Insect Scales

Monarch Butterfly Cluster on Fir Branch in near Al-Hasakah

Monarch Butterfly Cluster on Fir Branch

Fujifilm X-Pro3 · near Al-Hasakah

 Powdery Moth Wing Scales Guinea Reed Bed in at the edge of a reed bed in Guinea

Powdery Moth Wing Scales Guinea Reed Bed

Fujifilm X-T2 · at the edge of a reed bed in Guinea

 Moth Wing Scales in Dappled Dry Season Light in in Paraná

Moth Wing Scales in Dappled Dry Season Light

Nikon D810 · in Paraná

 Giant Silk Moth on Lijiang Screen Door in near Lijiang

Giant Silk Moth on Lijiang Screen Door

Sony a7R V · near Lijiang

 Butterfly Wing Scale Mosaic Silhouette in at the edge of a reed bed in Asturias

Butterfly Wing Scale Mosaic Silhouette

Sony Xperia 1 V · at the edge of a reed bed in Asturias

 Biologist Specimen Tray Pine Cones Beetle Frass in in Anyang

Biologist Specimen Tray Pine Cones Beetle Frass

Nikon D6 · in Anyang

 Blue Morpho Butterfly in Flight Near Shanghai Reed Bed in at the edge of a reed bed near French Concession, Shanghai

Blue Morpho Butterfly in Flight Near Shanghai Reed Bed

Polaroid SX-70 · at the edge of a reed bed near French Concession, Shanghai

 Horsefly Compound Eye Macro Rain Beaded Metal in across a rain-beaded metal surface in Gusau

Horsefly Compound Eye Macro Rain Beaded Metal

Sony a7R · across a rain-beaded metal surface in Gusau

 Wasps Mandibles Wood Fiber Tree Flower in near Ho

Wasps Mandibles Wood Fiber Tree Flower

Canon AE-1 · near Ho

 Tarantula Hawk Wasp in Indigo Morocco Twilight in on a wind-scoured ridge in Morocco

Tarantula Hawk Wasp in Indigo Morocco Twilight

Sony a7S III · on a wind-scoured ridge in Morocco

 Moth Wing Scales Over Algerian Glacial Stream in above a glacial stream in Algeria

Moth Wing Scales Over Algerian Glacial Stream

Sony a6000 · above a glacial stream in Algeria

 Mosquito Proboscis on Rainy Metal Medina in across a rain-beaded metal surface in Medina

Mosquito Proboscis on Rainy Metal Medina

iPhone SE (2020) · across a rain-beaded metal surface in Medina

 Giant Silk Moth on Guangdong Screen Door in in Guangdong

Giant Silk Moth on Guangdong Screen Door

iPhone 13 mini · in Guangdong

 Millipede Leg Segments Wave on Linen in against woven linen fibers in Patan

Millipede Leg Segments Wave on Linen

Sony a6500 · against woven linen fibers in Patan

 Idaho Moth Wing Scales Late Spring Afternoon in along a game trail in Idaho

Idaho Moth Wing Scales Late Spring Afternoon

Nikon D4 · along a game trail in Idaho

 Diving Beetle Hunt Under Noon Sun in beside a volcanic drop-off in Queensland

Diving Beetle Hunt Under Noon Sun

Nikon Z f · beside a volcanic drop-off in Queensland