Krista Schlyer / Seven-spotted lady beetle (Coccinella septempunctata) inside the funnel leaf of Pitcher plant, Alabama, USA. May 2014.
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Yukihiro Fukuda,Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese fireflies (Luciola cruciata) in flight at night, endemic species, Yaku-shima UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kagoshima, Japan, May
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MYN / Piotr Naskrecki / Assassin bug (Zelus luridus) on flower stalk, Concord, Massachusetts, USA, May. meetyourneighbours.net project
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Kim Taylor / RF- Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) taking off, sequence. UK, digital composite. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Nigel Cattlin / 16-spot ladybird (Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata) group overwintering on old wood. Berkshire, England, UK. May.
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Nigel Cattlin / 16-spot ladybird (Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata) overwintering on old wood, close up. Berkshire, England, UK. May.
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Nigel Cattlin / 16-spot ladybird (Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata) overwintering on old wood, close up. Berkshire, England, UK. May.
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Nigel Cattlin / 16-spot ladybird (Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata) overwintering on old wood, close up. Berkshire, England, UK. May.
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Nigel Cattlin / Lupin aphid (Macrosiphum albifrons) infestation on stem and apical shoots of young Tree lupin (Lupinus arboreus). Berkshire, England, UK. May.
Nick Upton / Common pond skater / Water strider (Gerris lacustris) pair mating on the surface of a garden pond, Wiltshire, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Common pond skater / Water strider (Gerris lacustris) standing on the surface of a garden pond, Wiltshire, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Two male Common pond skaters / Water striders (Gerris lacustris) compete to mate with a female on the surface of a garden pond, Wiltshire, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Common pond skater (Gerris lacustris) standing on the surface of a garden pond before skating off at speed, with many colonial Green algae (Volvox) spheres moving below the surface, Wiltshire, England...
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Rod Williams / Tarnished plant bug (Lygus rugulipennis), Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, England, May
Rod Williams / Capsid bug (Closterotomus trivialis) on yellow iris Beverley Court Gardens, Lewisham, London, England, UK. May.
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Rod Williams / Welsh chafer beetle ( Hoplia philanthus) rare species, Warwick Gardens, Peckham, London, England, UK. June.
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Rod Williams / Dock bugs (Coreus marginatus) Mating pair Warwick Gardens, Peckham, London, England, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Horned treehopper / Thorn-hopper (Centrotus cornutus) on nettle stem at the edge of a meadow, Wiltshire, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Horned treehopper / Thorn-hopper (Centrotus cornutus) on nettle stem at the edge of a meadow, Wiltshire, UK, May.
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Kerstin Hinze / Cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) digging, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany, May.
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Bernard Castelein / Backswimmer (Notonecta glauca), Brasschaat, Belgium. May
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Bernard Castelein / Backswimmer (Notonecta glauca), Brasschaat, Belgium. May
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Bernard Castelein / Backswimmer (Notonecta glauca), Brasschaat, Belgium. May
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Rod Williams / Water ladybird (Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata) Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK. May.
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Kim Taylor / Cockchafer beetle (Melolontha melolontha) larva. Surrey, England, UK. Controlled conditions
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Kim Taylor / Cockchafer beetle (Melolontha melolontha) larva. Surrey, England, UK, July. Controlled conditions
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Doug Wechsler / Aphids (Myzocallis) on White oak leaf, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylavania, USA. May.
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Chris Mattison / Eggs of Green shieldbug (Palomena prasina) on umbellifer leaf, Catbrook, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May. Focus-stacked image.
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Chris Mattison / Common Cockchafer, or Maybug (Melolontha melolontha) on white background Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, April. Focus-stacked image.
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Chris Mattison / Green shield bug (Palomena prasina) Catbrook, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May
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Chris Mattison / RF - Common cockchafer, or Maybug (Melolontha melolontha) on white background . Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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John Waters / Timelapse of Red mason bees (Osmia rufa) outside a bamboo bug box, Somerset, England, UK. May.
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Nick Upton / Insect hotel with drilled logs and bundles of bamboo stems, some with partially completed mud nests of Mason wasps wasps (Ancistrocerus sp), garden, Gloucestershire, UK, May.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Bug orchid (Anacamptis coriophora) Tarcu mountains nature reserve, Natura 2000 area, Southern Carpathians, Romania, May.
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Alex Hyde / Flower chafers (Hoplia argentea) feeding on pollen of an umbellifer. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, July.
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Nick Upton / Green shield / stink bug (Palomena prasina) grooming its proboscis with its front feet, Wiltshire, England, UK, May.
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SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Shield bug (Pentatomidae) taking off from leaf litter, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, May.
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Kim Taylor / Brassica shield bug (Eurydema oleracea) mating pair. Surrey, England, UK, May.
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Kim Taylor / Lupine aphid (Macrosiphum albifrons) on lupin stem, Surrey, England, UK, May.
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Kim Taylor / Lupine aphid (Macrosiphon albifrons) on lupin stem, Surrey, England, UK, May.
Lorraine Bennery / Metallic blue colored beetle (Hoplia coerulea), Loire river, France, July.
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Lorraine Bennery / Leaf hopper (Cicadella viridis) adult just emerged on Bee orchid (Ophrys montis-aviarii) buds, Var, France, May.
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Lorraine Bennery / Metallic blue colored beetle (Hoplia coerulea), Loire river, France, July.
