INSECTS, INSECTS, GLORIOUS INSECTS! (MACOUN MARSH- CANADA)

Every shape, size, design, colour, and texture- the diversity of the insect body plan is a marvel of creation.  Here are just some of the insects seen today at the Macoun Marsh in Ottawa, Canada.

White-faced meadowhawks mating

European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula) being eaten by an ambush bug

Pearl Crescent Butterfly- female (Phyciodes tharos)

Twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

Soldier beetle

Spreadwing species (Lestes)

Images by Mike Leveille 2011