insect
Showing 1–20 of 30 resultsSorted by latest

Gibbergunyah #40
Termite mound, Gibbergunyah bushland, New South Wales, Southern Highlands, Australia. Black and white photo image from the Australian bush showing large termite mound and trees in background.

Gibbergunyah #37
Termite mound, Gibbergunyah bush reserve, New South Wales, Southern Highlands, Australia. Black and white photo image from the Australian bush.

Honey Bee, Apis mellifera | 03
Photo of Honey Bee, Apis mellifera on yellow flowers.

Honey Bee, Apis mellifera | 04
Photo of Honey Bee, Apis mellifera on yellow flowers.

Passion Vine Hopper, Scolypopa australis – Nymph
Nymph of Passion Vine Hopper, Scolypopa australis. Taxon family Ricaniidae. Southern Highlands, NSW, Australia

Damselfly nymph | 01
Aquatic nymph stage of Damselfly insect. Close view of head and thorax showing face mask, mouth parts and embryonic wing stubs. England, UK Family Coenagrionidae. The aquatic stage of a damselfly’s life cycle is the larval phase, which occurs in … Continued

Aquatic Mayfly larva | 02
Colour photo of aquatic (European) Mayfly larva stage living in freshwater before emerging as a free flying, terrestrial adult insect. Close up view showing head. European mayflies, like their counterparts in other parts of the world, undergo a complex life … Continued

Close view of insect wing, Flesh Fly
BW photo showing close view of insect wing. Diptera, Two Winged Fly. Flesh Fly (Family Sarcophagidae). Widespread across Australia.

Honey Bee, Apis mellifera | 02
Creative BW photo of Honey Bee, Apis mellifera on flowers.

Honey Bee, Apis mellifera | 01
Creative photo of Honey Bee, Apis mellifera on yellow flowers.

Large Red Damselfly, Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Creative black and white photograph of Large Red Damselfly, Pyrrhosoma nymphula on heather shrub. Close view of head and thorax. Thursley Common, Surrey, UK

Common Blue butterfly, Polyommatus icarus
Creative black and white photograph of Common Blue butterfly on leaves, shows distinctive spots on folded wings. Photographed in the UK.

Honey bees foraging
Honey bees foraging, feeding on daisy flower heads (Asterales). Family: Apidae, Order: Hymenoptera Pollination. Insects are plant pollinators of economic importance. England, UK

Notonecta Backswimmer-Greater water boatman
Notonecta Backswimmer-Greater water boatman, Possibly Notonecta glauca. Aquatic freshwater dwelling insect. Predator on smaller organisms. Photographed in England, UK.

Mosquito aquatic larva – 02
Mosquito larva Culex sp. respirating via a breathing tube or syphon beneath water surface. Larva wrigglers, showing internal organs through translucent body.

Mosquito egg raft – 03
Mosquito egg raft on surface of water with green floating leaves. After hatching the mosquito larva will live for a period of time as aquatic microbial feeders eating plankton, small algae etc. These larvae are often known as wrigglers or … Continued