Today I drove about fifty kilometers and spent an hour or so photographing the insects at the edge of the forest in the rural area around the town of Zminj.
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In this opening photograph, you can see a small moth that I wasn't able to identify.
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The family is probably Crambidae. Or Pyralidae. I don't know.
Here you can take a look at the setting.
This well-camouflaged moth from the Pyralidae family, the Stemmatophora brunnealis, was photographed in the short, recently trimmed, dry grass on the edge of the meadow.
It was almost invisible from a distance.
After some more walking along the edge of the forest, I came across this stump. The oak tree has been recently cut down.
It looks that these two European hornets (Vespa crabro) have found a source of sap coming out of the remains of the tree.
These large wasps are predators that hunt various insects. But they are also scavengers that can be seen searching for edible garbage and dead insects. In 2011 cleptoparasitic behavior was observed for the first time. The hornets were seen stealing prey entangled in the spider's web. The sap from the trees is also regularly on their menu.
This well-camouflaged, almost invisible butterfly was photographed near the stump.
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This is the Arethusana arethusa.
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The adults feed mainly on nectar, but they will suck the sap if there is an opportunity. The larvae feed on various types of grass.
Here you can take another look at the setting.
Here you can see some mysterious little thing that I wasn't able to identify.
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Can't tell you what this is. Some kind of egg? Some kind of scale insect? I don't know. Maybe. Never seen anything like this before.
Like most of the insects shown in today's post, this grasshopper nymph is hard to notice in its environment.
Can't tell you the name of the species. The genus is probably Chorthippus. The family? Definitively Acrididae.
AND THAT'S IT. AFTER PHOTOGRAPHING THE GRASSHOPPER, I SAT IN MY CAR AND DROVE BACK HOME. AS ALWAYS HERE ON HIVE, THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE MY WORK.
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How many interesting places we can find, nature is amazing.
And here in the west of Romania where I live I have at about 10km an area only with wooded hills (something extraordinary), most likely I will make a post with these places (if I manage to manage my time).
Yes, you'll surely find many interesting plants and animals there in the woods. Hope I'll do a bit of traveling next spring or summer and explore some different habitats in Europe, maybe in the Alps, they are not far from me.
Those hornets don't sound very nice....even if they were just drinking sap...
That mysterious thing looks awesome. No idea what it could be either. A bug or egg… the colour is great.
The butterfly has some beautiful colours and the grasshopper is cute.
Thanks for sharing. Great insect finds @borjan 😊👋🏻 Happy Wednesday ☀️ Enjoy your day!
Awesome, subtle August ... so beautiful in pictures!
Hey mate, truly loves all the photography and been living in a rural area I can tell it's not easy to find insects - a lot more like a hustle but Good and worth it in the end.
Literally awesome shot's!
Man, this tells you Got Magic eyes, that butterfly in picture is literally invisible.
Maybe, seems like an Egg never seen such thing before.
Though you're a damn artist! Inspiring me to go out on forest tomorrow and get some amazing pictures.
Have a great day!
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Very lovely and nice pictures taken as always
some of these insects are very beautiful and from the bright colors they look really cool....
Remarkable. I always love your shots my friend