Macroarthropods

Some flies of today. Hermetia illuscens (Stratiomyidae); Musca domestica (Muscidae); Lucilia sp. (Calliphoridae).

Some Brazilian stink bugs.

Winthemia primarily target Lepidoptera; varying levels of host specificity. Parasitism across multiple lepidopteran families:
- Noctuidae (armyworms, cutworms), Saturniidae (giant silkworm moths), Tortricidae (spruce budworm), Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies), Geometridae (measuring worms)

🪰Winthemia "pinguis"? parasitic tachinid fly targeting Lepidoptera larvae. Native to North America, adults feature hairy eyes, short proboscis for honeydew feeding, and oval abdomens. If I have correctly identified the species, this is an invasive species in Brazil.
Micro 4 /3 camera set. Science🧪

Macropgotography with a much simpler set. Micro 4/3 Panasonic Lumix GX85. 45-150 Lumix lens. Rynox M-250 close-up lens. "Mini" Godox TT-350 S. Not very sharp, but it is fairly ok for unstacked macropgotography.

Tiny, golden-striped meliponine bee. Key Neotropical pollinator. Famous for its sophisticated permanent soldier caste—rare in insects—guarding nest entrances against invaders. Produces prized, medicinal honey.
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Augochlorini: Iridescent sweat bees. Metallic green/blue pollinators. A single species can be solitary or social. Seeing metallic sweat bees in your city? Good sign! They are bioindicators: their presence signals a healthier, less toxic environment. #BeeTheChange #Ecology"

Meet Lucilia coeruleiviridis, the cabbage maggot fly. Don't let the iridescent blue-green beauty fool you—its larvae are key forensic indicators and vital decomposers. Nature's clean-up crew with a metallic shine. #ForensicEntomology #Entomology #BlueBottleFly #Science🧪 #Forensics

Did you know this dazzling fly is a forensic scientist's ally? Lucilia coeruleiviridis helps solve mysteries by revealing time of death. Nature's silent witness. #Science🧪 #Forensics #CoolFacts

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Carabidae beetles: Coleoptera, Adephaga, Caraboidea. 40k+ species, predatory or omnivorous, soil dwellers. Subfamilies Carabinae (bombardier beetles, spray hot chemicals), Harpalinae (often seed-eaters), Cicindelinae (“tiger” beetles). Important for natural and agricultural pest control. Science🧪

Indeed. I must say that I love this place. Thank you.

Clouds over Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Halictinae: Hymenoptera > Apoidea > Halictidae. Ground-nesters, primitively eusocial with seasonal castes. Pollinate Asteraceae/Fabaceae, basal in phylogeny (COI/28S data). Key models for insect social evolution.🐝🔬 #BeeScience science🧪

Insects graveyard and a lonely visitor.

Today I want to share something different, which came out due to extreme boredom 😁.
I have built an almost Lomo concept lens and a pinhole stuff. Here are some pictures.

Yes! Insects have many fine details. They are really naturally embroidered 😁

Cercopoidea: Spittlebug superfamily (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Nymphs create foam 'cuckoo spit' from xylem sap. Pests like Mahanarva fimbriolata damage sugarcane in Brazil. ~3,000 spp. worldwide. #Entomology #Biodiversity 🧪

Menemerus bivittatus, the Gray Wall Jumping Spider. Small sized incredible hunter with amazing eyesight. It doesn't build webs but is a master of the precision pounce.
✅can take down prey twice their size!
✅Native to Africa, they're now a cosmopolitan citizen, found from the Americas to Asia.🧪

For macro photography, capturing a 2.1x magnification photo of a fly’s head then cropping provides better fine resolution and depth of field than zooming in optically at 4.1x or 5.1x. This approach balances sharpness and focus control without shallower depth of field of higher magnifications.

🪰 Eicherax is a genus of robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) found in the Neotropical region. It belongs to the subfamily Asilinae and represents one of the 11 generic groups within this subfamily. These predatory flies hunt other arthropods throughout Central and South America.🧪

Scarabaeidae. Studies in the Brazilian Pantanal, where livestock is the main economic activity, confirm these beetles maintain dung removal and soil bioturbation.🧪

Scarabaeidae. Over 76 species across 20 genera have been documented in Brazilian pasturelands, providing biological control and parasite suppression by burying harmful insects and worms with dung.🧪

🪲 Scarabaeidae. ecosystem engineers! Process tons of dung annually, recycling nutrients, reduce methane emissions, control livestock parasites & improve water infiltration.
Without them? - nutrient cycling, + flies & disease vectors, degraded pastures. Keystone species, healthy grassland worldwide.

Camponotus fragilis, medium-sized carpenter ant (6–8 mm) found in Atlantic Forest and humid cerrado habitats, known for nesting in hollow branches and rotting stumps. It frequents crepuscular and nocturnal foraging trails, with peak activity just after sunset. 🧪#Formicidae #Camponotus #Entomology"

Family Sarcophagidae (Diptera): ovoviviparous flesh flies with gray-black thoracic stripes and a checkerboard abdomen, whose larvae develop in carrion, decaying matter or as arthropod parasitoids—key decomposers in ecosystems. 🧪

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The Atlantic semi-deciduous rainforest or "seasonal semideciduous forest," typically occurs as the riparian zone along riverbanks within the Cerrado biome. These forests form transitional ecotones between the open savanna vegetation of the Cerrado and the denser, humid Atlantic Forest proper🧪