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Bagrada Bug (Bagrada hilaris), United States, Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Laguna Niguel, CA, 14 Oct 2023

Bagrada Bug is sometimes misidentified as a Harlequin Bug.

Alex Borodayko

Amateur photographer

© Alex Borodayko
Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis), United States, Mile Square Regional Park, Fountain Valley, CA, 2023

Alex Borodayko

Amateur photographer

© Alex Borodayko
Red-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus rufocinctus), United States, Mud Lake, Fife Lake, MI, Aug 2012

Alex Borodayko

Amateur photographer

© Alex Borodayko
Emperor Moth, Gloucs, N/A, Apr 2023

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Mark Hows

Amateur photographer
http://www.hows.org.uk/inter/birds/birds.htm
Interested in all wildlife particularly Mammals and Non native species.
© Mark Hows UK
Comanche Green Lacewing (Chrysoperla comanche), United States, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, CA, 5 Nov 2023

Alex Borodayko

Amateur photographer

© Alex Borodayko
Netted carpet, Cumbria, Coniston, Jul 2023

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Mark Hows

Amateur photographer
http://www.hows.org.uk/inter/birds/birds.htm
Interested in all wildlife particularly Mammals and Non native species.
© Mark Hows UK
Dusky Clearwing, Cambs, Fordham, June 2023

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Mark Hows

Amateur photographer
http://www.hows.org.uk/inter/birds/birds.htm
Interested in all wildlife particularly Mammals and Non native species.
© Mark Hows UK
Bright Wave, Sussex, N/A, June 2023

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Mark Hows

Amateur photographer
http://www.hows.org.uk/inter/birds/birds.htm
Interested in all wildlife particularly Mammals and Non native species.
© Mark Hows UK
Spittle Bug (Clastoptera lineatocollis), United States, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, CA, 26 Oct 2023


Freshly molted adult

Alex Borodayko

Amateur photographer

© Alex Borodayko
Spittle Bug (Clastoptera lineatocollis), United States, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, CA, 16 Oct 2023


They seem to favor Coast Goldenbush to suck fluids from the plant and discharge the excrement on the plants

Alex Borodayko

Amateur photographer

© Alex Borodayko
Lime Butterfly, India, Chambal, Nov 2022

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Mark Hows

Amateur photographer
http://www.hows.org.uk/inter/birds/birds.htm
Interested in all wildlife particularly Mammals and Non native species.
© Mark Hows UK
Migrant Hawkers, East Yorkshire, Hornsea Mere, September 2023

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Glyn Sellors

Amateur photographer

© Glyn Sellors
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