🇬🇧Tephritid fly,
🇩🇪Bohrfliege,
🔬Tephritis divisa.

Look at these beautiful eyes😍

#tephritisdivisa #entomology #insects #diptera #fliege #fly #bohrfliege

Acorn weevil, Curculio glandium. In the southern part of Germany we are in the middle of the acorn weevil season. Now i can see these little beetles with long snouts everywhere in the garden.

#weevil #coleoptera #macrophotography #insects #entomology #käfer #beetles #rüsselkäfer …

Fire bug, Pyrrhocoris apterus. Is it just an egg? Yes, but really worth it to take a closer look. In the first picture you can see the 10-day-old fire bug egg shortly before hatching. The red eyes and the base of the proboscis can be clearly seen. In the second picture you can…

Pale clouded yellow, Colias hyale. On the underside of the hind wing, the distinctive spot, outlined in red, can be seen from afar. A great example of a motif that somehow becomes more and more beautiful with increasing magnification. Scale 10:1 with 155 individual images.…

Am 23. September diesen Jahres erscheint endlich unser großes Insektenbuch beim Kosmos-Verlag, an dem wir fast sieben Jahre getüftelt haben. Es war uns ein tiefes Anliegen, ein Buch zu erschaffen, welches nicht das hundertste Insektenbuch auf dem Markt ist, sondern etwas…

Tiger beetle, Cicindela hybrida. Unfortunately, our eyes are not able to see these wonderful colors. The true colors of the elytra disappear with the distance and the low resolution of our eyes. I’m attaching a picture of the spot for you. Some motifs never let me go 🤩

#elytra …

Cuckoo bee, Nomada sp. Only bees have feathery hair, but wasps do not. 🐝

#bee #bee s #bienen #hymenoptera #insects #entomolgy #macrophotography

Death’s-head hawkmoth, Acherontia atropos. This is the third caterpillar instar of one of the world’s most famous moths. And let’s be honest: its caterpillars are some of the most beautiful ever 🥰
#acherontiaatropos #deathsheadhawkmoth #totenkopschwärmer #insects #lepidoptera …

Weevil, Polydrusus sp. This deep black and the shiny scales are a very special combination.

#weevil #weevil wednesday #insects #coleoptera #macrophotography #entomology #insekten #beetle #käfer #rüsselkäfer

The scarce silver-lines, Bena bicolorana. I was able to use the beautifully prepared insect from the Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart collection directly without cleaning. The white hind wings on a white background was the big technical challenge here. The simple solution was to photograph the…

Common backswimmer, Notonecta glauca. A water bug from the backswimmer family (Notonectidae)
The long oar legs can be clearly seen here. The fine hairs on the legs offer enough resistance in the water to move quickly.

#notonectaglauca #backswimmer #commonbackswimmer #hemiptera …

Green shield bug, Palomena prasina. Frontal view of the head with the two ocelli.

#palomenaprasina #greenshieldbug #bug #shieldbug #wanze #stinkwanze #grünestinkwanze #hemiptera #entomology

Peppered moth, Biston betularia. The caterpillars of the peppered moth recognize their surface and adapt their color. Light gray, green, light to dark brown and almost entirely black. All color nuances are possible here. Scientists from the University of Liverpool and the Max…

As you move closer and closer, you realize that nothing is as clean as it once seemed. Especially with insect eyes. 😎

#insects #compoundeye #compoundeye s #entomology #macrophotography #augen #komplexaugen #facettenaugen #facets #ommatidia

Dagger fly, Tanzfliege, Empididae.

#empididae #daggerfly #dancefly #tanzfliege #baloonfly #diptera #entomology

Eye of a robber fly, Choerades fimbriata

#choeradesfimbriata #robberfly #fransenmordfliege #mordfliege #asilidae #entomology #diptera