Alex WildI took some bug photographs this year! Imagine that. But it was a good year. Mostly in Australia, Texas, and Puerto Rico.
It’s time for a thread of my favorites.
Osmia mason bee on a spring Nemophila flower, Texas.
Inside a plant stem nest of Linepithema iniquum ants, Puerto Rico.
Such a bizarre little fly! This is Stictomyia longicornis, which breeds in prickly pear cacti. Texas.
I wouldn’t say this was aesthetically a standout photo as such, but the insect- a katydid that mimics an ant- is so amazing that I’m including it anyway. Victoria, Australia.
Here’s an ant I’ve been meaning to photograph for years but didn’t have the chance until ant guy Steven Wang brought some by my office this fall.
The aptly-named Pheidole absurda, from Texas.
And these two American carpenter ants, Camponotus americanus, in Texas.
Elizabeth Alcinoe
Michael Gemar