon sp.) attempts to separate a fire ant (Solenopsis macdonaghi) from her nestmates. Lone ants make easier targets.

Parque Nacional El Palmar, Entre Rios, Argentina

Chrysina lecontei - Leconte's Scarab.

Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA.

Chrysina lecontei - Leconte's Scarab.

Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA.

Chrysina lecontei - Leconte's Scarab.

Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA.

Canon EOS 20D |

More details: exif |

Original size: 3096x2244 |

Current: 800x580 |

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