Assorted bugs, part 3

This tiny creature is a black-and-red froghopper, a cicada. When disturbed, it jumps away and can then float on its wings for several yards, meters even:

Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/250

Many species of froghopper's nymphs hide in froth they make to protect them from predators:

The experts I consulted are still out on what type of Ichneumonida this is; it's probably a variety of Xorides filiformis, but that one normally has orange legs. I told the critter that, but it insisted on keeping its black legs:

Olympus XZ-1, 28mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/80

This bog bush-cricket is found almost exclusively on heather:

Olympus XZ-1, 28mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/200

The pellucid fly looks like a bumblebee, but it is actually a hoverfly:

Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO320, f4, 1/125

Another hoverfly, pretending to be a wasp:

Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/160

An unidentified grasshopper, wondering how to take off after an awkward landing (it actually jumped straight into the ground after this picture was taken, but walked away unharmed):

Olympus Stylus 1s, 200mm, ISO160, f8, 1/400

More when I find them.

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