Insects

[Mister_Brue]

A Speckled Wood from last week. Nearing the end of butterfly season, so mostly just Small and Large White’s around now.

[Danimal506]

This Carolina Mantis was waiting outside my door for me. And for whatever reason this Asterocampa kept flying into me every time I leaned up against a particular tree at the playground!!

[aksu]

Mourning Cloaks on a gate

Got a tick bite that infected badly. In the end there was a hole in my calf one could stick a finger to and dig around. And that was what helthcare professionals did to remove dead stuff, not with the finger thought. Nasty creatures some of them insects

[ARNC]

@aksu upvote for the butterflies not the tick! I thought they looked familiar and discovered that mourning cloaks are the same as Camberwell beauties (the name I’m used to).

[aksu]

@ARNC I had to check the english name and used mourning cloak because finnish name is direct translation from that. For the looks beauty suits better

[Oaktavia]

Yellow swallowtail with a torn wing my wife and I saw flying around the buddleja this morning.

Praying mantis I saw last Sunday in one of our hellebores.

[twin]

This one likes Me.

[Oaktavia]

@twin that's a blue spotted purple. Same one I got tattooed oh my head.

[twin]

@Oaktavia That's wild

[Mister_Brue]

@twin The butterfly whisperer! Nice shot. @Oaktavia I thought I recognised it.

[twin]

@Mister_Brue Thanks. We have a new garden that the butterflies like a lot.

[Mister_Brue]

Oh, that’s lovely; looking forward to some more pictures. Lots of the butterflies we don’t necessarily get over here, so it’s nice to see them, especially up close.

[twin]

@Mister_Brue Well it's starting into fall. So butterflies will not be around to long. If I can get some pics I will post them.

[Mister_Brue]

@twin True, and I know the feeling, although I have seen a few this weekend too. They wouldn’t stay still enough to photograph though. I need some butterfly whispering tips…

[Mister_Brue]

I can’t remember the last time I saw this type of Ladybird(bug), so it was lovely to spot (excuse the pun) one whilst picking raspberries in the garden last week.

[SKT]

Underwing Moth. Love the bark-like camo.

[SKT]

Carolina mantis

[Danimal506]

This thread has me getting dangerously close to some gnarly wasps! I go to pull out my phone and then think better of it.

This is about as close as I could get before I got scared 🫣

This Darapsa Myron was a bit more docile

[Mizmazzle]

@SKT we had this hitchhiker on our shopping cart the other day…

[Danimal506]

@Mizmazzle That’s awesome! Reminds me of the Victor Robles Mantis!