Garden Insects on Flowers

Close-up images of various insects like shieldbugs and moths perched on colorful flowers, highlighting intricate details and vibrant colors in a garden setting.

stink bug (Gonocerus akuteangulatus) on a flower in the garden

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Swallowtail, Papilio machaon

Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) before flight, on asteraceae in the garden, Bouxières-aux-dames, Lorraine, Fran

stink bug (Gonocerus akuteangulatus) on a flower in the garden

Black-shouldered shiel-bug on fruit of Scabiosa France

Faulbaum-Glasfluegler, Faulbaumglasfluegler, Kreuzdorn-Glasfluegler, Kreuzdornglasfluegler, Mispelhain-Glasfluegler, Mispelhainglasfluegler, Mispelstamm-Glasschwaermer, Mispelstammglasschwaermer. Synanthedon stomoxiformis, sitzt auf Kreuzdornblatt, Rhamnus cathartica, Deutschland, Baden-Wuerttemberg Buckthorn clearwing Synanthedon stomoxiformis, sitting on a leaf of Common buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica, Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg BLWS721224 *** Faulbaum Glass wing, Faulbaumglasfluegler, Buckthorn Glass wing, Buckhorn glass wings, Medlar grove Glass wing, Medlar glass wing, Medlar trunk Glass warmer, Medlar stem glass sponges Synanthedon stomoxiformis , sits at Buckthorn leaf, Rhamnus cathartica, Germany, Bathing Wu Copyright: xblickwinkel/AGAMI/R.xMartinx

Leaf-mimic Katydid (Microcentrum triangulatum) male, Costa Rica

Male yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) at rest. Dorset, UK, June.

Weichwanze, Heterocordylus tibialis Heterocordylus tibialis, sitzt auf einem gelben Schmetterlingsbluetler, Deutschland, Baden-Wuerttemberg Macro image of an insect in Germany Heterocordylus tibialis, sitting on a yellow flower, Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg BLWS721107 *** Soft bug, Heterocordylus tibialis Heterocordylus tibialis , sits at a yellow Butterfly flowers, Germany, Bathing Wuerttemberg Macro Image of to Insect in Germany Heterocordylus tibialis , Sitting ON a Yellow flower, Germany, Bathing Wuerttemberg BLWS721107 Copyright: xblickwinkel/AGAMI/R.xMartinx

Blattwespe, Tenthredopsis sordida Tenthredopsis sordida, sitzt auf einem Blatt, Deutschland, Baden-Wuerttemberg sawfly Tenthredopsis sordida, sitting on a leaf, Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg BLWS721274 *** Leaf wasp, Tenthredopsis sordida Tenthredopsis sordida , sits at a Leaf, Germany, Bathing Wuerttemberg Sawfly Tenthredopsis sordida , Sitting ON a leaf, Germany, Bathing Wuerttemberg BLWS721274 Copyright: xblickwinkel/AGAMI/R.xMartinx

Macro caterpillar

White-legged Damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes), Overijssel, Netherlands

Long-horned beetle (Cerambycidae) (formerly Leptura rubra), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Insects drink North the nectar of a flowering tree

Flesh-flies (Sarcophaga carnaria) mating, Weinviertel district, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Ladybird (Coccinellidae sp.) adult, in flight, taking off from plant, Suffolk, England, november

Macro Focus Stacking picture of Common Horse Fly or Notch-horned Cleg Fly (Haematopota pluvialis) on flower, England, UK

Yellow-legged Clearwing Moth Synanthedon vespiformis feeding on Water Mint Mentha aquatica, Saint-Julien-des-Landes, France. These moths exhibit Batesian mimicry of solitary wasps, July.

Macro insect on the plant

Death's-head Hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos) perched on a blossom, Schwaz, North Tirol, Austria, Europe

Yellow Dungfly (Scathophaga stercoraria) adult, feeding on fly prey, on Ox-eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) flower, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

European Paper Wasp on a flower Provence France

A tail wasp on part of a cucumber plant. A tail wasp on part of a cucumber plant.

Trauer-Rosenkäfer Oxythyrea funesta Trauer-Rosenkäfer Oxythyrea funesta Copyright: xZoonar.com/Falkex 22827904

Beetles in droplets on a yellow flower

Locust in the grasses France

Rose chafer beetle (Cetonia aurata) taking off from Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) flower. Akershus, Norway. July.

