Not sure of either. Apalachicola National Forest, Liberty County, FL

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I love catching a bee fly on a flower. They tend to perch on the ground instead, where my camera has a hard time focusing on the insect instead of the soil.

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One Eurema nicippe dancing around a herd of Phoebis sennaes on the sandy forest road. Apalachicola National Forest, Liberty County, FL

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Photos (by Erica) of our desert millipedes taken for a class photo-essay.

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Red hopper seen at the forest park of Mountain Haven, Eden, Davao City. Unusual bug, quite small about 5 mm in size only with lang antennae. Taken with my usual set-up Canon 5DMk2 with Kenko c-af 1.4X with Canon mp-e 65mm at 2x; flash c/o Canon macro twinlite 24EX. I …

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The "bird" grasshoppers of the genus Schistocerca are very large insects. This Green Bird Grasshopper, Schistocerca shoshone, was over two inches. They are also very wary. I had to coax this one into position using a small branch.

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A morning visit to Sabino Canyon Recreation Area found this little moth, Pseudoschinia elautalis, lingering by an outdoor light from the previous night.

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Photos (by Erica) of our desert millipedes taken for a class photo-essay.

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Tonight: Coming back down from the top o’ Multnomah Falls – in the dark with just a little flashlight. Running into so many little animals / strange bugs. So I joke to Donna, "…maybe we’ll see a scorpion tonight…" Not five minutes later, he shows up! Darting around with his …

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Photographed on the Balsahan Trail in the forest south of Puerto Princesa, Palawan Island, Philippines

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