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  • A predacious robber fly (Efferia sp.) leaps off the ground at The Nature Conservancy's Moses-Coulee Field Station in Central Washington. These predators make short flights to chase down and kill prey insects that come into their field of vision. They will often attack and catch other insects in the air.
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  • An unidentified moth and other insects attracted to a light at night in Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    flying_african_moth_32112ZmP-3460.jpg
  • An unidentified moth and other insects attracted to a light at night in Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    flying_african_moth_32112ZmP-3396.jpg
  • ocean skater, (Halobates robustus) on the surface of salt water. Fernandina Island, Galapagos Archipelago - Ecuador.
    ocean_skater_82510FnD-329-Edit.jpg
  • ocean skater, (Halobates robustus) on the surface of salt water. Fernandina Island, Galapagos Archipelago - Ecuador.
    ocean_skater_82510FnD-325.jpg
  • ocean skater, (Halobates robustus) on the surface of salt water. Fernandina Island, Galapagos Archipelago - Ecuador.
    ocean_skater_82510FnD-321.jpg
  • A bee fly (Bombylius sp.) photographed with a high-speed camera. At The Nature Conservancy's Moses Coulee Field Station in Central Washington.
    bee_fly_bombylius_61208BT-87.jpg
  • A black and yellow mud dauber wasp (Sceliphron caementarium) flying off of a Salt heliotrope (Heliotropium Curassavicum) flower. Photographed in the high-desert of Washington, at The Nature Conservancy's Whisper Lake Preserve.
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  • An unidentified moth attracted to a light at night in Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    flying_african_moth_32112ZmP-3376.jpg
  • A polistes paper wasp (Polistes sp.) flies near a salt heliotrope flower. Photographed in the high-desert of Washington, at The Nature Conservancy's Whisper Lake Preserve.
    polistes_paper_wasp_61809WlAp-5.jpg
  • a black leafcutter bee (Megachile sp.) flies around sagebrush in the high-desert of Washington.  Photographed  at The Nature Conservancy's Whisper Lake Preserve.
    black_leafcutter_bee_61709ln-33.jpg
  • A house centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) on rotting wood. Western Washington. House centipedes feed on small insects, insect larvae, and on spiders. Thus they are beneficial, though most homeowners take a different point-of-view and consider them a nuisance. Technically, the house centipede could bite, but it is considered harmless to people.
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  • A house centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) on rotting wood. Western Washington. House centipedes feed on small insects, insect larvae, and on spiders. Thus they are beneficial, though most homeowners take a different point-of-view and consider them a nuisance. Technically, the house centipede could bite, but it is considered harmless to people.
    FS5210HC2.jpg
  • A chinese praying mantis (Tenodera aridfolia) in flight. Western Oregon. These insects are native to China but have been introduced, and are common in North America.
    flying_mantis_62306Manty1.jpg
  • detail of a leafhopper assassin bug (Zelus renardii ). Note the proboscis used to attack other insects. NW Oregon.
    leafhopper_assassin_bug_22509ppbFv1.jpg
  • A japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) in flight - Tennessee. These insects damage plants by skeletonizing the foliage, that is, consuming only the leaf material between the veins, and may also feed on fruit on the plants if present.)
    Popillia_japonica-62413cb-155.jpg
  • A sequence of a tiny (3.5mm) leafhopper (Cicadellidae spp.) in flight at night. These miniscule insects fly very quickly in short bursts. Photographed in western oregon,
    leafhopper__Planthopper3.jpg
  • detail of a round-leaf sundew plant (Drosera rotundifolia), Oregon. The glue-like nodules on this plant are used to capture small insects which are then abosrbed by the plant for nutrients.
    sundew_plant-MDurham146.jpg
  • This large bumble bee is a queen of the species Bombus morrisoni. She is flying toward sweet pea flowers in the Deschutes National Forest, Oregon. Please note: this image has been digitally altered. two additional insects (only partially in frame) were removed from the background. The original camera file is available upon request.
    queen_bumble_bee_8405BBee1.jpg
  • A tiny flying insect, or midge, flying at night at around 6400 feet in elevation, on a warm summer night in Montana. Photographed via permit at Big Hole National Battlefield.
    night_insect-76144-144.jpg
  • A tiny flying insect, or midge, flying at night at around 6400 feet in elevation, on a warm summer night in Montana. Photographed via permit at Big Hole National Battlefield.
