Small Wonders - # - WilliamFisherPhotography

Insects and spiders (+ some other critters) close up

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Head of a horse fly (Diptera: Tabanidae)

A fishfly (Neuroptera: Corydalidae)

Front leg of a mole cricket highly modified for digging in the soil

Ventral abdominal view of a female backswimmer (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) showing long lateral hairs that rest on the water's surface tension (upper left) and keep the insect above the water. While outside the water, air enters the spaces between the densly-packed hairs on the abdomen. This provides oxygen for the backswimmer to remain underwater while searching for prey.

Mouth parts of a horsefly. Note the flat, amber, blade-like structures (upper right) that are used like scissors to penetrate and cut the skin to produce a pool of blood. The blood is then brought into the insect via the small parallel capillary channels located on the large yellow structure. The bite of a horsefly is usually more painful than a mosquito because more extensive skin damage is created by the fly compared to the more simple puncture of the small round mouthparts of a mosquito

Parasitized aphid showing the hole used by the parasitoid, Aphelinus sp (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) to exit the host. Dark spots inside the aphid shell may be excrement deposited by the parasitoid

Ventral view of a beetle showing large mandibles, along with a variety of palps and hairs for sensing and manipulating food

Piercing and cutting mouthparts of a horse fly

Spiracle (lower center; opening that lets oxygen into the tracheal system) and haltere (upper right; orange knob-shaped organ that helps balance the insect in flight) on the thorax of Tabanus nigrovittatus (Diptera: Tabanidae). Dark brown horizontal structures at top are the wings.

Head of a horse fly (Diptera: Tabanidae)

Head of a horse fly (Diptera: Tabanidae)

Head of a horse fly (Diptera: Tabanidae)

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