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4 Ground Beetle or Carabus vietinghoffii -
4 Long Legged Green Fly or Condylostylus longicornis -
3 Showy Holomelina moth or Virbia ostenta -
4 Palo Verde Beetle or Derobrachus hovorei -
5 Yellow Paper Wasp or Polistes apachus -
4 Hollyhock seed pod or Alcea rosea -
4 Chrysina lecontei -
3 Soft Tick or Argas persicus -
5 Vine Maple or Acer circinatum -
![Western Honeybee antenna cleaner or Apis mellifera Bees have an antenna cleaner on each of their two front legs. The antenna cleaners are made of two parts: a circular notch in the basitarsus, which is fitted with stiff hairs, and a corresponding spur on the tibia. According to Mattingly (2013) “To use the antenna cleaner, the [bee] raises her foreleg over her antenna and then flexes her tarsus. This action allows the spur to close the notch and form a ring around the antenna.” Apis mellifera,Geotagged,United States,Western honey bee](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/5803/157369_small.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=LMLQkT8hRjl5SKYUWEXbRoPriIE%3D)
3 Western Honeybee antenna cleaner or Apis mellifera -
4 Papilio rumiko or Giant swallowtail -
4 Green Tiger beetle native to Ukraine or Cicindela campestris -
4 Cereus Repandus or Peruvian Apple Cactus -
4 Pepsis grossa (formerly formosa) or Tarantula Hawk Wasp -
4 Pilosocereus azureus or Blue Torch Cactus -
3 Northern Shoveler or Spatula clypeata -
4 Compsocryptus sp. or Ichneumon wasp -
5 Cicadellidae family or Glass Wing Tree Hopper -
3 Robber Fly or Efferia aestuans -
3 Arizona Bark Scorpion or Centruoides sculpturatus ventral side -
6 Tan jumping spider or Platycryptus undatus -
3 Rotting Navel Orange stem or Citrus sinensis with Blue Mold or Penicillium digitatum -
3 Venezuelan Troupial or Icterus icterus -
4 Possibly Entomoscelis adonidis beetle from Madagascar or Ukraine
William Bodine
B.S. Biology. Based in Arizona and a Canon user.
Particularly fond of insects but not exclusively, like close up, macro and extreme macro shots.
Always looking for the unique angle, bright colors/patterns or bizarre looking images.
MaleJoined 7-9-21