Four-spot Orb-weaver (Araneus quadratus) feeding in front of a thistle

Barklouse (Metylophorus novaescotiae), Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA October

Close-up view of butterflies mating on branch

Harlequin Ladybird larva - eating aphid (Harmonia axyridis)

Prairie Cicada (Tibicen dorsata) on Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans) Marion Co. IL

Wasp sitting on garden flower Closeup shot of wasp pollinating garden flowers Copyright: xZoonar.com/RomanxMilertx 22030852

Figwort Sawfly (Tenthredo Scrophulariae) Mating, Sussex, Uk

Scarlet Lily Beetle (Lilioceris lilii) adult female, amongst Aphyllanthes (Aphyllanthes monspeliensis) flowers, Montagne de la Clape, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, May

Meadow grasshopper ( Chorthippus parallelus) on a blade of grass, Perlacher Forst, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

hoverfly on leaves with drop of water, Syrphidae on leaves, Bavaria, Germany

Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) adult, with insect prey, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Common scorpion fly, panorpa communis, flying, insects, MCPMAS MCP_MAS_2025_005632 MCPMAS

Pale-footed Hoverfly (Platycheirus albimanus) adult, feeding on pollen from flower, with parasitic tick, Norfolk, England

Wallonie, Anhée, Belgium, Europe

Death's-head Hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos) perched on a blossom, Schwaz, North Tirol, Austria, Europe

Stag beetle, Lucanus cervus, male with outstretched wings just before takeoff, Thuringia, Germany

Bald-faced hornet gathering nectar and pollen from hydrangea flower, Maine

Macro grasshopper sitting on rose plant

Pair of Horehound Bugs nymphs (Agonoscelis rutila) on flower, Saba, Bali, Indonesia

A green bottle fly pollinating a daisy on a summer day. Closeup detail of a blowfly sitting on a flower and feeding during spring. An insect outdoors in a thriving floral ecosystem

Hoverfly (Epistrophe balteata) on the leaf of a Rose (Rosa)

potato bug eats potatoes leaves potato bug eats potatoes leaves in garden Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 6196969

Mullein, flower, insect

Europaeische Gottesanbeterin, Gottesanbeterin, Gemeine Gottesanbeterin Mantis religiosa, auf einem Blatt, Seitenansicht, Italien European preying mantis Mantis religiosa, on a leaf, side view, Italy BLWS707576 *** european Praying mantis, Praying mantis, Common Praying Mantis Mantis religiosa , at a Leaf, Side view, Italy European preying Mantis Mantis religiosa , ON a leaf, Side view, Italy BLWS707576 Copyright: xblickwinkel/M.xKuehnx

Robber fly (Asilidae) with prey

Butterfly-lion (Libelloides coccajus) on stem, Ardeche, France

Rain brake, Thunderstorm brake, Rainbow brake, notch-horned clegs (Haematopota pluvialis), Thunderstorm brakes, Rainbow brakes, Other animals, Insects, Animals, Cleg Fly (Tabanidae) adult, close-up of head, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Large marsh grasshopper (Mecostethus grossus) Hesse, Germany, Europe

Macro spider on the plant

High angle view of a Giant Swallowtail Butterfly on a flower pollinating (Papilio cresphontes)

colorado potato beetle in potatoes leaves colorado potato beetle in potatoes leaves in garden Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 6184081

Lady bug on wheat

beetle spotted narrowbuck wild rose

Closeup photo of brown assassin bugs on leaf

Grasshopper on flax, Wawanesa, Manitoba, Canada

macro Ant black

two ladybug on green sheet

Red -yellow soft kaefer Rhagonycha fulva red -yellow soft beetle, Rhagonycha Fulva, Beetle, Common Red Oldier Bettle

Drone Fly - showing eye (Eristalis tenax)

Coupling of Trichoptera on leaf Touraine France

This particular species of longhorn beetle can damage cereal crops but not to an extent of being considered a pest

