A couple of shots as I clean out 1107 after the Fallon 250

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Desert long horned grasshopper,Tanaocerus koebelei

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To sum up this day – sweat, bug bites, and pretty friends

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Talk about cryptic! The Platte Range Grasshopper, Mestobregma plattei, is almost impossible to see unless it moves.

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"…and God said: Let there be light…"

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The forest bug (Pentoma rufipes) is a common shield bug that is mainly found in forests and woodlands, where it feeds on oak and other trees. I found this specimen when it landed on the road in front of me. I have no idea whether it liked tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), …

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Bonito percevejo, provavelmente da família Coreidae (Agradeço ID), de cores delicadas. Ao lado um minúsculo gorgulho (Curculionidae), que só percebí posteriormente. Floresta urbana/RJ Cute bug, probably of the family Coreidae (Thanks ID), with delicate colors. Beside a tiny weevil (Curculionidae), which only later realized. Urban forest / RJ

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A praying mantis casts its shadow on the porch steps as the sun was setting.

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was living under and apparently feeding on a rotten Joshua Tree branch.

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On the 21st of April me and 3 friends went to Tollymore forest park. It turned out to be a fantastic sunny day apart from the haze which really spoiled some of the landscape shots however the forest shots turned out fantastic. It was a 14km walk roughly and quite …

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