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  1. Oh, & one more thing: photographed with my phone on the inside of a window, this may be rare.

    It's a female ichneumonid wasp in genus Perithous. P scurra is slightly more common, but the short ovipositor suggests P divinator is possible.

    Only 2 prior DE observations on iNat, near Trier & Koblenz 😳

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  2. Oh, & one more thing: photographed with my phone on the inside of a window, this may be rare.

    It's a female ichneumonid wasp in genus Perithous. P scurra is slightly more common, but the short ovipositor suggests P divinator is possible.

    Only 2 prior DE observations on iNat, near Trier & Koblenz 😳

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  3. Lastly, one of the masters of camouflage – often hard to spot initially, despite their size & propensity for sitting out in the open.

    This is a southern sickle bush-cricket aka the Mediterranean katydid (Phaneroptera nana; 🇩🇪 Vierpunktige Sichelschrecke).

    Lacking a scythe-like ovipositor, it's a male.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  4. And resting briefly on the ivy between feeds, this is a female orange-belted leafwalker (Xylota segnis; 🇩🇪 Gemeine Langbauchschwebfliege).

    Quite common apparently, but it's the first I've seen, & unfortunately poorly photographed, as it was some way from me & quickly flew off 🤷‍♂️

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  5. And resting briefly on the ivy between feeds, this is a female orange-belted leafwalker (Xylota segnis; 🇩🇪 Gemeine Langbauchschwebfliege).

    Quite common apparently, but it's the first I've seen, & unfortunately poorly photographed, as it was some way from me & quickly flew off 🤷‍♂️

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  6. And resting briefly on the ivy between feeds, this is a female orange-belted leafwalker (Xylota segnis; 🇩🇪 Gemeine Langbauchschwebfliege).

    Quite common apparently, but it's the first I've seen, & unfortunately poorly photographed, as it was some way from me & quickly flew off 🤷‍♂️

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  7. And resting briefly on the ivy between feeds, this is a female orange-belted leafwalker (Xylota segnis; 🇩🇪 Gemeine Langbauchschwebfliege).

    Quite common apparently, but it's the first I've seen, & unfortunately poorly photographed, as it was some way from me & quickly flew off 🤷‍♂️

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  8. And resting briefly on the ivy between feeds, this is a female orange-belted leafwalker (Xylota segnis; 🇩🇪 Gemeine Langbauchschwebfliege).

    Quite common apparently, but it's the first I've seen, & unfortunately poorly photographed, as it was some way from me & quickly flew off 🤷‍♂️

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  9. Then several flies feeding on the ivy:

    A common drone fly (Eristalis tenax; 🇩🇪 Mistbiene [not as pretty as it sounds]), which are frequently seen in my garden, & a male face fly (Musca autumnalis; 🇩🇪 Herbstfliege), quickly & poorly grabbed with the wrong camera settings before it flew off 🙈

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  10. Then several flies feeding on the ivy:

    A common drone fly (Eristalis tenax; 🇩🇪 Mistbiene [not as pretty as it sounds]), which are frequently seen in my garden, & a male face fly (Musca autumnalis; 🇩🇪 Herbstfliege), quickly & poorly grabbed with the wrong camera settings before it flew off 🙈

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  11. Then several flies feeding on the ivy:

    A common drone fly (Eristalis tenax; 🇩🇪 Mistbiene [not as pretty as it sounds]), which are frequently seen in my garden, & a male face fly (Musca autumnalis; 🇩🇪 Herbstfliege), quickly & poorly grabbed with the wrong camera settings before it flew off 🙈

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  12. Then several flies feeding on the ivy:

    A common drone fly (Eristalis tenax; 🇩🇪 Mistbiene [not as pretty as it sounds]), which are frequently seen in my garden, & a male face fly (Musca autumnalis; 🇩🇪 Herbstfliege), quickly & poorly grabbed with the wrong camera settings before it flew off 🙈

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  13. Then several flies feeding on the ivy:

    A common drone fly (Eristalis tenax; 🇩🇪 Mistbiene [not as pretty as it sounds]), which are frequently seen in my garden, & a male face fly (Musca autumnalis; 🇩🇪 Herbstfliege), quickly & poorly grabbed with the wrong camera settings before it flew off 🙈

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  14. Something old, something new ...

