I love the detail in these Ryan. Excellent shots.

Beautiful images Ken. Have you check with the next door neighbours if their cat is missing?

You are a master of your trade Danny. These are brilliant!! Thanks for sharing.

I would not mnd having summer the whole year around, but I will skip Venus thank you a bit hotter than what I like.

I wish you good luck in your hunting Ken. I have always tried to diversify myself as it makes is much more interesting. But let's face it, the world of bugs is fascinating and the diversity there alone can keep one busy for years.

Nice ones Doug. They take me back to my childhood, running in the meadows, not a care in the world.

Thanks Danny. I am enjoying the extended summers too.

Beautiful images Ken. Soon you will be finding bugs too.

Danny Nice shot and amazing colours on this Joan. Well done. Thanks Danny. How's it going down there? Heading for winter too?? I have so many lovely beetles and insects now that I will be able to post something the whole of our winter without just having to watch others post like I had to last winte...

Doug Wonderful patterns on this beetle Joan. I would have to say, because they have an exoskeleton, they can handle a high fall a lot better than us. the dent is in a wing cover and probably does not affect the inner softer layer. I know they feel pain. If you have ever seen an insect near something...

Thanks Jay and welcome to the forum. Doug (Beetleman) in particular has a great love for beetles and I like them too.

Thank you for this interesting piece of information on them. It is sad to think of them feeling any kind of pain at all as they cannot run to a doctor as we can.

Thanks for this information Dave. I never open things like that in anycase but delete it immediately.

Thanks Ken. An interesting answer here, one I have always wondered about even though I know a lot of insects can replace limbs which have been lost. He fell from a 4 foot ledge which is a HUGE drop for such a little beetle probably equal to a hundred foot drop to us.

Thanks Craig. This is an interesting link and I thank you for it. Besides elephants, the animal you mostly find browsing of the Mopane shrub are Kudu, one of our larger antelope species. In places like Kruger National Park where there is a lot of grassland, nothing else browses on it though. Kudu ar...

I was outside and heard something falling and found this beetle lying on his back after coming off the wall. You can see the dent. When I came back and started to take pics, I noticed that his front, right hand side leg was missing a segment. I wonder if they feel the pain of the loss as we do?? I t...