Knappe, Ritterwanze Lygaeus saxatilis, Spilostethus saxatilis, sitzt auf einem Korbbluetler, Deutschland lygaeid bug Lygaeus saxatilis, Spilostethus saxatilis, sitting on a composite, Germany BLWS722988 *** Squire, Knight bug Lygaeus saxatilis, Spilostethus saxatilis , sits at a Korbbluetler, Germany lygaeid Bug Lygaeus saxatilis, Spilostethus saxatilis , Sitting ON a composite, Germany BLWS722988 Copyright: xblickwinkel/H.xBellmann/F.xHeckerx

Napoleon spider (Synema globosum) in its yellowish colour variation on a daisy flower, Valais, Switzerland, Europe

Grasshopper standing on Flower, Costa Rica, Central America

Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans) Southeast USA

Broad-bordered Bee Hawkmoth - approaching flower (Hemaris fuciformis)

German wasp at blackberry, Vespula germanica

Praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) facing its prey: a fly, Lorraine, France

Hoverfly (Syrphidae) on a sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

Hornet - Feeding on ivy (Vespa crabro). Bedfordshire UK.

Leafcutter ants cutting up a leaf in order to cultivate fungus for food in their colony in the rain forest near La Selva Lodge near Coca, Ecuador.

Grosser Wollschweber Bombylius major Grosser Wollschweber, Bombylius major, Large bee-fly, Bee fly Copyright: xZoonar.com/GerdxHerrmannx 15407336

Earwig feeding on a flower of Toril in Var France

Crab Spider (Xysticus cristatus) adult, resting on dandelion flower, Crossness Nature Reserve, Bexley, Kent, England, September

Wasp in a meadow chervil

Ant and aphids, Germany, Europe

Spider waiting for prey on a sheet of Chardon

Polistes wasp nest on cells clogging Hautes-Alpes

Muscidae Fly - Eyes and face (Phaonia sp. ). EM manipulated effect.

Dark Giant Horsefly (Tabanus sudeticus) laying eggs

Yellow meadow ants Lasius Flavus Flying yellow meadow ants on departure from a grass.

Cream-spot Tiger Moth Close up of a Cream-Spot Tiger Moth Arctia villica Copyright: xZoonar.com/StephenxFarhallx 9538605

Macro focus Stacking, portrait, Norwegian Wasp (Dolichovespula norwegica) in dew on flower, England, UK

Macro small spider. A small spider on a leaf.

White-faced Dragonfly - male (Leucorrhinia dubia)

Macro spider on grass forest

Religious Mantis, European Mantis (Mantis religiosa, Gryllus religiosa)

ephemera in the grass

Two ants on the twig om rhododendron bud Close-up of two black way ants lat: Lasius niger on the edge of a rhododendron bud drinking sap against a naturally green background. Copyright: xZoonar.com/AndyxNowackx 16552098

A pair of red shield bugs making love on white flowers against a light blurred background. Selective focus, toning.. Couple Of Red Shield Bugs Mating

PARASITIC FLY (Dexia sp) Tachinidae Sussex England

Wallonie, Anhée, Belgium, Europe

Frog, ambazac, france

Macro photo of a fly on a green leaf. Closeup of a fly on a green raspberry leaf. Copyright: xZoonar.com/VolodymyrxSemenchukx 11058717

Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) flying towards apple

Schwarzgesaumter Schmalbock Anastrangalia dubia, Leptura dubia, sitzt auf einem Doldenbluetler, Deutschland longhorn beetle Anastrangalia dubia, Leptura dubia, sitting on an umbellifer, Germany BLWS721195 *** Black-fringed Schmalbock Anastrangalia dubia, Leptura dubia , sits at a Doldenbluetler, Germany Longhorn Beetle Anastrangalia dubia, Leptura dubia , Sitting ON to umbellifer, Germany BLWS721195 Copyright: xblickwinkel/AGAMI/R.xMartinx

Two damselflies on a bud, Villarotta, Reggio Emilia, Italy

Large woollen bee

Brown spider macro on green leaves

Nettle Leaf Weevil (Phyllobius urticae) pair mating on Bleeding Heart(Dicentra spectabilis) flower, Netherlands

Pebble Hook-tip (Drepana falcataria) moth flying

Median Wasp - in flight - large aggressive wasp getting common in UK (Dolichovespula media). Bedfordshire UK.

