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Yellow flowers about 1 inch wide with 5 round, bright yellow petals.
A distinctive blue and red metallic beetle. A first in the family Melyridae = ...
in the ground, before getting adult bugs, and mating.
They usually
A very beautiful beetle, likes to eat the ...
Very nice, vibrant colours, and a beautiful bird. I hope to find more in the ...
You can just see the head in the photo, but this beetle is long and thin with ...
Spotted warming up in the sun in the garden. Large insect up to 25 mm in ...
predaceous in post-larval stages--they eat ...
, each with a single larva and pollen ...
The yellow wasp was feasting on the chocolate coloured Lily wasp caterpillar. ...
All black wasp. 3 cm long. I think it was looking for
Approx. 8mm long, commonly found on flowers where they hunt small insects or ...
are not predaceous in post-larval stages--they
Covered in pollen, visiting flowers. Not ...
, protecting from predators. •They eat ...
An important predator of aphids that supplements their diets with nectar and ...
found it and its behavior. BugGuide comment says members of this genus
8mm long; alternate red and metallic blue; busy searching
species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, ...
At first glance, it looked like a grasshopper. However, it had very long ...
This beetle can be quite variable; this one is dark with wavy white stripes on ...
”. Adults feed on nectar and pollen and ...
Anastrangalia beetle with black spots and head. Aproxiamately 1cm long.