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Looks like a termite. Reproductive members of a colony will fly away from the colony and then shed their wings at a suitable spot. The wings are supposed to come off. I am not sure if they mate before or after the wing detachment. Termites are now considered a part of the cockroach order Blattodea. I can't help you with species ID, but at least I can tell you it's probably a termite. Cool find!
Thank you LauranZarate and SukanyaDatta!
Beautiful! Looks like a lacewing, Order Neuroptera, Family Chrysopidae. My guess, based on North American species, would be in the genus Chrysopa, but there may be different ones in your region.
Nice spotting! i'm a big Cosmopepla fan. There is a large population of them on the Oregon State University campus in Corvallis, OR. You're correct, there is really not a lot of info on C. conspicillaris. Even less on C. integressa! I'm glad to see this spotting and where they are popping up.
The shot and video were taken with natural light in the shade of a house, but on a tripod. I was happy with the quality it relatively low light. The weevil picture that you had commented on earlier was taken with the same camera setup, but handheld in midday diffused sunlight.
I shot this with a Panasonic GX7 with the Olympus Zuiko 60mm Macro. I'm really happy with it. I was using a Nikon D5100 with the Nikon 40mm macro and I liked it, but the portability and video quality of the GX7 makes me (want to) take it everywhere.
nice pic showing off the impressive rostrum!
This is a case of a predator eating another predator! This stink bug looks more like a Podisus sp. a common predatory stink bug (although I am unsure of the species). The point on the shoulders and the thick beak or rostrum suggests that it's a predatory stink bug. Although it looks VERY similar, BMSB is wider and has distinctive white bands on the antennae. They are often mistaken for Halyomorpha halys.