Harlequin bug (true bug) on bladderpod flower buds, Southern California.

Spotted woolly hawk moth (Bombylius discolor), flying, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Macro fruit fly on the plant

Fly above wild strawberry petal, natural green bacground

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) collecting nectar in a Hokaido squash blossom, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Common Green Capsid (Lygocoris pabulinus)

Small green grasshopper on the grass

praying mantis on yellow cactus flower on the Spanish island Tenerife

Hoverfly (Spilomyia diophthalma), Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe

Cuckoo Wasp on a stem

Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) feeding on fennel in the garden, Canton Bern, Switzerland, Europe

Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis), feeding on a flower, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Lygus pratensis (Lygus pratensis) in flight on the closed flower of borage, Germany, Europe

Oxeye daisy(Leucanthemum vulgare) in the morning dew with fly

Great Green Bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima)

A garden spider, Argiope aurantia Lucas, on its web in a garden.

Ichneumon wasp (melanocephalic neotype), great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis), sitting on a flower, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

USA, Alabama, Huntsville. Ailanthus webworm moth on Golden lace, Huntsville Botanical Garden.

Scorpion fly (Panorpa communis) female on a leaf in summer, Esch stream bank, Lorraine, France

Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) male nymph on a Crown daisy (Glebionis coronaria) flower, Bouches-du-Rhone, France

Ardennes, Forest of Sedan, France, Europe

Macro spider on grass forest

Common water lacewing (Sialis cf. lutaria) on a reed stalk, Ahlhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany

White-legged damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes) Female sitting on Grosser Wiesenknopf, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) nymph, resting on grass, England, june

soldier beetle, Cantharidae, blossom, side view, sitting

Bloody-nosed Beetle larva hanging from a rod

Grosses Nachtpfauenauge, Wiener Nachtpfauenauge Saturnia pyri, L4-Raupe mit lilanen Punktwarzen frisst an einem Blatt, Portraet, Deutschland Large Emperor Moth, Giant Peacock Moth, Great Peacock Moth, Giant Emperor Moth, Viennese Emperor Saturnia pyri, L4-caterpillar with purple tubercules eating a leaf, portrait, Germany BLWS718202 Copyright: xblickwinkel/W.xWillnerx

Red Longhorn Beetle (Leptura rubra) on Lovage, Regional Natural Park of Northern Vosges, France

Common awl robberfly (Neoitamus cyanurus), female, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Spectacle Moth (Abrostola triplasia). Dorset - UK.

Globular springtail (Dicyrtomina ornata) portrait, Lucerne, Switzerland. January. Focus stacked image. Cropped.

Common green bottle flies (Lucilia sericata) and social wasp (Vespidae) snacking on ripe strawberry, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Gemeiner Riesenschirmling Macrolepiota procera Gemeiner Riesenschirmling, Macrolepiota procera, Gilled mushroom Copyright: xZoonar.com/GerdxHerrmannx 11147494

Hawthorn shield bug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale), gazania (Gazania sp.), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

cat thailand

Macro spider on green leaf

Female tick, Castor Bean Tick (Ixodes ricinus) lurks on a blade of grass, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Macro spider on top of the spider web

Cantharis fusca is a species of soldier beetle. Gemeiner Weichkaefer (Cantharis fusca)

Harvestman, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Rilaena triangularis)

Cardinal Beetle (Pyrochroa coccinea), Rote Au, Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Austria, Europe

Small Emperor Moth (Saturnia pavonia), mating, Haren, Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Close-up of a Fire ant (Pheidole megacephala), Florida, USA

Eastern Burnet Moth pair mating Biosphere Reserve Schwaebische Alb, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe Date:

Hairy

A beetle on top of a sedge.

Yellow form of Great Green Grasshopper female France

Spider, Stanley Park, British Columbia

Oldworld Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) butterfly freshly emerged from cocoon, Netherlands

USA, New Mexico. Green June bug on flower.

