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  1. Water Penny (by zosterops on Flickr)

    Water Penny (by zosterops on Flickr)

     
  2. larva of a lady-beetle featuring mimicry of a mealy-bug
The larva of this species of Lady-beetles mimics its own prey: mealybugs (Hemiptera; Pseudocococcidae). As seen in this photo the larva only eats the young nymphs!Cryptolaemus montrouzieri MULSANT, 1850 (Mealy-bug Ladybird, Schmierlaus-Marienkäfer) Family: Coccinellidae (Lady beetles, Marienkäfer) Order: Coleoptera (beetles, Käfer)
more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptolaemus_montrouzieri
(photo/text by gbohne on Flickr)

    larva of a lady-beetle featuring mimicry of a mealy-bug

    The larva of this species of Lady-beetles mimics its own prey: mealybugs (Hemiptera; Pseudocococcidae).
    As seen in this photo the larva only eats the young nymphs!

    Cryptolaemus montrouzieri MULSANT, 1850 (Mealy-bug Ladybird, Schmierlaus-Marienkäfer)
    Family: Coccinellidae (Lady beetles, Marienkäfer)
    Order: Coleoptera (beetles, Käfer)

    more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptolaemus_montrouzieri

    (photo/text by gbohne on Flickr)

     
  3. insectlove:

Photo: Dr. John H. Brackenbury, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Water droplet containing a pair of mosquito larvaeLaser-triggered high-speed macrophotography

    insectlove:

    Photo: Dr. John H. Brackenbury, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    Water droplet containing a pair of mosquito larvae
    Laser-triggered high-speed macrophotography