Sunday 13 February 2011

Live Insects

As well as collecting dead insect specimens, I am fascinated by the lives of insects from their feeding habits and life cycles to the way they move and communicate.
Here are a few photos I have taken in the past of Insects of the British Isles:
(all photos taken on the Isle of Wight)






3 comments:

  1. That Minotaur beetle is cooooooool! Hahah! I love that bush cricket! :P

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  2. Very nice images! Nice meloid (Meloe I presume?).

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  3. Thanks!,
    yes, it is a female Meloe proscarabaeus

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