    night_insect-76144-137.jpg
  • A tiny flying insect, or midge, flying at night at around 6400 feet in elevation, on a warm summer night in Montana. Photographed via permit at Big Hole National Battlefield.
    night_insect-76144-127-Edit.jpg
  • A tiny flying insect, or midge, flying at night at around 6400 feet in elevation, on a warm summer night in Montana. Photographed via permit at Big Hole National Battlefield.
    night_insect-76144-116.jpg
  • A tiny flying insect, or midge, flying at night at around 6400 feet in elevation, on a warm summer night in Montana. Photographed via permit at Big Hole National Battlefield.
    night_insect-76144-114.jpg
  • A tiny insect, possibly a micro moth, flying at night near the Big Hole River in Montana. Photographed vai premit at Big Hole National Battlefield.
    night_insect-7114ni-112.jpg
  • An insect egg, possibly a hoverfly egg, attached to a green leaf in a meadow in Western Oregon. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
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  • A male (note: plumed antenna) mosquito (Culicidae spp.) in flight at night on the Sauvie Island State Wildlife Preserve, Oregon.<br />
. Male moquitos do not bite. Please note: This image has been cropped and anothe insect was digitally removed from the background. <br />
A male (note: plumed antenna) mosquito (Culicidae spp.) in flight at night on the Sauvie Island State Wildlife Preserve, Oregon.<br />
September 2003. Male moquitos do not bite. Please note: This image has been cropped and anothe insect was digitally removed from the background.
    male_mosquito-MDurham246_13.jpg
  • A female striped horse fly (Tabanus similis) in flight. Collected off a horse and photographed with a high-speed camera. NE Oregon.<br />
Please Note: This image has been digitally corrected. The background was expanded for better composition, the insect is unaltered.<br />
A female striped horse fly (Tabanus similis) in flight. Collected off a horse and photographed with a high-speed camera. NE Oregon.<br />
Please Note: This image has been digitally corrected. The background was expanded for better composition, the insect is unaltered.
    flying_horsefly_7106HF1.jpg
  • An adult Blow Fly (Calliphoridae spp.) in flight. These flies are attracted to carrion or dung. Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon. Please Note: This image has been digitally altered - another insect that was partially in frame was removed, and the image is cropped. The shape and flight attitude of the insect remain unchanged.
    blow_fly-MDurham242_12.jpg
  • A paper wasp (Polistes dominula) in flight. photographed in 1/50,000th of a second with a high-speed camera. Western Oregon. Please Note: This image has been digitally altered. The background was expanded to allow for better composition. The insect has not been altered.
    flying_wasp_42806W3V2.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-519.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-488.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-401.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-31.jpg
  • A blue-eyed darner (Rhionaeschna multicolor)in flight in the coastal mountains of Oregon. Please note: This image has been digitally repaired. The dragonfly was on the very edge of the frame and the background was expanded to allow a more centered framing. The flight attitude of the insect has not been altered or changed.
    flying_dragonfly_7605LDarner3_8.jpg
  • Two honeybees (Apis mellifera) communicate by touching antennae and proboscis while on a raspberry plant. Westen Oregon.
    insect_communication_51912Aps-146.jpg
  • Two honeybees (Apis mellifera) communicate by touching antennae and proboscis while on a raspberry plant. Westen Oregon.
    insect_communication_51912Aps-144.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-455.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-36.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-19.jpg
  • Detail of a brochymena stink bug (Brochymena affinis) showing the proboscis tucked into the underside of the insect. NW Oregon
    brochymena_stink_bug_22009ppbFV3.jpg
  • An example of a very small and striking moth from the Microlepidoptera suborder. This insect has a wing span of roughly 10mm. There are hundreds of these species, may of which are undescribed. Identification to species is quite challenging and usually requires dissection, or careful mapping on wing vein patterns. At night in temperate forest, Oregon.
    tiny_moth-MDurham213_5.jpg
  • A water strider (Gerris Sp) patrols the water's surface. The insect is designed to stride across the water using surface tension to keep it from sinking in. Photographed in the coast range of Oregon.