    First, one of the more elusive Cylindromyia flies for me, albeit fairly common in this area.

    This is a female Cylindromyia bicolor (🇩🇪 Zweifarbige Raupenfliege), calmly posing in the rose bush.

    Easily ID'd, as it lacks the black abdomen tip most other species have.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  15. Something old, something new ...

    First, one of the more elusive Cylindromyia flies for me, albeit fairly common in this area.

    This is a female Cylindromyia bicolor (🇩🇪 Zweifarbige Raupenfliege), calmly posing in the rose bush.

    Easily ID'd, as it lacks the black abdomen tip most other species have.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  16. Something old, something new ...

    First, one of the more elusive Cylindromyia flies for me, albeit fairly common in this area.

    This is a female Cylindromyia bicolor (🇩🇪 Zweifarbige Raupenfliege), calmly posing in the rose bush.

    Easily ID'd, as it lacks the black abdomen tip most other species have.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  17. Something old, something new ...

    First, one of the more elusive Cylindromyia flies for me, albeit fairly common in this area.

    This is a female Cylindromyia bicolor (🇩🇪 Zweifarbige Raupenfliege), calmly posing in the rose bush.

    Easily ID'd, as it lacks the black abdomen tip most other species have.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  18. CW: Spider Photography

    The spiders in our front garden are total idiots. They keep building webs on our wheelie bins. This one was a chunky fellow, so they are clearly getting a good diet out there (in direct sunlight!).

    #OlympusPenFV #BelieveInFilm #HalfFrameClub #AdoxHR50 #510Pyro #MacroPhotography

  19. An evening curiosity.

    This is a flea beetle in genus Psylliodes & as it was on dried brassica, best guess is P chrysocephala, the cabbage-stem flea beetle (🇩🇪 Großer Rapserdfloh).

    They're usually dark green, but can come in brown too (var anglica), albeit mostly in the UK & very rarely in DE in iNat.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  20. An evening curiosity.

    This is a flea beetle in genus Psylliodes & as it was on dried brassica, best guess is P chrysocephala, the cabbage-stem flea beetle (🇩🇪 Großer Rapserdfloh).

    They're usually dark green, but can come in brown too (var anglica), albeit mostly in the UK & very rarely in DE in iNat.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  21. An evening curiosity.

    This is a flea beetle in genus Psylliodes & as it was on dried brassica, best guess is P chrysocephala, the cabbage-stem flea beetle (🇩🇪 Großer Rapserdfloh).

    They're usually dark green, but can come in brown too (var anglica), albeit mostly in the UK & very rarely in DE in iNat.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  22. An evening curiosity.

    This is a flea beetle in genus Psylliodes & as it was on dried brassica, best guess is P chrysocephala, the cabbage-stem flea beetle (🇩🇪 Großer Rapserdfloh).

    They're usually dark green, but can come in brown too (var anglica), albeit mostly in the UK & very rarely in DE in iNat.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  23. I have almost achieved greatness. I think I had image stabilization a bit too high up and focus is not quite on the main #bee.

    #bees #beebutts #macro #macrophotography

  24. Bonus picture of a seven-spot ladybird or C-7 (Coccinella septempunctata; 🇩🇪 Siebenpunkt).

    Very decidedly not rare, but prettily posed on the ivy by the front door today, where many arthropods are feasting on the flowers.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  25. Bonus picture of a seven-spot ladybird or C-7 (Coccinella septempunctata; 🇩🇪 Siebenpunkt).

    Very decidedly not rare, but prettily posed on the ivy by the front door today, where many arthropods are feasting on the flowers.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
    #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
    #BugOfTheDay 🐞
    #MacroPhotography 🔬
    #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
    #BackGardenEntomology 🪲

  26. Spotted this tiny ~2mm leafhopper this afternoon with a pretty colour scheme.

    Likely subgenus Neoaliturus, but a species ID would need a genital examination 🍆

    The most "common" in DE (26 observations on iNat) is N fenestratus (🇩🇪 Trauerzirpe), but N guttulatus or v rare N albilacustris are possible.

    #Heidelberg 🏰
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