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This is mating flea beetles of the family Chrysomelidae
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Yes John, in some cases the name is based on what the Latin name means. In this and other cases, I think the local name came about from what the person who made it saw and smelled. The Norwegian name is presumably translated from the Swedish, which was first used in 1821.

Thank you John for your kind comment.

Thanks Mark for your comment.

Thanks John for the comment. I have seen this wasp a few times before and am most surprised why the length of the ovipositor must be as long as the rest of the body. The female body length varies between 10 – 16 mm. Ovipositor length varies between 7 – 16 mm.

Thanks John! It's a good thing it not often sting people like mosquitoes.

Your spotting is not a Deer Fly but a Bluebottle Fly.

Your spotting is not a Deer Fly but a Horse Fly of Tabanus sp.

Thanks John B, there is always a little truth in all the old fairy tales.

Very good picture melliecorvera, but I think the snake deserves a small description of the situation of the shot.