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Lorraine Bennery / Seven spot ladybird (Cocinella 7-punctata) feeding on aphids with Bush cricket (Tettigoniidae) Ardeche Mountains Regional Park, France, May.
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Clay Bolt / Mason bee (Chelostoma philadelphi) male, captured by an Ambush bug (Phymata sp) that lies hidden in a mock orange (Philadelphus sp) blossom. South Carolina, USA. May.
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Laurent Geslin / Red and black froghopper (Cercopis vulnerata) on dandelion seedhead, with landscape of Grenoble city in background, France, May 2013.
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Nick Turner / Garden insect box positioned in apple tree, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK. May.
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Nick Turner / Garden insect box positioned in an apple tree, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK. May.
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MYN / Marc Pihet / Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha), Maine-et-Loire, France, April, meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Marc Pihet / Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha), Maine-et-Loire, France, April, meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Marc Pihet / Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha), Maine-et-Loire, France, April, meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Marc Pihet / Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) on oak leaves, Maine-et-Loire, France, April, meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Marc Pihet / Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) on oak leaves, Maine-et-Loire, France, April, meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Marc Pihet / Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) on oak leaves, Maine-et-Loire, France, April, meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Marc Pihet / Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) compsite, Maine-et-Loire, France, April, meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Marc Pihet / Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha), Maine-et-Loire, France, April, meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Marc Pihet / Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha), Maine-et-Loire, France, April, meetyourneighbours.net project
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Floris van Breugel / Lined June Beetle (Polyphylla decemlineata) close up, Mono Lake, California, USA July
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Nick Upton / Common damsel bug (Nabis rugosus) hunting for prey on grass blade in a meadow, Cornwall, UK, May.
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John Abbott / Harlequin bug (Murgantia histrionica) Texas, USA, May.
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Solvin Zankl / Cockchafer beetle (Melolontha melolontha) in flight near oak tree. Niedersechsische Elbtalaue Biosphere Reserve, Elbe Valley, Lower Saxony, Germany, June.
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Rod Williams / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) larva on leaf, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, May.
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MYN / JP Lawrence / 13-Year Periodical cicada (Magicicada tredecim) with shed exoskeleton, Oxford, Mississippi, USA. May. Meetyourneighbours.net project
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Fabrice Cahez / Cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) males attempting to mate with female, Vosges, France, May.
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Fabrice Cahez / Cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) males attempting to mate with female, Vosges, France, May.
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Fabrice Cahez / Cockchafers (Melolontha melolontha) gathered in tree to mate, Vosges, France, May.
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Pascal Pittorino / Backswimmer (Notonecta glauca) underwater, viewed from above, Toulon, Var, Provence, France, May
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Alex Hyde / Hawthorn Shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) on Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. May.
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Alex Hyde / Cockchafer beetle (Melolontha melolontha) male with antennae fans spread. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. May.
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Alex Hyde / Cockchafer beetle (Melolontha melolontha) male with antennae fans spread. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. May.
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Russell Cooper / Shield bug (Coreus marginatus) resting on Oak leaf, London, UK, May.
Alan Williams / Insect nest box on wall, occupied by Red mason bees (Osmia bicornis) showing most holes sealed with mud. Cheshire, UK, May.
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Alan Williams / Insect nest box on wall, occupied by Red mason bees (Osmia bicornis). The bees can be seen at work with some holes already sealed with mud. Cheshire, UK, May.
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Alan Williams / Close-up of insect nest box occupied by Red mason bees (Osmia bicornis) Cheshire, UK, May.
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Rod Williams / Rhopalid Bug (Corizus hyoscami) Ladywell Fields, Lewisham, London, England, UK. May
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Alan Williams / Insect nest box on wall occupied by Red mason bees (Osmia bicornis). Some holes are already sealed with mud and others show yellow pollen stores to feed hatching larva. Cheshire, UK, May.
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Alan Williams / Close-up of insect nest box occupied by Red mason bees (Osmia bicornis). The bees can be seen at work with some holes already sealed with mud and others containing yellow pollen stores to feed hatchin...
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Rod Williams / Cream-spot Ladybird (Calvia 14-guttata) Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, South London, England, UK, May
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Rod Williams / Red-and-black Froghopper (Cercopis vulnerata) Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, South London, England, UK, May
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Alan Williams / Close-up of insect nest box occupied by Red mason bees (Osmia bicornis). The bees can be seen at work with some holes already sealed with mud and others containing yellow pollen stores to feed hatchin...
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Chris Mattison / Cactus Bug (Chelinidea vittiger) on Opuntia, Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA, May.
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John Abbott / Tenlined June Beetle (Polyphylla decemlineata) in flight, Kernville, Kern County, California, USA, June.
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John Abbott / Tenlined June Beetle (Polyphylla decemlineata) Rivernook Campground, Kernville, Kern County, California, USA.
MYN / Clay Bolt / Bloodsucking Conenose (Triatoma gerstaeckeri) carrier of Chagas Disease, in bayou wetlands, Jean Lafitte National Park, Louisiana, United States, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project
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Clay Bolt / Winter Ants (Prenolepis imparis) tending nymphs of the Two-Marked Treehopper (Enchenopa binotata) Southern Appalachians South Carolina, USA, May.
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Eric Baccega / Cockchafer Beetle (Melolontha melolontha) Alsace, France, May.
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Eric Baccega / Cockchafer Beetle (Melolontha melolontha) portrait, showing splayed antennae. Alsace, France.
