Going Down to Insect Level...

Going Down to Insect Level...

An arthorpod is a type of animal who has their skeleton on the outside of the body (external exoskeleton), a body divided into segments, and joined appendages. These include all insect, arachnids (spiders) and crusaceans. Each segment of their bodies repeats and has a pair of limbs. They are one of the most species-rich members on earth, due to their high level of versatility and adjustment. They have over 1 million described species, making up more than 80% of existing animal species. They can be as small as a few microns, or as big as a few meters long. This photo series was created by the USGS Bee Inventory and monitoring lab (USGS BIML), among hundreds more.

Wasp

Yellow Jacket Mimic Fly

Female Northern Black Widow Spider

The Endangered Karner Blue

Melissodes dentiventris

Beetle on glass

Black Horse Fly

Augochlora regina

Oblong-winged katydid

Megachile-campanulae

Lasioglossum nr longifrons

Lace Bug

Rove Beetle

Trypoxylon mexicanum

Centris haemorrhoidalis

Cone Head

Agapostemon coloradinus

Leptochilus acolhuus

Harlequin Bug Eggs

Polistes metricus

Spider Wasp

Gryllus species

Hoplitis truncata

Deer Fly

Drepanaporus collaris detailed macro close ups of

Triepeolus donatus

Drepanaporus collaris

Sharpshooter

Trypoxylon mexicanum

Yellow Jacket Mimic Fly

Pearl Crescent

Camel Cricket

Harlequin Bug Nymphs

Lachnopus guerinii

Bombus griseocollis

Coelioxys sayi

Spider

Brown marmorated stinkbug

Osmia sandersoneae

Dianthidium curvatum