Exploring Our Tiny Nature - 15

in photography •  8 years ago 

A scorpion fly with its distinct segmented tail stinger. It also has a long horn and enlarged abdomen. It's long mandible is also noticeable.

This green dragonfly settled on a flower is observing using its versatile eyes. It has strong transparent wings that allow them to fly.

This is a green slender rice bug. They feed on rice and are also considered pests by farmers. What they do is feed on rice grains during its milking stage.

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Insects are fascinating creatures that sometimes we ignore yet they have great value to nature in making our ecosystem as healthy as possible.

They are found everywhere. Their numbers are huge that they almost comprise 3 quarters of all animal species on our planet.


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Yes, the Scorpion fly!

I love those guys!

hehe, thank you

You're welcome!

Wow, that flying scorpion is pretty cool!
Thanks for sharing, Allmonitors.
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First time I heard of a scorpion fly.

You may have seen them already you just don't know the name, there's a lot of different variety around.

You know how to capture bugs.

thank you :)

Really cool critters.