Coleoptera

[orionmystery]

Tortoise beetle with parasitoid wasps.

Longhorn beetle, Apomecyna tigrina

weevil:

Pterolophia of the subgenus Hylobrotus

 

[kyrontf]

I like #3 a lot. It looks like the weevil is enjoying a rest after having cut the twig (did it really do that, I wonder, or did it just happen to be there?). Those wasps in #1 must be tiny!

What's the insect in #5? Is it related to the giraffe weevil?

 

[orionmystery]

I like #3 a lot. It looks like the weevil is enjoying a rest after having cut the twig (did it really do that, I wonder, or did it just happen to be there?). Those wasps in #1 must be tiny!

What's the insect in #5? Is it related to the giraffe weevil?

Thanks kyrontf. The weevil in #3 didn't cut the twig

#5 is a giraffe weevil, more info here: Another giraffe weevils! | Up Close with Nature

 

[shootermcgavin]

Nice! I really like 1,4 and 5. The dof are a little shallow in some for me but maybe there's nothing you can do about that. Their antenna is kind of what I'd like to see sharp also.

 

[BastiaanImages]

Really nice shot, the black background makes it really pop out!

 

[orionmystery]

Nice! I really like 1,4 and 5. The dof are a little shallow in some for me but maybe there's nothing you can do about that. Their antenna is kind of what I'd like to see sharp also.

Really nice shot, the black background makes it really pop out!

Thanks shootermcgavin, BastiaanImages.