I was walking across fields and along the narrow paths surrounded by shrubs and small trees in the quiet area a couple of kilometers from my hometown.
(Enlargeable)
It was late afternoon. The weather was hot and dry. 10th of July 2021 was the exact date.
(Enlargeable)
The macro lens was mounted and ready to explore the small details along the way. I spent about half an hour observing these two small butterflies. Plebejus argus is the name of the species.
Not far from there I found a bunch of big rocks, near the dusty road at the edge of the meadow.
It looked that someone has brought them there as a decoration. They looked pretty cool in the landscape. But this isn't a post about those rocks. They are only part of the setting.
Insects ...
... spiders ...
... and small flowers of one particular plant are the main characters here.
This is the nymph of a cricket.
(Enlargeable)
The young, wingless version of the Oecanthus pellucens tree cricket.
The insect was well camouflaged on the flowerhead of the Plantago lanceolata plant.
(Enlargeable)
This spider from the Oxyopidae family was photographed on the wild asparagus (Asparagus acutifolius) plant.
(Enlargeable)
The name of the species is Oxyopes heterophthalmus.
(Enlargeable)
In this series of photographs, you can see only the female ...
... and her cocoon.
(Enlargeable)
This spiky beetle was hidden on the slightly folded leaf of a small shrub by the road. It looked like some kind of seed.
Hispa testacea leaf beetle can often be found on the Cistus incanus plant.
Here you can see the Agalmatium bilobum planthopper.
Al these small arthropods were found in the same area ...
... on the vegetation around those rocks that looked like abstract sculptures.
I spent more than a couple of hours there, so there is more, this post isn't over. Here you can see the flower of the Kickxia elatine plant.
I like the interesting shape of this very small flower.
From a certain angle, it looks like the head of some strange, cartoonish animal.
Here you can take a better look at the other anatomical features of this hairy plant.
This hoverfly, the Episyrphus balteatus, was resting on the twig of the Erica arborea shrub.
(Enlargeable)
This small beetle was photographed on the straw of some tall grass.
(Enlargeable)
Xanthogaleruca luteola is the name of the species. The family is Chrysomelidae (Leaf beetles)
On the leaf of the grass not far from there I found this interesting little thing. It looks like some kind of cocoon. Or pupa.
I can't tell you what is this exactly.
Here you can see a mating pair of Camptopus lateralis bugs.
In this photograph, you can see some small Cicadellidae. With many similar leafhoppers around, I'm not sure about the exact species. Could be the Synophropsis lauri.
This is the Oliarus panzeri lacehopper (Cixiidae family)
Here you can see the insect from a different angle.
This is the minuscule Scymnus apetzi ladybeetle.
Here you can see a small spider on the Foeniculum vulgare plant.
Argyrodes argyrodes is the name of this interestingly shaped species.
Here you can see the Dixus sphaerocephalus ground beetle. You can see these beetles in the evening, around and after the sunset, when they climb on various plants to feed on seeds. In this case, the beetle is eating the seads of the Plantago lanceolata. At this point, the night was very near.
(Enlargeable)
While passing by this Spartium junceum shrub, I noticed that is covered with small snails ...
(Enlargeable)
... so I stopped to take a couple of shots.
(Enlargeable)
After a bit of exploring, I noticed that the plant is also hosting a group of shield bugs ...
... adults and nymphs.
These are the Piezodorus lituratus shield bugs. Here you can see an adult ...
... and this is the young, wingless nymph. After this photograph, I sat in my car and drove home because it was getting really dark.
AS ALWAYS IN THESE POSTS ON HIVE, THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE MY WORK - THE END.
Thanks for your contribution to the STEMsocial community. Feel free to join us on discord to get to know the rest of us!
Please consider delegating to the @stemsocial account (85% of the curation rewards are returned).
You may also include @stemsocial as a beneficiary of the rewards of this post to get a stronger support.
Thank you 🙂
Congratulations @borjan! You have completed the following achievement on the Hive blockchain and have been rewarded with new badge(s):
Your next target is to reach 25000 upvotes.
You can view your badges on your board and compare yourself to others in the Ranking
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word
STOPCheck out the last post from @hivebuzz:
Yay! 🤗
Your content has been boosted with Ecency Points, by @borjan.
Use Ecency daily to boost your growth on platform!
Support Ecency
Vote for new Proposal
Delegate HP and earn more
Beautiful butterfly photos. 2 close together… the flower is very delicate, at least in your photos it looks like that.
What a cute little spiky beetle. Never seen something like it before. Thanks for showing this collection 😊 you found so many on your walk.
These are amazing shots. Those small butterflies are my favorite.
Yes, butterflies are very decorative insects.
Don't laugh at me but seeing so many insects, I don't know why my imagination led me to think that this rock has the shape of a turtle, it's not an insect I know, but I see a turtle shape, hey I'm not crazy, well You can laugh, I do too :)
I can admire insects forever!
In the biomass of the Earth, the volume of representatives of the animal world is small: 2 gigatonnes of carbon, of which half is accounted for by insects, arachnids and crustaceans, and another 0.7 Gt - for fish. The share of humanity, 0.06 Gt (about 0.01%), significantly exceeds the total mass of all wild mammals (0.007 Gt).
Beautiful photos of insects. I am the type of girl who is not afraid of them and also likes to photograph them hehehe Very good photographic shots
Thanks 🙂 It's a fortune not to be scared of insects because they are everywhere and are great to photograph with their strange shapes and often beautiful colors.
So many creepy crawlies. Some are quite beautiful in their own way though. Others not so much though 😆
Yes 😀Some are beautiful, others are real little monsters.
this time it was really perfect, great macrophotography but i was very impressed with leaf beetles ,,Because I have never encountered this type of leaf beetle, I am very tempted, my friend.????
Yes, those spiky beetles looked pretty cool. They are very small. Not much to see without a macro lens.
thank you very much friend, for explaining it to me. this is also knowledge for me,
Oh wow. First I fell in love with the butterfly photo, and then it just kept getting better and better. Now I don't know which one is my favorite, since they are all so different and unique and just so beautiful.
How you approached them seems so dangerous
Hehehehe they just look that way. 😀 All these little creatures are harmless to humans.
Some really awesome shots.
Loved it man.
It seems that insects are friendly to you, every insect photo can be easily photographed, nature saves beautiful little creatures.
very nice photo, I'm very interested to see your post
God is so great I can't believe their are such a beautiful insect like this
all the shots are really quite impressive and very stunning..😍
Thank you 🙂
Those are lovely shots of insects in a very nice background