Macro Beetle on plant

Grove hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) searching for pollen in a poppy flower (Papaver), Kempen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Large Mosquito, Boca Tapada, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica

Background macro mosquito on leaf

Macro Spider on Leaf

Australian jewel spider (Austracantha minax), Yallgorup National Park, Western Australia

Grey flesh fly, Grey flesh flies (Sarcophaga carnaria), Other animals, Insects, Animals, Flesh fly adult, resting on Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Great Green Bush-Cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) on a white iris flower (Iris)

Emerald Ash-borer emerald beetle (Anthaxia hungarica) adult male, on spiny starwort (Pallenis spinosa) flower, near Minerve, Herault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, Europe

Macro shot of a butterflies drinking water from piece of fruit

Colorado Potato Beetle, Ten-striped Spearman or Ten-lined Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), Schwaz, Tirol, Austria, Europe

Background macro mosquito on leaf

Agapanthia villosoviridescens

Spotted woolly hawk moth (Bombylius discolor), flying, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) on purple flower, Phlox (Phlox paniculata), Hesse, Germany, Europe

Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) perched on a pear

Common newt (Lissotriton vulgaris), migrating through moss at night, Velbert, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) mating on an umbelliferous plant

Macro focus stacking picture of Heineken Fly (Rhingia campestris) in Devon in England, UK

Schwarzgestreifter Bockkäfer auf einer weißen Blüte in freier Wildbahn. Black-striped longhorn beetle on a white flower in the wild. Close up. Copyright: xZoonar.com/StanislavxSablinx 22693568

Hummingbird Clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe) Nectaring milkweed flowers, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Rose chafers (Cetonia aurata), sitting on forest goat's beard (Aruncus dioicus), Allgaeu, Germany, Europe

Wildbiene Wildbiene, Wild bee Copyright: xZoonar.com/GerdxHerrmannx 20124607

Snail on a leaf in a pond prairie Fouzon France

metallic pinktoe or white-toed tarantula silhoutted through leaf avicularia metallica napo river region ecuador

Macro grasshopper on the plant

Spined Soldier Bug or Stink Bug (Rhaphigaster nebulosa)

Mullein Moth (Cucullia verbasci) adult, feeding on Buddleia (Buddleja spec.) flowers at night, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Red beetle, shrew (Apion frumentarium), Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Dragon head caterpillar on green background

Bee beetle (Trichodes apiarius) beetle, thyme (Thymus sp.), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Long-winged Conehead (Conocephalus discolor) two adult females, grooming antenna, with raindrops after rain shower, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, september

Grasshopper in the grass,

Gefleckter Schmalbock Rutpela maculata Gefleckter Schmalbock, Rutpela maculata, Weibchen, Halequin longhorn, Black-and-yellow longhorn beetle Copyright: xZoonar.com/GerdxHerrmannx 18797419

Extreme macro shot eye of Zygoptera dragonfly

Crab spider (Thomisidae) hanging from green leaf by an unseen thread, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

Musk beetle (Aromia moschata) Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

French Stick Insect (Clonopsis gallica), Castello di Aquafredda, Siliqua, Sardinia, Italy, Europe

Beetles in droplets on a yellow flower

Tropical Stilt Fly (Micropezidae sp.), Tambopata Nature Reserve, Madre de Dios region, Peru, South America

Large female praying mantis goes under tree branch on which another female sits and looks at her. Transcaucasian tree mantis (Hierodula transcaucasica)

Buttonbush with Bumblebee seeking nectar and carrying pollen New York, USA Date:

Large pine weevil (Hylobius abietis) in flight on the shoots of a hazelnut branch, Germany, Europe

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Black garden ant (Lasius niger) adult, worker feeding on dandelion flowers (Taraxacum sp.), Seaford, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Asian ladybird, asian lady beetle or harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) on flower of zinnia (Zinnia elegans), Hesse, Germany, Europe

Spiny Spider (Gasteracantha taeniata) male, Papua New Guinea

Beautiful caterpillar on beautiful background

Giant Water Bug (Lethocerus indicus) on a lotus leaf

Dead cockroach on floor, pest control concept

Ramskin (Clytus arietis), in flight, Germany, Europe

Freshly hatched Rainfarn ladybird (Platynaspis luteorubra) with pupa envelope, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Scarab (Scarabaeus) beetle on desert sand dune

Mating couple of common frog, Rana temporaria, sitting on snow in early springtime, heading for the mating pond. Mountains in the distant background