Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)'s photos with the keyword: insect

Locust Borer Beetle and Friend

Locust Borer Beetle and Friend

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
19 Sep 2024 8 4 112
Locust Borer Beetle (Megacyllene robiniae) and friend.
Tipula Paludosa

Tipula Paludosa

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
15 Aug 2024 3 1 77
I got a photo of the undercarriage of an insect on our window. A fill light enabled me to get some detail. Tipula Paludosa
Black Beetle

Black Beetle

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
27 Jul 2024 4 79
I have no idea what bug this might be but it made itself available while I was waiting for my EV to charge.
Iridescent Fly on Sunflower Leaf

Iridescent Fly on Sunflower Leaf

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
24 Jun 2022 9 1 222
The summer sun was showing off this iridescent fellow's colours.
I am a Twig, I am a Stick.

I am a Twig, I am a Stick.

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
30 Sep 2021 8 2 176
Simon and Garfunkel we might say "I am a rock, I am an island." This insect is pretending to be a stick.
But Can It See Its Reflection?

But Can It See Its Reflection?

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
06 Aug 2016 18 4 392
Stinkbug.
Little Bug

Little Bug

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
07 Jun 2016 18 8 366
This little insect was so small that, even after using my macro lens as close as possible, I still had to significantly crop the photo to get this detail.
Butterfly in Flight 1

Butterfly in Flight 1

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
25 May 2016 14 3 346
Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio canadensis)
I Don't Think They are Both Ladies

I Don't Think They are Both Ladies

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
26 Jul 2015 15 19 686
The Sunday Challenge. In the Garden. Check notes for other creepy crawlys from my expedition to my wife's garden. Sight and Sound: Pictures and Music Peaches and Herb, "Reunited." youtu.be/26J0uDIGErM
Ant

Ant

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
26 Jul 2015 7 2 326
Part of a series I took for the In the Garden challenge for TSC.
Stinker in the Raspberries

Stinker in the Raspberries

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
26 Jul 2015 7 1 380
A stink bug who came in with the raspberries.
Stink Bug (2) Strutting that Showroom Shine

Stink Bug (2) Strutting that Showroom Shine

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
09 Jun 2015 7 2 364
Twice-stabbed Stink Bug: Cosmopepla lintneriana Kirkaldy
Stink Bug 1

Stink Bug 1

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
09 Jun 2015 8 494
Twice-stabbed Stink Bug: Cosmopepla lintneriana Kirkaldy
Lift Off

Lift Off

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)
26 May 2015 8 3 357
Caught this little fellow lifting off my wife's arm. There are thousands of these by the lake at this time of year. The spiders are happy because the webs are filled with them. They do not bite. Known as fishflies here I have no idea of their scientific name.