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🇬🇧Square-headed wasp, Lestica subterranea. Shown here is one of three ocelli. These are located on the head between the compound eyes. These allow many flying insects to detect differences in brightness and are thus likely used for horizon detection. 🇩🇪Schmetterlingsjagende

🇬🇧Rose chafer, Cetonia aurata. Close, closer... sometimes even the smallest details are fascinating. Here, the transition from the thorax to the scutellum at a scale of 50:1. 🇩🇪Goldglänzender Rosenkäfer, Cetonia aurata. Nah, näher… manchmal faszinieren schon die kleinsten

🇬🇧Birds are particularly sensitive to this color. Red serves a warning function in nature. Red insects use it to signal that they are poisonous. Some are poisonous, others simply use the color. 🇩🇪Vögel achten besonders auf diese Farbe. Rot übernimmt in der Natur eine

🇬🇧Cicindela hybrida, tiger beetle. One reason to take a closer look is the colors. Due to the small distance between the colors in such a small space, we humans can often only perceive the mixed colors. 🇩🇪Cicindela hybrida, Dünen-Sandlaufkäfer. Ein Grund genauer hinzuschauen

🇬🇧A weevil from the genus Polydrusus. Like many other weevils, it also has the mysterious hole between its compound eyes. 🇩🇪Ein Rüsselkäfer aus der Gattung Polydrusus. Auch er hat, wie viele weitere Rüsselkäfer, das mysteriöse Loch zwischen den Komplexaugen. #coleoptera

🇬🇧Head of a small chalcid wasp at scale of 50:1. On the left you can see part of the compound eye, on the right an ocelle and at the bottom right part of the antenna. 🇩🇪 Kopf einer kleinen Erzwespe bei einem Maßstab von 50:1. Links sehringen einen Teil des Komplexauges, rechts

Death’s-head hawkmoth, Acherontia atropos. In the last caterpillar instar, L5, it only eats and sleeps (okay, in the other instars too, but now especially a lot). During one of the long power naps, I was able to create a stack of 97 individual images of the legs. What was

Rhynchites caeruleus. These small, shiny beetles are currently easy to observe. They initially appear black to our eyes, but upon closer inspection, they remind me of liquid metal.

Cuckoo wasp, Chrysididae. Here you can see the abdomen. These colors are not created by pigments, but by thin layers of chitin that refract the light. These interference colors do not fade as long as the layers remain intact. These colors can also be found in some insects that

🇬🇧Platyrhinus resinosus. A fluffy beetle with a wicked look. But like many things, it’s just a matter of perspective. 🇩🇪Langfühler Breitrüssler, Platyrhinus resinosus. Flauschiger Käfer mit bösem Blick. Aber wie Vieles ist das nur eine Frage der Perspektive.

🇬🇧Snipe fly, Chrysopilus laetus.A characteristic of the males are the touching compound eyes. There is hardly any space left for the ocelli. 🇩🇪Baum-Schnepfenfliege, Chrysopilus laetus. Ein Merkmal der Männchen sind die sich berührenden Komplexaugen. Da bleibt kaum Platz für die

🇬🇧Orache moth, Trachea atriplicis. The time to observe this moth is now beginning in southern Germany. I really hope you can experience this beauty in person someday. I’ve seen this beautiful moth in several collections, but unfortunately, the green color was faded in all of

🇬🇧Bloody-nosed beetle, Timarcha tenebricosa. Frontleg 🦾🦿⚙️A mechanical masterpiece. 🇩🇪Tatzenkäfer, Timarcha tenebricosa. Vorderbein 🦾🦿⚙️Ein mechanisches Meisterwerk. #timarchatenebricosa #tatzenkäfer #insects #coleoptera #entomology

Jewel beetle, Anthaxia nitidula. Once you get a feel for the size of these beetles, they’re hard to miss. It took me almost 40 years to do it 😉 You can see the female on the top and the mal below.

🇬🇧Tetracampidae. Look at this beauty. I had no idea about the variety of chalcids (Chalcidoidea), especially those that we perceive as small black dots. There is so much to discover 🤯 🇩🇪Tetracampidae. Schaut euch diese Schönheit an. Ich hatte keine Ahnung von der Vielfalt der

🇬🇧German yellowjacket, Vespula germanica. Incredible details on and around the tongue of a familiar visitor at the garden table. 🇩🇪 Deutsche Wespe, Vespula germanica. Unglaubliche Details auf und an der Zunge einer bekannten Besucherin am Gartentisch.

🇬🇧Some larvae I observed in the garden. These are the larvae of Hymenoptera. The larvae usually live on plants and resemble butterfly caterpillars. There are about 800 species of sawflies in Central Europe. I think the larvae’s eyes, or rather their dark outlines, give them a

🇬🇧Mirinae bug, Calocoris affinis. Green wherever you look 💚 The offspring of this bug hibernates in the egg. 🇩🇪Grüne Distelwanze, Calocoris affinis. Grün wohin man schaut💚 Der Nachwuchs dieser Wanze überwintert im Ei. #bug #hemiptera #wanze #entomology

🇬🇧Hymenoptera, one of the four mega-diverse insect orders. Approx. 160,000 species in all colors 🌈 🇩🇪Hautflügler, Hymenoptera, eine der vier megadiversen Insektenordnungen. Ca. 160.000 Arten in allen Farben 🌈

Bee under UV-light (365nm) The bee doesn’t really fluoresce like some caterpillars and in reality (for the human eye), the eyes shine much more than the hair. There is probably a shift in the wavelengths inside the camera. But still an interesting perspective. Heading up for eggs