    7805Strider1.jpg
  • A dobson fly larvae (Corydalus cornutus). These aquatic larvae are carnivorous and will feed on anything they can get their mandibles around including small fish. collected from a small pond in the Lost Pines Forest, Central Texas.
    dobson_fly_larvae_32109hgm-31.jpg
  • A male short tongued bee (andrena sp.) in flight, western Oregon.
    flying_yellow_bee_52907RF-144.jpg
  • A male short tongued bee (andrena sp.) in flight, western Oregon.
    flying_yellow_bee_52907RF-261-Edit.jpg
  • Portrait of a miniature white fly (Order: diptera). Western, Oregon.
    tiny_fly_5211FLST3.jpg
  • A predacious diving beetle ( Cybister fimbriolatus) photographed with a high-speed camera. Central Texas.
    diving_beetle_32509dvb-11.jpg
  • A predacious diving beetle ( Cybister fimbriolatus) photographed with a high-speed camera. Central Texas.
    diving_beetle_32409Dvb-61.jpg
  • Golden Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) in flight in Central Oregon. © Michael Durham.
    Golden_Dung_fly_7-23-2019sd-232.jpg
  • Flesh fly in the family Sarcophagidae  in flight in Central Oregon. © Michael Durham.
    Flash_fly_7-23-2019sd-237.jpg
  • Golden Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) in flight in Central Oregon. © Michael Durham.
    Golden_Dung_fly_7-23-2019sd-233.jpg
  • Portrait of a miniature white fly (Order: diptera). Western, Oregon.
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  • Portrait of a miniature white fly (Order: diptera). Western, Oregon.
    tiny_fly_5211FlST2.jpg
  • A whirligig beetle, or Gyrinidae beetle, (Dineutus sp) swimming in water. Central Texas.
    whirligig_beetle_32509gyd-47.jpg
  • A whirligig beetle, or Gyrinidae beetle, (Dineutus sp) swimming in water. Central Texas.
    whirligig_beetle_32509gyd-228.jpg
  • A whirligig beetle, or Gyrinidae beetle, (Dineutus sp) swimming in water. Central Texas.
    whirligig_beetle_32509gyd-16.jpg
  • whirligig beetles, or Gyrinidae beetles, (Dineutus sp) swimming in water. Central Texas.
    whirligig_beetle_32509gyd-104.jpg
  • A predacious diving beetle ( Cybister fimbriolatus) photographed with a high-speed camera. Central Texas.
    diving_beetle_32409Dvb-75.jpg
  • A large, ornate ichneumon wasp (Thyreodon sp.) photographed with a high-speed camera in South Texas.
    colorful_wasp_92408TTb-282.jpg
  • Golden Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) in flight in Central Oregon. © Michael Durham.
    Golden_Dung_fly_7-23-2019sd-244.jpg
  • A whirligig beetle, or Gyrinidae beetle, (Dineutus sp) swimming in water. Central Texas.
    whirligig_beetle_32509gyd-156.jpg
  • A predacious diving beetle ( Cybister fimbriolatus) photographed with a high-speed camera. Central Texas.
    diving_beetle_32509dvb-25.jpg
  • A red Ichneumon Wasp (Ichneumonidae)<br />
(Subfamily Ophioninae) is photographed by a high-speed camera on a warm night in Central Texas.
    night_wasp_flying_32109nbhs-28-Edit.jpg
  • Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) covered in pollen. Photographed in flight near the north Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. This bee was large, fast and very aerobatic in the air.
    Eastern_carpenter_bee-62413cb-147.jpg
  • An African honey bee (Apis mellifera scutellata) photographed with a high-speed camera outside Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    african_honey_bee_32112ZmP-1729.jpg
  • A whirligig beetle, or Gyrinidae beetle, (Dineutus sp) swimming in water. Central Texas.
    whirligig_beetle_32509gyd-207.jpg
  • A male Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus) (Family Sphecidae). South Texas.
    colorful_wasp_92408TTb-339.jpg
  • A seven year old girl looks at a newly hatched praying mantis nymph (Tenodera sinesis). (released)
    baby_cute_mantid_61805_01.jpg
  • A paper wasp (Polistes dominula) in flight. photographed in 1/50,000th of a second with a high-speed camera. Western Oregon.
    flying_wasp_42806W1.jpg
  • What appears to be a beetle wasp (Cerceris sp) in flight in Central Oregon. © Michael Durham.
    beetle_wasp_flight_7-23-2019sd-292.jpg
  • What appears to be a beetle wasp (Cerceris sp) in flight in Central Oregon. © Michael Durham.
    beetle_wasp_flight_7-23-2019sd-280.jpg
  • Moth flying at night and photographed with a high-speed photography. © Michael Durham.
    flying_moth_08-06-2019V3-132.jpg
  • A moth flying at night in a forest in Central Oregon. © Michael Durham
    flying_moth_7-23-2019sd-249.jpg
  • A moth flies at night near the Big Hole River in Montana. Photographed via permit at Big Hole National Battlefield.
    flying_moth-7114ni-110.jpg
  • A moth flies at night near the Big Hole River in Montana. Photographed via permit at Big Hole National Battlefield.
    flying_moth-7114ni-103.jpg
  • A moth flies at night near the Big Hole River in Montana. Photographed via permit at Big Hole National Battlefield.
    flying_moth-7114ni-102.jpg
  • Native bee portrait photographed in late Spring. Western Oregon.
    bee-portrait62612BP1.jpg
  • Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) covered in pollen. Photographed in flight near the north Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. This bee was large, fast and very aerobatic in the air.
    Eastern_carpenter_bee-62413cb-148.jpg
  • Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) covered in pollen. Photographed in flight near the north Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. This bee was large, fast and very aerobatic in the air.
    Eastern_carpenter_bee-62413cb-140.jpg
  • A crane fly photographed at night in Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    nocturnal_crane_fly_32112ZmP-3550.jpg
  • A crane fly photographed at night in Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    nocturnal_crane_fly_32112ZmP-3429.jpg
  • An African honey bee (Apis mellifera scutellata) photographed with a high-speed camera outside Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    african_honey_bee_32112ZmP-1674.jpg
  • Colorful wasp (probably an ichneumon wasp: Ichneumonidae) photographed with a high speed camera in Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    colorful_wasp_32112ZmP-2894.jpg
  • Colorful wasp (probably an ichneumon wasp: Ichneumonidae) photographed with a high speed camera in Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    colorful_wasp_21121ZmB-797.jpg
  • Colorful wasp (probably an ichneumon wasp: Ichneumonidae) photographed with a high speed camera in Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    colorful_wasp_32112ZmP-2345.jpg
  • African hover fly (Eristalinus taeniops) also called the band-eyed drone fly, photographed with a high-speed camera outside Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    african_hover_fly32112ZmP-2209.jpg
  • An African honey bee (Apis mellifera scutellata) photographed with a high-speed camera outside Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    african_honey_bee_32112ZmP-1731.jpg
  • An African honey bee (Apis mellifera scutellata) photographed with a high-speed camera outside Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    african_honey_bee_32112ZmP-1712.jpg
  • A Desert Millipede (Orthoporus ornatus). Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California. Sonoran Desert.
    Desert_Millipede_FS5710Dm1.jpg
  • A tiger centipede (Scolopendra polymorpha),  Western Oregon.
    tiger_centipede_5210TM-126.jpg
  • A tiger centipede (Scolopendra polymorpha),  Western Oregon.
    tiger_centipede_5210TM-120.jpg
  • A tiger centipede (Scolopendra polymorpha),  Western Oregon.
    tiger_centipede_5210TM-108.jpg
  • whirligig beetles, or Gyrinidae beetles, (Dineutus sp) swimming in water. Central Texas.
    whirligig_beetle_32509gyd-8.jpg
  • whirligig beetles, or Gyrinidae beetles, (Dineutus sp) swimming in water. Central Texas.
    whirligig_beetle_32509gyd-74.jpg
  • A whirligig beetle, or Gyrinidae beetle, (Dineutus sp) swimming in water. Central Texas.
    whirligig_beetle_32509gyd-53.jpg
  • whirligig beetles, or Gyrinidae beetles, (Dineutus sp) swimming in water. Central Texas.
    whirligig_beetle_32509gyd-187.jpg
  • A golden stonefly (Hesperoperla pacifica) in flight near the bank of the Metolius River. Deschutes National Forest, Oregon.
    73105StoneFly1.jpg
  • A plume moth (Gillmeria pallidactyla) flying on a warm summer night. Coastal mountains of Oregon.
    flying_night_moth72205Plume1.jpg
  • A paper wasp (Polistes dominula) in flight. photographed in 1/50,000th of a second with a high-speed camera. Western Oregon.
    flying_wasp_42806W6.jpg
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